Browse by Label: COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)

Artist:	BAND OF PAIN
Title:	Sacred Flesh
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 033CD

Originally released in 2000. The soundtrack was written by Steve Pittis' Band Of Pain, creating a very dark, brooding atmosphere to compliment Nigel Wingrove's film. Originally including a 16-page booklet depicting explicit scenes from the film, pressure from the distributors forced the artwork into a revised 4-page version. Sacred Flesh is dark journey into realms of mental anguish and repression; a very black ambient soundtrack. This is Band Of Pain working in the medium to which it's most suited. An incredible album with massive demand from both film and music buffs.

Artist:	PRURIENT
Title:	The Black Post Society
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	CSR 085CD

"The Black Post Society embraces and accepts the depression of not having anything left to hunt. The mask without a face to hold. The depression of the hunter after the deer is killed. It is better to be hungry than to have eaten. As fantasy shatters under the whip of reality, erotic malaise settles in the nest of the mind inverting this dormant fuel to rekindle the endless cycle of sexual chaos. Black industrial / power noise from this highly respected US act!"

Artist:	VA
Title:	We Bring You A King With A Head Of Gold
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.50
Catalog #:	CSR 100CD

The follow-up to the award-winning folk compilation John Barleycorn Reborn from 2007. Thirty-four tracks and 146 minutes of music from the best of current British folk artists. CD1: Barron Brady, Cernunnos Rising, Corncrow, Dragon Spirit, Drohne, Emil Brynge, Kate Harrison, Kim Thompsett, Laienda, Magicfolk, Mama, Philip Butler & Natasha Tranter, Sproatly Smith, The Rowan Amber Mill, Tinkerscuss, Tony Wakeford, Touch The Earth And Wyrdstone. CD2: Autumn Grieve, Beneath The Oak, Demdyke, Ian McKone, Jennifer Crook, John Parker, Rattlebag, Relig Oran, Richard Masters, Ruby Throat, Sedayne:Sundog, Telling The Bees, The Fates, The Hare And The Moon, The Kittiwakes and Venereum Arvum.

Artist:	BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE
Title:	All That Was Missing We Never Had In The World
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 109CD

Reissue of the stunning debut Bleeding Heart Narrative album from spring 2008 (originally limited to 200 copies). Working with a constantly-evolving autumnal orchestra of layered cellos, repeating piano melodies, hushed vocals and mutant textures of sound and noise, Bleeding Heart Narrative has constructed a unique, haunting and compelling album. BHN is the work of sole composer, artist and producer Oliver Barrett, working in the live spectrum as a septet. Presented in a digipak with the new and exclusive bonus track "Blueskywards."

Artist:	IRON FIST OF THE SUN
Title:	Behavioural Decline
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 116CD

Originally released in 2009. Personal obsessions skewed by drug use, codes of behavior observed by a misanthropic mind. Bitter and cold. Nihilistic and scornful. Elitist and pure. Behavioural Decline documents the rise of treachery and the fall of honor. Power electronics that sonically take inspiration from electro-acoustics and ideology akin to black metal/black noise. A deeply personal recording. For fans of Prurient and Sutcliffe Jugend.

Artist:	VON THRONSTAHL
Title:	Conscriptum
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.50
Catalog #:	CSR 118CD

Double CD of rare, alternative versions, new and unreleased material from German martial industrial legends Von Thronstahl! The sounds on Conscriptum range from orchestral to industrial, neo-folk to military-pop and martial rock, all with the unmistakable, unique sound of Von Thronstahl. This is definitely a release for fans of the early "classic" Von Thronstahl sound, which gained them the solid reputation they have today and could be considered a companion piece to E Pluribus Unum. Around 140 minutes of fantastic music presented in a luxurious 6-panel digipak.

Artist:	FIRE IN THE HEAD
Title:	Confessions Of A Narcissist
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 120CD

Confessions Of A Narcissist marks the final full-length release by Fire In The Head, ending six years of sonic warfare with an assault of manic, self-indulgent industrial electronics. Drawing as much influence from early punk/hardcore as from industrial/power electronics, F/I/T/H was conceived as a cathartic outlet to explore and ratify the delusions and social perversions resultant of psychosis and the darker side of man's conflicted dual nature, to fan the flames which engulf the borders between obsession, compulsion, lust and need. The tracks on this release were recorded in 2007-2008 and are the last of the "short, sharp, shock" vocal tracks which Michael Page abandoned in favor of "epic" length industrial/ambient compositions. Features guest appearances from Nick Blinko (Rudimentary Peni) and J. Randall (Agoraphobic Nosebleed), with exclusive artwork from Blinko.

