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Dying Victims Productions is thrilled to announce two amazing new releases which are now up for pre-order.

DVP 129 Aggressive Perfector – Havoc At The Midnight Hour LP/CD (song premiere tomorrow 7 pm German time at Deaf Forever)

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR’s striking debut album, Havoc at the Midnight Hour, on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats.

Following up their 2016 release Satan’s Heavy Metal, Aggressive Perfector’s debut full length, Havoc At The Midnight Hour, finds the English trio in resolutely evil form as they take a major step forward on their path of destruction.Embracing a wealth of haunted sounds and textures, this sepulchral slab of metal conjures an atmosphere rich in the romantic repugnance of horror’s past masters which it uses the setting for a 37 minute nightmare of nocturnal menace, occult fascination and bloody vengeance.

Summoning the ghosts of Metal past – Tank, Slayer, Venom and Mercyful Fate all playing a part- Havoc… fixates on the nuclear fury of an apocalyptic future, from which it culls new ways to pervert the course of heavy metal in the present.Follow Aggressive Perfector into the nightmare when Havoc At The Midnight hour is released on November 1st.

Regular LP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster and sticker.
Special LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and woven patch.

CD version comes with sticker.


DVP 137 MATTERHORN – Crass Cleansing LP/CD (song premiere today 7 pm German time at Deaf Forever)

DYING VICTIM PRODUCTIONS and Redefining Darkness Records are proud to announce 1st November as the international release date of the advanced label version of MATTERHORN’s debut album “Crass Cleansing” on LP, CD and Digital formats:

“Today marks a very special day to us, as we can say that our debut album «Crass Cleansing» is going to be released on vinyl for the first time on label!! Not only for the purpose of restocking our nearly gone self-released vinyl, not as plain second pressing or re-release, we used this happy chance to bring you the reworked & advanced label edition. Soldiered through the messy fap of what was the original reproduction, this is now something we’re cool to say we’re being proud of in a new level… Reworked to come closer of how you know our songs live, to fit our vision and most important, to show the group’s capability as an outstanding and inventive group, more precisely… Remixed by JB “Wonderwall” Van Der Wal because he understands the band. Remastered. Also it’s advanced to completion by two new live recorded bonus tracks «Bydying» and «Clarity», to show an insight on our forthcoming sophomore album, presenting the band in its actual state and to cut the biased sights on what we do. The new playtime is 49 minutes. All new artworks and layouts. It will be out in November on CD/Vinyl and streaming. We are happy to have found the two partners Dying Victims Productions and Redefining Darkness Records (US version) to make this possible! Our deepest gratitude!If you hated it, you may hate it for new reasons, if you loved it, you will surely love it for new reasons anew! More info to come …”

Regular Gatefold LP version on black vinyl, with 2 sided poster, sticker, download code and obi strip.
Special Gatefold LP version on colored vinyl, with 2 sided poster, sticker, download code, obi strip and woven patch.

CD version comes with sticker.

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Yet another Distro update in August, because we got in a bunch of new killer items:

LP
Desaster – Hellfires Dominion DLP
Fortress – Fortress
Hellbringer – s/t
Metalucifer – Heavy Metal Chainsaw
Nocturnal Witch – Summoning Hell
Sadistic Intent – Reawakening Horrid Thoughts
Tyrus (pre-HOBBS’ ANGEL OF DEATH) – s/t
Witching Hour – Past Midnight
Vulcano – Live

7“
Evil – The Gate of Hell

CD
Angus – Track Of Doom
Angus – Warrior Of The World
Bursting Out / Wifebeater – Drunk and Dangerous
Bursting Out – Outburst of Blasphemy
Eurynomos – The Trilogy (Singles)
The Force – Awakened by Lightning
Hypnosia – Extreme Hatred
Maniac – Look out
Maniac – Maniac
Medusa Touch – Terror Eyes: The Anthology
Night Prowler – No Escape
Nocturnal – Arrival of the Carnivore
Nocturnal – Storming Evil
Nocturnal Breed – Fields of Rot
Nocturnal Breed – No Retreat no Surrender
Nocturnal Breed – The Tools of the Trade
Ripper – The Exit / Destroy the World
Ripper – Experiment of Existence
Violator – Scenarios of Brutality

MC
Apostasy – Sunset Of The End
Bonehunter – Rabid Sonic Fire
Ectoplasma – Cavern of Foul Unbeings
Ectoplasma – Cryogenically Revived
Ewig Frost – Dirty Tales
Fortress – s/t
Gates – Back from the Grave
Gomorrah – Reflections Of Inanimate Matter
Ice War – We will stand
Indian Nightmare – Taking back the Land
Lethal Night – Vision in the Night
Opprobrium – The Fallen Entities
Overhaul – Rock n Roll Fuel
Raging Fire – Caught in the Game
Satanic Threat -In to Hell
Stallion – Rise And Ride
Zex – Fight for Youself

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Are you ready for another triplet metal attack? Today DVP is starting the pre-order for 3 new releases from Iron Curtain, Hexenbrett and Sacrifizer.



Keep an eye out for the song premieres through Deaf Forever starting on Monday 9th September!

Up for pre-order: http://www.dyingvictims.com/shop



DVP 139 Iron Curtain – Danger Zone LP Box/LP/CD/MC/Merch – song premiere on Monday 9th

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present IRON CURTAIN's highly anticipated fourth album, Danger Zone, on CD, vinyl LP, cassette tape and digital formats.



For the past decade, Spain's IRON CURTAIN have become a veritable institution in the international true-metal underground. Road to Hell, their debut album from 2012, set the stage for their successive scene dominance. Forged in the fires of the early '80s, IRON CURTAIN's sound set forth a smorgasboard of grit and gleam equally, largely nodding to the eternal Motörhead as well as Tank, but also Canadian gods like Exciter and Razor, to the Teutonic might of early Iron Angel and Grave Digger, to Scandinavian gods OZ and Heavy Load, to cult American icons Abattoir and Savage Grace. Indeed, none more true were IRON CURTAIN - and they were here to stay! Two more revered full-lengths followed - 2013's Jaguar Spirit and 2016's Guilty as Charged - but now IRON CURTAIN are about to lift the veil on their most rocking record yet.



Fans since the beginning, DYING VICTIMS is honored to unleash that hot rocker in the form of Danger Zone, arguably IRON CURTAIN's magnum opus. Scaling back the speed that characterized the band earlier on, here do IRON CURTAIN work the sweet-spot mid-tempo, maximizing space and shade within these overtly more melodic gems. The production on Danger Zone is especially exquisite, retaining an era-authentic grittiness without sacrificing any latent heaviness. Not that "heaviness" per se is the prime directive on LP#4 - although, ripping opener "Wildlife" would suggest otherwise - rather, the cooly cruising dynamic these eight anthems take is far more suited to fist-shaking and pint-raising instead of thrashing like a maniac. Thus, hooks are huge, and any perceived "cleaning up" of the production pays off across these 33 electric minutes, culminating in the mesmerizingly moody climactic closer "Lonewolf."



Are you prepared to enter the Danger Zone? Let IRON CURTAIN show you the way!



Regular LP version on black vinyl, with insert, A2-poster, sticker and download code.

Special LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, A-2 poster, sticker, woven patch and download code.

LP-Box set on splatter vinyl, with insert, A-1 poster, sticker, backpatch, button and download code, housed in a luxurious box.



Regular CD version comes with sticker.

Special CD Verion comes with sticker and woven patch.



Regular MC version with sticker and button.

Special MC version with sticker and metal pin.



Two different Shirt designs

Crewneck Sweatshirt



DVP 140 Hexenbrett – Erste Beschwörung MLP - song premiere on Tuestday 10th

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present HEXENBRETT’s debut ooutput, Erste Beschwörung, on Mini LP and digital formats. Originally self-released at the end of 2018, this first summoning of the macabre HEXENBRETT is surely one of 2019’s most nefarious recordings.



HEXENBRETT is an entity that provides cemetery sounds exclusively. The first invocation, fittingly entitled Erste Beschwörung, is a sample of what will follow in the future. Roaming ancient dungeons with sword in one hand and torch in the other, HEXENBRETT conjures the madness and mysticism of olde-worlde black metal, when unorthodoxy was celebrated and no blueprints yet existed – only paths to be blazed! Indeed does HEXENBRETT blaze across this four-song/19-minute offering, remaining firmly rooted in the purest metals but fanning those flames with a creepy, coffin-dwelling atmosphere that puts Erste Beschwörung in a league all its own, also incorporating eldritch doom and deathrock into this wildly bubbling cauldron. And it’s early days still…



No boundaries, no limitations: HEXENBRETT digs its own unique grave with Erste Beschwörung, and the cemetery is wide-fucking-open. The spell was cast, the demons are here – let the haunting begin!



Regular MLP version on black vinyl, withinsert, poster, sticker, and download code.

Special MLP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and woven patch.



T-Shirt





DVP 141 Sacrifizer – La Mort Triomphante LP – song premiere on Thursday 12th

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present SACRIFIZER’s debut mini-album, La Mort Triomphante, on vinyl LP and digital formats. Enhanced with the band’s 2018 demo and one new track, the infernal majesty of La Mort Triomphante has now been expanded into full-length format.



