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Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the following new Pre-orders:
DVP-R 008 Sortilège – Larmes de héros Box/LP/CD
RELICS FROM THE CRYPT, the sub-label of DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS dedicated to keeping the past alive, is proud to present a long-overdue vinyl reissue of the classic second album of France’s SORTILÈGE, Larmes de héros.
A cult fixture in the ‘80s French heavy metal scene that retroactively grew in legendry, SORTILÈGE defined a unique national style that had equal footing in the NWOBHM, contemporaneous hard rock, and nascent epic metal. Formed in 1981 and releasing a demo and EP over the new two years, it was SORTILÈGE’s 1984 debut album, Métamorphose – also concurrently released in an English-language version as Metamorphosis – that truly introduced the band to worldwide audiences with a wild ‘n’ weird iteration of heavy metal. While that English version made their unique style more palatable (helped in no small part by its release on Steamhammer), it’s arguably the French-language version that defined the SORTILÈGE sound. And so it went with its superior follow-up.
Again released in both French- and English-language versions, SORTILÈGE’s second album is a tour de force of true-metal passion and performance, mysticism and might. Blithely summarized as French romantic twist on Judas Priest’s transition from the ‘70s to the ‘80s – or, rather, spanning Sin After Sin to Defenders of the Faith – the original Larmes de héros was released in that golden year of 1986, harkening to a fantastical place far, far away where hot rockers bloomed into heroic-yet-tragic epics. The English version of Hero’s Tears plainly spells out the path ahead, but the dramatic (and oft-melancholic) vocals of Christian Augustin in his native language truly chill/sizzle the soul: a veritable French Metal God. Not to be outdone, his bandmates create a canvas at once anthemic and narrative; pacing is crucial across Larmes de héros, as more direct power-surges flank the album’s utterly immersive epic songs. And at nine songs across 46 minutes, you feel like you’ve undertaken a hero’s journey – but one not without a monumental amount of headbanging.
Tragically and too fittingly, Larmes de héros would be SORTILÈGE’s final studio album. A number of re-formations would happen over the next couple decades and then fizzle out, but the true SORTILÈGE died with Larmes de héros. Wipe away those hero’s tears, though, for RELICS FROM THE CRYPT at long last resurrects this stone-cold classic for posterity!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on Blue Jay vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– Limited Box set on milky clear vinyl, with insert, A1 sized poster, sticker, post card, woven patch, silkscreened backpatch, metal pin, posterflag and download code.
– CD edition with sticker and obi
Out 16th December.
DVP-R 009 Rampage – Veil of Mourn LP/CD
RELICS FROM THE CRYPT, the sub-label of DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS dedicated to keeping the past alive, is proud to present a long-overdue vinyl reissue of the cult lone album of Australia’s RAMPAGE, Veil of Mourn, along with a CD edition with both demos as bonus.
While there have been many Rampages past and present, there was only one RAMPAGE from Australia – and a more cult band you will not find. Formed in 1985, the band went through several lineup changes before recording their debut demo, Acid Storm, in July 1986. Recorded on a home 4-track, the demo sold well in their native Melbourne but failed to gain any interest. More lineup changes followed the next year, with a pre-production demo recorded as a prelude to their album, but once again, RAMPAGE failed to generate any record company interest. Then, in late 1987, the band recorded, produced, and financed their debut album, Veil of Mourn, which was more-or-less self-released in early 1988. Extensive touring across Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, and Brisbane followed. Likewise, excellent record sales locally and overseas followed, but no interest from international record companies came. In May 1988, vocalist/guitarist George Mitrov rang bassist Dave Frew and advised that he had found God and would no longer have anything to do with the band; cancellation of all gigs followed. Then, later that year, Dave Frew (who had formed TYRUS with Peter Hobbs) and drummer Bruno Canzianni join Hobbs Angel of Death, and RAMPAGE effectively came to an end.
However, as a lone document of a band and era, RAMPAGE’s Veil of Mourn is superlative in every sense. There’s a distinct ruggedness to the band’s ceaselessly shifting style of thrash. Mind you, NOT necessarily “rawness” – although the album’s production certainly tends toward the rough – but RAMPAGE’s execution eschews the super-clean sharpness that thrash metal was largely heading toward in the post-Master of Puppets era. With form meeting content, the power-trio’s songwriting similarly takes all sorts of labyrinthine paths short of being qualified as “tech,” racing around and restarting with sometimes-maddening fury. Hooks thankfully abounded, and RAMPAGE’s attack undeniably possessed a death metalled underbelly not unlike Dark Angel or aforementioned Oz cult icons Hobbs Angel of Death. With that songwriting often reaching a fever pitch of diabolism and all three members barely keeping that fury in check, Veil of Mourn becomes a palpitating experience, a veritable ‘80s horror movie turned into a thrash record. The creepy cover art only heightened this sensation.
As years passed, the aura around Veil of Mourn only grew, helped in part by Australia’s ever-growing prominence in the extreme metal landscape. RAMPAGE thus became an etched-in-time “what could have been?” cult band, who respectably preserved their legacy with a mere album. Connect the dots to “the Australian sound” with this LONG-overdue reissue!
– 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 16th December.
DVP-R 008 Sortilège – Larmes de héros Box/LP/CD
RELICS FROM THE CRYPT, the sub-label of DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS dedicated to keeping the past alive, is proud to present a long-overdue vinyl reissue of the classic second album of France’s SORTILÈGE, Larmes de héros.
A cult fixture in the ‘80s French heavy metal scene that retroactively grew in legendry, SORTILÈGE defined a unique national style that had equal footing in the NWOBHM, contemporaneous hard rock, and nascent epic metal. Formed in 1981 and releasing a demo and EP over the new two years, it was SORTILÈGE’s 1984 debut album, Métamorphose – also concurrently released in an English-language version as Metamorphosis – that truly introduced the band to worldwide audiences with a wild ‘n’ weird iteration of heavy metal. While that English version made their unique style more palatable (helped in no small part by its release on Steamhammer), it’s arguably the French-language version that defined the SORTILÈGE sound. And so it went with its superior follow-up.
