The Sphere of Apparition Records' (Brisbane, Australia) web store is now officially open at www.sphereofapparitionrecords.com. The distribution element has been initiated by a collection of past and present Australian underground entities of aural extremities. All titles are in brand new condition irrespective of their release date and have been sourced from the bands themselves or fellow distro's. Future plans for label releases and shop expansions in the works. All prices in $AUD and excl. P&H. Revel!
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LPs:
CAULDRON BLACK RAM (AUS) – The Poisoner MLP: 4 tracks, printed on chipboard covers. Limited to 500 copies from Parasitic Records. $22
IMPETUOUS RITUAL (AUS) - Blight upon Martyred Sentience: The third installment of hellish Dark Death Metal from Brisbane’s Impetuous Ritual. Violent and Torturous. $28
IMPETUOUS RITUAL (AUS) - Bane of Europe: Vinyl re-issue of a rehearsal tape initially pressed to coincide with their European Tour with Ascended Dead. Spikes, blood, chaos. $27
STARGAZER (AUS) – A Merging to the Boundless: The Third Full-Length from Adelaide’s Stargazer. Unique Occidental Death Metal. Released on NWN! In 2014. $30
7” EPs
CAULDRON BLACK RAM (AUS) / SEMPITERNAL DUSK (USA) – Split 7”: Split forged in the rotten bowels of Hades, one new and exclusive track from each horde. CBR - ‘The Maul of the Old World’. SD - ‘Stygian Reflections in Ruin’. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl. $14
FUNERARY PIT (AUS) – Winds of Hell: The only problem with this EP is it is far too short and it took far too long for a follow-up. Featuring members of Gospel of the Horns, Damaged and Destruktor. $14
LAMPADES (AUS) - τρίτος 7" EP: Featuring members from Tzun Tzu and Martire, Lampades rises from the underworld to unleash 3 new tracks of infinite darkness. Equal influences from traditional Death metal and the Greek esoteric, Lampades has an easily identifiable sound. Sonically mixing Death and Doom metal. $13
SHACKLES (AUS) – The Inquisitors Curse 7” EP: The first 7 " EP from these old school thrashin' metal maniacs from Sydney. Raw and intense metal with catchy melodies who combine a mixture of intense thrashin' and orthodox metal riffs and howling vocals. Bang your head! $11.50
THE AMENTA (AUS) – Mictlan: Purged from the Dissident Records archives, Mictlan was the first official demo recorded by The Amenta. Recorded two years prior the ‘Occasus’ album. Originally pressed to 333 copies in 2005 with limited numbers remaining. $11
CDs:
ASSAULTER (AUS) – Salvation Like Destruction: Trash metal attack with blackened vocals. Like Sodom or Venom? You’ll like this. Still in factory plastic wrap. $12
ASSAULTER (AUS) – Boundless!: Savage, unrelenting, violent and furious thrash. Still in factory plastic wrap. $12
CORPSE CARVING (AUS) / HUMAN MINCER (ITA) – Split CD - Tasmania's Corpse Carving teamed up with Italy's Mincer in 2005 to release 24 tracks of filthy, disgustingly heavy GoreGrind. No vocal effects. No lyrics. Just gore. $12
DISSIDENT RECORDS (AUS): Amassing the Hordes - Australian Compilation CD: The infamous saw-blade CD released by Brisbane’s Dissident Records. 10 All-Aussie tracks from bands such as: Excruciate, Darklord, Miscreation, Carbon and more. $12
GRENADE (AUS) – The Howling Damned CD: Blue Mountains Black/Death/Trash riff-extravaganza. $12
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (AUS) – The Incubus of Karma: An incredible 25 years into their existence, Mournful Congregation persist in refining and perfecting their immortal art on ‘The Incubus of Karma’. Funeral Doom at it’s best. $18
MYRDDRAAL (AUS) – Surrounded by Unlight: Formed in ’99 Myrddraal where a harsh BM band from Canberra. Myrddraal stamped themselves on the map with a crushing M4TB performance in 2001. They went on to release a further two albums through Decius Productions and in 2013 Abysmal Sounds released Surrounded by Unlight, a compilation which spans several of their releases. $15
NEKRASOV | MOON | NEKROS MANTEIA (AUS) -The Haunting Resonance 3-way Split: 3-way split containing Australian black metal darkness. $12
PSYCHRIST (AUS) – Embrace Rapture in Disgust: The debut album from 1999 from one of Australia’s most revered early DM bands. $15 **Temporarily out of stock**
STARGAZER (AUS) – Psychic Secretions: After 25 years of activity, StarGazer has firmly established itself as one of the most enduring Black/Death bands in the Australian extreme metal scene. Psychic Secretions” is just the fourth full-length album in the StarGazer catalog and comes six years after their last album, the brilliant “A Merging to the Boundless.” $18
