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Coming after the immense display of transcended hate of “In Umbrarum Imperii Gloria” the third album of the Italian Warlike Black Metal squadron is a new campaign driven against the mere understanding of corporal death.
The massive killing capacity on the drums has been improved by the involvement in the line-up of ex-BELPHEGOR touring member drummer Blastphemer and the dark-ambient, drone and electro genius MZ, mastermind of LOCUS MORTIS, URNA & ARCANA COELESTIA. This bloody unity has created a remarkable album for everyone into unique and personal Extreme and Hateful Black Metal.
The result is a new opus of thundering monumentality were Extreme Avantgarde Black metal is forged in a new cruel form, tightly intended to crush the wall of time.
A new dimension will raise from the ashes, washed by blood and the powerful resurgence will be a new expanding gleam in the immanent void, the road back home once again discovered, an assumption through violent conquest and degradation of our modern mask.

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[Absentia Lunae' Releases]

Arcana Coelestia, also connected with Urna featuring on the line-up MZ together with the singer LS, propose an atmospheric doom music dense of melancholy and dark feelings that evokes tragic forms to hallucinated states of mind.

The concept tells about the life of the Swedish writer August Strindberg and his biographical romance "INFERNO". His life, passed from the literary glory by the fame to the pure ingenious madness where he dedicated his literary prospective in accomplish the way of alchemy.

In his tormented period of his life he had mystical visions regarding the prophecies of his spiritual tutor Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), founded in the esoteric scripts called "Arcana Coelestia". Strindberg's personality today is secluded on a cursed aura and his works still remain closed in a limbo, like permeated from the cursed existence which tormented himself during is life.

As result of this trip into dangerous fields In 2007 "Ubi Secreta Colunt" has been unleashed.

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[Arcana Coelestia' Releases]

The origin of Beatrik goes back to Autumn 1998 when Frozen Glare Smara wrote the first pieces of music: these were completed and become real whole songs only one year later, thanks to the lyrical contribute by Berzerk, but it took one more for Beatrìk to finalize a recording and release their official first demo tape. In september 2000 "Flames" came out in only 50 copies. Frozen Glare Smara himself played all instruments, vocals included, only helped by a programmed drums. The music was clearly inspired by scandinavian bands, with their fast rhythms and raw sounds and the tape got a good criticism.

In the meanwhile several other songs have been composed and during the summer 2001 Beatrìk managed to record and release their second work: "The infernal wolf is still hunting" released in 99 copies. Since this second effort Beatrik music incorporated also some slower parts, kind of funereal doom metal breaks alternated to their more classic fast and raw parts.
The first remarkable event for Beatrik happened in 2002: with a definitely more professional sound compared to the previous releases and with the collaboration of Vidharr on drumms and Ferghus on bass the band recorded a master album titled "Journey Through The End Of Life": the material was so good that was released initially by Serpens Caput Productions as an LP, and later by the Swedish label THR as a CD.

The limited Digibook edition of "Journey Through The End Of Life" released by ATMF presents an extended layout and 1 bonus track, the Burzum cover in the past only available on the LP version.

[Beatrik' Releases]

FORGOTTEN WOODS, one of the Black Metal Norwegian legends, are back with the long time awaited new album named "Race of Cain". Rightfully considered in the underground as a cult act FW have decided to fix another pillar in their carrier.

Differently from the today hard to recognize old acts from Norway they've not lost an inch of their rawness and obscurity, but this one is another step forward compared to the already great previous album "The Curse of Mankind".

Olav and Rune, the core of the band, are still the intact force to express vicious feelings, misanthropy like a sharp knife. Tormented cold feeling with their sad shadings are expressed in a more direct way.

"Race of Cain" is the ideal merging of the magic of the past and the cynic understanding of the late days, where the word elite is not a mere title acquired but a constant renewal of darkness.

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JANVS was born in 2003 as a solo project of Vinctor; after recording some advanced material, the project signs an agreement with Pagan Moon Records for the release of the debut album, at the beginning conceived as a demo, "Nigredo" (PGM-008, 2004), in a limited edition and with a special package.

In 2005 B. Malphas (Tronus Abyss) as bass player and F. La Rosa (Ianva, Malombra, Segno del Comando) as drums player join the band whereas Vinctor keeps handling vocals and guitars.