Artist:	PSYCHIC TV
Title:	Themes
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	6CD BOX
Price:	$75.00
Catalog #:	CSR 123CD

Initial stock we had on this item was mis-priced, sorry. The new/correct & much higher, pricing is listed here. For the first time, all Themes albums by Psychic TV released together, in a sumptuous, embossed box set. The music itself was designed not only as a soundtrack but also for subsequent use by Initiates of The Temple Ov Psychick Youth in their rituals as Functional music intended only to aid in the process of making things happen. It is a practical tool. Thee essential collection of rare, archive and modern PTV ritual/esoteric musick! Each CD is presented in its own matte laminate, spot-varnished mini-LP sleeve. The box also includes a 28-page booklet of rare photos and essays. Themes was originally released in 1982 as a limited bonus LP with the first 5,000 copies of the legendary Psychic TV album Force The Hand Of Chance. Musicians: Stan Bingo, Peter Christopherson (Coil, Throbbing Gristle, Soisong), Genesis P-Orridge, and David Tibet (Current 93). Themes 2 was originally released on LP in 1985 by Temple Records and subsequently reissued as an extended CD version by Cold Spring in 1997. Musicians: Genesis P-Orridge, Alex Fergusson, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil, Mekon). Themes 2 is presented here as a 2CD set, including the full vinyl version, plus the original Unclean 12" and its two B-side tracks that were recorded in the same sessions. Themes 3 was originally released on LP in 1986 by Temple Records and is presented here for the first time on CD, completely remastered. Musicians: Genesis P-Orridge, John Gosling (Zos Kia, Coil, Mekon), Mark Sangerman, Monte Cazazza. Themes 3 is presented here as a 2 CD set, with an unheard version performed in Boston, U.S. by Genesis P-Orridge and John Gosling. Themes 4 is a brand new Psychic TV album, recorded by the late partner of Genesis P-Orridge, Lady Jaye and Psychic TV. Compiled by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Ryan Martin and Bryin Dall. Musicians: Lady Jaye Breyer P-Orridge, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Larry Thrasher, Bryin Dall.

Artist:	SEHNSUCHT
Title:	W�ste
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 124CD

Former Mayhem front-man Maniac, whose band Skitliv has proved to be a surprising departure from the black metal genre for which he was best known for over 20 years, has formed a side-project with fianc� Vivian Slaughter, bass player/vocalist with the Japanese all-girl band Gallhammer, Skitliv's guitarist Ingvar Magnusson and experimentalist Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound). Unlike Skitliv, which is a noise/doom amalgam, with Maniac's vocals still firmly rooted in black metal, Sehnsucht is in the noise/darkwave/ambient genre, with any vestiges of black metal pared away. Housed in a 6-panel digipak.

Artist:	WICKED KING WICKER
Title:	God Is Busy...Save Yourself
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 125CD

2009 release. Wicked King Wicker is pure doom. Their brand of guttural expression strips away the rock n' roll base and leaves nothing for the listener than the caustic reality of the darkest side of life. It is heavy, barbaric and void of hope. Wicked King Wicker has taken the power of doom metal and added noise to the mix to make its point. God Is Busy... Save Yourself is their sixth album, and their first released outside of the U.S. Wicked King Wicker is unique, and their extreme doom stands alone as the heaviest, most brutal doom imaginable and it may take you places you don't want to go.

Artist:	GOATVARGR
Title:	Black Snow Epoch
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 126CD

The second unholy union of Lord Nordvargr (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Toroidh, etc) and Goat (USA). The first covenant of Goatvargr was baleful, lycanthropic and lethiferous. A rejection of the techgnostic kingdom and circuitry idols which seduce our era. The downfall of light has brought a world of coldness. This Black Snow Epoch is a time to honor our forbears such as MZ.412 and the elements of flesh, wood and alchemical steel. Industrial loops and analog keyboards merge with sheet metal and chains to create a solemn winter hymn where the cold steel stings your flesh. The wolf instinctively hunts through the frost, and the goat is blamed for human transgressions, yet during the Black Snow Epoch, the true hunters will pursue. Presented in a jewelcase with foldout poster cover.