Originally released earlier this year on limited-edition CD and cassette, La Mort Triomphante was SACRIFIZER’s glorious burst from the underground. At five furious tracks and atmosphere-setting intro, La Mort Triomphante sounds much like its cover looks: icy yet fiery, galloping forward like evil invaders with a violent restitution. Indeed, SACRIFIZER are 100% cult speed metal sewn from ancient Canadian cloth, but other fibers from ’80s France and Germany also comprise their patchwork of salacious speed and bestial devastation. Grounded in the more traditional end of speed metal, the quintet keep their songwriting focused and straightforward, maximizing hooks and never forgetting the eternal magick of a good guitar solo; even the production itself on La Mort Triomphante is era-authentic but never smacks of cheap retro-posturing. The same could be said for their debut demo, Night of the Razors, which is here amended to this special LP version. A bit more berzerker and dripping with diabolism, SACRIZER early on indeed exuded some Morsüre vibes. “Morbid Envenomation,” the brand-new track exclusive to this vinyl LP, ends off the record with the band in full-on epic and EVIL mode, pointing the way toward SACRIFIZER’s inevitable debut album, which is bound to be a modern classic…soon!



Regular Gatefold LP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code.

Special Gatefold LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and woven patch.






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Up for Pre-order, to be released November 22nd:

DVP 127 The Night Eternal – The Nigth Eternal MCD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present THE NIGHT ETERNAL's striking debut EP, The Night Eternal, now also on Mini-CD format.

Although THE NIGHT ETERNAL's first public recording, already, these Germans are evincing the mastery of veterans. Across their three original compositions and a reverentially poignant cover of Judas Priest's "(Take These) Chains," the quintet concoct a supremely powerful and stirringly moody sort of heavy metal, both traditionally pure-steel in their dynamics yet also brimming with epicness and a sort of forlorn heroism. In fact, early '80s Judas Priest is an apt reference for The Night Eternal's night-prowling style, all gleaming chrome and classy, but bespeaking an ever-present darkness beneath that alluring exterior. Of course, hooks are massive as are the commanding vocals of frontman Ricardo, who's already on his way to being a first class heavy metal singer in his own right, but it's the chemistry among the five members of THE NIGHT ETERNAL that puts this beyond most other debut recordings: truly, their fire and fluidity are magick to behold! Appropriately moody cover art courtesy of Brouemaster Visual Decay.



DVP 138 Angel Blade – Angel Blade MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present ANGELBLADE’s self-titled demo on cassette tape format.

Not much is known about this young three-piece, but one can say this for sure: These guys are deeply rooted in traditional heavy metal. Drawing their influence from the early days of the NWOBHM and Scandinavian heavy metal, they are out to create the rocking, obscure atmosphere of the early days.

The demo cassette contains 3 original tunes which show different facets and stir up hunger for more material.


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Distro Update:

LP

Black Cyclone – Death is King
Chevalier – Destiny Calls
Convent Guilt – Diamond cut Diamond
Demon Head – Ride The Wilderness
Heat – Night Trouble
Insanity Alert – Moshburger
Legionnaire - Dawn Of Genesis
Lunar Shadow – The Smokeless Fires
Mountain Witch – Burning Village
Mountain Witch – Cold River
Nightfyre – From Fortune To Ruin
Road Warrior – Power
Space Chaser – Dead Sun Rising
Space Chaser / Distillator – Split
Toxic Shock – Twentylastcentury
Tyfon’s Doom – Emperor’s Path
Vultures Vengeance – The Knightlore

7“

Ice War – Arrowhead/The Dark

CD

Acrostic - Sincretismo/Posguerra
Black Cyclone – Death is King
Calvario - The Last Sunset
Chaotic Bastard - Death´s Waiting
Chevalier – Destiny Calls
Dictator - Moreover Imagination
Kadavar - s/t
Heat – Night Trouble
Legionnaire - Dawn Of Genesis
Lunar Shadow – The Smokeless Fires
Mausoleum Gate – Into A Dark Divinity
Traveler – Traveler
Tyfon’s Doom – Emperor’s Path
Tyfon’s Doom – Yeth Hound
Vultures Vengeance – The Knightlore

MC

Bafomet / Suicide Club – Split
Cöuntess – Dance to the Rythm
Deranged - Burst of Violence
Devil´s Poison - Possessed by lust and Fire
Gravehammer – Gravehammer
Gravehammer - Nine Days Deep
Gravehammer - Primordial Principles | Fundamental Forces
Haveri - Epic Battles
Maligner - Attraction by Annihilation
Survival – Survival
Throne of Iron – Throne of Iron
Thunderslave – Thunderslave
Unhallowed - Ab Intus Tenebras
Vendel – Vendel
Vultures Vengeance – The Knightlore

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Today’s the day, Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the release of three new (mini-) albums. Limited vinyl editions are already decimated, so do not wait too long to get your copies:

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DVP 134 Megaton Sword – Niralet MLP/MCD/T-Shirt

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present MEGATON SWORD's striking debut EP, Niralet, on CD and 12" vinyl formats.

Hailing from Switzerland and founded in 2018, MEGATON SWORD are ever aptly monikered: theirs is a nuclear-powered style of true-as-steel HEAVY METAL drunk on high fantasy and the enduring themes of conquest and valor, triumph and tragedy. The band's first public recording is titled Niralet, and it arrives as a fully formed document of a young band already capitalizing on their considerable strengths. The quartet - vocalist Uzzy Unchained, guitarist Chris the Axe, bassist Simon the Sorcerer, and drummer Dan Thundersteel - here create five mini-epics that feel far vaster than their succinct track times suggest. Perhaps it's the patient pacing they employ, allowing each bellow of bathos and push of pathos to ring out and as true as possible; perhaps it's the passion and machismo dripping from every element, every drop of blood, sweat, and tears tangible and intense; or perhaps it's Niralet simultaneously sounding timeless and fresh, safely evading both rote "retro" throwback and over-modernity in kind.

We can make references to '80s Manowar, Warlord, and Manilla Road as well as maybe early Running Wild or Nasty Savage, but even this early on, MEGATON SWORD are being no one but themselves. Wield MEGATON SWORD and begin the quest to Niralet! Suitably soothing 'n' eerie artwork courtesy of Adam Burke.

Regular Gatefold MLP version on black vinyl, with poster and sticker.
Special Gatefold MLP version on colored vinyl, with poster, sticker and woven patch.

MCD version comes with sticker.

T-Shirt

DVP 135 Midnight Prey – Uncertain Times LP/CD

DYING VICTIM PRODUCTIONS is proud to present MIDNIGHT PREY's highly anticipated debut album, Uncertain Times, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

Honest rock music played on real instruments: this is MIDNIGHT PREY! In a feral-yet-atmospheric way, this German three-piece play an honest and powerful old-school kind of sound, anchored in the darkness.

When MIDNIGHT PREY was founded in 2013 by Hannes Ruhland (drums), Winston Ziller (guitars, vocals), and Daniel Friesen (bass), they had known each other for two more years since the age of 16-18, already having a bit of reharsal and live experience together and apart. From Venom to Frank Zappa, from Roxy Music to Bolt Thrower, from Rory Gallagher to Black Flag - almost nothing was taboo on their record players. Growing up together sharing their love for good handmade music of all kinds of varieties, they played their way through Germany's underground heavy metal stages and released a demo on tape called The Savage Sessions in 2013 via Witchhammer Productions. In 2014, a promo tape called Rehearsal Rites was exclusively sold at one show, containing rough recordings of the songs to come out on the following EP, Rite of Blood, which was released on CD, tape, and digital.

MIDNIGHT PREY moved from the southwest of Germany to Hamburg in 2015. After playing a lot of shows in Hamburg, there was the release of a 7" single called Blood Stained Streets, which underlines their romance for the dirty, booze-soaked streets of St. Pauli (Hamburg). Now, at long last, their debut album, ominously titled Uncertain Times, is nearing release, and the power-trio are more than ready to unleash their sheer energy onto the world!

Indeed, energy is in abundance across Uncertain Times, but tempered with a focus and clarity that suggest the work of veterans. Skillfully working with space and shade, the songwriting retains an urgency but is never in a rush to the finish line, either; MIDNIGHT PREY just play it cool and keep the heads banging and fists pumping. Likewise, with that ever-present energy, they wisely don't over-distort or saturate their sound, keeping a clean-yet-gritty aspect that reverently straddles their many stylistic inspirations. Whether it's '70s hard rock, '80s heavy metal, or classic punk and speed metal, MIDNIGHT PREY mix it all into one addicting concoction that simply demands total thralldom - and repeat plays!

Uncertain Times is ageless wisdom spoken sagely in complicated, all-too-modern times...and it's time for MIDNIGHT PREY!

Regular LP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster and sticker.
Special LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and woven patch.

CD version comes with sticker.

Regular MC version with sticker and button.
Special MC version with sticker and metal pin.
Unfortunately, the cassette version is slightly delayed due to some misprints and will be available in 7-10 days.
DVP 136 Galaxy – Lost From the Start MLP/MCD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present GALAXY's striking debut mini-album, Lost From the Start, on CD and 12" vinyl formats.

GALAXY is a band from Melbourne, Australia. In choosing the name GALAXY, their mission is to channel the cosmic power of heavy metal, and share it with those who will take up the challenge - to join them on a musical odyssey as far as the imagination will allow.

GALAXY tip their hats to the speed metal and traditional heavy metal acts of the 1980s with their untamed and spirited MLP, Lost From the Start. A force of musical beauty, terrifying in its splendor, it brings to mind '80s Riot, Satan, Megadeth and the classic years of Judas Priest, with manic thrash elements evoking the glory days of heavy music.

Lost From the Start has a dynamic production that appropriately captures the ferocity and emotion the songs exude. Mastering duties for the MLP were handled by none other than Andy La Rocque at his very own Sonic Train Studios, ensuring the maximum potential of the recording was achieved. The stunning gatefold cover art was created by talented Melbourne artist Keelan Ashton-Bell, presenting a sci-fi-inspired alien desert world which prepares the listener for the epic voyage ahead.

With a professional and high-octane live presentation in tow, the band brings a message of joy and madness, tales of love and loss, songs of fear and courage. Join GALAXY on their journey, Lost From the Start.

Regular MLP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster and sticker.
Special MLP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and woven patch.

