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MAGUS	Music for Mandrax	LP	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 013LP
$25.00 PREORDER RELEASE DATE: 4/17/2026 "A magus is a wizard -- a sorcerer. Magus, the band, is certainly interested in such things (who isn't), but the name is especially apt due to the band's approach to alchemy, the blending of rock, gothic, proto metal, and psychedelic styles to create a sound that is, ultimately, unique. Part of that uniqueness comes from the instrumentation. While guitar is often a dominant instrument of the rock oeuvre, the Fender Rhodes generally plays a supportive role. Not so here, where Jessica Weeks' deft use of the keyboard dovetails with Greg Weeks' more standard six-string approach. Not standard is the band's sound. Doomy yet inspirational, dour yet vibrant, the duo's tunes map sinister realms whose subjects span metaphysical creatures to enigmatic portals. You know, the typical stuff that rubs elbows with a magus. Formed in late 2024, Magus sprung from a desire by both artists to experiment with darker, heavier sounds. Long enamored of artists like Flower Travelling Band, Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple, the duo delved deeply into trance like riffs and euphoric solos to create the backbone of what has become their debut album, Music for Mandrax. This thirteenth Language of Stone offering features grounded, metronomic grooves, organic, lugubrious synth lines, and tandem vocals (supplied by both Weekses) that, in total, weave a heavy, trance-like spell sure to entice fans of bands as disparate as Sabbath is to Pink Floyd. Recorded at Weeks' Hexham Head studio (to analog tape, of course), the band enlisted long-time counterparts Jesse Sparhawk (bass) and Ben McConnell (drums) to round out their sound and lock down the grooves that propel the album. Mixed by Brian McTear and Amy Morrisey at Miner Street in Philadelphia, the band's fully realized vision came to fruition, which left only the album art to contemplate. The band, wishing to further the gothic aesthetic of their sound, enlisted fashion designer and artist extraordinaire Hogan McLaughlin (Game of Thrones) to create the starkly beautiful line drawings of the front and back covers. The duo travelled to Salem, MA to complete the package with Courtney Brooke Hall, who shot the moody and evocative photographs that grace the gatefold release's inner panels."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
WEEKS, GREG	If The Sun Dies	LP	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 012LP
$25.00 IN STOCK "Dormancy comes in many forms. For some it is a break from the world of stress and the constant demands one finds oneself under. For others it is a much-needed respite from the grind, a time to disengage from the wheel and collect oneself for the next challenge. If The Sun Dies, Greg Weeks' seventh release, is a signal that his respite is over. Pursuing creativity once again, Weeks finds himself in a period of explosive productivity. He has written an enormous number of songs over the past few years, enough to fuel five separate projects, including If The Sun Dies. In addition, he has rebuilt his Hexham Head Studio (still all analog, still twenty-four tracks) and resuscitated his label Language Of Stone (sans imprint status). If The Sun Dies, which takes its title from an Oriana Fallaci novel, is every bit a Weeks album: cryptic-poetic lyrics over melancholic melodies strummed on acoustic guitar and ornamented with the analog instruments he has forever treasured (Hammond Organ, Mellotron, Mini-Moog, and effects-laden guitars). However, the album feels like a departure, a maturation in both content and approach despite its many echoes from the past. The album's running thread is melancholia, but lyrically the tunes couldn't be more disparate. 'If The Sun Dies' is an anthem that posits the end of things being the only means by which two people can find time to truly connect. 'The Heathen Heart' speaks to one's desire for salvation yet underscores a different, more frightening reality. The more narrative 'A Narrow Star' follows a young woman's journey into entropy, while 'Tail Lights Burn The Hillside Red' explores the depression that likely drove her there. Shifting gears, 'Dream You Awake' investigates the more archetypal territory of the star-crossed lovers, while 'Driven' attempts, unsuccessfully, to put the genie back into the bottle. 'Ridley Street,' a song about a stalker, is juxtaposed to 'Rainless,' a song that believes in the transcendent power of love. While 'A Million Ways To Die' and 'Gone Darkside' tread quite literal territory, the album's closer, 'What It Takes' questions identity in the face of pharmaceuticals. Taken in total, the album amounts to a complete return to form."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
HEAVY HANDS	Smoke Signals	CD	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 009CD
