News von Dying Victims Productions- DISTRO UPDATE + Lucifer's Hammer, Angel Sword, Vendel

[TheNervetattoo]

Uuuuh neue COLTRE....

 

[Seppel]

Cool, auf ein Coltre Album freue ich mich schon seit Langem. Die EP ist super und lässt auf ein gutes Album hoffen.

 

[Dying Victims Prod]

Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the following new releases:

DVP 275 Ritvs – Der Tag Naht LP/CD/MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present RITVS’ striking debut album, Der Tag Naht, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

RITVS may be new in name, but their history starts earlier. Under the preceding band name Vvlva, the band released a couple albums and a couple EPs of studiously vintage early hard rock / proto-metal. And the German quintet continue this backwards-looking path with the new moniker RITVS as a “new” old approach: exquisitely rustic late ‘70s sounds spanning hard rock, prog, AOR, and even late-days krautrock.

This exciting new chapter begins with Der Tag Naht, RITVS’ debut under that moniker. This time, the Aschaffenburg band decided to only sing in their native German, which both pushes their lyrical boundaries and has a significant impact on their sound. The mostly narrative lyrics take the listener into dark and abysmal worlds that sometimes remind us more of our own world than what we wish for, much like so many great works of ‘70s science fiction did. Dazzling and dynamic in equal measure, the roaring Hammond organ shapes RITVS’ characteristic sound, which equally rocks and rolls (and even ripples). In interaction with the warm, mossy guitar – both in sound and style – numerous licks and solo sequences are created, which are carried by a groovy rhythm section. During the album’s songwriting, the band put special emphasis on combining catchiness with progressive elements, marrying heft and heaviness with poignant and emotive passages. Truly, across the entirety of Der Tag Naht is it clearly audible that all five members took their time to find the right (rustic) sounds, always reminding of the great late 70’s without sounding dusty or tired. In fact, if there’s one way to characterize the album, it’s alive.

Earthdogs who thrill to the likes of late ‘70s Rainbow, Blue Öyster Cult, and Yes or even contemporaneous Kansas and Prof Wolfff, prepare to time-travel with RITVS’ Der Tag Naht!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on yellow/purple splatter vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
– MC edition with sticker, button, download code.

 

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DVP 276 Freeways – True Bearing LP/CD/MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly demanded repress of True Bearings, the debut album by Canadian FREEWAYS, on CD, 12” vinyl and music cassette formats.

CANADIAN HEAVY ROCK…WITH A NWOBHM VIBE! Indeed, Freeways are a breath of fresh, northern air. Honoring the mystical undercurrents of so much classic Canadian rock of the past, the quartet’s foundation is firm upon the hot-rockin’ dynamics of ’70s giants like UFO, Thin Lizzy, and April Wine along with the idiosyncratic twists of the unsung heroes of the NWOBHM and pub rock eras. It’s a sound that’s immediately familiar but also immediately engaging, so richly rendered are these soul-stirring odes to wanderlust, melancholia, and “Survival” itself.

Originally released in 2020 on Canadian Temple of Mystery Records, the album quickly sold out and together with their many great live performances, cemented FREEWAYS as one of the most exciting acts in the contemporary heavy rock scene.

True Bearings roves wild terrain, its push ‘n’ pull stirs the spirit, but never belabors the point; each of these seven streamlined songs is anchored to a plaintive, poignant hook, tastefully embellished with subtly delicate touches that proves Freeways as masters of mood. The quartet’s interplay is untouchable here, given that their chosen idiom is the more-or-less hard(er) end of rock, exhibiting class and poise every step of the way, but perhaps no better evinced than on the near-seven-minute vamp of “Time is No Excuse.” Thus, space and shade AND rocking hard and free coexist in the Freeways world, and the 37-minute True Bearings is a highway worth cruising time and time again.

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on cyan blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
– MC edition with sticker, button, download code.
– Metal Pin

 

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DVP 271 Drifter – Beggars Ransom 7″

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present Beggars Ransom, a new two-track 7” by DRIFTER from the USA.

ATTENTION PANHANDLERS…!

Just when you thought the dust had settled, Drifter return, whipping the very horse they rode in on. And this time, they’re fit to drink the whole well dry.

