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Label Watch: Ascension Monuments Media Release Fresh Nachtymystium Merchandise

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New Label based in Southern California have released a run of new Nachtmystium merchandise. After some silence the band is back and are currently set to headline Festum Carnis in Wilseyville California on July 8th. AMM can be found on Facebook and Bandcamp and are currently taking orders. Listed below is what is available 

Nachtmystium – “Reaper” back patches.

Nachtmystium – “Reaper” grey-on-black 18×24″ screen prints

Nachtmystium – “Eulogy IV” cassettes (ltd. to 100)

Hate Meditation – “Condemned To Death” demo 2003 reissue cassettes (ltd to 100 – side project of Nachtmystium)

And announced today is the official release of Nachtmystium Live Decay: Roadburn Rites 2012 details below:

Our first CD release is scheduled to be arriving this afternoon!  Nachtmystium’s previously unreleased live album, “Live Decay: Roadburn Rites 2012″ (in which they performed their entire 3rd LP, American black metal classic ”Instinct: Decay” in it’s entirety for the first time ever!  Includes five additional tracks beyond the album material as well! 13 tracks all together clocking in at 55 minutes!)  Soundboard, multi-tracked recording that was later mixed at a studio.  Quality is as good or better than the Nachtmystium “Live at Roadburn 2010” album (Roadburn Records / Diabolus Templum Sanus, 2011) and this mini-gatefold style digipak is strictly limited to 500 units only!  We will not be repressing this.  This is a special release, out just in time for the bands first performances in nearly 5 years that occur in Los Angeles on July 7th and Wilseyville, CA on July 8th (headlining Festum Carnis Open Air), where they will again perform this classic album (at these two shows only) for the first time on American soil after five years in the shadows.  Nachtmystium are back and this totally unreleased gem is now available for you fans.  $10 + s/h!

Please give this new label your support and help boost them up, also be sure to check out Nachtmystium Live at Festum Carnis.

For European orders Nachtymstium is working with House of Inkantation and they have the following in stock

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 Nachtmystium – “Doomsday Derelicts” cassettes (ltd. to 100)

Nachtmystium – “The Demon Has Awoken Once Again” ltd.tshirt (purple & grey print on black tshirts)

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Sixes: Worship Amps not Gods, A Live Offering

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On June 10th The Union in Los Angeles hosted a benefit show for the now closed Complex. This local venue catered to the underground and their many art forms but was particularly partial to the Metal Scene. After its sudden and unfortunate demise the Complex together with Church of the 8th Day brought forth a band of artists and musicians to raise money for expenses lost due to the closure. While there were plenty of notable acts such as Young and in the Way, Ironaut, and Plagues, the band Sixes delivered their Blackened brew of doomy stoner metal that has already stirred up a buzz within the metal scene. 


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The darkened room is suddenly filled with ominous distortion moving the ambience into a slow rhythmic pattern, as the first notes of Acid God ring through. The rest of the band then makes their entrance and the ears are graced by a mind numbing scream from vocalist Stephen encroaching into an unforgiving relentless doom ladened groove. Methistopheles was a treat in itself, not taking away from the haunting feedback Sixes jumped into a furious unmerciful tune, vocals being spit out with vigor and rage, dripping with emotion and seeping into the very core. A Cross to Burn was the final song of the set, already a fan favorite this was a pleasure to see performed live. Headbanging through the rumble and becoming entranced by the music could be seen by those present. Sixes definitely have a lot to offer in terms of musicanship but they also possess the ability to speak through their songs. Be sure to keep an eye out for their debut album out later this year.

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The Metal Wanderlust Talks with RITUAL’S Ian Fleming

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I had the pleasure of asking Ritual’s own Ian Fleming some questions wherein he discusses what is new with the band, upcoming shows, and other random tidbits of information.

What is happening with Ritual, anything new and noteworthy?

We have a new album completed. We are playing Blackest of the Black Fest in Orange County and we have a music video coming out. We just shot day 1 of the video recently at The Steve Allen Theater, which is soon to be demolished and replaced with overpriced condos.

What are the plans for the future?

We are planning a few shows in SoCal and Tijuana. We are also playing in NorCal at Festum Carnis this summer. New shows are getting added to our schedule at a rapidly growing rate. We plan on getting this new album out asap and doing a tour. I am contemplating whether I want to release it independently or deal with a label.

What got you involved in music in the first place?

I was always a very creative kid. I used to draw a lot back then and I was pretty good at it. When I was 14 or so my friend got a guitar for his birthday. He started playing a lot and wanted to start a band. His uncle loaned us a bass and I started playing and started our garage band, played high school battles of the bands, little clubs around town. I was the best singer amongst our little group so I became the vocalist by default.

How do you feel about the internet in today’s music scene?

It’s cool. It has it’s pluses and minuses like anything, and it’s been discussed and debated over and over again. I think most people have heard it all before. But I think overall it’s a good thing. It’s not going away so best to embrace it. I have friends who are not professional artists, who make great music and have a few solid followers. Having that outlet to create and distribute their own music is exciting and it makes their lives and their fans’ lives better. More freedom is always good. There will always be mainstream commercially driven corporation funded music and that’s okay too. Diversity is good.

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The Essence of Time Matches No Flesh: Madrost

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The Underground Metal Scene is home to an array of bands who have become somewhat of a household name to those who are familiar. Southern California Metallers Madrost are set to release their new album The Essence of Time Matches No Flesh come June 27th and the hype that surrounds this epic gem surmounts from the very core of every minute of this amazing release. 

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Featurelust: Sixes- “A Cross to Burn”

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There is a rumbling in the distance, and feedback is pulsating through the fog. A force unto us masked in heavy riffage and guttural vocals…. Sixes is a band that hails from Southern California and they specialize in Sludgy Doom Metal brewed with hints of Black Metal that all comes together in a powerhouse of sound. They have recently premiered a single entitled “A Cross to Burn” off their upcoming full length album set to be released this Fall. 

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