Ancient North - The Gates LP Alchemy

Ancient North - The Gates LP AlchemyAncient North 'The Gates' LP 140g Black vinyl edition limited to 200 copies ANCIENT NORTH is the work of one Forlorn, who also numbers the band Necrosear. As ANCIENT NORTH, the band makes its debut with The Gates in 2022. ANCIENT NORTH's black metal is as authentically 1994 as anything currently around. Trilogy era Darkthrone (whom they cover), Malicious Records era Gorgoroth, early Ancient, the lone Kvist album, the first demo of Norway's Troll:

the fullmoon calls these diabolical spells forth which have manifested into this 2022 debut from the malign entity known as Ebon Reliquary

The bitter fruits grown from the poisoned well

A ritual in the key of evil

Throane ‎– 'Une Balle Dans Le Pied' 7" EP

With speed and violence eschewed in favour of morose moods and unsettling soundscapes

140g White vinyl edition limited to 150 copies

TRANCE OF THE UNDEAD understand this intrinsic truth

the musical appeasement in an abode of ancient demons and darkness where we dwell as shadowy reflections and dust

2022 re-issue of this compilation includes the final two chapters of the Obscure Worship Chronicles

pagan drums

2021 is the year engraved on the tomb marker for this marvellous release of sublime Vampyric Black metal that is thematically rooted firmly in the romance tradition of Gothic literature and Byronic vampyrism

growing and expending so that upon its release