Again released in both French- and English-language versions, SORTILÈGE’s second album is a tour de force of true-metal passion and performance, mysticism and might. Blithely summarized as French romantic twist on Judas Priest’s transition from the ‘70s to the ‘80s – or, rather, spanning Sin After Sin to Defenders of the Faith – the original Larmes de héros was released in that golden year of 1986, harkening to a fantastical place far, far away where hot rockers bloomed into heroic-yet-tragic epics. The English version of Hero’s Tears plainly spells out the path ahead, but the dramatic (and oft-melancholic) vocals of Christian Augustin in his native language truly chill/sizzle the soul: a veritable French Metal God. Not to be outdone, his bandmates create a canvas at once anthemic and narrative; pacing is crucial across Larmes de héros, as more direct power-surges flank the album’s utterly immersive epic songs. And at nine songs across 46 minutes, you feel like you’ve undertaken a hero’s journey – but one not without a monumental amount of headbanging.
Tragically and too fittingly, Larmes de héros would be SORTILÈGE’s final studio album. A number of re-formations would happen over the next couple decades and then fizzle out, but the true SORTILÈGE died with Larmes de héros. Wipe away those hero’s tears, though, for RELICS FROM THE CRYPT at long last resurrects this stone-cold classic for posterity!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on Blue Jay vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– Limited Box set on milky clear vinyl, with insert, A1 sized poster, sticker, post card, woven patch, silkscreened backpatch, metal pin, posterflag and download code.
– CD edition with sticker and obi
Out 16th December.
DVP-R 009 Rampage – Veil of Mourn LP/CD
RELICS FROM THE CRYPT, the sub-label of DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS dedicated to keeping the past alive, is proud to present a long-overdue vinyl reissue of the cult lone album of Australia’s RAMPAGE, Veil of Mourn, along with a CD edition with both demos as bonus.
While there have been many Rampages past and present, there was only one RAMPAGE from Australia – and a more cult band you will not find. Formed in 1985, the band went through several lineup changes before recording their debut demo, Acid Storm, in July 1986. Recorded on a home 4-track, the demo sold well in their native Melbourne but failed to gain any interest. More lineup changes followed the next year, with a pre-production demo recorded as a prelude to their album, but once again, RAMPAGE failed to generate any record company interest. Then, in late 1987, the band recorded, produced, and financed their debut album, Veil of Mourn, which was more-or-less self-released in early 1988. Extensive touring across Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Canberra, and Brisbane followed. Likewise, excellent record sales locally and overseas followed, but no interest from international record companies came. In May 1988, vocalist/guitarist George Mitrov rang bassist Dave Frew and advised that he had found God and would no longer have anything to do with the band; cancellation of all gigs followed. Then, later that year, Dave Frew (who had formed TYRUS with Peter Hobbs) and drummer Bruno Canzianni join Hobbs Angel of Death, and RAMPAGE effectively came to an end.
However, as a lone document of a band and era, RAMPAGE’s Veil of Mourn is superlative in every sense. There’s a distinct ruggedness to the band’s ceaselessly shifting style of thrash. Mind you, NOT necessarily “rawness” – although the album’s production certainly tends toward the rough – but RAMPAGE’s execution eschews the super-clean sharpness that thrash metal was largely heading toward in the post-Master of Puppets era. With form meeting content, the power-trio’s songwriting similarly takes all sorts of labyrinthine paths short of being qualified as “tech,” racing around and restarting with sometimes-maddening fury. Hooks thankfully abounded, and RAMPAGE’s attack undeniably possessed a death metalled underbelly not unlike Dark Angel or aforementioned Oz cult icons Hobbs Angel of Death. With that songwriting often reaching a fever pitch of diabolism and all three members barely keeping that fury in check, Veil of Mourn becomes a palpitating experience, a veritable ‘80s horror movie turned into a thrash record. The creepy cover art only heightened this sensation.
As years passed, the aura around Veil of Mourn only grew, helped in part by Australia’s ever-growing prominence in the extreme metal landscape. RAMPAGE thus became an etched-in-time “what could have been?” cult band, who respectably preserved their legacy with a mere album. Connect the dots to “the Australian sound” with this LONG-overdue reissue!
– 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 16th December.
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DVP 239 Hellish – The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents LP
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS, in conspiracy with UNSPEAKABLE AXE RECORDS, is proud to present the highly anticipated third album of Chile’s HELLISH, The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents. DYING VICTIMS will handle the vinyl LP version while UNSPEAKABLE AXE will handle the CD version.
Since their formation in 2010, HELLISH have become a prolific force on the blackened thrash scene. With a discography to date totaling two albums, three EPs, four demos, a couple compilations, a split, and a single, this Chilean quartet have been nothing but dedicated to their evil cause over the past decade-plus. During that cursed year of 2020, longtime vocalist/bassist Necromancer departed the band, but in came Christopher Aravena as his replacement, and HELLISH sounded more invigorated than ever on last year’s The Vermis Mysteriis EP.
With that bolstered lineup in place, HELLISH return to the full-length front with The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents. The title alone should speak toward the band’s elevation above the cliché aspects of idiomatic blackthrash; while their grounding in the Teutonic “Big Four” of Sodom, Kreator, and Destruction has never been in question, HELLISH have always made subtle-yet-concerted strides to separate themselves from mere worship, and The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt. For one, the guitars of Francisco Sanhueza and Javier Salgado wind and wend with wild abandon, keeping the riff trajectory aggressive yet creative, twisting and turning with a diabolism that reaches a fever pitch with well-timed (and quite literally explosive) solos. For another, Aravena’s bass goes in busier directions than just following the guitarists’ riffing; hulking and upfront, his chops match those of the six-stringers, and guitarist-turned-drummer Christian León’s tasteful touches on the kit flesh out that momentum with fury and finesse. Altogether, HELLISH give a masterclass in blackened thrash songwriting that’s far more inventive and interesting than “blackthrash,” and The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents becomes a surprisingly epic spin during its deceptive eight-song/33-minute runtime.
Dizzying and diabolical, HELLISH hereby raise the bar considerably with The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents.
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on golden vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Out 16th December.
DVP 245 Pursuer – Demo 2022 MC
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the debut demo of Poland’s PURSUER, Demo 2022, on music cassette format.
Having come together in 2021 as a new band, featuring members of Offender and Necromastery, this Polish 4-piece is now ready to unleash their debut demo, simply titled Demo 2022. Drawing influences from the international 80s speed metal scene the band races through four original tracks which are topped off by a high pitched vocalist that will haunt you for far longer than the actual running time.
– MC comes with sticker, button, download code.
Out 18th November.