$14.50 NOT IN STOCK "As the years stretch on and amplifiers cease to invoke the terror and horror that once seemed their calling cards, bands that carry on the quest for overdriven sonics either focus or fall flat. The wall of noise just doesn't seem enough in itself anymore. Tasteless licks and bland distortion settings are now the most potent of insults, the calling cards of hamfisted hacks and unschooled novices. How ironic then, that a band named Heavy Hands has moved into hard rock pole position with an album of proto-metal power and simplicity wed to the deftest of melodic turns. With every hook in its place, and a place for every hook, Heavy Hands manage to reach across the years to create a sound all their own."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
MYTHICAL BEAST	Scales	CD	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 010CD
$14.50 LOW STOCK LEVEL "Like a would-be soundtrack to some forgotten Wagnerian saga, Mythical Beast's debut full-length unleashes sonic elements akin to trudging minions in an epic struggle for tonal supremacy. This bloodless battle is for hearts and minds though, and is shot through with majesty and pathos. It's no wonder that a trio commanding this type of simple yet nuanced compositional energy would risk life and limb crossing the New Orleans 'security' perimeter one month post-Katrina to rescue their gear from a semi-ravaged practice facility. The fact certainly provides insight into the spirit behind their dread progressions of guitar, bass and vocals. Mythical Beast's music is dank, grim and heavy as hell, but at its heart lies an indestructible momentum and spirit in no small part due to Corrine's Valkarie-esque presence. All this is an elaborate way of saying that Mythical Beast wield power and majesty with equal acumen. Come join the struggle."

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SILVER SUMMIT	Silver Summit	CD	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 007CD
$14.50 LOW STOCK LEVEL "That Silver Summit is a New York band is undeniable. The darkness and frenetic claustrophobia of NYC ebbs from every sonic pore of the band's debut long player. New York City is nothing, though, if not trace elements of the globe's disparate cultures (made uniform through earth and steel and flesh). Multiculturalism (a dreaded word, I know) informs Silver Summit's sonic character as much as the blackened brownstone facades, hidden public gardens and slumbering subway commuters must. Where else than to seek unmitigated conflations of metal, dream-pop, oriental, British folk and other harmonious dissonances than in the band's own musings? The musical layers are infinite, as are the listener's chances at discovery. Silver Summit is: David Shawn Bosler (electric/classical/acoustic lead guitars, percussion, backing vocals); Sondra Sun-Odeon (vocals, slide/rhythm guitar, baglama saz, mandolin, keys/piano, cymbals, percussion)."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
BABAYOF, NOA	From a Window to a Wall	CD	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 008CD
$14.50 LOW STOCK LEVEL "Much is made about the lack of originality in music. 'Everything has been done, and done to death' people decry. This is a very modern attitude, and perhaps more than a bit flawed. Music has always been a continuum. Styles and traditions are passed from one generation to the next to be cherished, replicated, altered or reinvented. Just as one individual looks to another for identity and support, so one song looks to the last for meaning; a place in the grand structure. Noa Babayof does what many before her have done. She is a folk musician in the singer-songwriter tradition. She pays homage here, stretches boundaries there, and most often plays within the structures formed by the greats that preceded her. This in itself is not an easy task. Very few have what it takes to make it on a stage where what separates the weak from the strong is neither record sales nor charisma, but the greatness of the songs. This is something, I'm sure, Noa is reminded of each time she picks up her guitar to meet the challenge."

Artist	Title	Format	Label	Catalog #
LIGHTS	Lights	CD	LANGUAGE OF STONE	LOS 006CD
$14.50 NOT IN STOCK "Light is nature's guiding force. It fills the coffers of nature's bounty, providing every living thing with its own particular sustaining essence. Blood. Blood that shadow dwellers take with a savage thirst. Where sustainer and desanguinator co-mingle, lays the discrete border to the territory of Lights, a swath of land bathed in transformative moonglow and the illusory. Here, for every virginal vocal harmony a vampiric riff lies in wait, each dulcet tone risks transformation into snarling beast, and ghost-like apparitions infest the rafters, unseen but duly felt. Lights embody the mixture of pop beauty and psychedelic horror that has compelled millions to shiver in fright and ecstasy. Join us."