TAZER TORTURE – Playground Massacre: Originally recorded in 2011, Playground Massacre has finally seen the light of day in 2020 - limited to just 100 physical copies. Tazer Torture samples that early to mid 2000's Australian gore grind sound to a tee. Originally from Brisbane and featuring members of The Meatgrinder, D9, Excruciate, Cunt Butcher, Nemesiah, Malakyte and Awful Noise. $13
TZUN TZU (AUS) – Tzun Tzu: Released in 2012 After 2 MCD's and assorted splits, the debut self-titled CD emerged forging a new evolution in the bands crushing dark death metal. $15
TZUN TZU (AUS) – The Decay of Golden Gods EP: Limited to 300 copies and released to celebrate 13 years of Tzun Tzu’s recordings. Three tracks of dark, heavy death metal. $10
URGRUND (AUS) – The Graven Sign: The first full-length from Brisbane Black/Death Metallers Urgrund. Released in 2002 by Baphomet Records. $13
URGRUND (AUS) – Disciples of Supremacy: Formed in '98, Urgrund was a Black/Death metal band from Brisbane and a staple on the live front. Disciples of Supremacy released on Baphomet Records in 2007. $13
CASSETTE:
ARDOUR LOOM - Demo 2014: Repress of 100 cassettes. Identical to the first press. In 2013 as ALDEBARAN sunk back into the abyss guitarist C.K. and drummer/vocalist T.C. began focusing on bringing ARDOUR LOOM out of the shadows. Consisting of 2 lengthy tracks departing entirely from the glacial doom of ALDEBARAN but not far removed from said bands approach to manifesting ethereal atmospheres. $11
CONSUMMATION (AUS) – Ritual Severance: Limited to 200 Copies and encompassing two tracks in 21 minutes, Ritual Severance is a gibbering maw of intensity and tension. These two tracks feel more focused and shorter than their fairly epic lengths; not surprisingly, their respective titles – “The Weightless Grip of Fire” and “Blighted Ovum” – vividly illustrate the music’s central contents. $12
IMPETUOUS RITUAL (AUS) – Blight Upon Martyred Sentience: Pro cassette and first press which was limited to 300 copies (Parasitic Records have sold out in the last fortnight). $13
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (AUS) – The Book of Kings: Full length from 2011 Australia's Doom masters. Encased in a striking blue Pro cassette with 5 panel j-card. $13
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (AUS) – Tears from a Grieving Heart: Written between 1994 and 1998. Performed and recorded in 1997 and 1998. Mixed and mastered in 2001. Released by Parasitic Records in 2018. $13
ROK (AUS) – Burning Metal: 11 Tracks of raw & hellish WARPOWER from infamous Sadistik Exekution frontman: ROK! Originally released in 2001, now remixed and remastered for the first time on cassette tape! NO nonsense here, just true metal from HADES! For fans of Venom, Bulldozer and Motörhead! $20
SANGUINEOUS (AUS) - Expurgating Life From Earth: Sanguineous are a two piece dark brutal death band from Melbourne. Expurgating Life From Earth is a 4 track pro-pressed cassette. Extremely fast, drum machine beats combined with dark brutal riffs and ultra deep low gutterals. For fans of Mortician. $9
ZINES:
FORGOTTEN CHAPEL – EDITION 8: Polish Zine - Written in English. B&W old school style with a touch of horror. Interviews with: Proclamation, Bestial Invasion Records, Excoriate, Australian's Destruktor, Shackles, Diabolical Demon Director, The Nihilistic Front plus reviews and articles. $6.50
@sphereofapparitionrecords
LPs:
CAULDRON BLACK RAM (AUS) – The Poisoner MLP: 4 tracks, printed on chipboard covers. Limited to 500 copies from Parasitic Records. $22
IMPETUOUS RITUAL (AUS) - Blight upon Martyred Sentience: The third installment of hellish Dark Death Metal from Brisbane’s Impetuous Ritual. Violent and Torturous. $28
IMPETUOUS RITUAL (AUS) - Bane of Europe: Vinyl re-issue of a rehearsal tape initially pressed to coincide with their European Tour with Ascended Dead. Spikes, blood, chaos. $27
STARGAZER (AUS) – A Merging to the Boundless: The Third Full-Length from Adelaide’s Stargazer. Unique Occidental Death Metal. Released on NWN! In 2014. $30
7” EPs
CAULDRON BLACK RAM (AUS) / SEMPITERNAL DUSK (USA) – Split 7”: Split forged in the rotten bowels of Hades, one new and exclusive track from each horde. CBR - ‘The Maul of the Old World’. SD - ‘Stygian Reflections in Ruin’. Limited to 300 copies on black vinyl. $14
FUNERARY PIT (AUS) – Winds of Hell: The only problem with this EP is it is far too short and it took far too long for a follow-up. Featuring members of Gospel of the Horns, Damaged and Destruktor. $14