Best return the other horses to the stable… Or better yet, just put ‘em down.

Yes, Drifter plays for keeps with their new 7’’ single entitled Beggars Ransom, featuring two classy cuts sure to leave you dead in your tracks. Think what you want about today’s musical landscape, but Drifter are one of the few bands playing with a full deck.

With no fixed address, Drifter are staking claim from the US territories – which may come as a surprise upon listening. Not many bands are so capably selling NWOBHM by the pound, but Drifter seems to have, for whatever reason, gotten the best exchange rate. Not a pale imitation neither – true fans of the genre will hear right away.

– black vinyl, with insert, sticker and download code.
– Shirt

DVP 277 Bunker 66 – Portraits of Dismay CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present Portraits of Dismay, a special singles compilation by Italian BUNKER 66, on CD format.

The Italian three-piece is known as a prolific work horse, clocking in at currently 4 full length albums. It is however their many split releases with infamous underground hordes that showcase their addiction and dedication to the underground. Graced with an incredible artwork by Claudio Scialabba, Bunker 66’s direction is made clear from the get go. Evil and raw blackened speed/thrash is what listeners can expect from them.

Since most of these 7” and 12” splits have been available on vinyl only until now, this 18 songs and 12 years spanning CD compilation has been inevitable.

– CD edition with sticker and obi

 

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DVP 278 Firmament / Midnight Prey – Gathered Under Open Skies MLP/MCD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present Gathered Under Open Skies, a special split mini-album between Germany’s FIRMAMENT and MIDNIGHT PREY, on CD and 12” vinyl formats.

Gathered Under Open Skies is indeed a special gathering, bringing together two forces that have become something like flagship bands for DYING VICTIMS: old “newcomers” FIRMAMENT and the reunited MIDNIGHT PREY. This special mini-album includes two brand-new tracks from both bands, totaling 23 minutes of vintage rock/metal moodiness.

FIRMAMENT continue their ascent following their widely acclaimed We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall debut earlier this year, having largely risen from the ashes of speed metallers Tension but bringing a different approach with them. Here, with new vocalist Marco, the five-piece further flesh out that velvety vision, taking turn-of-the-‘80s hard rock (and even a touch of equally early deathrock) down roads much more melancholic and emotive. You might even shed a tear while rocking out to their two fistbangers here; wherever you wanna go, FIRMAMENT will take you there. And tears may’ve been shed when MIDNIGHT PREY initially called it a day in 2020, but as of last year, the power-trio are back in action and, this summer, released a two-song tape to pick up right where they left off with their modern-classic Uncertain Times LP. Those two songs are provocatively titled – “Black Cat” and “Sword and Shield” – and between them, MIDNIGHT PREY keep that clean-yet-dirty surge that’s equal parts punk, rock, and metal but totally unique. And considering the epic lengths these two tracks go to, the future suggests more splendors to come…

Graced with gorgeous cover art, Gathered Under Open Skies is a borderless realm where hard rockers, punks, metalheads, and general weirdoes can all roam. FIRMAMENT and MIDNIGHT PREY care nothing for genre limitations, and together invite you into their idyll.

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on red blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and two woven patches.
– MCD edition with sticker and obi.

 

[Dying Victims Prod]

Massive Distro update, lots of new and restock LPs, CDs and tapes added to the webshop!