Artist:	EMME YA
Title:	Atavistic Dreams & Phallic Totems
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 127CD

40 minutes of dense astral emanations and magickal paradigms transmitted through the ritual mantras generated by Emme Ya. Emme Ya's Atavistic Dreams & Phallic Totems is based on the mysterious African Dogon tribe and their secret oral tradition. In the 1930s, two anthropologists gained their trust enough to be told these remarkable secrets. The Dogon seemed to possess advanced astronomical knowledge beyond their means, without any instruments. They revealed that the star Sirius was orbited by the "smallest and heaviest of all stars" and drew its elliptical orbit, which spans 50 years. This white dwarf (Sirius B) is so invisible, that the first image was only obtained by scientists in 1970. But the Dogon also told of a third star in the system named Emme Ya (now Sirius C). This was only discovered in 1995 and only with the use of advanced infrared imaging. The Dogon say that their information was given to their ancestors through contact with beings from the star system of Sirius, calling these beings Nommos or "the monitors of the universe."

Artist:	MACHINEFABRIEK
Title:	Daas
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 128CD

Cold Spring Records presents an album from Dutch experimenter Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). The tracks on Daas have been carefully picked to form a provoking, haunting journey. What the tracks have in common is a sense of nostalgic graininess. As with the music of Philip Jeck, The Caretaker or William Basinski, these tracks are full of degrading melodies and dusty ambience. "Daas" is the previously-unreleased opening track of the album, and features contributions by the great Richard Skelton. This track was made as a reaction to the piece "Koploop." "Flotter," "Koploop" and "Grom" were previously available on small run self-released 3" CD-Rs. Sold out for some time now, these tracks deserved a wider audience. These three long tracks also seem to come from the same galaxy, making perfect sense when put together. "Onkruid" was a track previously-released on a A Room Forever 12", as an expensive and extremely limited 12" boxed set, now brought to a wider audience.

Artist:	TENHORNEDBEAST
Title:	Hunts & Wars
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 130CD

TenHornedBeast's third album for Cold Spring Records is titled Hunts & Wars. Recorded over a three year period from 2006 to 2009, this album introduces subtle changes to the established TenHornedBeast sound, with shorter, delicate interludes separating longer tracks that rage with heavy distortion and doom-drone barbarism. Hunts & Wars progresses the established TenHornedBeast sound using leaden, sub-tuned bass guitar to create rhythms and riffs that dominate a battlefield of vast ritual percussion and droning walls of electric dissonance, creating epic and expansive textures that by turns burn with frost and freeze with fire. Heavily influenced by the oneiric visions of Robert E. Howard and Lord Dunsany. Hunts & Wars seeks to evoke the elemental, anti-modern fantasias of these writers and is presented in a lavish digipak designed by noted American graphic designer Kevin Yuen (Sunn O))), Wolves In The Throne Room) to its full grotesque glory. The days have come when the steel will rule. Titans arise, monuments fall. Ballads of victory and defeat are sung aloud as from the highest steps we are swept on to the eternal Hunts & Wars. Presented in a 6-panel, spot metallic finish digipak.

Artist:	HELDENTOD
Title:	The Ghost Machine
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 131CD

Heldentod began in 2005 as an outlet for research into the little-known corners of 20th-century history. While previous recordings whiplashed between the traditional and the experimental, Heldentod's latest album leaves behind its neo-folk and martial-industrial roots to focus solely on electronics, but maintains the fundamental sense of composition found in earlier incarnations. Although now primarily influenced by death industrial and power electronics, Heldentod looks to create the most suitable expression of its key themes, including ghosts, ancestor worship, human sacrifice, Neolithic fertility rights, Iron Age religion, medi�val literature, unseen dimensions, inhuman intelligences, and all manner of Forteana.