CD comes with sticker.


Also check out the recent additions to the distro:


Distro Update:

LP

Anguish – Under the Influence
Distillator - Summoning the Malicious
Evil Invaders - Same
Sabbat/Evil Shepherd - A Pestilent Alliance
Sekkusu - Satyromania
Total Inferno-P.E.M.F.H.
Warlord - The Hunt for Damien


7“
Sekkusu – Slash the Pose
Volcana – A Lion among Jackals

CD

Ashbury - Endless Skies
Black Sites – Exile
Bulldozing Bastard - Under the ram
Cherokee - Wakan Tanka Nici Un
Crossfire - Second Attack
Demon Bitch - Death is Hanging + Demo '12
Demon Bitch – Hellfriends
Distillator - Summoning the malicious
Faithful Breath - Gold´n glory
Ghost Tower – Head of Night
Manilla Road - Gates of fire
Nekrosity - Void Gazer
Ostrogoth - Full moons eyes
Proud -Fire breaks the dawn
Starlight - Constellation
Twilight Hammer - Taken by the Others
Tyrant - Mean Machine
Zuul - Out of Time
Zuul - To the Frontlines


MC
Hostile Faith – Mortal Signs …to Death
Rough Spells – Modern Kicks for the Solitary Witch
Satanic Panic - S/T
Sekkesu - Satryomania
Shitfucker - Rick’s Dead
Starlight - Constellation
Witchfist - Demo


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Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the release of two new Albums. Limited vinyl editions are already decimated, so do not wait too long to get your copies!

http://www.dyingvictims.com


DVP 129 Aggressive Perfector – Havoc at the Midnight Hour LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present AGGRESSIVE PERFECTOR's striking debut album, Havoc at the Midnight Hour, on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats.

Following up their 2016 release Satan’s Heavy Metal, Aggressive Perfector’s debut full length, Havoc At The Midnight Hour, finds the English trio in resolutely evil form as they take a major step forward on their path of destruction.

Embracing a wealth of haunted sounds and textures, this sepulchral slab of metal conjures an atmosphere rich in the romantic repugnance of horror’s past masters which it uses the setting for a 37 minute nightmare of nocturnal menace, occult fascination and bloody vengeance.
Summoning the ghosts of Metal past - Tank, Slayer, Venom and Mercyful Fate all playing a part- Havoc... fixates on the nuclear fury of an apocalyptic future, from which it culls new ways to pervert the course of heavy metal in the present.

Follow Aggressive Perfector into the nightmare when Havoc At The Midnight hour is released on November 22nd.

Regular LP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster and sticker.
Special LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and woven patch.

CD version comes with sticker.


DVP 137 Matterhorn – Crass Cleansing LP/CD

DYING VICTIM PRODUCTIONS and REDEFINING DARKNESS RECORDS are proud to announce 22nd November as the international release date of the advanced label version of MATTERHORN's debut album "Crass Cleansing" on LP, CD and Digital formats:
"Today marks a very special day to us, as we can say that our debut album «Crass Cleansing» is going to be released on vinyl for the first time on label!! Not only for the purpose of restocking our nearly gone self-released vinyl, not as plain second pressing or re-release, we used this happy chance to bring you the reworked & advanced label edition. Soldiered through the messy fap of what was the original reproduction, this is now something we're cool to say we're being proud of in a new level... Reworked to come closer of how you know our songs live, to fit our vision and most important, to show the group's capability as an outstanding and inventive group, more precisely... Remixed by JB "Wonderwall" Van Der Wal because he understands the band. Remastered. Also it's advanced to completion by two new live recorded bonus tracks «Bydying» and «Clarity», to show an insight on our forthcoming sophomore album, presenting the band in its actual state and to cut the biased sights on what we do. The new playtime is 49 minutes. All new artworks and layouts. It will be out in November on CD/Vinyl and streaming. We are happy to have found the two partners Dying Victims Productions and Redefining Darkness Records (US version) to make this possible! Our deepest gratitude!If you hated it, you may hate it for new reasons, if you loved it, you will surely love it for new reasons anew! More info to come ..."

Regular Gatefold LP version on black vinyl, with 2 sided poster, sticker, download code and obi strip.
Special Gatefold LP version on colored vinyl, with 2 sided poster, sticker, download code, obi strip and woven patch.

CD version comes with sticker.


DVP 138 Angel Blade – Angel Blade MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present ANGELBLADE’s self-titled demo on cassette tape format.
Not much is known about this young three-piece, however, one can say this for sure. These guys are deeply rooted in traditional heavy metal. They draw their influence from the early days of the NWOBHM and Scandinavian heavy metal. And they are out to create the rocking, obscure atmosphere of the early days.
The demo cassette contains 3 original tunes which show different facets and stir up hunger for more material.

Cassette comes with sticker and button.


DVP 127 The Night Eternal – The Night Eternal MCD

Due to many requests, DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present THE NIGHT ETERNAL's striking debut EP now also on CD format.

Although THE NIGHT ETERNAL's first public recording, already, these Germans are evincing the mastery of veterans. Across their three original compositions and a reverentially poignant cover of Judas Priest's "(Take These) Chains," the quintet concoct a supremely powerful and stirringly moody sort of heavy metal, both traditionally pure-steel in their dynamics yet also brimming with epicness and a sort of forlorn heroism. In fact, early '80s Judas Priest is an apt reference for The Night Eternal's night-prowling style, all gleaming chrome and classy, but bespeaking an ever-present darkness beneath that alluring exterior. Of course, hooks are massive as are the commanding vocals of frontman Ricardo, who's already on his way to being a first class heavy metal singer in his own right, but it's the chemistry among the five members of THE NIGHT ETERNAL that puts this beyond most other debut recordings: truly, their fire and fluidity are magick to behold! Appropriately moody cover art courtesy of Brouemaster Visual Decay.

CD version comes with sticker.


And check out the recent additions to the distro as well:

LP
Alien Force - Hell and High Water
Chevalier – Dawn of Battle
Crucifixion - After the Fox
Helvetets Port - From Life to Death
Legendry - The Wizard and the Tower Keep
Morbid Saint - Spectrum of Death
Ogre – Thrice as strong
Pagan Altar - The Time Lord
Pagan Altar - Mythical and Magical
Quintessenz - To the Gallows
Ravensire A Stone engraved in Red
Sölicitör – s/t
Traveler – s/t
Vectom - Rules of Mystery
Vectom - Speed Revolution
Vultures Vengeance – The Knightlore
Witch Cross - Fighting Back - The Studio Anthology 1983-1985

CD
Bulldozing Bastard - Under the ram
Crucifixion - After the Fox
Deathtrap - Downfall (1989-1991)
Diamond Chazr – Chained in Tokyo
Gatekeeper - East Of Sun
Hellbreaker – Thy Serpent’s Coffin
Intöxicated - Rock n Roll Hellpatrol
MCB - Heavy Mörtel Mischmachine (1985-1989)
Moshquito - Metallic Grave (1987-1991)
Pagan Altar - The Time Lord
Pagan Altar - Mythical and Magical
Panther - Höllenfeuer (1985-1991)
Quintessenz - To the Gallows
Rochus - Haunting In Your Brain (1988-1990)
Shellshock – Pestilent Queen
Smoulder – Times of obscene evil and wild daring
Vultures Vengeance – The Knightlore
Wifebeater – Misogynist

MC
Bandit – Stand & Deliver
Hellbreaker – Bringer of Light
Hellraisers – Rot in Pain
Karloff – Raw Nights
Riot City – Burn the Night
Vuil - Hell

T-Shirt
Acero Letal – El Trueno Cruza Suramerica

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Dying Victims Productions is proud to announce the release of the following three new records.

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DVP 139 Iron Curtain – Danger Zone LP/CD/MC/Merch

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present IRON CURTAIN's highly anticipated fourth album, Danger Zone, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

For the past decade, Spain's IRON CURTAIN have become a veritable institution in the international true-metal underground. Road to Hell, their debut album from 2012, set the stage for their successive scene dominance. Forged in the fires of the early '80s, IRON CURTAIN's sound set forth a smorgasboard of grit and gleam equally, largely nodding to the eternal Motörhead as well as Tank, but also Canadian gods like Exciter and Razor, to the Teutonic might of early Iron Angel and Grave Digger, to Scandinavian gods OZ and Heavy Load, to cult American icons Abattoir and Savage Grace. Indeed, none more true were IRON CURTAIN - and they were here to stay! Two more revered full-lengths followed - 2013's Jaguar Spirit and 2016's Guilty as Charged - but now IRON CURTAIN are about to lift the veil on their most rocking record yet.

Fans since the beginning, DYING VICTIMS is honored to unleash that hot rocker in the form of Danger Zone, arguably IRON CURTAIN's magnum opus. Scaling back the speed that characterized the band earlier on, here do IRON CURTAIN work the sweet-spot mid-tempo, maximizing space and shade within these overtly more melodic gems. The production on Danger Zone is especially exquisite, retaining an era-authentic grittiness without sacrificing any latent heaviness. Not that "heaviness" per se is the prime directive on LP#4 - although, ripping opener "Wildlife" would suggest otherwise - rather, the cooly cruising dynamic these eight anthems take is far more suited to fist-shaking and pint-raising instead of thrashing like a maniac. Thus, hooks are huge, and any perceived "cleaning up" of the production pays off across these 33 electric minutes, culminating in the mesmerizingly moody climactic closer "Lonewolf."

Are you prepared to enter the Danger Zone? Let IRON CURTAIN show you the way!

Regular LP version on black vinyl, with insert, A2-poster, sticker and download code.
Special LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, A-2 poster, sticker, woven patch and download code.
LP-Box set on splatter vinyl, with insert, A-1 poster, sticker, backpatch, button and download code, housed in a luxurious box. (Unfortunately, the boxes are slightly delayed).