www.dyingvictims.com

LP
ABYSMAL GRIEF – Blasphema Secta
ABYSMAL GRIEF – Funeral Cult of Personality
Aggression – From Hell With Hate
Altar/Cartilage – Split Album
ANGUISH – Doomkvädet
BLACK OATH – Emeth, Truth And Death
BRITON RITES – Occulte Fantastique
BRITON RITES – For Mircalla
Candle – The Keeper’s Curse
Centinex – Subconscious Lobotomy
Centinex – Reborn Through Flames
Crematory – Wrath From the Unknown
Damnation Call – Carnage of Soul
DARK QUARTERER – Dark Quarterer
DELIRIUM TREMENS – Thrashing Warthogs
DESASTER – A Touch Of Medieval Darkness
Destructor – Blood, Bone and Fire
Détente – Official Live ’86 Bootleg
Détente – Decline
Devil Cross – This Mortal Coil
Diamond Chazer – Starriders
Disgrace – Inside the Labyrinth of Depression
EURYNOMOS – From the Valleys of Hades
Flitcraft – Our Long Journey to the Middle
Funebre – Demo ’90
GARGOYLE – Hail to the Necrodoom
Greyhawk – Keepers of the Flame
Haste – Veracious Bastion
Holycide – Annihilate… Then Ask!
Ice War – Beyond the Void
Ice War – Sacred Land
Jenner – To Live is to Suffer
Killing Addiction – Legacies of Terror
Körgull the Exterminator – Sharpen Your Spikes
LUCIFER’S FALL III – From The Deep
MEGATHÉRION – s/t
METALUCIFER – Heavy Metal Tänk (Japanese Teutonic Attack)
Morta Skuld – Prolong the Agony
Necrophiliac – Chaopula. Citadel of Mirrors
Old – Dawn of Darkness
PENTACLE – Spectre of the Eight Ropes
Purtenance – Member of Immortal Damnation
Sarkasm – As Empires Decay
SCABBARD – Beginning of Extinction
Stigmatized – By Her Silvery Wings
Sweet Cheater – Immortal Instant
Whirlwind – 1714
ZELEZNA NEDELE – Namesti Beeru

CD
ABYSMAL GRIEF – Funeral Cult of Personality
Aggression – From Hell With Hate
Aggression – Field of Nightmares
Aggression – Fragmented Spirit Devils
ATTOMICA – Limits Of Insanity
ATTOMICA – IV
Battle Raider – Battle Raider
BLACK OATH – Emeth, Truth And Death
Bloody Nightmare – Pillars of Chaos
Bolt Thrower – War Master
Damnation Call – Carnage of Soul
DARK QUARTERER – Dark Quarterer
Death Has Spoken – Call of the Abyss
Demonztrator – Sinister Forces of Hatred
DESASTER – Hellfire´s Dominion
DESASTER – Stormbringer
Destructor – Blood, Bone and Fire
Détente – Official Live ’86 Bootleg
Détente – Decline
Devil Cross – This Mortal Coil
Diamond Chazer – Chasing Diamonds
Diamond Chazer – Starriders
DISINTER – Desecrated
EURYNOMOS – From the Valleys of Hades
EURYNOMOS – The Trilogy (Singles)
Evil Hunter – Evil Hunter
Excalibur – Generación Maldita
Extinkt – Trinity Redux
Frenzy – Of Hood and Masks
Greyhawk – Call of the Hawk
Greyhawk – Keepers of the Flame
Holycide – Bazookiller
Holycide – Fist to Face
Ice War -Beyond the Void
Ice War – Sacred Land
Jenner – To Live is to Suffer
Körgull the Exterminator – Built to Kill
Körgull the Exterminator – Sharpen Your Spikes
Kraken – Underground 1980-1983
Kraken – Abandoned
LUCIFER’S FALL III – From The Deep
LUCIFER’S FALL – Tales from the Crypt
Maze of Terror – Offer to the Fucking Beasts
MERCILESS DEATH – Eternal Condemnatuion
METALUCIFER – Heavy Metal Ninja (Ultimate Japanese Teutonic Version)
METALUCIFER – Heavy Metal Tänk (Japanese Teutonic Attack)
MORTEM – Demon Tales
Mustang – Beyond Raging Thunder
NECROPHOBIC – Fears/When You Die
NECROPHOBIC – No More Life/ Feeling of Agony
Okrütnik – Krwawy Pontyfikat
Panikk – Discarded Existence
Panikk – Unbearable Conditions
PENTACLE – Spectre of the Eight Ropes
Poison Leather – Trapped in the Abyss of Chauvet
Purtenance – The Rot Within Us
Stigmatized – By Her Silvery Wings
Ültra Raptör – Tyrants
V.A. – Obscure nwobhm demos vol.5
Whirlwind – 1714
Wildfire – s/t