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Wie megageil, die Veil of Mourn auf Vinyl!!! (mal ohne Haus und Hof abzugeben)
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DVP 239 Hellish – The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents LP
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS, in conspiracy with UNSPEAKABLE AXE RECORDS, is proud to present the highly anticipated third album of Chile’s HELLISH, The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents. DYING VICTIMS will handle the vinyl LP version while UNSPEAKABLE AXE will handle the CD version.
Since their formation in 2010, HELLISH have become a prolific force on the blackened thrash scene. With a discography to date totaling two albums, three EPs, four demos, a couple compilations, a split, and a single, this Chilean quartet have been nothing but dedicated to their evil cause over the past decade-plus. During that cursed year of 2020, longtime vocalist/bassist Necromancer departed the band, but in came Christopher Aravena as his replacement, and HELLISH sounded more invigorated than ever on last year’s The Vermis Mysteriis EP.
With that bolstered lineup in place, HELLISH return to the full-length front with The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents. The title alone should speak toward the band’s elevation above the cliché aspects of idiomatic blackthrash; while their grounding in the Teutonic “Big Four” of Sodom, Kreator, and Destruction has never been in question, HELLISH have always made subtle-yet-concerted strides to separate themselves from mere worship, and The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents proves this beyond a shadow of a doubt. For one, the guitars of Francisco Sanhueza and Javier Salgado wind and wend with wild abandon, keeping the riff trajectory aggressive yet creative, twisting and turning with a diabolism that reaches a fever pitch with well-timed (and quite literally explosive) solos. For another, Aravena’s bass goes in busier directions than just following the guitarists’ riffing; hulking and upfront, his chops match those of the six-stringers, and guitarist-turned-drummer Christian León’s tasteful touches on the kit flesh out that momentum with fury and finesse. Altogether, HELLISH give a masterclass in blackened thrash songwriting that’s far more inventive and interesting than “blackthrash,” and The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents becomes a surprisingly epic spin during its deceptive eight-song/33-minute runtime.
Dizzying and diabolical, HELLISH hereby raise the bar considerably with The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents.
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on golden vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Out 16th December.
DVP 245 Pursuer – Demo 2022 MC
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the debut demo of Poland’s PURSUER, Demo 2022, on music cassette format.
Having come together in 2021 as a new band, featuring members of Offender and Necromastery, this Polish 4-piece is now ready to unleash their debut demo, simply titled Demo 2022. Drawing influences from the international 80s speed metal scene the band races through four original tracks which are topped off by a high pitched vocalist that will haunt you for far longer than the actual running time.
– MC comes with sticker, button, download code.
Out 18th November.
Wow, Sortilége ist mal ne Nummer!
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Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the following new releases:
DVP 230 Vigilance – Vigilance MLP/MCD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present a brand-new mini-album from Slovenia’s VIGILANCE, simply self-titled Vigilance, on CD and 12” vinyl formats.
Born from the cavernous depths of Adelsberg, Slovenia’s VIGILANCE have been unleashing their own brand of heavy metal since Walpurgisnacht 2010. Inspired both by the harmonic arts of the original NWOBHM wave and the sepulchral elements of the first wave of black metal, VIGILANCE have steadily perfected their craft over the past decade-plus,possessing a unique crossover appeal to fans of early Iron Maiden and Mercyful Fate as equally as Venom and Bathory.
However, after years of taking that throwback sound to countless stages across Europe, it was VIGILANCE’s fourth album, Enter the Endless Abyss – released in 2019 by DYING VICTIMS to widespread acclaim – where the band had their breakout moment. Dark and dynamic but galloping gloriously with the eternal luminescence of HEAVY METAL might, Enter the Endless Abyss proved that VIGILANCE had truly nailed their subtly unique sound – and made it more compelling than ever.
And although some three years have passed since that pivotal record, VIGILANCE return with the same fire on the brand-new mini-album Vigilance. Across its five-song/26-minute duration, VIGILANCE’s self-titled salvo goes in an ever-epic direction, maximizing that (memorable) sonic storytelling they so compactly revealed on its full-length predecessor. Everything’s still head- and fistbangingly metal, arguably even more so here – the dual-guitar work is FIRE in the non-flashiest way – but there’s equally a sense of fantastical AOR ala classic-era Rainbow as the record progresses, hitting a heavenly high with nearly-seven-minute closer “Orbis Mundi.” And while VIGILANCE’s execution has never been doubted, on Vigilance do they loosen up a bit and let these more mysterious odes wind and wend with a suitably earthier feel. Put another way, take one look at that gorgeous cover artwork and you KNOW what you’re in for!
VIGILANCE have been aging like a fine wine, and have only grown more potent. Drink deeply of the concise cup that is Vigilance!
– CD edition with sticker.
Vinyl editions slightly delayed, they are supposed to leave the pressing plant late next week.
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on electric blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
DVP 230 Vigilance – Vigilance MLP/MCD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present a brand-new mini-album from Slovenia’s VIGILANCE, simply self-titled Vigilance, on CD and 12” vinyl formats.
Born from the cavernous depths of Adelsberg, Slovenia’s VIGILANCE have been unleashing their own brand of heavy metal since Walpurgisnacht 2010. Inspired both by the harmonic arts of the original NWOBHM wave and the sepulchral elements of the first wave of black metal, VIGILANCE have steadily perfected their craft over the past decade-plus,possessing a unique crossover appeal to fans of early Iron Maiden and Mercyful Fate as equally as Venom and Bathory.
However, after years of taking that throwback sound to countless stages across Europe, it was VIGILANCE’s fourth album, Enter the Endless Abyss – released in 2019 by DYING VICTIMS to widespread acclaim – where the band had their breakout moment. Dark and dynamic but galloping gloriously with the eternal luminescence of HEAVY METAL might, Enter the Endless Abyss proved that VIGILANCE had truly nailed their subtly unique sound – and made it more compelling than ever.
And although some three years have passed since that pivotal record, VIGILANCE return with the same fire on the brand-new mini-album Vigilance. Across its five-song/26-minute duration, VIGILANCE’s self-titled salvo goes in an ever-epic direction, maximizing that (memorable) sonic storytelling they so compactly revealed on its full-length predecessor. Everything’s still head- and fistbangingly metal, arguably even more so here – the dual-guitar work is FIRE in the non-flashiest way – but there’s equally a sense of fantastical AOR ala classic-era Rainbow as the record progresses, hitting a heavenly high with nearly-seven-minute closer “Orbis Mundi.” And while VIGILANCE’s execution has never been doubted, on Vigilance do they loosen up a bit and let these more mysterious odes wind and wend with a suitably earthier feel. Put another way, take one look at that gorgeous cover artwork and you KNOW what you’re in for!