The new album is finally ready, and it proposes a wide change in style and a great improvement in quality standards. It is called "FVLGVRES"and it is made up of 7 tracks for more than 40 minutes of music. Conceptually the album is based upon the shattering of human limits and condition, upon the longing and the temporary conquest of real moments of awareness and contact with the peaks of trascendence. As already stated musically expect something intense, aggressive, melancholic, solemn.

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[JANVS' Releases]

Locus Mortis' concept is deeply rooted to the ancient vision of death as it was during medieval times, an everlasting companion in the concrete and spiritual life, not only a mere frightening spectre, but a bringer of wisdom, that reminds in every moment the destiny of wretched human life, a queen of what was and has been, and what's not dead yet. Locus Mortis are also linked to the parallel band Urna, where its two eminent members have previously developed its representation and summoning.

"Inter Uterum Et Loculum" is the first full length unveils its macabre essence, merged with a cold and aggressive attitude. Still remaining inspired by the past heritage guitar work went beyond go the well know double-string darkthronish riffs border, a fierce singing in Italian granted to the record even more power.

"Voust" has to be considered the highest achievement of Locus Mortis development and inner growing, where esoteric studies are dramatically expressed in the music vibe. With the thundering support of the new drummer PV1, "Voust" is the best manifestation of Occult Black Metal out of the many times this word has been un-properly used.

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Melencolia Estatica was conceptually born years ago, but reaches its manifestation only at the end of 2004. The concept is based upon the aesthetic of solitude intended as grey perception of reality and from melancholy which derives from.

Not stopping in a poor prespective of existentialism where its bearer struggles himself in a bed of anguish but contempling what was originally called Melencolia in its purest form.

For the songwriting and string playing behind Melencolia Estatica hides a solo project on an unneglecting feminine presence.

The debut album has revealed at best the ideal merge of a cold depressive black metal approach and an uncontainable emotive and passionate wave. Melencolia Estatica has soon become as a symbol of tasteful and personal emotive way to rearrange the sombre visions of Black Metal landscape.

"Letum" starts where the melancholic hymn of the debut ended up, with a further obvious improvement on the song-writing and expressive potentiality. Impressive guitar harmonies and disharmonies merge in a powerful dramatic emphasis, neo-classical tunes painted in black. Melencolia Estatica purpose is to paint the black and darkest feelings to draw the listener to a wandering into a solitude introspection.

"Letum" is a Black Metal cd destined not only to the underground core of this genre but to all individuals interested in experiencing a trip to the borderline, and over the end of life, the project can sometimes take some shading of early Katatonia and Agalloch.

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The Coldness can be manifested into different forms in its timeless truth. U.K. based Sanctus Nex are the modern black metal wanderers, their harmonic and disharmonic tunes a current of perception. A trip into usual and unusual shadings starts there, where Black metal is a constant recall but a departure point to develop a new visionary and evocative journey.
The traditional black metal instruments are just a gateway to depart from the mortal, the vision is luckily, far beyond… Sanctus Nex are the feverish mood of introspection of Deathspell Omega detached from the Judeo-Christian paradigm, walking a different occult path, drenched into the heritage of their island: in pursuit of Albion.

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[Sanctus Nex' Releases]

Black Metal as a renewed weapon can overcome the time passing by, shaped to infect and rage the rotten body of humanity with hateful pride. Semen Datura is the further demonstration of the great time that the German scene is living, performing their most impressive album to date, where personality and skilful songwriting is transcended into a pure form of darkness evocation.
Semen Datura music accrue to field that can be associated to bands like Secrets of the Moon, Deathspell Omega, investigating on the deepest corners of the decayed human being.

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[Semen Datura' Releases]

URNA creature has born by the will of RM and MZ on starting months of 2004 to unleash songs that were differently destined to be lost and meant in another project.The result of this starting step is "Justa Funebria".

After months of continuous activity the project have taken form and its autonomous fate. Corrupted from the beginning by the most extreme side of Black Metal and Dark Ambient URNA first hymn has been "Justa Funebria", from which they decided to start a personal path.

"Mors Imperatrix Mundi" EP has brought to an original merging of macabre Black Metal, ritualistic ambient attitude and a strong funeral doom influence. The result is something unique, an original mix of those different origins in a multifarious beast.

Latin is the tongue of URNA's black consciousness, the esoteric and occult meaning of the lyrics and vocals are further amplified by the tremendous majesty of their sacral cult of death, like a dark sermon for those who care to see beyond the veil.

In 2006 URNA unleashed "Sepulcrum", a superb masterpiece of doomish obscurantism.

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