MC
ABYSMAL GRIEF – Funeral Cult of Personality
AMON – Call the Master
Aphrodite – Orgasmic Glory
Bloody Nightmare – Pillars of Chaos
BRITON RITES – For Mircalla
BRITON RITES – Occulte Fantastique
DEHYDRATED – Psychopathological Years
Devil Cross – This Mortal Coil
Diamond Chazer – Starriders
Extinkt – Trinity Redux
Ice War – Beyond the Void
Ice War – Sacred Land
Jenner- To Live is to Suffer
Okrütnik – Krwawy Pontyfikat
Morbosidad – Corona de epidemia
Ramera – Anarquía y Destrucción
Sacral – Inverted Temple
Whirlwind – 1714

 

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[Dying Victims Prod]

Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the following new Pre-orders:

DVP 280 Stress Angel – Punished by Nemesis LP/CD

On March 15, 2024, Dying Victims Productions & Stygian Black Hand will unchain the highly anticipated sophomore full-length from Stress Angel, “Punished by Nemesis”. LP out in US on Stygian Black Hand and EU on Dying Victims Productions. CD out worldwide on Dying Victims Productions.

With the flames of the Bursting Church still ravaging the minds and turntables of its parishioners, Stress Angel throw another scalding 40 minutes of maniacal deathrash into the blaze!

At the forefront, the songwriting on “Punished by Nemesis” demonstrates the maturation (or putrefaction) of Stress Angel’s already established sound, driving deeper into the twisted corridors of death, thrash, and first wave black metal. Weaving within, between, and beyond these classifications, the countless riffs on this album solidify Stress Angel’s reputation as not only wizened practitioners of the craft, but innovators as well.

Leading the punishment, drummer/vocalist Manny Sores continues his campaign of old metal piledriving with a thunderous performance that forces heads to bang and eventually roll (as a privileged few who have witnessed his mastercraft live can attest), while his tormented screams expose sickening truths about those who don the cloth and preach the holy word. Session soldier Hank S. Blackyard also returns on bass with his now-signature grim and gristly tone, beefing up the already muscular strings laid out with a butcher’s precision by guitarist Nicolai Orifice. All the while, the warm, familiar production evokes a feeling not unlike what one may have experienced dropping the needle on “Mental Funeral” or putting a dub of “Anno Domini” in the tape deck for the first time 35 years ago.

Hear the Jericho trumpet blare to herald “Punished by Nemesis”, a necessary evil for those who crave to be punished by authentic thrashing metal of death. In their own words, Stress Angel state, “‘Punished By Nemesis’ aims only to torment and abuse your already demented existence”. Recommended for fans of Autopsy, Tormentor, Old, and Aura Noir.

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on oxblood vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.

Out 15th March

DVP 286 Aardvark – Tough Love LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated debut album of Australia’s AARDVARK, Tough Love, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Not to be confused with the cult ‘70s prog band, Australia’s AARDVARK are a classic heavy metal quartet hailing from Melbourne. Born from a desire to bring the masses together with the biting forces of power and honesty, AARDVARK aim to prove there is weight to sincerity and strength in vulnerability. The band’s twin-guitar attack keeps fists pumping with tough-yet-melodic riffs, while their thunderous rhythm section drives the tank forward with unyielding brawn.

Formed in 2021, AARDVARK burst onto the Australian heavy metal scene seemingly out of nowhere with an increasingly packed weekly residency at the iconic Tote Hotel in August 2023, followed quickly by a sold-out launch show for their debut 7” single. The AARDVARK hasn’t slowed down since, with a blistering run of local shows and upcoming supports in 2024 for Cirith Ungol and Riot City.

Now that tank is ready to plow down the gates with the debut album Tough Love. With its cover art encapsulating all their central themes, Tough Love proves the full potential of AARDVARK and that they band is good on their word. With nine tracks clocking in at 44 minutes, Tough Love is a compendium of songs that present a tough, masculine vulnerability, a mixture of personal anthems and mythical journeys that offer a pertinent contrast of escapism and self-reflection. With a sound somewhere between NWOBHM and traditional heavy metal, Tough Love aims to impact with a mix of mid-tempo rockers, poignant ballads, and attacking speed.

Reverential to the past but by no means blinkered by it, AARDVARK inject their own personality and panache into 1983-vintage heavy metal: moody, melodic, dynamic, and dashing. If Conan the Barbarian could shed a tear, he’d do it listening to Tough Love!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on red vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.