VIGILANCE have been aging like a fine wine, and have only grown more potent. Drink deeply of the concise cup that is Vigilance!
– CD edition with sticker.
Vinyl editions slightly delayed, they are supposed to leave the pressing plant late next week.
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on electric blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
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DVP 233 Bunker 66 / Lucifuge – Of Night And Lust MLP/MCD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present Of Night and Lust, a special split mini-album between BUNKER 66 and Germany’s LUCIFUGE, on CD and 12” vinyl formats.
Both BUNKER 66 and LUCIFUGE should be familiar names to those versed in the dark deeds of DYING VICTIMS: Just earlier this year, BUNKER 66 released through the label a split 7” with fellow Italian filth-bangers HELLCRASH, as well as their long-awaited (and rightly celebrated) fourth album, Beyond the Help of Prayers, earlier in 2021; for their part, LUCIFUGE released their equally celebrated fourth album, Infernal Power, through DYING VICTIMS during the spring of 2021. Here on Of Night and Lust, both bands each deliver three exclusive songs, making for 24 minutes of ancient speed metal sleaze and metalpunk ghoulishness.
BUNKER 66 are up first and show no signs of slowing down, especially so after 15 years as a band now. “Mellhammer” and “Sulphurous Lust” are exemplary displays of their greasy speed-metal surge, and yet subtly exude an eerie aspect that perhaps point the way forward for future recordings. Capping their entry is a faithful cover of Motörhead’s “Doctor Rock,” which both underlines BUNKER 66’s roots as well as reverently paying respect to the fallen gods of Lemmy and Würzel. LUCIFUGE follow with an even-more-blackened iteration of their etched-in-stone metalpunk across the tracks “The Great Unseen” and “In Blood and Dust.” They conclude with a surprising-yet-storming anthem fittingly titled “Warriors of the Night.” While many metal anthems have been attempted under such a title, you’ve truly never heard one as invigorating as this – nor LUCIFUGE so bright and brassy!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on bone colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and two patch.
– MCD edition with sticker.
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DVP 234 Witch Blade – Månsken LP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Sweden’s WITCH BLADE, Månsken, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hailing from Kristinehamn, Sweden’s WITCH BLADE were formed back in 2012 by Witchlover and Witchhunter. The two childhood friends had been playing together in other projects but wanted to form a band that honored their heavy metal heroes: namely Angel Witch, Tokyo Blade, Judas Priest, and Iron Maiden. After writing a couple of songs, the band became a three-piece when drummer Witchburner joined in early 2013. The same year, the band recorded their self-titled debut demo, which sold out quickly and was later re-released by Levitate Records, followed by a 7” single titled Fjärrans Krig in 2014. After working as a sound engineer on the single recording, Witchdoctor joined on second guitar just in time for the band’s debut album, Oskuldernas Eld, released in 2015 by DYING VICTIMS.
WITCH BLADE made their live debut in 2015 as a supporting act for Black Trip. Since then, the band have made several live appearances around Sweden. Thereafter, a period of hibernation followed until 2021, when the band decided to continue again as a trio. The result is something of a rebirth: Månsken, WITCH BLADE’s second album.
While the cover to Oskuldernas Eld certainly clued listeners in to its contents, the one for Månsken compellingly complements the album’s contents in a most tasteful fashion. There’s undoubtedly an olde-worlde, magickally musty flair to WITCH BLADE here – also keenly note the band’s change in logos – their traditional heavy metal going back even further in time to the proto-metal era. Nothing overdriven, nothing too over-the-top, just hard rocking AND hot rockin’ and an almost narrative moodiness to the songwriting whilst staying locked into classic verse/chorus/break structures, WITCH BLADE once again locate that wonderful (and elusive) balance between garage-born emotion and swords & sorcery stateliness. To a man, the riffs and leads of guitarists Witchlover and Witchdoctor (who also drums here) often impart a melancholy on par with Wishbone Ash’s Argus or Thin Lizzy’s Black Rose, while frontman/bassist Witchhunter sings his heart out in his native tongue, which only heightens the heart-on-sleeve pathos across Månsken. And just like its full-length predecessor, the eight-song Månsken is an extremely swift & satisfying spin at 33 minutes.
All those denim-clad diehards and cloak-wrapped warlocks into early (and moody) hard rock AND cult NWOBHM, you are hereby commanded to witness the rebirth of WITCH BLADE with Månsken!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on electric blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker.
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DVP 235 Spectre / Tension – Hard Attacks / Earth Crisis 7”
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present a new split release between Spectre and Tension, on 7” vinyl format.
Both heavy metal acts are no strangers to Dying Victims and its audience, as they have released two EPs as well as an EP and an album respectively. Spectre’s side contains one straight rocking track “Hard Attacks” which was originally recorded in 2017 and only distributed handmade CD-R which was given away for free with orders from the band’s own Heavy Chains Records store.
Tension’s debut album came out in early 2022 and was, unfortunately, quickly followed by the band splitting up. Now, posthumously, the last track of the CD edition of the album, “Earth Crisis”, gets its well-deserved vinyl treatment as it was left off the vinyl in order to reduce playing time and to preserve the best possible sound. Melancholic heavy metal at its best!
– 7″ edition comes with sticker, button, download code.
DVP 225 War Ripper – Strength In Numbers 7″
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present WAR RIPPER’s long-awaited second EP, Strength in Numbers, on 7” vinyl format.
While the name might be unfamiliar to many, WAR RIPPER is a side-project of prolific madman Joel Grind, who needs no introduction for the long-running (and influential) Toxic Holocaust as well as his solo work and the Tiger Junkies with Abigail founder Yasuyuki. From the start, WAR RIPPER was built on the foundation of honoring Joel’s D-beat influences, and he thrillingly recast with the strict-yet-exciting Hellstorm EP in 2007 courtesy of Hells Headbangers.