Artist:	HOGAN, ANNI
Title:	Mountain
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD/DVD DUALDISC
Price:	$19.50
Catalog #:	CSR 132CD

Mountain is an artistic collaboration between musicians Anni Hogan, Robert Strachan and Itchy Ear, film maker Bob Wass and mountaineer Cathy O'Dowd. Hogan and Itchy Ear originally worked on a series of piano pieces inspired by Ren� Daumal's Mount Analogue and the superior wisdom of mountains, using O'Dowd's Himalayan conquests for particular authentic inspiration. Robert and Anni used these pieces and the Himalayan peaks as a template for painting a soundwave soundscape around the piano compositions. Cathy has supplied all the photographs for the album sleeve, beautifully edited by Abby Helasdottir, and Cathy has performed a fascinating and revealing monologue over the piece "Deathzone." The Mountain film has been created by Bob Wass from Cathy's original film footage of her Everest expeditions. The film and soundtrack are an experimental "journey" exploring the nature of "journey and mountains" sonically and visually.

Artist:	MERZBOW & Z'EV
Title:	Spiral Right/Spiral Left
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 133CD

In the planning (and many faxes, emails and discussions in person) for 20 years, finally this stunning collaborative release for Cold Spring from Japanese noise king Merzbow and legendary elemental sound artist Z'ev is here. The tracks were created in London and Tokyo, with each artist remixing the other's original sounds. Two tracks weighing in at 22 minutes and 28 minutes, respectively! Dark ambient noise in a special textured card digisleeve.

Artist:	SEVERIN, STEVEN
Title:	Blood Of A Poet
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 135CD

Acclaimed solo artist and founding member of the legendary Siouxsie & The Banshees, Steven Severin's debut album for Cold Spring Records is titled Blood Of A Poet (Le Sang d'un Poete). This album is his entire soundtrack to Jean Cocteau's 1930 black & white Surrealist classic and is the second in his ongoing series of "Music For Silents." Blood Of A Poet received its premiere at the Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood in January of 2010 and his first-ever solo tour of the UK was hosted by the Picturehouse chain of cinemas. Housed in a stunning gatefold digisleeve.

Artist:	MZ.412
Title:	In Nomine Dei Nostri Satanas Luciferi Excelsi
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 136CD

1995 bore witness to the resurrection of nefarious Swedish horde MZ.412 (previously manifest as Maschinenzimmer 412) -- Nordvargr, Drakh, Ulvtharm and Shaitan. This ground-breaking, genre-defining album saw the inventors of "black industrial" blur the boundaries between black metal, ritual industrial, dark ambient and power noise. In Nomine... captures the darkest sides of Satanism, death and ritual sacrifice -- an enduring, blasphemous statement of True Swedish black industrial. This remastered version features two previously unreleased tracks ("In Ritual Of Blood And Oath" and "Infinite Hollow"), alternate versions and all new artwork. Just under 74 minutes of music housed in a matte digipak with spot varnishing.

Artist:	MACHINEFABRIEK
Title:	Vloed
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 138CD

Cold Spring Records reissues an album from Dutch experimenter Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). Originally released in 2008 on Sentient Recognition Archive, with added tracks and new artwork. Vloed is a collection of (slightly edited) live performances, recorded between 2006 and 2008 in Amsterdam and Den Haag. "All performances find Machinefabriek in fine form, offering up thick billows of warm guitar shimmer, fluttery, staticky ambience, and at one point some uncharacteristically heavy super-distorted metallic guitar, but here, it's not so much metal as simply a mighty drone, thick and throbbing and super intense. There are long stretches of near-silence and super-minimal high-end drone, glimmering, slow-building crescendos, squalls of distorted choral buzz, warm, whirring metallic reverberations, shimmery and dense, black dronemusik, all the stuff we love about Machinefabriek" --Aquarius; Beautifully remastered with a 20-minute bonus track, Vloed captures the immersive live experience of a Machinefabriek concert. Presented in a stunning matte digipak with modified artwork.

