COLD SPRING RELEASES
– C.3.3. (TEST DEPT.)-
IN STOCK EARLY! PRE-ORDERS END MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!
| C.3.3. ‘BALLAD OF READING GAOL – THE CACOPHONIETTA‘ CD (CSR255CD) £9 |
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C.3.3. is a personal project from Paul Jamrozy, co-founder of original industrial agitators TEST DEPT..
The work is inspired by the real life experience of Her Majesty’s Prison Reading. Tracing the history of the location through to the present current political and social situation, evoking the harsh realities of Victorian and modern day Britain.
Reminiscent of the finest mid-era TEST DEPT., such as “Gododdin” or “Pax Britannica”, with heavy percussion, strings, and strident vocals.
The title C.3.3. is drawn from the cell number where the literary figure Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol under gross indecency charges. C.3.3. was the pseudonym used for the publication “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, a poem based on the execution of a fellow inmate.
This sonic rendition draws upon the writings of Wilde’s poem and the horrors of prison life for a condemned man, as a metaphor for the universal predicament of all humankind.
Remastered with 2 bonus tracks, featuring TEST DEPT. and presented in a 6-panel digipak.
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– NYTT LAND / COLOSSLOTH –
NEW SHIRTS – OUT NOW!
– TUNNELS OF AH –
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– MZ. 412 –
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| MZ. 412 ‘ULVENS BRODER‘ 10″ (CSR248EP) £18 |
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| The resurrection of the originators of Black Industrial.
NORDVARGR ᛣ DRAKH ᛣ ULVTHARM
2018 marks the 30th anniversary of MZ. 412. The long-awaited new album ‘Svartmyrkr’ has been born
and will be released later this year on CD and double vinyl.
But first, ULVENS BRODER.
The limited edition 10″ ‘Ulvens Broder’ is taken and adapted from the forthcoming album and features
a very special B-side with Tomas from Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio.
412 x white vinyl – 412 x red vinyl – 412 x black vinyl.
IIII I II. Enki be proud!
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– MAYUKO HINO –
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| MAYUKO HINO ‘LUNISOLAR‘ CD (CSR245CD) £11 |
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‘Lunisolar’ is the second solo album from the ‘Queen Of Japanese Noise’, Mayuko Hino. ‘Faintainhead’ unleashes swathes of densely layered noise, undulating in intensity and ferociousness. Although claustrophobic throughout, there are moments of gentle metallic percussion, punctuating the raging vibrations beneath. ‘Astral Travelling’ offers no such relief, featuring unrelenting, piercing electronics throughout until the final few minutes of psychedelic comedown. In addition to self-made instruments, Hino plays noise with her six-theremin oscillators (in bright pink) – the one and only in the world, specially made by Ryo Araishi (a.k.a. ichion).
Prolific as a live performer, Hino is most well-known for forming C.C.C.C. (Cosmic Coincidence Control Center) in 1990, together with Hiroshi Hasegawa, Fumio Kosakai and Ryuichi Nagakubo. In its early phase, the band grabbed attention by combining noise music with Hino’s sadomasochism performance using bondage ropes and dripping candle wax. She has since been a member of Mne-Mic, DFH-M3, and Transparentz. Digipak.
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– SONOLOGYST –
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| SONOLOGYST ‘SILENCERS‘ CD (CSR253CD) £11 |
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Eerie drones, oscillations from the ether, distorted dark matter, signals from other dimensions… The music of Sonologyst fluctuates between scientific sonic documentaries and psychedelic abstraction, illuminated by early experimentation of the 50’s and 60’s, as well as future possibilities of the electronic and electro-acoustic.
“Silencers (The Conspiracy Theory Dossiers)” is inspired by the testimonies of those who have had contact with the so-called “Silencers” or “Men in Black”. Federal agents? Aliens? International conspirators?
Sonologyst makes a documentary in music, including spy tech, declassified documents, official recordings, control techs, secreted scientific information, CIA Deep Black Programs, NASA classified tapes, Secret societies and breakaway civilization hypotheses.
Recommended for those who follow the nebulous paths of Inade, Schloss Tegal, Bad Sector, Lustmord.
Presented in a digipak with booklet.
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– NYTT LAND-
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| NYTT LAND ‘ODAL‘ CD (CSR249CD) £11 |
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Siberian band NYTT LAND presents its new epic musical canvas. Working with the same unchanging 4 band-members, the musicians continue to revive the true magical sound of the Ancient North.
ODAL…
HERITAGE…
PATH TO THE ROOTS…
Odal is inspired by the traditional music of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, the Old Icelandic epic and the atmosphere of classic Norwegian black metal.
This time the album was recorded without using samples; all parts of the instruments were performed live. All songs were recorded and mixed in one of the technical quality best Russian studios, “Radio Sibir”, which strongly affected the sound quality. All the sounds of nature were recorded in western Siberia and northern Norway.
For the first time the 4-year-old son of Natalia and Anatoly, Yuri Pakhalenko, took part. By this they emphasise the concept of the album – heritage. |
| As in the previous album, Fimbulvinter (CSR234CD), Odal features the traditional Siberian overtone singing technique “kargyraa”, but the overtone singing by vocalist Natalia Pakhalenko gives a special character to the sound. This is very unique, since this technique is a almost exclusively a male singing practice due to its physicality.