Regular CD version comes with sticker.
Special CD Verion comes with sticker and woven patch.

Regular MC version with sticker and button.
Special MC version with sticker and metal pin
(Unfortunately, the tapes are slightly delayed and will ship next week).

Two different Shirt designs
Crewneck Sweatshirt

DVP 140 Hexenbrett – Erste Beschwörung MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present HEXENBRETT’s debut ooutput, Erste Beschwörung, on Mini LP and digital formats. Originally self-released at the end of 2018, this first summoning of the macabre HEXENBRETT is surely one of 2019’s most nefarious recordings.

HEXENBRETT is an entity that provides cemetery sounds exclusively. The first invocation, fittingly entitled Erste Beschwörung, is a sample of what will follow in the future. Roaming ancient dungeons with sword in one hand and torch in the other, HEXENBRETT conjures the madness and mysticism of olde-worlde black metal, when unorthodoxy was celebrated and no blueprints yet existed – only paths to be blazed! Indeed does HEXENBRETT blaze across this four-song/19-minute offering, remaining firmly rooted in the purest metals but fanning those flames with a creepy, coffin-dwelling atmosphere that puts Erste Beschwörung in a league all its own, also incorporating eldritch doom and deathrock into this wildly bubbling cauldron. And it’s early days still…

No boundaries, no limitations: HEXENBRETT digs its own unique grave with Erste Beschwörung, and the cemetery is wide-fucking-open. The spell was cast, the demons are here – let the haunting begin!

Regular MLP version on black vinyl, withinsert, poster, sticker, and download code.
Special edition SOLD OUT!

T-Shirt


DVP 141 Sacrifizer – La Mort Triomphante LP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present SACRIFIZER's debut mini-album, La Mort Triomphante, on vinyl LP format. Enhanced with the band's 2018 demo and one new track, the infernal majesty of La Mort Triomphante has now been expanded into full-length format.

Originally released earlier this year on limited-edition CD and cassette, La Mort Triomphante was SACRIFIZER's glorious burst from the underground. At five furious tracks and atmosphere-setting intro, La Mort Triomphante sounds much like its cover looks: icy yet fiery, galloping forward like evil invaders with a violent restitution. Indeed, SACRIFIZER are 100% cult speed metal sewn from ancient Canadian cloth, but other fibers from '80s France and Germany also comprise their patchwork of salacious speed and bestial devastation. Grounded in the more traditional end of speed metal, the quintet keep their songwriting focused and straightforward, maximizing hooks and never forgetting the eternal magick of a good guitar solo; even the production itself on La Mort Triomphante is era-authentic but never smacks of cheap retro-posturing. The same could be said for their debut demo, Night of the Razors, which is here amended to this special LP version. A bit more berzerker and dripping with diabolism, SACRIZER early on indeed exuded some Morsüre vibes. "Morbid Envenomation," the brand-new track exclusive to this vinyl LP, ends off the record with the band in full-on epic and EVIL mode, pointing the way toward SACRIFIZER's inevitable debut album, which is bound to be a modern classic...soon!

Regular Gatefold LP version on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code.
Special Gatefold LP version on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and woven patch.

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Check out this MASSIVE distro update!

During the last sale I discovered loads of older tapes and cds which were not listed, so have a look! I also found a little treasure box hidden away with 12 copies of the special editions of
The Night Eternal – s/t MLP

These are back in the shop now!


Some info on the limited vinyl editions of the recent releases:

- Aggressive Perfector – Havoc at the Midnight Hour - 80% sold
- Galaxy – Lost From the Start - 80% sold
- Iron Curtain – Danger Zone - 60% sold
- Matterhorn – Crass Cleansing - 50% sold
- Midnight Prey – Uncertain Times - 70% sold
- Sacrifizer – La Mort Triomphante - 50% sold

- Hexenbrett – Erste Beschwörung - sold out, regular edition available
- Megaton Sword – Niralet - sold out, regular edition available

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Distro Update:

LP
ALIEN FORCE - Hell and High Water
ALTAR OF OBLIVION - The Seven Spirits
ANGEL OF MERCY - The Avatar
Aphrodite - Lust and War
APOKALYPTIC RAIDS - The Pentagram
ASHBURY - Eye of the Stygian Witches
BARBARIAN - To No God Shall I Kneel
BAT - Wings Of Chains
Bat - Axestasy
BEASTMAKER - Eye Of The Storm
BEWITCHER - Under The Witching Cross
BLACKRAT - Dread Reverence
Candle - The Keeper's Curse
CHAINBREAKER - Lethal Desire
DAMMAJ - MUTINY
DEALER - Bootlegged
DEATH SS - ...In Death Of Steve Sylvester
DEATH SS - Black Mass
DEATH SS - Heavy Demons
DEATHHAMMER - Chained To Hell
DEATHHAMMER - Chained To Hell
DECEASED - Ghostly White
DECEASED - Luck Of The Corpse
DECEASED - Luck Of The Corpse
DECEASED - The 13 Frightened Souls
DESTRUCTION - Eternal Devastation
DESTRUCTION - Infernal Overkill
DESTRUCTION - BESTIAL INVASION OF HELL
DESTRUCTOR - Maximum Destruction
HELLRIPPER - Black Arts & Alchemy
Detente – Decline
Detente - Recognize No Authority
DIVISION SPEED - s/t
DROID - Terrestrial Mutations
ENTRENCH - Violent Procreation
EVIL ANGEL - Unholy Evil Metal
EVIL WARRIORS - fall from reality
EXCUSE - Prophets From The Occultic Cosmos
FORCED ENTRY - UNCERTAIN FUTURE
HAUNT - Luminous Eyes
HEAVY LOAD - Stronger Than Evil
HEAVY LOAD - Death Or Glory
HELVETETS PORT - Exodus to Hell
HGB - THE PAST IS ALIVE
HIGH SPIRITS - Escape!
HOBBS' ANGEL OF DEATH - Hobbs' Satan's Crusade
HOLY MARTYR INVINCIBLE
IRON ANGEL - Hellish Crossfire
KNIGHTMARE II DEATH DO US PART
LUNAR SHADOW - TRIUMPHATOR
MANILLA ROAD - Crystal Logic
MANILLA ROAD - Open the Gates
METALIAN - Metal Fire & Ice
METALIAN - Midnight Rider
METALIAN - Vortex
METALIAN - Wasteland
NEKROFILTH - Worm Ritual
NIGHT DEMON - Live Darkness
NOCTURNAL - Storming Evil
PRIME EVIL - UNDERGROUND ORIGINS
QUAYDE LAHÜE - Day Of The Oppressor
RAZOR - Armed and Dangerous - 35th Anniversary Edition
RAZOR - Violent Restitution
RAZOR - Shotgun Justice
RIOT CITY - Burn The Night
SACROSCUM - drugs & death
SAVAGE MASTER - Myth, Magic & Steel
SAVAGE MASTER - Myth, Magic & Steel
SAVAGE THRUST - Eat 'Em Raw
SCUMRIPPER - All Veins Blazing
SEAX - Fallout Rituals
SKYRYDER - Vol.1
SPEEDWOLF - Ride With Death
SODOM – DEMONIZED
Sorcery - Necessary Excess of Violence
SOURCE - s/t
STRIFE - Back To Thunder
STRIFE - Rush
SWEET SAVAGE - Killing Time
THRASHBACK - NIGHT OF THE SACRIFICE
THRASHBACK - POSSESSED BY THRASH
T.I.R. HEAVY METAL
TYRANT - King Of Kings
TYRANT - Legions Of The Dead
TYRANT - Too Late To Pray
Tytus - Rain After Drought
VIDARGÄNGR - A world that has to opposed
Viuda Negra - Al Final
VOMITOR - Devils Poison
WITCHUNTER/ BLACKEVIL - WITCHEVIL ATTACK!


7“
CHEROKEE - s/t
Malokarpatan - Cesta podzemnými sálami Kovovlada
Tentation - Bruixes La Fin du Monde
TIGER JUNKIES - Green Tea Or Die

CD
Abysmal Grief - Mors Eleison
ANGEL OF MERCY - The Avatar
ALTAR OF OBLIVION - The Seven Spirits
ALTAR OF OBLIVION - Barren Grounds
ANGEL OF DAMNATION - Heathen Witchcraft
APOKALYPTIC RAIDS - The Pentagram
Aphrodite - Lust and War
ASYLUM - 3-3-88 Demo
ATTILA WEAPONS OF EXTERMINATION 1985-1988
BAD KARMA - Death Has No Calling Card
BARBARIAN - To No God Shall I Kneel
BAT - Axestasy
Battle Raider - Battle Raider
BEASTMAKER - Eye Of The Storm
BEWITCHER - Under The Witching Cross
BLACK DEATH - Black Death
Chaostemple – the Taming of the Sea
DEATH SS - ...In Death Of Steve Sylvester
DEATH SS - Black Mass
DEATH SS - Heavy Demons
DEATHHAMMER - Chained To Hell
DECEASED - Ghostly White
DENIAL OF GOD - Death And The Beyond
DESTRUCTOR - Maximum Destruction
DIABOLIC NIGHT - Beyond the Realm
ENTRENCH - Violent procreation
ETERNAL CHAMPION - The Armor Of Ire
EVIL ANGEL - Unholy Evil Metal
EVIL WARRIORS - Fall from reality
Excalibur - Generación Maldita
EXCUSE - Prophets From The Occultic Cosmos
THE FORCE - Awakened by Lightning
FORBIDDEN EVIL - The Bloody Birth
HAUNT - Luminous Eyes
ICE WAR - Ice War
Iron Hunter - Mankind Resistance
LUCIFER'S HAMMER - Victory Is Mine
MAGNUS - I Was Watching My Death
MANIAC - Look out + 03 bonus
MANIAC - Maniac + bonus
MURDEATH - Sacrilégio
Metalstorm – Legacy
Mordor - Hogar, Dulce Hogar
Mordor - Evolucion?
Mortal Scepter - Suffocating the Light
NIGHT DEMON - Live Darkness
NIGHT PROWLER – No Escape
NOCTURNAL BREED - AGGRESSOR
NOCTURNAL BREED - TRIUMP OF THE BLASPHEMER
OUTLINE - Fire Whiplash
RANDY - The Complete Anthology
REVEL IN FLESH - The hour of the avenger
Ribspreader - The Van Murders - Part 2
RIOT CITY - Burn The Night
ROTTEN UK - That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie
SAVAGE MASTER - Myth, Magic & Steel
SCUMRIPPER - All Veins Blazing
SEAX - Fallout Rituals
SINS OF THE DAMNED - Striking The Bell Of Death
Sorcery - Necessary Excess of Violence
SPEEDCLAW - Beast In The Mist
Surpuissance – Devastation
STRIFE - Back To Thunder
STRIFE - Rush
Thrashfire - Into the Armageddon
Tytus - Rain After Drought
THYNN ICE - Thynn Ice
TYRANT - Hold Back The Lightning - The Collection
TYRANT - King Of King
TYRANT - Legions Of The Dead
TYRANT - Too Late To Pray
Undergang - Til Døden os Skiller
Undergang - Indhentet af Døden
VANIK - II - Dark Season
VIDARGÄNGR - A world that has to opposed
VIOLATOR - The Hidden Face of Death
Viuda Negra - Al Final / In The End
VOLTAX - FUGITIVE STATE OF MIND
WITCHTRAP - Trap The Witch
The Wizards - Full Moon in Scorpio

