Cemetery Lament

WEREWOLF RECORDS is proud to present FAUSTIAN PACT's highly anticipated debut album, Outojen Tornien Varjoissa, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Since 2007, FAUSTIAN PACT have been one of Finnish black metal's best-kept secrets: "those who know, know." Their first three demos, one following the other between 2008-2010, poignantly presented a magickal, folkloric aspect long missing from serious black metal. They were a band out of time, seemingly - "born too late," not fit for these increasingly modern times. Now, nearly a decade after FAUSTIAN PACT's last demo, this trio of sorcerers bring the past into the present with their LONG-awaited debut album. Outojen Tornien Varjoissa by FAUSTIAN PACT Titled Outojen Tornien Varjoissa, FAUSTIAN PACT's full-length debut is the grand culmination of all the gloriously bewitching work they brewed across that trio of demos. Exploding with an effervescence that's addicting and undeniable, their swor...

**************** I get a shit ton of promo stuff emailed to me every day... Most of it never makes it on the blog because honestly... well it's fucking garbage... But every now and then I find something in the mail bag that really stands out from the rest. Now before anyone freaks out I know this isn't black metal or even death metal... This is old school classic metal from a group that really understands how to put out a quality retro sound. As soon as I heard Midas I knew I had to share them because this is classic rock from an era when aviator sun glasses, white high top sneakers and denim jackets were fucking boss. So dust off your battle jacket because this is the real deal kids!   **************** DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the first two demos of MIDAS on vinyl LP, CD and digital formats under the title Demo Tapes.  Hailing from the mean streets of Detroit, MIDAS are a four-piece band of hard rock warriors. Theirs is an ancient, time...

666 Goats Carry My Chariot -  Osmose Productions, 31 January 2020 The question is not “can it be done?” The question is: “what happens when you forge classic speed metal on the anvil of wild thrash metal, and hammer it down with reckless abandon?” And the most important question is: “What happens when you take that particular piece of glowing Steele and melt it into the same massive warhead where a mixture of occult and epic heavy metal, first-wave black metal, and guitar leads of hard-rocking magnificence are already nucleating to the point of destructive atomical power?” The answer to these questions is BÜTCHER, and BÜTCHER is about one thing. One thing only. To define Metal in the way the band sees fit. Metal in the sense of the absolute riffing madness that ruled both the airwaves and the underground tape-trading scene during the late '70s, through the genre-defining '80s, and well into the early '90s. BÜTCHER’s unique blend of metal music is certainl...

On January 24th, 2020 internationally, The Sinister Flame is proud to present Aethyrick's highly anticipated second album, Gnosis, on CD and vinyl LP formats. Formed by Gall and Exile on the winter solstice 2016, Aethyrick's medium is black metal, methods uncomplicated and motives unknown. The Finnish duo proved their potency during the closing days of 2018 with their first full-length. Duly titled Praxis, indeed did it brim with a mysticism and magick that was simultaneously aeons-old and strikingly modern. A new classic in some circles but seemingly overlooked by the rest of the novelty-choked public, Praxis nevertheless laid firm a foundation upon which Aethyrick would most surely weave ever-more-grandiose spells. ATMOSPHERIC FINNISH BLACK METAL bandcamp - album - gnosis www.aethyrick.com

IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS presents a special 7" EP from PA VESH EN entitled A Ghost. Hailing from Belarus, PA VESH EN is a shadowy singular entity committed to the most desolate ends of the black metal spectrum. So far, he's shown massive promise with two demo tapes for IRON BONEHEAD, last year's Knife Ritual and Dead Womb earlier this year, but A Ghost suitably comprises two miserable 'n' ethereal tracks which forecast PA VESH EN's forthcoming debut album for the label later this year. Nearly ambient in their seemingly formless drift, the two songs comprising A Ghost indeed cast a ghostly aspect that's startling and almost unsettling to behold. But within these malodorous echo chambers lie a tortured soul who's just now starting to find his true voice. Will you open your ears to the haunting whispers of A Ghost?

Press Release by Seance Records Seance Records sets June 26th as the international release date for Kafirun's highly anticipated debut album, Eschaton. A deeply occultic work, Eschaton explores the end of the manifested world - an apocalypse that brings the end of all life and begets the opening of a new beginning through death - and opens this portal through thoroughly dizzying, manically majestic black metal. Finding that elusive balance between the resolutely raw 'n' primitive and the dynamically complex, Kafirun create a constantly shapeshifting maelstrom of macrocosm-crushing chaos and (dis)order. Across seven tracks within a concise 'n' cutting 42 minutes, the quartet portray a bold vision, and one whose maturity belies the band's brief existence so far. Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada, Kafirun sprung to deathly life in in 2014. The band's first release was an EP titled Death Worship - a title which has served to guide Kafi...

Recently I made contact with a few of the smaller labels and distributors in the extreme metal world to see if there would be any interest in having Cemetery Lament do promotional features for upcoming artists and albums. I received a pretty good response from a few of them and I'm happy to announce that moving forward I will feature news and release information from several labels in the emerging underground scene.  Now before anyone worries that I'm already selling my soul in some kind of Faustian bargan to the man or going "mainstream"... pfft ... trust me when I say this won't change anything about Cemetery Lament or my focus on unsigned underground artists. Underground metal will always be the focus of my blog and no amount of money, power or sexual favors is going to change that... okay maybe the last one. My reason for striking such a devious deal was to provide you [the reader] with even more content from as many different sources as possible in the...