Fen "Dustwalker (Limited Edition Clambox, Italy, Code666 Records, CODE075S)"

Fen is a post-black metal band formed in 2006 and originating in the Fens of the East of England, a region from which the band draws much of their inspiration. They have released seven full-length studio albums and two EPs, and are currently signed to German label Prophecy Productions.

Dustwalker is their third album, released January 21st, 2013.

Tracklist:

1. Consequence 07:56  
2. Hands of Dust 11:38  
3. Spectre 10:21
4. Reflections 01:49
5. Wolf Sun 07:10
6. The Black Sound 10:08
7. Walking the Crowpath 13:16   
8. Epilogue 04:22  

Time:  01:06:40

First press released as limited clambox edition which contains CD with bonus track in a cardboard sleeve, 8-page booklet and iron pendant with the band’s distinctive logo. Later repress in standard jewel case.

Track 8 is marked as bonus track.

Amesoeurs "Amesoeurs (Super Jewel Box, Italy, Code666 Records, CODE040)"

Amesoeurs was a French post-punk/post-black metal band. A side project of Neige of Alcest, the group was formed with musicians Audrey Sylvain and Fursy Teyssier in the summer of 2004. Their goal was to create music that "reflects the dark side of the industrial era and modern civilization".

Teyssier initially left the band shortly after its creation, but returned in 2008, while Winterhalter, who would go on to join both Alcest and Les Discrets, joined in 2007. The band disbanded in 2009.

Amesoeurs (/ɑmsœʁ/, French: "Soulmates") is the only full-length album by Amesoeurs. It was released in 2009, just before the band broke up. Northern Silence Productions released a special limited LP edition of the album in three different versions: the "Metallic Century" edition, limited to 333 copies, the "Cold Light" edition limited to 333 copies, and the "Night Sky" edition limited to 222 copies, which all come with an exclusive bonus track "Gas in Veins - demo version".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Neige, except where noted.

1. "Gas in Veins" Fursy Teyssier 5:10
2. "Les Ruches malades" ("The Sick Hives") 4:19
3. "Heurt" ("Quarrel") Audrey Sylvain 6:01
4. "Recueillement" ("Contemplation") Charles Baudelaire 7:01
5. "Faux Semblants" ("False Pretenses") Sylvain 4:21
6. "I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV" ("Amesoeurs – Is – Dead" in transliterated Roman numerals) Sylvain 1:41
7. "Trouble (Éveils infâmes)" ("Trouble (Abject Awakenings)") 4:49
8. "Video Girl" 4:11
9. "La Reine trayeuse" ("The Milking Queen") Sylvain Teyssier 5:32
10. "Amesoeurs" ("Soulmates") 4:03
11. "Au crépuscule de nos rêves" ("At the Twilight of Our Dreams", hidden track starts at 8:54)

Time:  58:21

"Recueillement" uses as lyrics the poem with the same name written by the French poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and published in 1857 in the Les Fleurs du mal collection. 

The booklet features a reproduction of Roosevelt Island Voyeurism by Baris Gunal. 

Recording information: 

Recorded in Klangsmiede Studio E during winter 2008-2009.

Markus Stock – recording

Agalloch "Pale Folklore (USA, The End Records, TE-010)"

Pale Folklore is the debut studio album by American metal band Agalloch. The album was released on June 6, 1999 by The End Records. It featured an eclectic mix of acoustic folk reminiscent of Scandinavian bands such as Ulver; doom and black metal-esque riffs; growled, clean, whispered, and shrieked vocals; and a production style and atmosphere that borrowed heavily from black metal. The lyrical themes focused mainly on depression, nature, folklore and the supernatural. It featured the roots of a post-rock influence which was greatly expanded on with Agalloch's second studio album, The Mantle.

Vocalist John Haughm said that Pale Folklore was influenced by his upbringing in Montana, where bassist Jason William Walton also lived. While Haughm lived in Seattle during the making of this album, he would make several trips back to Montana per year.

Guitarist Don Anderson said about the album's sound, "We basically mixed Fields of the Nephilim with Ulver and early Katatonia". Haughm said the band wanted to distinguish itself from the American black metal and death metal scenes, and noted the influence of Cocteau Twins and Lycia.