So, it’s time to start the path to the roots…
Presented in a 6-panel digipak.
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– SHE SPREAD SORROW –
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| SHE SPREAD SORROW ‘MIDORI‘ CD (CSR251CD) £11 |
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Midori is the third album by Italian artist She Spread Sorrow (Alice Kudalini).
Midori tells a story, the escape from a harsh reality that becomes an echo of nightmares and visions, a house that is the scene of fear and anguish, a soul that is lost in pain to an epilogue of death and purification. The gloomy, intense, dreamlike sound, sometimes distorted, sometimes angelic is the soundtrack of a dramatic story, but also of relief. Duplicity is the key to this work.
Death industrial with female vocals and ambient moments, more dilated, with sounds that also refer to a ritualistic horizon.
Presented in a 6-panel digipak.
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– NDE –
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| NDE ‘UNITED‘ CD (CSR247CD) £10 |
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| Praise my fame, my violent heart.
“United (Through Iron And Blood)” is NDE’s third album and sees a return to the harsher sounds of their debut, “Krieg Blut Ehre Asche”. Deranged Black Metal vocals over uncompromising, blood-soaked death industrial, rhythmic power noise, and claustrophobic power electronics.
“United” is NDE’s strongest ‘song-based’ album to date, with assured harsh dancefloor fillers. “Sons of truth gather now, colour your hands with their blood…”.
For devotees of Trepaneringsritualen, Consumer Electronics, Navicon Torture Technologies, Genocide Organ, Propergol.
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CORRUPTED
‘FELICIFIC ALGORITHIM‘ 12″ (CSR240LP) £17
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PSYCHIC TV
‘KONDOLE / DEAD CAT‘ 2 x CD + DVD
(CSR246CD) £26
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JOTUNSPOR
‘GLEIPNIRS SMEDER‘ CD (CSR244CD) £10.50
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Corrupted is a mysterious Japanese doom metal band, formed in 1994. Immensely downtuned guitar and crushingly slow bass are shrouded under deep layers of feedback. They are rightly hailed as one of the heaviest and darkest doom metal bands of all time.
“Humankind’s folly it its continuing idiocy. This is the beginning of the “Hollow” series. The schoolyard of the school was buried in the mountains of radioactive contaminated rubble. We cannot hear children’s voices from anywhere. I hear it is the world of sound of only footsteps and the warning sound of the Geiger counter…” (Chew Hasegawa)
This record isn’t your standard doom fare. The title-less tracks are to be played at either standard vinyl speed. Therefore (and at the band’s request), no samples or download code.
The limited 12″ is accompanied by a foldout poster.
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Cold Spring are proud to announce “Kondole / Dead Cat” – a double CD and DVD collection, presented in a lavish 8-panel matt digipak with booklet. The RARE film features: DEREK JARMAN, ANDREW TIERNAN (‘The Pianist’, ‘300’, ‘The Bunker’, Derek Jarman’s ‘Edward II’) and GENESIS P-ORRIDGE.
CD1: features the complete, long version of ‘Dead Cat’.
CD2: contains 3 tracks: 1: ‘Thee Whale’ (Time Square Studios, Chiswick, London, 23/01/88). It is thee soundtrack to an unmade 23 minute film called “Kondole (Thee Whale)”, by David Lewis and Andy Crabb. 2: ‘Thee Shadow Creatures’ (Hyperdelic Studios, San Francisco, 23/10/93). 3: ‘Dead Cat’(Time Square Studios, Chiswick, London, 23/01/89). It is thee soundtrack to the film “Dead Cat” by David Lewis.
DVD: The film ‘Dead Cat’, released in 1989, and shown only at a handful of cinemas that year. It was never issued on general release and has only recently been uncovered by David Lewis (writer & director). We present the full film, re-authored from the original source. The film itself features unique starring roles from cult film director DEREK JARMAN, ANDREW TIERNAN (‘The Pianist’, ‘300’, ‘The Bunker’, Derek Jarman’s ‘Edward II’) and GENESIS P-ORRIDGE (Psychic TV, Throbbing Gristle). The film features the music of Psychic TV, included here on CD1, in its complete form.
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King Ov Hell (Gorgoroth, Sahg, God Seed) and Kvitrafn (aka Einar Selvik of Wardruna, Skuggsjá, Gorgoroth) teamed up and formed Jotunspor (“tracks/traces of giants”).
Musically, “Gleipnirs Smeder” binds grim and primitive black metal together with elements of noisy dark-ambient, while the concept of Jotunspor is strongly founded in the old Norse cults and beliefs. “Glepnirs Smeder”, or the The Forgers of Gleipnir, explores some of the incidents surrounding the creation of the world and Ragnarok – the ultimate doom / transformation. The chain Gleipnir, its forgers from the depths of Svartalvheim and Fenris – the chained jotun-wolf are some of the most important themes on the album, on which the lyrics are sung in Norwegian and Old Norse tongue.
Produced and engineered in Norway by Kvitrafn, the album was originally released in 2006 by our sub-division Satanas Rex. Digipak.
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