Today, BLOOD HARVEST announces September 27th as the international release date for the following vinyl releases: ALTARS' Paramnesia LP, PRAISE THE FLAME's Profane Cult 12" MLP, MASADA's Hideous Rot 12" MLP, HORRIFYING's Euphoric Existence 7" EP, and MALIGNANT ASCETICISM's Ascensum Serpens 7" EP. Sweden's foremost stronghold of morbidity, BLOOD HARVEST has been a tastemaking label in the death metal underground since the mid-2000s, releasing vinyl by the considerable likes of TRIBULATION, CEREKLOTH, MAGNANIMUS, DENIAL, BLASPHERIAN, IMPETUOUS RITUAL, BASTARD PRIEST, BLOODY SIGN, ENCOFFINATION, TEITANFYRE, KARNARIUM, and plenty more. With these latest releases, BLOOD HARVEST stands poised as one of the best death metal labels currently going. More info, as well as covers and tracklistings, follow below.
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At long last, one of death metal's best-kept secrets unleashes their debut album: Australian enigmas ALTARS and their heaving, harrowing Paramnesia. For the past four years, ALTARS have been quietly honing their craft across a demo, two splits, and a single, but onParamnesia, the trio tear down all boundaries and set their sights for the abyss and ether alike. For Paramnesia is both death metal of a tangibly sepulchral, cavernously physical construct and yet brims with an almost-metaphysical levity as its serpentine structures and technical ecstasy work their black magick across its eight-song expense, reaching total transcendence during the final trio of tracks which comprise the three-part title track. Witness ALTARS' Paramnesia and commune with unforgettable energies. Front cover art by Denis Forkas, with additional artwork and design by Alexander Brown (BNB Illustration, Witchrist). CD to be released by NUCLEAR WINTER RECORDS.
Tracklisting for ALTARS' Paramnesia LP
1. Mare
2. Terse
3. Khaz'neh
4. Husk
5. Solar Barge
6. Descent (Paramnesia, part I)
7. Gibbous (Paramnesia, part II)
8. Ouroboros (Paramnesia, part III)
MORE INFO:
https://www.facebook.com/AltarsDeath
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Formed in the middle of 2012 in Santiago, Chile, PRAISE THE FLAME presented their first attack of hatred, Profane Cult, in early 2013. This brilliant MCD, originally released through Apocalyptic Productions (Chile), contains five hymns of obscure and merciless death metal, with fast 'n' evil-sounding thrash in the vein of the early classic hordes of this style. Now, BLOOD HARVEST will release a limited 12" vinyl edition with three additional tracks, which includes a cover of the legendary Swedish band Unleashed. Making comparisons to other bands is for the beholder, but if you need a guideline, PRAISE THE FLAME's Profane Cult is Barbaric Dark Deathrash Metal with influences of Sadistic Intent, Massacra, Morbid Angel (old), Malevolent Creation (old), Dissection, and Asphyx. The members have been active in several other bands, in the ever-thriving Chilean metal scene. Hereby PRAISE THE FLAME and enter the Profane Cult!
Tracklisting for PRAISE THE FLAME's Profane Cult 12" MLP
1. Perpetual Covenant
2. Mayhemic Wrath of Glorior
3. Endless Scourge
4. Doomed By Darkness
5. Path To Dark Despair
6. Outro
7. Before The Creation of Time (Unleashed cover)
MORE INFO:
www.praisetheflame.bandcamp.com
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Behold, some of the most twisted original death metal around: MASADA's Hideous Rot, which is now seeing a 12" vinyl pressing courtesy of BLOOD HARVEST. Although the name might be new, MASADA feature legendary scene vet Cazz "The Black Lourde of Crucifixion" Grant (Crucifier, ex-Grand Belial's Key) on vocals and drums. Along with guitar/bass wizard Chris Milewski, MASADA create complex, labyrinthine constructions that warp the mind and wrack one's equilibrium, recalling the likes of Coroner, Timeghoul, mid-period Pestilence, and even later Death whilst keeping a unique identity all their own. Open your mind and let in Hideous Rot...
Masada - Hideous Rot
Tracklisting for MASADA's Hideous Rot 12" MLP
1. Hideous Cerebral Pulp
2. Fluteotherapy
3. Exist To Rot
4. Suffer Mental Decay
5. Toxic Unreality
MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/masadadasam
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The sickness of HORRIFYING began in 2010, with the mission to create and recapture the old, cryptic sound of petrifying and violent death-thrash. Their 2012 demo caught the attention of BLOOD HARVEST, who immediately signed the band and is now unleashing their vinyl debut, Euphoric Existence, which includes three agonizing and harrowing hymns. Limited to 300 copies on 7" vinyl, HORRIFYING's Euphoric Existence is cruelly/ironically titled: godly Chilean death metal this is, a pleasant and peaceful world this is not!
Tracklisting for HORRIFYING's Euphoric Existence 7" EP
1. An Agonic Death
2. Euphoric Existence
3. Petrifying Hallucinations
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Conceived in 2010, the will of Chile's MALIGNANT ASCETICISM is whispered and executed through those who walk the left-hand path, called to spread the message. Influenced by the most sinister currents of black metal, Ascensum Serpens gets inside the most sublime subjects of spiritual elevation, through the mysteries of sexual magick. A conscious trip inside the darkest paths, expressed through the traditional South American hate, MALIGNANT ASCETICISM's Ascensum Serpens 7" EP speaks dark secrets: OUR WORD IS SPILLED BLOOD, SEAL OF THE PERSISTENT, EXISTENCE AFTER EXISTENCE!
Trackisting for MALIGNANT ASCETICISM's Ascensum Serpens 7" EP
1. Seventh Breath
2. The Black Dance