Artist:	LULL/BETA CLOUD/ANDREW LILES
Title:	Circadian Rhythm Disturbance Reconfigured
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 139CD

From England to the United States and back again. It all started as a simple drone project between Lull (aka Mick Harris of Scorn, ex-Napalm Death), and Beta Cloud (aka Carl Pace), based on the concept of how insomnia can affect your thought patterns. Billows of powerful bass drones set to indistinct flourishes of temporary insanity, it was released as a limited 3" CD in 2008. Now proudly presented in a deluxe digipak edition on Cold Spring, the original track is there, but also included is a fierce remix track by none other than legendary sound artist Andrew Liles (Nurse With Wound), with stunning new packaging and artwork. Fans of Lull and Beta Cloud will really sink their teeth into this one; what Liles has created here is not a simple remix but a raging deconstruction as only he can do. A captivating listen for dark ambient and harsh noise fans alike.

Artist:	MZ.412
Title:	Burning The Temple Of God
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 140CD

This is the ultimate statement in Swedish black industrial, summoning forth the act's controversial black metal side and recalling the Norwegian church burnings of the early '90s. Nightmare-inducing ritual old school industrial, alongside raw black metal, this album has been hailed as one of the greatest albums in the genre by noise and black metal fans alike! It could actually be considered the first real crossover album between the genres. Remastered and extended version of the 1996 album with bonus tracks ("Taking The Throne Part 2" and "Untitled") and alternate takes culled from the original masters. 61 minutes of music housed in a matte laminate digipak with spot varnishing.

Artist:	KREUZWEG OST
Title:	Gott Mit Uns
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 141CD

Second monumental album from Kreuzweg Ost for Cold Spring, headed by Michael Gregor (Summoning/Amestigon). "We see a light through the dim and cloudy shadows of our existence. In the electric field between. Total faith and desperation, hope and doubt, eternal bliss and delusion, we walk an unsure path to an unknown end. When the clouds open, the light navigates. The loud music of the sky: pounding drums surrounded by trumpets and swirling voices echoing from a distance unknown." Kreuzweg Ost rises again with God on their side. Gott Mit Uns combines a variety of different musical styles: from martial industrial to classical sounds, from deep ambient to cinematic pop music. These musical prayers are made for those seeking salvation.

Artist:	SUTCLIFFE JUGEND
Title:	With Extreme Prejudice
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 143CD

Harsh extreme electronic pioneers Sutcliffe Jugend return with an album of all new material. Three years in the making, and with numerous reworkings, With Extreme Prejudice finds Sutcliffe Jugend at the top of their game. Forcing the listener to question their own prejudices and taboos, as modern man struggles to confront and control his inner demons. Musically and lyrically this is SJ's most varied album to date, ranging from harsh electronic onslaughts to a new kind of musical oblivion. Production and sound values are closer to industrial music than ever before, creating a very different feel to their previous filthwork Pigdaddy. Enter if you dare, the very twisted and real world of Sutcliffe Jugend as they execute With Extreme Prejudice. Includes an eight-page booklet and slipcase.

Artist:	MZ.412
Title:	Nordik Battle Signs
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 144CD

Another Satanic tour de force from the overlords of Swedish black industrial. Nordik Battle Signs is a disturbing ordeal of power electronics, malevolent vocals and industrial noise with an explosive harshness. This Satanic ritual features the militaristic drumming of an infernal army, a collaboration with Ordo (Rosarius) Equilibrio and one track featuring voice-based noises from the band's fan-base. Remaster of the 1999 album with new artwork, drastically improved and completely remastered audio and 4 extra tracks (including the spectacular completed version of the long-deleted Legion Ultra 7") in a matte laminate digipak with spot varnishing.

Artist:	MZ.412
Title:	Domine Rex Inferum
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 145CD

Reissue of MZ.412's 2001 Satanic masterpiece! The inventors of black industrial take you on a misanthropic journey through a claustrophobic vortex, filled with sinister dark ambient and threatening industrial atmospheres. Domine Rex Inferum is a less noisy affair than previous MZ. 412 albums, maintaining lower frequencies for a more intimidating experience. Originally limited to 2,000 copies, now carefully remastered and reissued with two bonus tracks in a matte digipak with spot varnishing.

Artist:	MZ.412
Title:	Infernal Affairs
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 146CD

Seven years after possibly their darkest and most subdued album Domine Rex Inferum, the black industrial pioneers MZ.412 stepped things up with a bombastic industrial magnum opus, originally released in 2006 on Cold Meat Industry. Opulent orchestral arrangements sit perfectly alongside cavernous dark ambient and blackened noise to create another monumental release from the Swedes who have dominated the scene since their inception in the early '90s.