While the years since have obviously been spent on Toxic Holocaust and their rigorous recording and touring demands, Joel Grind brought back WAR RIPPER in the pandemic-stricken 2020 with the EP Strength in Numbers. Originally released on Bandcamp, Strength in Numbers at last sees a physical release on 7” vinyl courtesy of longtime fans DYING VICTIMS. Picking up exactly where Hellstorm left off but buttressed by clear-yet-crushing production, Strength in Numbers is a swift ‘n’ satisfying statement of metallic D-beat. No more but definitely no less, and of course graced with Grind’s encyclopedic knowledge of both metal and punk, WAR RIPPER’s long-awaited second recording is sure to stoke maniacs of Disfear, Warcollapse, England’s Disgust, later Anti-Cimex, and granddaddies of it all, Discharge.
– 7″ comes with sticker and download code.
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Massive Distro update, lots of new and restocked LPs, CDs, Tapes:
LP
Abigail - Grotesque Nightmare
ANACRUSIS - Manic Impressions
ANACRUSIS - Reason
ANACRUSIS - Screams And Whispers
ANACRUSIS - Suffering Hour
ANGEL WITCH - Angel Of Light
ARMORED SAINT - March Of The Saints
ARTILLERY - In The Trash
BASTET – Bastet
BOLT THROWER - Honour Valour Pride
BOLT THROWER - Mercenary
BOLT THROWER - Those Once Loyal
Breaker – Dead Rider
CENTURY - Demo MMXX
CIRITH UNGOL - King Of The Dead
CIRITH UNGOL - Paradise Lost
COUNT RAVEN - Destruction Of The Void
COUNT RAVEN - High On Infinity
COUNT RAVEN - Messiah Of Confusion
COUNT RAVEN - Storm Warning
DARK FOREST - Ridge & Furrow
DEATHHAMMER - Electric Warfare
DEMON HEAD – RIDE THE WILDERNESS
DESASTER - Churches Without Saints
DOOMSWORD - Same
DRAGHKAR - The Endless Howling Abyss
DREAD SOVEREIGN - Alchemical Warfare
D.R.I. - Four Of A Kind
D.R.I. - Thrashzone
ERUPTION - Tellurian Rupture
ETERNAL CHAMPION - Ravening Iron
ETERNAL CHAMPION - The Armor Of Ire
EVIL - Evil's Message
EVIL CORPSE – Apocalyptic Future
EXPULSER - BLOODY FORNICATIONS
Exxplorer – Symphonies of Steel
EZRA BROOKS / SERPENT RIDER - Visions Of Esoteric Splendor
FATES WARNING - Awaken The Guardian
FATES WARNING - The Spectre Within
FER DE LANCE - The Hyperborean
FIFTH ANGEL - Fifth Angel
FIFTH ANGEL - Time Will Tell
Fingernails – Heavy Metal Forces
FRADE NEGRO – The Attack of the Damned
GLACIER - The Passing of Time
HAUNT - Luminous Eyes
Heat – Night Trouble
HEAVY LOAD - DEATH OR GLORY
HELLSWORD - Cold Is The Grave
Hyena - Live at Sanctuary
IN SOLITUDE - The World:The Flesh:TheDevil
IRON ANGEL - Emerald Eyes
KETZER - Cloud Collider
KETZER - Satan's Boundaries Unchained
KETZER - Endzeit Metropolis
Killers - Resistances
Killers - Fils De La Haine
KILLING - Face The Madness
KING DIAMOND - Abigail
KING DIAMOND - Abigail II-The Revenge
KING DIAMOND - Conspiracy
KING DIAMOND - Fatal Portrait
KING DIAMOND - In Concert 1987
KING DIAMOND - Songs For The Dead Live
KING DIAMOND - The Dark Sides
KING DIAMOND - The Eye
KING DIAMOND - The Graveyard
KING DIAMOND - The Puppet Master
KING DIAMOND - The Spider's Lullabye
KONQUEST - Time And Tyranny
LORD VIGO - SIX MUST DIE
LUNAR SHADOW - Far From Light
Magnus – Power Metal
Magnus - Trash Speed Blood
Mayhem - Burned Alive
MERCYFUL FATE - 9
MERCYFUL FATE - In The Shadows
MERCYFUL FATE - Into The Unknown
MERCYFUL FATE - Melissa
MERCYFUL FATE - The Beginning
METALUCIFER - Heavy Metal Ninja
MIDNIGHT - Rebirth By Blasphemy
MIDNIGHT - Let There Be Witchery
MIDNIGHT – No Mercy For Mayhem
MIDNIGHT – Satanic Royalty
MIDNIGHT – Sweet Death and Ecstasy
Mirage – And the Earth Shall Crumble
MORGUL BLADE - Fell Sorcery Abounds
MOUNTAIN WITCH – BURNING VILLAGE
NASTY SAVAGE - Nasty Savage
NASTY SAVAGE - Indulgence
The Neptune Power Federation - Memoirs of A Rat Queen
NightFyre – Shattered Lands
NIGHTWÖLF – Unleash the Beast
OMEN - Warning Of Danger
OMEN - The Curse
ORACLE - As Darkness Reigns
PILEDRIVER - Metal Inquisition
PORTRAIT - Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae
PORTRAIT – Crossroads
PORTRAIT - Burn The World
PORTRAIT – At One With None
Powergame – Slaying Gods
PRODIGY - As Darkness Reigns
Pyracanda - Thorns
Pyracanda - Two Sides Of A Coin
RAM - The Throne Within
RIOT - Born In America
RIOT - Rock City
RIOT CITY - Electric Elite
SABIRE - Gates Ajar
SACRAL NIGHT - Le Diademe D' Argent
SACRED REICH - Awakening
SACRED REICH - Ignorance
SACRED REICH - Surf Nicaragua
SACRED REICH - The American Way
Sacred Rite - Same
SANHEDRIN - A Funeral For The World
SANHEDRIN - Lights On LP
Santuário - 1982-1987
SATAN - Cruel Magic
SATAN - Earth Infernal
SAVAGE GRACE - After The Fall From Grace
SAVAGE GRACE - Master Of Disguise
SAVAGE MASTER - Those Who Hunt At Night
Seax – Speed Inferno
SCRATCH - Beyond The Fear
SKELATOR - King Of Fear
SKELATOR - Cyber Metal
SKELATOR - Blood Empire
SLAYER – Haunting The Chapel
SLAYER – Hell Awaits
SMOULDER - Times Of Obscene Evil And Wild
SOLSTICE - Demo 1991
SONJA - Loud Arriver
SPACE CHASER - Give Us Life
Space Chaser / Distillator - Split
Space Chaser – Dead Sun Rising
SPACE CHASER – WATCH THE SKIES
SPELLBOOK - Deadly Charms
STEEL INFERNO - Evil Reign
STYGIAN CROWN - STYGIAN CROWN
SYAR - Death Before Dishonour
TENTATION - Le Berceau Des Dieux
TRAVELER - Traveler
TRAVELER - Termination Shock
