Zine & Productions for unique eerie Music
LINKS
ALLIANCES
- Dead Master's Beat
Open-minded label and distribution from our friends in Nuremberg. Their catalogue also includes some fine and rare 2nd hand items.
- Dreadful Media
Home of all currently available Fäulnis releases and merchandise. Plus, a well-sorted mailorder mainly dealing with atmospheric Black Metal.
- Ominous Silence Records
Underground label from Northern Ireland which supports artists with strong philosophical and artistic beliefs. Its main focus is on Black Metal, Doom, Industrial, Noise and Ambient presented on unique and aesthetically pleasing packagings.
- Ostra Records
France’s leading address when it comes to releasing extreme, high quality Doom Metal on vinyl.
LABELS & DISTRIBVTIONS
- Amor Fati Productions
Home of Deathgate Arkanum, Essenz and others.
- Ashen Productions
Austrian Black Metal label & mailorder.
- At War with false Noise
Scottish record label with an huge back-catalogue. Although the site looks terrible, the releases are fantastic. Take your time and search.
- Dunkelheit Produktionen
German label and distribution for negative and somber music art.
- Feudal Throne Records
German label dedicated to pure and unique bands. Strictly focussing on black vinyl releases.
- Fuck Yoga
Macedonian distro and label for extreme Doom, Crust and HC.
- Nachtgnosis
Home of Nihil Nocturne. Excellent shop for orthodox Black Metal and other sonic occultism.
- Omega Productions
Orthodox Black Metal label from Belarus.
- Orthodox & Thou Shalt Kill Records
Russian Black Metal orientated label.
- Totalrust Music
Record label from Israel mainly focussing on extreme Doom Metal like Funeralium.
- Universal Tongue
Excellent underground label from Portugal focussing on evolving Black Metal and other extraordinary sounds. Includes a small mailorder with selected items.
MVSICK
- Deathronation
One of Germany’s best Death Metal bands – old school, ugly and pure.
- Fäulnis
Sick Black Art.
- Isolation
Depressive Black Metal constantly evolving towards a calmer and more solemn direction.
- Odpörovät 1968
Raw, malevolent and claustrophobic Funeral/Death-Doom.
- Ophis
Raw and nihilistic Death-Doom. Definitely one of Germany’s most intense and dedicated acts.
- Pantheist
Did you ever ask yourself how Pink Floyd would sound like if they got into Funeral Doom?
- Persistence in Mourning
Noise-soaked avantgarde minimalist extreme Doom warfare.
- Skepticism
The audial essence of Funeral Doom.
- Wolves in the Throne Room
Cascadian Black Metal – The mysterious and wild energies of the untrammeled forests of the Northwest channeled into sonic form.
RITVALS
- Deathkult Open Air
Germany’s leading Black Metal festival.
- Doom Shall Rise
World’s biggest festival exclusively dedicated to Doom Metal.
- Heavy Days in Doomtown
A DIY celebration of all things slow and heavy – based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Hell's Pleasure
Extremely pleasing festival featuring all forms of old school metal madness.
- Killtown Death Fest
Danish DIY Death Metal festival.
- Kunstverein Nürnberg
Hell of a location with a constant flow of excellent gigs.
- Low Frequency Assaults
Doom over Nürnberg.
RIVALRY
- Hammerheart & Streetcleaner
Two german fanzine institutions dedicated to extreme metal music.
- Lurker's Path
Sophisticated and well-researched views into various forms of extreme metal. By no doubt, the best online zine of these days.