MC
Abysmal Grief - Mors Eleison
ALTAR OF OBLIVION - The Seven Spirits
BAT - Wings Of Chains
BAT - Axestasy
BARBARIAN - To No God Shall I Kneel
BEASTMAKER - Eye Of The Storm
BEWITCHER - Under The Witching Cross
Briton Rites - For Mircalla
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Mardom
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - DOOMSDAY FOR THE DECEIVERS
Graveyard - Hold back the Dawn
Maligno – Evil Metal
Moonrite – s/t
ONSLAUGHT - POWER FROM HELL
ONSLAUGHT - THE FORCE
OUTLINE - Fire Whiplash
SAVAGE MASTER - Myth, Magic & Steel
SCUMRIPPER - All Veins Blazing
SINS OF THE DAMNED - Striking The Bell Of Death
TYRANT - Legions Of The Dead
TYRANT - Too Late To Pray
Vigilance – Enter the Endless Abyss


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DVP 142 Midas – Demo Tapes LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the first two demos of MIDAS on vinyl LP format under the title Demo Tapes.

Hailing from the mean streets of Detroit, MIDAS are a four-piece band of hard rock warriors. Theirs is an ancient, time-lost sound, recalling rock ‘n’ roll’s first transitions into proto-metal during the hazy, crazy ‘70s. But, MIDAS are not simply retro-retread plagiarists looking to (hazily, lazily) replicate the past; this era and style of music BURNS within them, and it bursts forth with effervescence and excitement across their two demos to date.

Both released during 2019, MIDAS’ Solid Gold Heavy Metal and Still Hungry each feature four effervescent, exciting songs, and both trounce most bands regular recordings. Brimming with a startling, stultifying confidence, Solid Gold Heavy Metal (which occupies Side A of this DYING VICTIMS vinyl edition) patiently builds eldritch grooves guided by narrative lead work. There’s a subtle yet no-less-dazzling mysticism here recalling earliest Scorpions, Judas Priest, and even trio-era Thin Lizzy – just witness the demo’s eerily breathtaking closer, “Blackened Blade” – as well as subsequent legends Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol. The heavier stylings of the latter begin to come to the fore on Still Hungry, here occupying Side B. Now fully into late ‘70s heavy metal mode, MIDAS move beyond the moodiness of their first demo to more epic and fantastical landscapes, kicking up the octane and cruising into the night with the ever-aptly titled “Street Knights.” Together, both demos could verily hold together as an exceptionally tight ‘n’ thematic album-length work.

DYING VICTIMS couldn’t be more excited to unleash the majesty ‘n’ mysticism of America’s MIDAS to a worldwide audience. Take a trip back in time – and into the future – with Demo Tapes!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

Release date: 27th March


DVP 144 Crypt Dagger – From Below MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present CRYPT DAGGER’s From Below mini-album on 12” vinyl format.

Like a brightly burning star, CRYPT DAGGER burst into the night at the dawn of 2019. A two-song rehearsal introduced their boisterous, belligerent ways before the four-song Tales of Torment EP followed. Here, the full rapacious nature of CRYPT DAGGER revealed itself with rudeness and crudeness: filth-banging, black-as-pitch SPEED METAL with a heavy debt to punk, as well as such surprising influences as Devo, The Mummies, and early B-52s. And it was only the start!

Now, under the guiding gaze of DYING VICTIMS, CRYPT DAGGER shall spring from the gutter and into heavy metal vomit parties worldwide with From Below! Comprising eight songs in a swift ‘n’ satisfying 24 minutes, this special MLP comprises the four tracks of Tales of Torment with three more brand-new ones as well as an all-too-fitting cult cover of Dead Moon. Names vividly invoked include Carnivore, Razor, Hallows Eve, Nasty Savage, Living Death, and of course earliest Bathory and Venom, but all done with Road Warrior sense of style: maximum overdrive, total penetration! And again, this is only the start…

Go way, way down with CRYPT DAGGER’s From Below – only for the creepiest of creeps!


Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

Release date: 27th March

DVP 145 Schizophrenia – Voices MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present SCHIZOPHRENIA’s debut ep “Voices” on cassette.

Despite their first output, the 4-piece from Belgium executes the four tracks in a highly energetic old school Death Metal manner, inspired by the likes of Morbid Angel, Sepultura, Slayer or Dark Angel. The band shows that brutal death thrash like Demolition Hammer or Morbid Saint has yet to see its downfall.


Regular edition with sticker and button.
Special edition with sticker and metal pin.

Release date: 31st January


DVP 146 Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present BÜTCHER’s 2nd album “666 Goats Carry My Chariot” on cassette.

Deeply rooted in classic speed metal, the Belgian 4-piece, however, incorporates influences ranging from old thrash, NWOBHM/heavy to black metal and have forged a ripper of a 2nd album. Yet even though their sound on record is fantastic, one can only understand this band after witnessing one of their furious live shows!

Regular edition with sticker and button.
Special edition with sticker and metal pin.

Release date: 31st January


At War – Ordered to Kill T-Shirt
At War – Retaliatory Strike T-Shirt

Dying Victims Productions is proud to collaborate with the mighty and long running grunts of AT WAR. Together we celebrate their two first records of old school thrash metal with two killer designs by Dark Dungeons Atelier.

Printed on Gildan Heavy Cotton Shirts.

Release date: late February

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DVP 143 Karloff – Raw Nights MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present KARLOFF’s debut mini-album, Raw Nights, on 12” vinyl and digital formats.

Forming in 2018, KARLOFF hail from Germany, helmed by erstwhile Graveyard Ghoul member Tom Horrified alongside a couple close comrades. But compared to that band’s old-school death metal stylings, KARLOFF go in a more punk-oriented direction – more street than cavern, as it were – with a sound self-described as “raw obscure punk turns into blackness.”

KARLOFF did exactly that with their debut Demo ’18, three thirsty ‘n’ miserable tracks of street-walking napalm. But things got more twisted ‘n’ pissed with the following Raw Nights a year later. Like a more gutter-level Midnight, here did KARLOFF kick out the (creepy) jams, strutting with sleazy confidence and an infectious sense of bash/crash/slash that struck deep into the heart of what makes the best of both punk and metal. Of course, that blackened singe is never far away, and gives KARLOFF’s canon that ever-special twist of ancient evil.

Fans from the very beginning, now does DYING VICTIMS combine both recordings onto one longer-playing format, under the title Raw Nights. Raw is this night in-fucking-deed, and you get eight quick-hitting tracks in a tantalizing 20 minutes, graced with new cover art courtesy of Tom Horrified and Jan Utecht of Occvlta. Go hard, go fast, go free: KARLOFF compel you to partake generously in Raw Nights!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

Release date: 24th April

DVP 147 Warlust – Unearthing Shattered Philosophies LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Germany’s WARLUST, Unearthing Shattered Philosophies, on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats.

One of the metal underground’s best-kept secrets, WARLUST began their assault on the false in 2012. The title of their debut demo, 2014’s Unholy Attack, said everything it needed to: here was blackthrashing METAL, steeped in the spirits of old and with genuinely evil blood coursing through its veins. However, it was 2017’s Morbid Execution debut album where WARLUST first truly took flight – on burning wings of flame! More intense, more epic, more heavy fucking metal, Morbid Execution carried on the noble work started by founding fathers Desaster in their homeland and Deströyer 666, Zemial, and Aura Noir abroad.

But, while that debut LP was still tethered to more traditional-style blackthrash, with Unearthing Shattered Philosophies do WARLUST’s songwriting chops blossom with startling strength and crushing clarity. It’s all immediately WARLUST, for sure, but within the album’s eight-song/45-minute runtime lurks a travelogue of terror and triumph, of melancholy and malevolence. Calling it more “epic” would be accurate, but that only tells half the story, if at all; allowing oneself to be swept away by both teeth-gnashing thrash sprints and strident, swords-aloft marches is more representative of the experience, of total possession, in thrall to the eternal and unyielding spirit of Hell’s heavy metal. Likewise, WARLUST’s command of dynamics here is impressive, to say the very least: part and parcel of those more epic stylings, the narrative flow within each track and then from one track to the next takes the band into the upper echelon of nowadays evil metal. And the band’s melodicism is, as ever, simultaneously cryogenic and burning hot to the touch in the grand tradition of classic Dissection and Necrophobic.