TRIAL - Feed The Fire
VIOLATOR - Scenarois of Brutality
VIO-LENCE - Let The World Burn
VIO-LENCE - Eternal Nightmare
VISIGOTH - The Revenant King
VOIVOD - War & Pain
VULTURE - Dealin' Death
VULTURE - Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves
VULTURES VENGEANCE - The Knightlore
VULTURES VENGEANCE - Where The Time Dwelt
Witchnight – Unholy Speed Metal
WITCHSPËLL – Witchspëll
7”
FARSCAPE/VIOLATOR - The Fall of Silence – Split
Hell Bullet – Kill for Beer
HERZEL - Unis dans la Gloire
HIRAX/THE FORCE - Split
MURDEATH - Possessão
Nunslaughter – Fuck That Cunt
CD
ADAMANTIS - The Daemon's Strain
ALCOHOLIC RITES - Ritual Alcohomancy
ANACRUSIS - Reason
ANACRUSIS - Manic Impressions
ANACRUSIS - Screams And Whispers
ANACRUSIS - Suffering Hour
ANGEL WITCH - Angel Of Light DIGI
ARKHAM WITCH - Get Thothed Vol. III
ARKHAM WITCH - Swords Against Death
Biwo - Life And Death
BLACK VOMIT 666 - Nocturno Poemario Maldito
CADAVERIC POISON - Cadaveric Poison
Caustic - Arrowfire
Conjure - Releasing The Mighty Conjure
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – Technocracy
CUTTY SARK - Die Tonight/Heroes
DARK FOREST - Ridge & Furrow
DARK QUARTERER – Ithaca
DEALER - First Strike
DESASTER - Churches Without Saints
DETONATOR - Demo 1990
DEVILS´ POISON - STREET METAL ATTACK
Diabolical Evil - Evil Command
DISTRAINERS - ENGLANDS´GREEN UNPLEASANT LAND
Dungeon - Purifying Fire
ETERNAL CHAMPION - Ravening Iron
Evil - Possessed By Evil
EVIL CORPSE – Apocalyptic Future
EXCALIBUR - The Bitter End
Exxplorer - Symphonies Of Steel
Facing Fear- Marginal Metal
FER DE LANCE - Colossus
Forbidden Evil - The Bloody Birth
THE FORCE - Possessed by Metal
GEHENNAH - Too Loud To Live / MetalPolice
GLACIER - The Passing of Time
GRAVESTONE - Back To Attack
GRAVESTONE - Creating A Monster
GRAVESTONE - Victim Of Chains
GRAVETY - Bow Down
GRIFFIN - Flight Of The Griffin/Protectors Of The Lair
GRIM REAPER - The Grimm Chronicles 1983-1987
HALLOWS EVE – Death And Insanity
HALLOWS EVE – Monument
HALLOWS EVE - Tales Of Terror
HAMMERS RULE - Show No Mercy, After The Bomb
HEAVY LOAD - Stronger Than Evil
HEAVY LOAD - Death or Glory
HELLION - Faceless Invader
HELLSPIKE - Dynasties of Decay
HERITAGE - Ominous Ritual
HITTMAN - Destroy All Humans
HOLOCAUSTO W.M. - Made in War
HOME STYLE SURGERY - Brain Drill Poetry
Hyena - Live at Sanctuary
IGNITOR - The Golden Age of Black Magick
IN SOLITUDE - Sister
IRON CURTAIN - Guilty As Charged
IRON GRIFFIN - Storm Of Magic
JUGGERNAUT - Baptism Under Fire/ Trouble Within
KADAVAR - S/T
KETZER - Cloud Collider
KETZER - Endzeit Metropolis
KETZER - Satan's Boundaries Unchained
KING DIAMOND - Abigail
KING DIAMOND - Abigail II-The Revenge
KÖMMAND - Stubborn Arsenal
KONQUEST - Time And Tyranny
LEGENDRY - Mists Of Time & Dungeon Crawler
Locust Point - Michigan Drag
Louder Than Hell - True Metal Till The End
Mammoth - Possesso
MANILLA ROAD - The Deluge
MANILLA ROAD Open The Gates
MANILLA ROAD – Crystal Logic
Masacre - Sin Piedad
Masacre - En Vivo Hasta el Final
MELIAH RAGE - Before the Kill
MERCYFUL FATE - Dead Again
MERCYFUL FATE - Don't Break The Oath
MERCYFUL FATE - Mercyful Fate
METAL INQUISITOR - The Apparition
MIDNIGHT – Sweet Death and Ecstasy
MORBID JESTER - Until The Battle Is Won
NightFyre – Shattered Lands
Nightfyre –From Fortune To Ruin
NIGHTPRÖWLER - ROCK N´ROLL UPROARING BLASPHEMY
NIGROMANTE - Summon the Devil
NOCTURNAL - Arrival of the Carnivore
NOCTURNAL – Storming Evil
NOCTURNAL - Violent Revenge
NOISEHUNTER - Spell of Noise + Too Young to Die
NUNSLAUGHTER – Goat
OLD MOTHER HELL - Lord of Demise
OMEGA - The Timekeeper / The Beast
OMEN - Battle Cry
OMEN - Warning Of Danger
OMEN - The Curse/Nightmares
ORACLE - As Darkness Reigns
OUTRAGE - And the Bedlam Broke Loose
PORTRAIT – At One With None
PORTRAIT - Burn The World
PORTRAIT - Crossroads
PORTRAIT - Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae
Powergame – Slaying Gods
Prelude to Ruin - Ronin Ex Mortiis
PRODIGY - As Darkness Reigns
PROFECIA - 1983 – 1986
PURGATöR - Helvetin Meteli
PYÖVELI - No Speed Limits
RAM - The Throne Within
REENCARNACION - Dioses Muertos
REENCARNACION – Alucinogeno
REENCARNACION - Planeta Azul
RIOT - Thundersteel
RIOT CITY - Electric Elite
RIOT CITY - Burn the Night
SACRAL RAGE - Beyond Celestial Echoes
SAINT'S ANGER - Danger Metal
SANHEDRIN - Lights On
Santuário - 1982-1987
SCALARE - UNDER HELLS DOMINION
SCRATCH - Beyond The Fear
SINDROME - Resurrection, The complete (studio) Collection
Siren – A Mercenary´s Fate
Slaughterlord - Thrash til Death
Slaughter Messiah - Donnerheim Terror live
SONJA - Loud Arriver
SPELLBOOK - Deadly Charms
Stormhunters – Eye of the Storm
STRANGER - The Bell
TARAMIS - Queen Of Thieves/Stretch Of The Imagination
Tokyo Blade - Night Of The Blade - Deluxe Edition
Tormentor – Anno Domini
TOWER - Shock To The System
TRIAL - Feed The Fire
Trifixion - Descrucificados
TYRANN - Djavulens Musik
VIO-LENCE - Let The World Burn
VIO-LENCE - Eternal Nightmare
VIRGIN STEELE - Guardians Of The Flame
VISIGOTH - Conqueror's Oath
VULTURE - Dealin' Death
VULTURE - Ghastly Waves & Battered Graves
VULTURE - The Guillotine + Victim to the Blade
WARRANT - Ready to Command
WARRANT - The Enforcer / First Strike