Artist:	VA
Title:	John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$19.50
Catalog #:	CSR 150CD

The compilers of the first John Barleycorn Reborn compilation, released in 2007, faced an embarrassment of riches -- a testament both to English folk heritage and the health of the contemporary folk music scene. So here we have the second crop from that original sowing. Originally released for download only, now finally available as a stunning double CD, with every track completely remastered to the highest quality. 33 tracks from the cream of current dark British folk music. Artists: Magpiety, The Story, Telling The Bees, David A Jaycock, Yealand Redmayne, Charlotte Greig And Johan Asherton, Steve Tyler, The Wendigo, The Owl Service, RAF, Far Black Furlong, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band, Sedayne, The Straw Bear Band, Novemthree, Paul Newman, James Reid, JefvTaon, Wooden Spoon, The Big Eyes Family Players, Sungod, Clive Powell, Mac Henderson Of Grand Union Morris, Cunnan, Orchis, Twelve Thousand Days, Mary Jane, Daughters Of Elvin, Misericordia, Venereum Arvum, The Anvil and Sunshine Coding.

Artist:	SKULLFLOWER
Title:	Fucked On A Pile Of Corpses
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 151CD

The most remorseless, brutal Skullflower ever. Alternating between granular lo-fi primitive rock and granular lo-fi primitive power electronics, this taut disc is a chain mail glove of hate to any lazy minds who've tainted the air with describing Skullflower as "psychedelic." But that's not to say this is an all-out total assault. There are also moments of tender acoustic balladry, it's just that they don't exist. The remorseless brutal sound is primitive, but as detailed and rich as a blood-soaked medieval canvas, somewhere betwixt The Rita and Clandestine Blaze, but more brutal! Long live the New Flesh! Kether is in Malkuth, Malkuth is in Kether, but in a different way.

Artist:	BURIAL HEX/IRON FIST OF THE SUN
Title:	Actaeon/Grown Under English Ice
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.00
Catalog #:	CSR 153LP

Superb trans-Atlantic power electronics/death industrial face-off between Wisconsin's Burial Hex and Birmingham's Iron Fist Of The Sun. Burial Hex presents two "pre-industrial" conceptual compositions. Aside from one synth at the end of the first track, this music was all made with acoustic sounds. Intense power electronics, but without using amplification or electronically-generated sounds. Just like how many industrial artists have flirted with depicting sounds and atmospheres from the first and second World Wars, these pieces were composed imaging atmospheres closer to the American Civil War-era. IFOTS's four tracks were recorded at Crushing Obelisk, Birmingham, England. Dedicated to betrayers of family/faith/country. Birmingham nihilism! 40 minutes. Limited to 500 copies.

Artist:	MACHINEFABRIEK
Title:	Veldwerk
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 156CD

Sublime drone music and field recordings by Machinefabriek, the solo project of Dutch experimentalist Rutger Zuydervelt. "Slovensko I & II" are best seen as a travel diary, recorded in Slovakia. Zuydervelt made "sound snapshots" with a small digital recorder. A major influence both while recording and assembling the tracks was Chinese sound artist Yan Jun. "Rusland" is a sound collage comprising field recordings and sections of live performances made in Russia. An incredible adventure and culture shock with long train journeys, bizarre venues and amazing people. "The Breaking Water" can be heard as a sonic portrait of Rotterdam's famous Erasmus bridge. It includes recordings taken from both on and beneath the bridge, along with further sounds from the river that it crosses, the Nieuwe Maas. "Floor & Radio" is a contrast to the outdoor pieces recorded for the installation "Licthung" in Radolfzell, Germany. Contrasted against the outdoor silence was the squeaking floor in the guest house and the distorted signal and static from the radio. Sometimes there's music in everything. Makino Takashi asked Zuydervelt to perform a score for his film In Your Star. After a screening in Tokyo, a studio version was recorded. The result is "Apollo," a sonic journey to space and beyond. Housed in a digipak.

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Artist:	NDE
Title:	Krieg Blut Ehre Asche
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	CSR 110CD

Artist:	MERZBOW
Title:	Graft
Label:	COLD SPRING RECORDS (UK)
Format:	LP
Price:	$23.50
Catalog #:	CSR 129LP