Better yet, gaze deeply into the moody art work Unearthing Shattered Philosophies and see where WARLUST lead you!


Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Cd Version with Sticker.

Release date: 24th April


DVP 148 Sandstorm – Time to Strike LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the striking debut album of Canada’s SANDSTORM, Time to Strike, on 12” vinyl and CD formats.

Hailing from Vancouver, SANDSTORM are a power-trio in the grand tradition: PJ “The Butcher” La Griffe on drums, Reptile Anderson on lead vocals & bass guitar, and Stevie “Broke” Whiteless on lead vocals & guitar. The band formed during the winter 2017 and were initially inspired by ‘80s Swedish underground metal, the original NWOBHM movement, and “Rob Halford’s Instagram account.” While knowing (and fully embracing) all of heavy metal’s over-the-top aesthetics at the dawn of the 1980s, it became immediately apparent that SANDSTORM were indeed the Real fucking Deal when faced with their debut album, Time to Strike.

In early 2019, SANDSTORM digitally released Time to Strike and did a self-released run of 100 CDs and tapes, all of which sold out quickly, and for good reason: here was glorious (and gloriously scrappy) pre-speed/thrash HEAVY METAL in the literally ancient, sword-wielding style so favored in the early ‘80s, rendered in such authentic (and authentically over-the-top) style, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this was some unearthed relic from the era. Nothing’s overdriven here, and everything moves at a patient yet hot-rocking pace; all strings suitably retain a strong sense of rock ‘n’ roll, pared back in distortion to allow the medieval melodicism to work its magick. And, like all the best early true metal, the vocals are clear and authoritative and just high-pitched enough to evoke that misty ‘n’ mystical sensation. And although Time to Strike comprises but six songs, each one’s a mini-epic in its own right, making the album a compact but somehow expansive 35 minutes.

Many references could be made to Time to Strike, but no specific one in particular – that’s just how infectious and charismatic SANDSTORM are. And this is only the beginning, with more new material due later this year on DYING VICTIMS. Additionally, SANDSTORM will play Sweden’s esteemed Muskelrock fest this year, which perfectly suits the band’s obscure ‘n’ old-school take on heavy metal. Fuck yeah, it’s Time to Strike!


Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
CD Version with Sticker.

Release date: 24th April


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Distro Update:

LP
Abyssous - Mesa
ANTICHRIST – Forbidden World
Antichrist – Sinful Birth
CEREBUS - Too late to pray
CRUCIFIXION - After the Fox
DENIAL OF GOD The Hallow Mass
Hagzissa - They ride along!
INFERNAL MAJESTY - None Shall Defy
Iron Dogs - Free And Wild
LEGENDRY - The Wizard and the Tower Keep
MERCILESS The Awakening
MYSTIK – Mystik
NOCTURNAL BREED - We Only Came For The Violence
POKOLGEP - Pokoli Színjáték
POKOLGEP - Totális Metál
Reaper - Unholy Nordic Noise
SADISTIK EXEKUTION - The Magus
SADISTIK EXEKUTION - K.A.O.S.
SCREAMER – Target Earth
SINISTER ANGEL – Enter the Gates of Hell
Tyrannic - Exterminating Angel
Urn - The Burning
WARLORD - Deliver Us MLP + 7"
WHIPSTRIKER - Seven Inches Of Hell
WOLF - Edge of the World

7“
FRONT BEAST - Untold occult mysteries
FRONT BEAST / MOURNFUL WINTER - Split
Morast/ Vidargängr – Split
Nocturnal/Nuctemeron – Split
OBSESSÖR - Black magic rites

CD
Angel SWORD – Rebels beyond the Pale
ANGEL SWORD – Neon City
ANTHARES - NO LIMITE DA FORÇA
ANTICHRIST – Sinful Birth
ARMOURED ANGEL – Stigmartyr
ARMOURED ANGEL - Angel of the Sixth order
ATHOTORGH – Rotorhead
ATOMICDEATH – Phantoms of the New Realm
CHAKAL - ABOMINABLE ANNO DOMINI
DEKAPITED - Contra iglesia y estado
DEKAPITED - Sin Misericordia
DENIAL OF GOD - The Hallow Mass
EVIL REQUIEM - BLOOD NEVER LIES
EXTERMINIO - EXTERMINIO
Flight 19 - Anthology CD
FRONT BEAST - Third scourge from darkness
GEHENNAH - King of the Sidewalk
GEHENNAH - Decibel Rebel
HEATHEN – Breaking the Silence
INFERNAL MAJESTY - None Shall Defy
KORZUS - SONHO MANIACO
MERCILESS - The Awakening
MYSTIK – Mystik
MX - SIMONIACAL
NOCTURNAL BREED - Aggressor-
NOCTURNAL BREED - We Only Came For The Violence
OMEN - ESCAPE TO NOWHERE
OPEN THE COFFIN - ONLY DEATH PREVAILS
Poisoned – Beyond the Gates of Fire
PSYCHIC POSSESSOR - TOXIN DIFFUSION
SARCOFAGO - INRI
SEXTRASH - SEXUAL CARNAGE
V.A. - Obscure Nwobhm Demos Vol.2
V.A. - SPEEDFREAKS COMP

MC
Mortal Vision – Madness of Messiah


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DVP 149 Zatyr – Ornament of Proposition MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present ZATYR’s striking debut EP, Ornament of Proposition, on 12” vinyl and digital formats.
Hailing from Sweden and forming in 2019, ZATYR quickly set to work on their debut EP – plus, speaking of "set," their vocalist Set used to be in the beloved Devil Lee Rot. Titled Ornament of Proposition, the band’s first public recording was released digitally in September of that year, and proudly displayed an otherwise-new band brimming with the fire of the ancients and confidence to spare. Indeed, ZATYR here sounded authentically old, casting their gaze across the darkest and classiest currents of classic heavy metal singed with a touch of first-wave black metal. But, paradoxically, the quartet just as ably burned with the enthusiasm of feral youngbloods, imbuing the EP’s three tracks with boundless passion.
Seeing fit to foster the rich lifeblood of the heavy metal underground, DYING VICTIMS grants ZATYR’s debut EP on a new lease on life, rendering it onto black gold and including an exclusive bonus track, now encompassing a total of 18 stout minutes. Truly, this re-release shall rightfully expose ZATYR to the wider metal landscape, boldly emblazoning “The Devil’s Rock ‘n’ Roll” across the hearts and minds of those who hail ancient heavy metal and black metal alike. Names to be referenced include early Running Wild, Mercyful Fate, Omen, Brocas Helm, Death SS and even Bathory’s transition from Blood Fire Death to Hammerheart, but all done with an addicting zeal that’s entirely ZATYR’s alone. Open thy ears and allow Ornament of Proposition to recast its spells!
Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Release date: 22nd May


DVP 150 Hexenbrett - Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten LP/CD/MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present HEXENBRETT’s highly anticipated debut album, Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

It was at the dawn of 2019 when a strange little demo inconspicuously announced itself from the other side and introduced the sound of the bloody iris. Titled Erste Beschwörung, it was the first public recording of one HEXENBRETT, the work of a mysterious duo revealing themselves as Josto Feratu and Scarlettina Bolétte. This was a literal bolt from the blue, sounds that were as refreshingly new as they were authentically old. “Cemetery sounds” is what the band called them, but that only told half the story. Wild and wily, HEXENBRETT unloaded a dizzying payload of sounds both traditional and unorthodox, dumping into its hot-rockin’ cauldron spices from first-wave black metal, Iron Curtain-era speed metal, outsider doom, and even old-school deathrock. It was a kaleidoscopic spin, and caught the attention of Caligari Records (who did a wider cassette release) and then DYING VICTIMS with their 12” vinyl version toward the end of the year. Lots of other, strange-starved ears picked up on it, too.

The stage thus set, HEXENBRETT proceeds to defy expectations and obliterate the slate with its debut album, Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten. A record of stark contrasts, Zweite Beschwörung immediately sounds definitively like HEXENBRETT: roaming ancient cemeteries with a torch in hand, conjuring the madness and mysticism of early black metal, when unorthodoxy was celebrated and no blueprints yet existed – only paths to be blazed! But, that latter element is precisely where Zweite Beschwörung takes a different turn, delving into waters both more refined and more rarefied, more straightforward and more obtuse – more METAL, epic and outlandish and “true,” but decidedly in an un-metal manner – beguiling the senses either way, and addictively so. It’s a turn that’s directly inspired by such sources as varied as Varathron, Jean Rollin, Danzig, Goblin, and Van Halen, and yet emerging completely unique and unlike little else around. A diverse journey through mouldy crypts and deranged minds, Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten features eight original tracks and an astonishing cover of Townes Van Zandt's "The Spider Song".

Quite commandingly, HEXENBRETT reveal an uncanny knack for songcraft, building defined and endearing hooks that unfold unexpectedly yet thrillingly, the intensity constantly rising and falling with preternatural ease but always in service of the song. Elsewhere, the band coats its creations with subtle layers of synth, further fanning that otherworldly atmosphere that laid in wait across the demo while ragged aggression usually took over. Which is all to say nothing of the absolutely spellbinding chimes often employed, evoking a banquet of horror with an almost-filmic quality in line with the band’s love for European cult cinema. And, fittingly, the production across Zweite Beschwörung is richly analog, scrappy but shimmering, evincing a totality of design and just-professional-enough presentation without sacrificing the entity’s original ethics. Like most first albums should be, the tale of HEXENBRETT truly begins here.