Witches Hammer - Devourer Of The Dead
Witchtiger - Warlords of destruction 2004-2014
MC
Ambush - Firestorm
Ambush - Desecrator
Blasphemaniac - Bestial Occult Ceremony
BLIND WITCH - Burn Witch Burn
BLITZ - THE NACHTMAHR SESSIONS
Blizzard Hunter - Live at Padova
Bulldozer – The Final Separation
Bunker 66 - Beyond the Help of Prayers
Bunker 66 - Chained Down in Dirt
Conjuro - Promo MMXXI
Dai - Demos 1989-1992
Dai - The Advent
Evilcult - At the Darkness Night
Hellrot & Sadistic Force - Sadistic Rot
HERZEL - Le Dernier Rempart
Hyena - Live at Sanctuary
Killing Addiction - Omega Factor
Kontact – First Kontact
Nirvana 2002 - Recordings 89-91
Opprobrium - Discerning Forces
Phobia - Slaughterhouse Tapes
Prelude to Ruin - Ronin Ex-Mortis
REMMIRATH - Polis Rouge
Retrofulgor - A Traves del Éter
Revenge - Soldiers under satan's command & bang your head
ROK - This is Satanik
Sadowhore - Speed & Lust
SCHIZOPHRENIA – Voices
SMOULDER - TIMES OF OBSCENE EVIL AND WILD DARING
Sorceress - The Four Centaurs
Stallion - Slaves of time
Strappado - Not Dead Yet
Strappado - Fatal Judgement
Tabernacle - Terror in Thrace
TOWER - SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM
Trilogia - Heavy Metal Cruceño
Viper Queen - Surrender to the bite
ZEMIAL - Face of the Conqueror
Misc
Carrion Patch
Children of Technology - Mayhem Speed Anarchy Patch
Children of Technology - It's Time To Face The Doomsday Patch
Cloven Hoof Patch
Gallower – Logo Metal Pin
Grinder Patch
Heathen - Breaking The Silence Patch
Imperator – Eternal Might Patch
Jaguar - Power Games Patch
Megaton Sword – Epic Metal Shirts
Metalucifer – Heavy Metal Chainsaw Patch
Nasty Savage Patch
Nekromantheon – Visions of Trismegistos Patch
Protector – Golem Patch
Protector – Misanthropy Patch
Vampyr Patch
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DVP 241 Freeroad – Do What You Feel! LP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present FREEROAD’s striking debut album, Do What You Feel!, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, FREEROAD formed in 2018 with only the goal of making music for the love of making music. The moniker FREEROAD was thus chosen to symbolize the idea that there’s no boundaries in music; genres don’t really matter, as long as they’re keeping the essence of old-school rock ‘n’ roll. For FREEROAD, that essence is largely built up on the classic sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s – be it UFO, Thin Lizzy, Yes, Rush, or Jeff Beck – as well as the early rocking sounds of the NWOBHM.
Armed with such a noble ‘n’ rustic foundation, FREEROAD proceed to make their bolt-from-the-blue first statement with Do What You Feel! Ever aptly titled, Do What You Feel! indeed finds the quartet ranging those aforementioned sounds and styles with almost alchemical ease. Heartfelt, honest, and homemade, FREEROAD’s hot-rockin’ harkens to an era where immediately immersive hooks, loose-yet-locked-in ensemble playing, and earthy dynamics were king. Thus, it’s not disingenuous to suggest that there’s a certain déjà vu here; you might’ve heard these songs before, in a nostalgic alternate reality or two removed, but they had yet to be written. Such is the wondrous and endearingly celebratory magick at work across Do What You Feel!, as each of these nine anthems-in-waiting work their spell: each one different than the last, but definitely all the work of the same band. Again, the album experience as one that’s narrative in its variety – truly, FREEROAD are a band out of time.
Pleasures that are simple but utterly sublime, there’s no over-thinking needed or fancy words necessary when approaching the gritty glory of FREEROAD. Just like its cover cheekily displays, you’ll feel compelled to Do What You Feel!
– 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.
Out 27th January.
DVP 242 Critical Defiance – No Life Forms LP
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s highly anticipated second album, No Life Forms, on vinyl LP format. Unspeakable Axe have done the CD version.
Hailing from the cult-metal hotbed of Chile, for nearly a decade now, CRITICAL DEFIANCE have been steadfast purveyors of authentically late ‘80s-style THRASH. Their 2019 debut album, Misconception, turned many a head, and now the time has come for CRITICAL DEFIANCE to turn heads completely around with their second album.
Ominously titled No Life Forms, CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s second full-length sees the quintet firing on all cylinders – and heading into hyperdrive. Insanely tight in their razor-sharp execution, the Chileans here dish out extreme aggression nearly every second of this breathless, 30-minute work, with riffs flowing fast and free, and then going faster, faster, FASTER! Through it all, CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s stop-on-a-dime chops prove jawdropping, and lest one misconstrue No Life Forms as a mere exercise in clinical precision, be aware that the band never forget thrash’s primary power: full-on thrashing and The Mosh, moving seamlessly between the two and with catchiness to spare. All that’s in full force here, and it cannot be overstated how insanely juiced-up their execution is. No speed limit!
