Hisstönend "II (Limited Edition, Russia, Rigorism Production, RP120)"

Hisstönend is an atmospheric black metal band from Moscow, Russia, formed in 2011.

The project is best known for its raw, melancholic musical style and its 2013 full-length album titled II.

Released through the record label Rigorism Productions, the album features six atmospheric tracks:

Tracklist:

1. Forest Gates 02:56  
2. Glacial Monument 09:49  
3. Eternal Shining 06:12  
4. Whisper's Cry 08:00  
5. Dissonance Bird's Song 05:37  
6. In the Depths of Forest Abyss 17:28  

Time:   50:02

Hecate Enthroned "Virulent Rapture [Italy, Crank Music Group, CRK-003]"

Virulent Rapture is the fifth studio album by British band Hecate Enthroned, and their first album of new material since 2004's Redimus. It was released on 25 November 2013 via Crank Music Group, being their first album to be so, as well as their only release with vocalist Elliot Beaver and first with drummer Gareth Hardy on the line-up, who replaced long-time vocalist and drummer Dean Seddon and Robert Kendrick, respectively (both were fired in 2012).

The album was initially announced on a 21 January 2013 interview with webzine RoarRock.

The band announced on their official Twitter on 8 July 2013 that the new album was finished, "aside from some mixing and mastering issues", and that they were "looking at a self-release in the next few months". According to the band by then, the album was scheduled to be released on late November or early December 2013.

On 18 September 2013, Hecate announced they signed to a new label, Crank Music Group, and that it would release their album circa November.

On 23 October 2013, the artwork for Virulent Rapture was unveiled via Blabbermouth.net, and its release date was revealed as being on 25 November 2013. On the same day, a small, 21-second teaser of the track "Unchained" was posted by Crank Music Group on their official YouTube channel.

The track "To Wield the Hand of Perdition" was released online (via Crank Music Group's YouTube channel) on 19 November 2013.

Sarah Jezebel Deva, famous for her work with Angtoria and Cradle of Filth, provides additional vocals for the album's self-titled track.

On 20 June 2014, a music video was made for "Abyssal March". It is Hecate Enthroned's first music video since "An Ode for a Haunted Wood", made in 1995.

Track listing

The album's track listing was unveiled by Crank Music Group on their official website on 28 October 2013.

1. "Thrones of Shadow" 4:46
2. "Unchained" 4:37
3. "Abyssal March" 4:08
4. "Plagued by Black Death" 7:59
5. "Euphoria" 4:43
6. "Virulent Rapture" (feat. Sarah Jezebel Deva) 5:30
7. "Life" 5:19
8. "To Wield the Hand of Perdition" 3:05
9. "Of Witchery and the Blood Moon" 5:33
10. "Immateria" (instrumental) 3:05
11. "Paths of Silence" 6:43

Time:  55:28

All music written by Hecate Enthroned.

Recording information:

Recorded during 2013 "in a never ending hell" at Velocity Raptor Studios, Birkenhead UK.

Co-produced/engineered by Hecate Enthroned.

Mastered at KKDigital recording studio.

Mike Smith – production, engineering, mixing

Kami Kopat – mixing, mastering, graphic layout

Néstor Avalos – cover art

Hecate Enthroned "Upon Promethean Shores (Unscriptured Waters) (EP, USA, Death Records, 3984-14139-2)"

Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters) is an EP and the first studio release by the British symphonic black metal band Hecate Enthroned. It was released by Blackend Records on 7 July, 1995. This is essentially their An Ode for a Haunted Wood demo reworked and released as the first album under their record label.

Stylistically this found the band in a more "true" black metal sound, with squashed production, growled vocals, raging tempos, blast beats and symphonic arrangements. Accusations of the band being a "Cradle of Filth rip-off" began to manifest as the band's name got bigger.

The album was remastered and re-released in 1998 by Blackend with two bonus tracks and a different cover art.

A music video was made for the track "An Ode for a Haunted Wood".

A picture of the famous ruins of the Whitby Abbey was used as the cover.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jon Kennedy; all music is composed by Hecate Enthroned (Kennedy, Nigel, Marc, Mark Watson-Jones, Steve, Andy O'Hara – 1995).

1. "Promeathea (Thy Darkest Mask of Surreality)" 2:15
2. "The Crimson Thorns (My Immortal Dreams)" 4:26
3. "A Graven Winter" 7:30
4. "To Feed Upon Thy Dreams" 6:46
5. "An Ode for a Haunted Wood" 7:13
6. "Through Spellbinding Branches (Deepest Witchcraft)" (instrumental) 2:08

Time:  30:18

The EP is, essentially, a remastering of their "Ode for a Haunted Wood" demo. In the year between the demo's recording and the band's signing to Blackend, they changed their bassist, drummer and keyboardist, and new members Paul, Michael and Craig are erroneously referred to their at-the-time current roles in the album booklet with former members Mark, Steve and Andy getting just a mention.

The Death Records printing has a typo on the CD case spine: the title is misspelled as "Upon Prometheau Shores".

Recording information:

Recorded in summer 1995.

Remixed in winter 1995 at Academy Studios, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

Co-produced and co-mixed by Hecate Enthroned.

Art direction by Hecate Enthroned and pod communication.

Robert "Mags" Magoolagan – production, mastering

Simon Marsden – cover art

Grom "Renaissance (Russia, Irond Records, IROND CD 01-155)"

Renaissance is the first album by Russian Black Metal band Grom, released in 2001.

Tracklist:

1. Scorn of Life 03:20  
2. И пепел горящих небес накроет землю 02:46  
3. Utburd (Phantom of the Frozen Child) 04:16  
4. For All 10:21  
5. Insane 03:17  
6. Обречённый взгляд 06:18  
7. Hatred 02:48  
8. Hushed and Grim 02:34  
9. The Gates of Eternal Chaos 03:14  
10. Во имя всех поверженных богов 02:03  

Time:  40:57

Recording information:

Recorded at the CDM records Studio between the period: 20.04.2001 & 12.05.2001

God Dethroned "The Judas Paradox [Digipak, Russia, Soyuz Music, SZCD 0573-24]"

The Judas Paradox is the twelfth album by Dutch Blackened Death Metal band God Dethroned, released September 6th, 2024.

Tracklist:

1. The Judas Paradox 06:02   
2. Rat Kingdom 03:39  
3. The Hanged Man 04:02
4. Black Heart 00:51
5. Asmodeus 03:33
6. Kashmir Princess 04:49  
7. Hubris Anorexia 03:37  
8. The Eye of Providence 03:34  
9. Hailing Death 05:29  
10. Broken Bloodlines 03:24  
11. War Machine 03:58  

Time:  42:58  

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Woodland Park in the Netherlands.

Mastered at Fascination Street Studios in Örebro, Sweden.