If there was ever any question about HEXENBRETT’s singular nature, just beginning to bloom, simply gaze upon the cover art to Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten. All other paths blazed, this is the only one left, and it’s HEXENBRETT’s alone… The dead will dance, expect the unexpected!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
CD comes with Sticker
Regular MC edition with sticker and button.
Special MC edition with sticker and metal pin.

Release date: 22nd May


DVP 151 Tøronto - Under Siege MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present TØRONTO’s striking debut mini-album, Under Siege, on 12” vinyl and digital formats.
Hailing from Sweden, TØRONTO formed in 2017, partly out of the ashes of the sorely missed Morbus Chron – vocalist/guitarist Edvin Aftonfalk and bassist Dag Landin, here under the stage names Eddie Flawless and 79-83, respectively – and also powerhouse drummer Leo Ekström Sollenmo, from the well-respected Lethal Steel and Temisto, under the name Lt. Oxtreme as well as one Seb Cyborg on guitars. With this lineup in place, the quartet released their debut demo in 2018 and then the Nocturnal High tape on DYING VICTIMS later that year. That latter title alone suggested that something strange ‘n’ salacious was indeed afoot…
And it is! Wanna get nocturnal higher? Then become Under Siege! Encompassing the strides they made across their two demos, TØRONTO’s first longer-playing record is a rush of weird ‘n’ wild speed metal heavily informed by hardcore punk. Put simply, one could imagine the sound of Under Siege as greased-up NWOBHM colliding headlong into early Razor and Warfare, but overseen by Inepsy, mid ‘80s Discharge, and even Howard Benson-era Motörhead. Shit shreds, fast and free, each raucous-yet-rockin’ section charging into the night but equally exuding an unselfconsciously subtle minimalism that somehow gets these eight bangers over and done with in an average of barely two minutes each. Put another way, one could also imagine the zombified spirit of Morbus Chron holding court here, in the sense that that band both embodied and defied death metal; TØRONTO similarly does such with speed metal, but again renders it into an alternately ideal/oblique form that’s entirely theirs – and this is just the start.
While maybe not as off-the-wall weird as GISM’s NWOBHM/noise mélange M.A.N., TØRONTO are treading comparably rarified ground with Under Siege, and their trajectory into the strange is assured. Get with their program or get out of the way!
Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
Release date: 22nd May



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Two official AT WAR shirt designs!

At War – Ordered to Kill
At War – Retaliatory Strike

Dying Victims Productions is proud to collaborate with the mighty and long running grunts of AT WAR. Together we celebrate their two first records of old school thrash metal with two killer designs by Dark Dungeons Atelier.

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DVP 142 Midas – Demo Tapes LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the first two demos of MIDAS on vinyl LP format under the title Demo Tapes.

Hailing from the mean streets of Detroit, MIDAS are a four-piece band of hard rock warriors. Theirs is an ancient, time-lost sound, recalling rock ‘n’ roll’s first transitions into proto-metal during the hazy, crazy ‘70s. But, MIDAS are not simply retro-retread plagiarists looking to (hazily, lazily) replicate the past; this era and style of music BURNS within them, and it bursts forth with effervescence and excitement across their two demos to date.

Both released during 2019, MIDAS’ Solid Gold Heavy Metal and Still Hungry each feature four effervescent, exciting songs, and both trounce most bands regular recordings. Brimming with a startling, stultifying confidence, Solid Gold Heavy Metal (which occupies Side A of this DYING VICTIMS vinyl edition) patiently builds eldritch grooves guided by narrative lead work. There’s a subtle yet no-less-dazzling mysticism here recalling earliest Scorpions, Judas Priest, and even trio-era Thin Lizzy – just witness the demo’s eerily breathtaking closer, “Blackened Blade” – as well as subsequent legends Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol. The heavier stylings of the latter begin to come to the fore on Still Hungry, here occupying Side B. Now fully into late ‘70s heavy metal mode, MIDAS move beyond the moodiness of their first demo to more epic and fantastical landscapes, kicking up the octane and cruising into the night with the ever-aptly titled “Street Knights.” Together, both demos could verily hold together as an exceptionally tight ‘n’ thematic album-length work.

DYING VICTIMS couldn’t be more excited to unleash the majesty ‘n’ mysticism of America’s MIDAS to a worldwide audience. Take a trip back in time – and into the future – with Demo Tapes!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

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DVP 144 Crypt Dagger – From Below MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present CRYPT DAGGER’s From Below mini-album on 12” vinyl format.

Like a brightly burning star, CRYPT DAGGER burst into the night at the dawn of 2019. A two-song rehearsal introduced their boisterous, belligerent ways before the four-song Tales of Torment EP followed. Here, the full rapacious nature of CRYPT DAGGER revealed itself with rudeness and crudeness: filth-banging, black-as-pitch SPEED METAL with a heavy debt to punk, as well as such surprising influences as Devo, The Mummies, and early B-52s. And it was only the start!

Now, under the guiding gaze of DYING VICTIMS, CRYPT DAGGER shall spring from the gutter and into heavy metal vomit parties worldwide with From Below! Comprising eight songs in a swift ‘n’ satisfying 24 minutes, this special MLP comprises the four tracks of Tales of Torment with three more brand-new ones as well as an all-too-fitting cult cover of Dead Moon. Names vividly invoked include Carnivore, Razor, Hallows Eve, Nasty Savage, Living Death, and of course earliest Bathory and Venom, but all done with Road Warrior sense of style: maximum overdrive, total penetration! And again, this is only the start…

Go way, way down with CRYPT DAGGER’s From Below – only for the creepiest of creeps!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

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DVP 152 Death Racer – Qualifying MC

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present DEATH RACER’s debut demo “Qualifying” on music cassette.

Three maniacs from Austria were brought together by their evil appreciation of burning rubber on hot asphalt. Bruce Pirelli, Frankenstein and Johnny Brise are all experienced musicians in bands such as Kringa, Hagzissa, Eisenhand or Chainbreaker, yet decided they needed to hail SPEED METAL enhanced with nods to rough heavy metal and gnarly punk attitude. Care for some insane shrieks close to Deathhammer, then put on your helmet and get into your racer. After all, what is more insane than speeding with 300 km/h and crashing straight into a concrete wall?

All Tapes with Sticker and Button

Release date: 24th April

DVP 140 Hexenbrett - Erste Beschwörung MCD edition + MLP Repress

HEXENBRETT is an entity that provides cemetery sounds exclusively. The first invocation, fittingly entitled Erste Beschwörung, is a sample of what will follow in the future. Roaming ancient dungeons with sword in one hand and torch in the other, HEXENBRETT conjures the madness and mysticism of olde-worlde black metal, when unorthodoxy was celebrated and no blueprints yet existed - only paths to be blazed! Indeed does HEXENBRETT blaze across this four-song/19-minute offering, remaining firmly rooted in the purest metals but fanning those flames with a creepy, coffin-dwelling atmosphere that puts Erste Beschwörung in a league all its own, also incorporating eldritch doom and deathrock into this wildly bubbling cauldron. And it's early days still...

No boundaries, no limitations: HEXENBRETT digs its own unique grave with Erste Beschwörung, and the cemetery is wide-fucking-open. The spell was cast, the demons are here - let the haunting begin!

REPRESS with slightly adjusted layout and patch.
Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on clear vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

MCD comes with Sticker

Release date: late May

DVP 127 The Night Eternal – The Night Eternal MLP Repress

Although THE NIGHT ETERNAL's first public recording, already, these Germans are evincing the mastery of veterans. Across their three original compositions and a reverentially poignant cover of Judas Priest's "(Take These) Chains," the quintet concoct a supremely powerful and stirringly moody sort of heavy metal, both traditionally pure-steel in their dynamics yet also brimming with epicness and a sort of forlorn heroism. In fact, early '80s Judas Priest is an apt reference for The Night Eternal's night-prowling style, all gleaming chrome and classy, but bespeaking an ever-present darkness beneath that alluring exterior. Of course, hooks are massive as are the commanding vocals of frontman Ricardo, who's already on his way to being a first class heavy metal singer in his own right, but it's the chemistry among the five members of THE NIGHT ETERNAL that puts this beyond most other debut recordings: truly, their fire and fluidity are magick to behold! Appropriately moody cover art courtesy of Brouemaster Visual Decay.

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on white vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and new patch.

Release date: late May

 

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DVP 143 Karloff – Raw Nights MLP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present KARLOFF’s debut mini-album, Raw Nights, on 12” vinyl and digital formats.

Forming in 2018, KARLOFF hail from Germany, helmed by erstwhile Graveyard Ghoul member Tom Horrified alongside a couple close comrades. But compared to that band’s old-school death metal stylings, KARLOFF go in a more punk-oriented direction – more street than cavern, as it were – with a sound self-described as “raw obscure punk turns into blackness.”

KARLOFF did exactly that with their debut Demo ’18, three thirsty ‘n’ miserable tracks of street-walking napalm. But things got more twisted ‘n’ pissed with the following Raw Nights a year later. Like a more gutter-level Midnight, here did KARLOFF kick out the (creepy) jams, strutting with sleazy confidence and an infectious sense of bash/crash/slash that struck deep into the heart of what makes the best of both punk and metal. Of course, that blackened singe is never far away, and gives KARLOFF’s canon that ever-special twist of ancient evil.

Fans from the very beginning, now does DYING VICTIMS combine both recordings onto one longer-playing format, under the title Raw Nights. Raw is this night in-fucking-deed, and you get eight quick-hitting tracks in a tantalizing 20 minutes, graced with new cover art courtesy of Tom Horrified and Jan Utecht of Occvlta. Go hard, go fast, go free: KARLOFF compel you to partake generously in Raw Nights!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

DVP 147 Warlust – Unearthing Shattered Philosophies LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Germany’s WARLUST, Unearthing Shattered Philosophies, on CD, vinyl LP and digital formats.