Fans of vintage Vio-Lence, Atrophy, Whiplash, and Dark Angel, you’ve met your modern match with CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s No Life Forms!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on aqua blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Out 27th January.
DVP 241 Freeroad – Do What You Feel! LP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present FREEROAD’s striking debut album, Do What You Feel!, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hailing from Monterrey, Mexico, FREEROAD formed in 2018 with only the goal of making music for the love of making music. The moniker FREEROAD was thus chosen to symbolize the idea that there’s no boundaries in music; genres don’t really matter, as long as they’re keeping the essence of old-school rock ‘n’ roll. For FREEROAD, that essence is largely built up on the classic sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s – be it UFO, Thin Lizzy, Yes, Rush, or Jeff Beck – as well as the early rocking sounds of the NWOBHM.
Armed with such a noble ‘n’ rustic foundation, FREEROAD proceed to make their bolt-from-the-blue first statement with Do What You Feel! Ever aptly titled, Do What You Feel! indeed finds the quartet ranging those aforementioned sounds and styles with almost alchemical ease. Heartfelt, honest, and homemade, FREEROAD’s hot-rockin’ harkens to an era where immediately immersive hooks, loose-yet-locked-in ensemble playing, and earthy dynamics were king. Thus, it’s not disingenuous to suggest that there’s a certain déjà vu here; you might’ve heard these songs before, in a nostalgic alternate reality or two removed, but they had yet to be written. Such is the wondrous and endearingly celebratory magick at work across Do What You Feel!, as each of these nine anthems-in-waiting work their spell: each one different than the last, but definitely all the work of the same band. Again, the album experience as one that’s narrative in its variety – truly, FREEROAD are a band out of time.
Pleasures that are simple but utterly sublime, there’s no over-thinking needed or fancy words necessary when approaching the gritty glory of FREEROAD. Just like its cover cheekily displays, you’ll feel compelled to Do What You Feel!
– 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.
Out 27th January.
DVP 242 Critical Defiance – No Life Forms LP
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s highly anticipated second album, No Life Forms, on vinyl LP format. Unspeakable Axe have done the CD version.
Hailing from the cult-metal hotbed of Chile, for nearly a decade now, CRITICAL DEFIANCE have been steadfast purveyors of authentically late ‘80s-style THRASH. Their 2019 debut album, Misconception, turned many a head, and now the time has come for CRITICAL DEFIANCE to turn heads completely around with their second album.
Ominously titled No Life Forms, CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s second full-length sees the quintet firing on all cylinders – and heading into hyperdrive. Insanely tight in their razor-sharp execution, the Chileans here dish out extreme aggression nearly every second of this breathless, 30-minute work, with riffs flowing fast and free, and then going faster, faster, FASTER! Through it all, CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s stop-on-a-dime chops prove jawdropping, and lest one misconstrue No Life Forms as a mere exercise in clinical precision, be aware that the band never forget thrash’s primary power: full-on thrashing and The Mosh, moving seamlessly between the two and with catchiness to spare. All that’s in full force here, and it cannot be overstated how insanely juiced-up their execution is. No speed limit!
Fans of vintage Vio-Lence, Atrophy, Whiplash, and Dark Angel, you’ve met your modern match with CRITICAL DEFIANCE’s No Life Forms!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on aqua blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Out 27th January.
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DVP 243 Trastorned – Into the Void LP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present TRASTORNED’s highly anticipated debut album, Into the Void, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hailing from Santiago, Chile, TRASTORNED formed in 2008 with the simple goal of being a local thrash band. Led by guitarist Fabian Piña and vocalist Felipe Lonza, the band became more serious the next year and recorded their debut demo, Decapitacion. More lineup shuffles ensued, but second demo Killer Thrash arrived in 2010. Four years would pass before TRASTORNED recorded another demo, but this time, with Witching Demo!, they revamped their sound and sharpened their attack, going from more blackened thrash to a cleaner and more complex style of thrash not unlike Vio-lence, Forbidden and Exodus around the turn of the ‘90s.
TRASTORNED began working on the initial recording of their debut album as early as 2019, but eventually moved proceedings to a different studio. And while Covid no doubt stalled those proceedings, at last is TRASTORNED’s debut album here: Into the Void. Bearing luridly Lovecraftian artwork by Marcelo Miranda aka Made In Darkness, Into the Void suitably disorients and demolishes the senses with dizzying ease. Truly, TRASTORNED here sound transported from 1990, from songwriting to production, slicing and surging with stop-start precision and an acidic execution as aggravated as prime Demolition Hammer and Morbid Saint. However era-authentic their sound may be, the quintet nevertheless possess THE SONGS to put this handily within that hallowed pantheon, each track taking mind-mangling routes but ones not without hooks; the catalog of riffs here on Into the Void is staggering, and they’re all threaded together masterfully. More than that, TRASTORNED’s chops are superlative and always put in service of the song, and the razor-sharp production only amplifies this electrifying fact.
Eight songs in 30 minutes and your heart will race like it rarely does these days: TRASTORNED will take you Into the Void, and FAST!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on sea blue vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
Out 27th January.
DVP 252 Running Maiden – s/t MC
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present RUNNING MAIDEN’s self-titled debut ep, on music cassette format.
Hailing from Switzerland, a quarantine one-woman project at first, Running Maiden quickly turned into a three-piece, totally devoted to classic heavy metal from the 80s. Drawing lyrical inspiration from legends of old and occultism, the band pays tribute to some of their main influences among the likes of Acid and Iron Maiden. This debut ep contains four well written and executed heavy metal anthems – it’s time to enter the Bazaar of Evil!
– MC edition with sticker, button and download code.
Out 27th January.
Repress:
DVP 143 Karloff – Raw Nights MLP
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on blood red vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Out 27th January.
Weihnachtsgeld ade...
Matt Greasejar
Deaf Dealer
Der Siouxsie-eske Gesang zu Old School-Metal-Riffs bei Running Maiden ist ja mal höllisch geil! Das Tape ist definitiv vorgemerkt. Und wenn die mal ein ganzes Album machen wollen - mach' feddich, da nehm' ich auch eine von!
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Ist schon geplant, genau.
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