Agalloch signed to The End Records and was given a budget of $1000 to record the album, but the band spent three times that amount, frustrating label founder Andreas Katsambas.

The album cover was taken at the Timberline Lodge in Mount Hood, which was also featured in the film The Shining. The band shot several photos of the lodge's walls, doors and woodgrain interior.

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Haughm, except where noted

1. "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline I" 8:35
2. "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline II" 3:09
3. "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline III" 7:10
4. "The Misshapen Steed" (instrumental) Breyer 4:54
5. "Hallways of Enchanted Ebony" Haughm, Anderson 9:59
6. "Dead Winter Days" Haughm, Anderson, Walton 7:51
7. "As Embers Dress the Sky" Haughm, Anderson 8:04
8. "The Melancholy Spirit" 12:27

Total length: 62:10

"She Painted Fire Across the Skyline" is counted as one track on the release (18:54), therefore some sources may say the album only has 6 tracks.

It depends from person to person, site to site.

Released on vinyl in October & November 2005 via Profound Lore Records. The standard vinyl blue DLP release in November was preceded by a commemorative ultra-limited edition collectors vinyl release sold exclusively at the Day of the Equinox Festival.

White/Blue splatter wax limited to 100 copies (including those featured in the wooden box), blue wax limited to 400 copies.

Wooden box edition limited to only 60 hand-numbered (by Agalloch mastermind John Haughm) copies. The details for the special vinyl edition are as follows:

- Wooden jackets are made of fresh fine pine wood

- 30 Wooden jackets are personally stained with Olde Maple Gloss

- 30 personally stained with traditional Classic Oak Gloss

- The “Pale Folklore” insignia laser-etched in lavish Fette Fraktur font on the front of the wooden case

- Double LP presented in a limited white vinyl with a wintery-blue splatter (as opposed to the regular blue vinyl released early November)

- Six original and authentically developed photo prints chosen by John Haughm himself. Each photo represents a song on the album, is personally labeled, and is paired up in two’s and presented in different print sizes (5 x 7, 4 x 6, and 4 x 12 panoramic format).

Recording information:

Recorded between January-February 1999 at Soundtracks.

Mixed in March 1999 at Soundtracks.

Produced by Ronn Chick, John Haughm and Shane Breyer

Engineered by Ronn Chick

Artwork by Dennis Gerasimenko and Sergey Makhotkin

Band photography by Aaron Sholes

Anderson's girlfriend (at the time) performed the operatic female vocals heard on "She Painted Fire Across the Skyline" and "As Embers Dress the Sky".

Woods Of Desolation "Torn Beyond Reason (Limited Edition Digipak, Germany, Northern Silence Productions, NSP 100-DG)"

La banda superó algunos problemas y finalmente lanzó un EP en noviembre de 2009 en el sello alemán Eisenwald con una edición limitada de 1.000 copias, y un año después el EP fue reeditado en vinilo. Tras su lanzamiento, Woods Of Desolation se convirtió temporalmente en un proyecto "congelado".

Pronto D. revivió el proyecto y pasó 2009 escribiendo nuevo material, que se presentará en el segundo álbum de larga duración. Sin embargo, Desolate declaró que ya no podrá dedicar tiempo a Woods Of Desolation porque está ocupado con otros proyectos. Su lugar lo ocupa temporalmente Tim (más conocido como Sorrow from Austere and Grey Waters ), quien, además de la voz, también toca la batería.

Con esta formación, en febrero de 2011, el grupo pasó al estudio, donde grabaron su segundo álbum de larga duración, el cual lleva por nombre Torn Beyond Reason . El álbum fue lanzado el 25 de febrero de 2011 por Northern Silence Productions.

Tracklist:

1. Torn Beyond Reason 06:23
2. Darker Days 05:10
3. An Unbroken Moment 06:59  
4. The Inevitable End 09:10
5. November 02:44
6. Somehow... 07:17

Time:  37:43  

All music and lyrics written by D. between 2009 and 2010.

Artwork and layout design by Cosmosaique.

Recording information:

Recorded, mixed, and mastered in February and March 2010 at SLS Studios, Wollongong, Australia.

Co-produced by Woods of Desolation.