One of the metal underground’s best-kept secrets, WARLUST began their assault on the false in 2012. The title of their debut demo, 2014’s Unholy Attack, said everything it needed to: here was blackthrashing METAL, steeped in the spirits of old and with genuinely evil blood coursing through its veins. However, it was 2017’s Morbid Execution debut album where WARLUST first truly took flight – on burning wings of flame! More intense, more epic, more heavy fucking metal, Morbid Execution carried on the noble work started by founding fathers Desaster in their homeland and Deströyer 666, Zemial, and Aura Noir abroad.

But, while that debut LP was still tethered to more traditional-style blackthrash, with Unearthing Shattered Philosophies do WARLUST’s songwriting chops blossom with startling strength and crushing clarity. It’s all immediately WARLUST, for sure, but within the album’s eight-song/45-minute runtime lurks a travelogue of terror and triumph, of melancholy and malevolence. Calling it more “epic” would be accurate, but that only tells half the story, if at all; allowing oneself to be swept away by both teeth-gnashing thrash sprints and strident, swords-aloft marches is more representative of the experience, of total possession, in thrall to the eternal and unyielding spirit of Hell’s heavy metal. Likewise, WARLUST’s command of dynamics here is impressive, to say the very least: part and parcel of those more epic stylings, the narrative flow within each track and then from one track to the next takes the band into the upper echelon of nowadays evil metal. And the band’s melodicism is, as ever, simultaneously cryogenic and burning hot to the touch in the grand tradition of classic Dissection and Necrophobic.

Better yet, gaze deeply into the moody art work Unearthing Shattered Philosophies and see where WARLUST lead you!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– Cd Version with Sticker.

DVP 148 Sandstorm – Time to Strike LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the striking debut album of Canada’s SANDSTORM, Time to Strike, on 12” vinyl and CD formats.

Hailing from Vancouver, SANDSTORM are a power-trio in the grand tradition: PJ “The Butcher” La Griffe on drums, Reptile Anderson on lead vocals & bass guitar, and Stevie “Broke” Whiteless on lead vocals & guitar. The band formed during the winter 2017 and were initially inspired by ‘80s Swedish underground metal, the original NWOBHM movement, and “Rob Halford’s Instagram account.” While knowing (and fully embracing) all of heavy metal’s over-the-top aesthetics at the dawn of the 1980s, it became immediately apparent that SANDSTORM were indeed the Real fucking Deal when faced with their debut album, Time to Strike.

In early 2019, SANDSTORM digitally released Time to Strike and did a self-released run of 100 CDs and tapes, all of which sold out quickly, and for good reason: here was glorious (and gloriously scrappy) pre-speed/thrash HEAVY METAL in the literally ancient, sword-wielding style so favored in the early ‘80s, rendered in such authentic (and authentically over-the-top) style, you’d be forgiven for thinking that this was some unearthed relic from the era. Nothing’s overdriven here, and everything moves at a patient yet hot-rocking pace; all strings suitably retain a strong sense of rock ‘n’ roll, pared back in distortion to allow the medieval melodicism to work its magick. And, like all the best early true metal, the vocals are clear and authoritative and just high-pitched enough to evoke that misty ‘n’ mystical sensation. And although Time to Strike comprises but six songs, each one’s a mini-epic in its own right, making the album a compact but somehow expansive 35 minutes.

Many references could be made to Time to Strike, but no specific one in particular – that’s just how infectious and charismatic SANDSTORM are. And this is only the beginning, with more new material due later this year on DYING VICTIMS. Additionally, SANDSTORM will play Sweden’s esteemed Muskelrock fest this year, which perfectly suits the band’s obscure ‘n’ old-school take on heavy metal. Fuck yeah, it’s Time to Strike!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD Version with Sticker.

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DVP 153 Coltre – Under the Influence LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present COLTRE’s striking debut, Under the Influence, on CD and 12” vinyl formats.

COLTRE was forged in London, England by guitarists Daniel Sweed and Marco Stamigna in May 2019. They met at a Midnight concert and decided to form a band inspired by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. They started rehearsing, and by the beginning of 2020 had recorded the four-song EP Under the Influence, to be released in time for their first gig, supporting Witchtower at Boston Music Rooms.

The band self-released Under the Influence on CD and digital formats, but now DYING VICTIMS steps forward to champion COLTRE’s cause and release it as a five-song work, featuring an exclusive new track. Rough and rustic but brimming with an authentically ancient fire, Under the Influence is moody metallic majesty: dark ‘n’ mysterious riffs, portentously galloping rhythms, epic-yet-direct compositions, and the sage-like pipes of Stagmina atop it all. One could be mistaken for thinking COLTRE were some unearthed relic from the original NWOBHM movement, so hot-rockin’ is their swords-aloft surge, evoking high fantasy and urban grit in equal measure, and crucially retaining that pivotal rock ‘n’ roll thrust Thin Lizzy largely gifted to that movement.

But COLTRE are their own men, and as reverential as they are of these enduring paradigms, Under the Influence is undoubtedly its own creation, its own wild world. You are hereby compelled to go under THEIR influence!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker

Release date: July 31st

DVP 154 Deathstorm – For Dread Shall Reign LP/CD

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated fourth album of Austria’s DEATHSTORM, For Dread Shall Reign, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

A veritable institution by now, DEATHSTORM have been flying the flag of hate for a decade now, releasing albums on such well-regarded labels as I Hate and High Roller. DEATHSTORM delivered a swift ‘n’ sweet EP for DYING VICTIMS titled The Gallows in 2015, and now the power-trio return to the label for their most intense and varied recording yet, For Dread Shall Reign.

Without doubt, the spectre of classic Kreator looms large over DEATHSTORM still – and why should it not, when you’re doing deathtrash this devastating? – but with For Dread Shall Reign, the band bring forth a whole host of equally classic contours. From very old Metallica to equally old Slayer on to ‘80s Death and especially Demolition Hammer, DEATHSTORM here hammer out riffs, riffs, RIFFS! But, unlike so much thrash that haphazardly seeks to simply catalog riffs in disservice of the song, these Austrian veterans thread their enviable arsenal into hard-charging, headbanging juggernauts of immediately memorable metal-mania manna. There’s nothing fancy here, no concessions toward “maturity” or “crossover” or other euphemisms for watering-down their already-heady brew; for DEATHSTORM, heavy metal is the law, and For Dread Shall Reign honors this noble ideal pairing strong songwriting with a tight ‘n’ brutal production favorably reminiscent of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Because DEATHSTORM aren’t broken – so don’ fix ‘em!

Social criticism, serial killers, cults, anti-religion, war…all this is grist for DEATHSTORM’s lyrical mill. What they spit out is supreme DEATH-fucking-THRASH of the highest order, because in these troubled times, For Dread Shall Reign!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker

Release date: July 31st

DVP 155 Midnight Priest – Aggressive Hauntings LP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present MIDNIGHT PRIEST’s stellar third album, Aggressive Hauntings, on vinyl LP format.

By now a fixture on the true metal scene, Portugal’s MIDNIGHT PRIEST have been keeping it true for a dozen years now. With CD releases on such esteemed labels as Stormspell, Metal on Metal, and Slaney, this exceptionally monikered quintet – drummer War Tank, guitarists Iron Fist and Steel Bringer, vocalist Lex Thunder, and bassist Joe Dalton – consistently burn with a proud ‘n’ powerful sound that’s 1000% iron-clad HEAVY METAL.

Of their full-length releases, arguably, it is 2019’s Aggressive Hauntings which is their proudest and most powerful statement yet. No great changes made here – cruising-yet-crunchy metal between mid-tempo and speed, tracing a trajectory from classic Lizzy Borden to ‘80s King Diamond to Painkiller-era Judas Priest – but it’s the swagger and confidence MIDNIGHT PRIEST display across this third album that make it absolutely addicting. These are all ANTHEMS, brimming with bravado and drama and total ‘n’ utter POWER, each one draped in darkness but equally sheathed in steel most glimmering. It’s not titled Aggressive Hauntings for nothing!

Dedicated to the memory of metal legends Lemmy, Mark Shelton, and Terry Jones, MIDNIGHT PRIEST’s Aggressive Hauntings is at last unleashed on the most perfect format for classic metal: VINYL!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

Release date: July 31st

DVP 157 Venator/Angel Blade – Split LP

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present a special split album between Austria’s VENATOR and Germany’s ANGEL BLADE on vinyl LP format.

Combining debut demos/EPs by both bands, this split album brings together two exciting new talents in traditional metal on the format so fitting for such: VINYL! On one side is VENATOR’s Paradiser EP. Featuring killer, era-authentic artwork reminiscent of Mausoleum Records’ mid-‘80s heyday, VENATOR’s entry here is three moody ‘n’ melodic tracks which have a subtly anthemic quality; just as equally, one can feel the chill of night blow across Paradiser. The uniquely retro-futuristic production simply accentuates the atmospheric push and pull – and already, VENATOR are hard at work on their debut album for DYING VICTIMS. (The label will also release Paradiser as a standalone CD and cassette.)

On the other side is ANGEL BLADE’s self-titled debut demo, which was originally released on cassette but has created high demand for other formats since. And it’s not difficult to discover why, as Angel Blade literally sounds like a lost demo from 1981: so authentic is ANGEL BLADE’s study of ancient NWOBHM and Scandinavian metal, you’ll be checking the calendar as each of these three shimmering, steel-clad tracks takes a hold.

Together, you’ll be in thrall to VENATOR and ANGEL BLADE’s classic metal mesmerism!

– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on colored vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and 2 patches.

Release date: July 31st

DVP 156 Venator – Paradiser MCD/MC (standalone)

– CD edition with sticker
– MC edition with sticker and button

Releae Date: May 22nd

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