Out 15th March

 

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DVP 287 Armagh – Exlamation Po!nt LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present ARMAGH’s highly anticipated third album, Exclamation Po!nt, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Formed in 2012, ARMAGH are a heavy metal force based in Satanic City Warsaw and Necropolis Navis. Mixing classic heavy metal from the ’70s and ’80s with proto-black metal, ARMAGH are the creators of First Wave Only movement, which unites several Polish bands delivering old-school metal – among them, labelmates GALLOWER and SEXMAG but also Torpor, Wielki Mrok, and R.I.P. – with primal severity in their sound and message.

Truly, ARMAGH are a maniac maniac’s band, idiosyncratic mainlining such noble influences as Thin Lizzy, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Motörhead, KISS, Manilla Road, early Slayer and Megadeth, W.A.S.P, Bathory, Dissection, Running Wild, KAT, and the NWOBHM in general into something authentically rustic and effortlessly unique. But it was their second album, Serpent Storm – originally self-released in 2022, but then released on vinyl the next year by DYING VICTIMS – where they had their breakout moment. A true record collector’s record, Serpent Storm displayed its power and personality at every turn, coming from an alien place – one where Battle Cry, Another Perfect Day, Haunting the Chapel, Chinatown, Under the Sign of the Black Mark, and Born Again all simultaneously play in perfect, hellish harmony – but evincing a wild and weird but never belabored alchemy that was simply peerless.

Now, two years later, ARMAGH stir up their cauldron once again with their third album, Exclamation Po!nt. This record features a wholly reconstructed lineup, with founding frontman/guitarist Galin Soulreaper now joined by fellow guitarist Vikk Vandall, bassist Tom CultCommander, and drummer Al Atom Smasher. As such, it’s a far more collaborative effort than the largely Soulripper-written Serpent Storm, with each new member adding their own fiery flair to an altogether less-immediate but much-more-mysterious album: Tom CultCommander’s spacey & hypnotic bass work (a Hawkwind influence is detectable across the record, as is a faint whiff of Rush), Vandall’s impulsive & spring-loaded leads, and the jazzy, Bill Ward-esque drumming of Atom Smasher. Less is indeed MORE here!

Just as wild and weird as its mighty predecessor but perhaps eating subtler, sweeter fruits, the deliberately demonstrative Exclamation Po!nt dives deeply into moodier and mustier waters, sounding impossibly older than even Serpent Storm. It’s all unmistakably ARMAGH, but if LP#3 proves anything (and loudly), it’s that these Polish maniacs are operating at the height of their powers – and, again, as a full band this time. No dynamic is too severe, no construct too off-kilter, no speed shunned: with greater emphasis on harmony vocals and Soulreaper’s lonely-warlock tones guiding the listener into a misty, mystical wonder-world, Exclamation Po!nt weaves a plaintive-yet-powerful spell that traverses the whole spectrum of human experience. And perhaps it’s there that ARMAGH in general and Exclamation Po!nt in particular excels – that it’s undeniably human in construction and execution, but its journey (and destination) is otherworldly to the splendorous extreme. Or, cutting out the fancy words, what we have here is heartfelt, handmade heavy metal: no modern, no trends, no way!

No longer the “sleeper hit of the year,” ARMAGH are prepared to punctuate “best of 2024” conversations already with Exclamation Po!nt!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on splatter vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.

Out 15th March

 

[Para]

Geil, neue Armagh!!!!!!

 

[Barabas]

Geil, neue Armagh!!!!!!

und was das auch wieder für nen cover ist...

 

[Hades]

Geil, neue Stress Angel!

 

[Iced_Örv]

Nachdem mich Serpent Storm letztes Jahr total abgeholt hat, ist der Nachfolger natürlich direkt bestellt worden.

 

[Timmitus]

Neue Armagh ist vorbestellt. Serpent Storm ist bei mir eh ein Dauerbrenner #

 

[Barabas]

Armagh ist wieder geile (fast) ohne Ende. Die sollen Mal aus Muskelrock.

 

[Koenijo]

Eine größere Bestellung ist raus. Vor allem auf die Aardvark bin ich gespannt.

 

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[MFaLadL]

Geil! Erst zu Dying Victims und dann zur Gründungsparty vom Sonitus Inventöres HMFC im Don't Panic!