LAMPADES (AUS) - τρίτος 7" EP: Featuring members from Tzun Tzu and Martire, Lampades rises from the underworld to unleash 3 new tracks of infinite darkness. Equal influences from traditional Death metal and the Greek esoteric, Lampades has an easily identifiable sound. Sonically mixing Death and Doom metal. $13
SHACKLES (AUS) – The Inquisitors Curse 7” EP: The first 7 " EP from these old school thrashin' metal maniacs from Sydney. Raw and intense metal with catchy melodies who combine a mixture of intense thrashin' and orthodox metal riffs and howling vocals. Bang your head! $11.50
THE AMENTA (AUS) – Mictlan: Purged from the Dissident Records archives, Mictlan was the first official demo recorded by The Amenta. Recorded two years prior the ‘Occasus’ album. Originally pressed to 333 copies in 2005 with limited numbers remaining. $11
CDs:
ASSAULTER (AUS) – Salvation Like Destruction: Trash metal attack with blackened vocals. Like Sodom or Venom? You’ll like this. Still in factory plastic wrap. $12
ASSAULTER (AUS) – Boundless!: Savage, unrelenting, violent and furious thrash. Still in factory plastic wrap. $12
CORPSE CARVING (AUS) / HUMAN MINCER (ITA) – Split CD - Tasmania's Corpse Carving teamed up with Italy's Mincer in 2005 to release 24 tracks of filthy, disgustingly heavy GoreGrind. No vocal effects. No lyrics. Just gore. $12
DISSIDENT RECORDS (AUS): Amassing the Hordes - Australian Compilation CD: The infamous saw-blade CD released by Brisbane’s Dissident Records. 10 All-Aussie tracks from bands such as: Excruciate, Darklord, Miscreation, Carbon and more. $12
GRENADE (AUS) – The Howling Damned CD: Blue Mountains Black/Death/Trash riff-extravaganza. $12
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (AUS) – The Incubus of Karma: An incredible 25 years into their existence, Mournful Congregation persist in refining and perfecting their immortal art on ‘The Incubus of Karma’. Funeral Doom at it’s best. $18
MYRDDRAAL (AUS) – Surrounded by Unlight: Formed in ’99 Myrddraal where a harsh BM band from Canberra. Myrddraal stamped themselves on the map with a crushing M4TB performance in 2001. They went on to release a further two albums through Decius Productions and in 2013 Abysmal Sounds released Surrounded by Unlight, a compilation which spans several of their releases. $15
NEKRASOV | MOON | NEKROS MANTEIA (AUS) -The Haunting Resonance 3-way Split: 3-way split containing Australian black metal darkness. $12
PSYCHRIST (AUS) – Embrace Rapture in Disgust: The debut album from 1999 from one of Australia’s most revered early DM bands. $15 **Temporarily out of stock**
STARGAZER (AUS) – Psychic Secretions: After 25 years of activity, StarGazer has firmly established itself as one of the most enduring Black/Death bands in the Australian extreme metal scene. Psychic Secretions” is just the fourth full-length album in the StarGazer catalog and comes six years after their last album, the brilliant “A Merging to the Boundless.” $18
TAZER TORTURE – Playground Massacre: Originally recorded in 2011, Playground Massacre has finally seen the light of day in 2020 - limited to just 100 physical copies. Tazer Torture samples that early to mid 2000's Australian gore grind sound to a tee. Originally from Brisbane and featuring members of The Meatgrinder, D9, Excruciate, Cunt Butcher, Nemesiah, Malakyte and Awful Noise. $13
TZUN TZU (AUS) – Tzun Tzu: Released in 2012 After 2 MCD's and assorted splits, the debut self-titled CD emerged forging a new evolution in the bands crushing dark death metal. $15
TZUN TZU (AUS) – The Decay of Golden Gods EP: Limited to 300 copies and released to celebrate 13 years of Tzun Tzu’s recordings. Three tracks of dark, heavy death metal. $10
URGRUND (AUS) – The Graven Sign: The first full-length from Brisbane Black/Death Metallers Urgrund. Released in 2002 by Baphomet Records. $13
URGRUND (AUS) – Disciples of Supremacy: Formed in '98, Urgrund was a Black/Death metal band from Brisbane and a staple on the live front. Disciples of Supremacy released on Baphomet Records in 2007. $13
CASSETTE:
ARDOUR LOOM - Demo 2014: Repress of 100 cassettes. Identical to the first press. In 2013 as ALDEBARAN sunk back into the abyss guitarist C.K. and drummer/vocalist T.C. began focusing on bringing ARDOUR LOOM out of the shadows. Consisting of 2 lengthy tracks departing entirely from the glacial doom of ALDEBARAN but not far removed from said bands approach to manifesting ethereal atmospheres. $11
CONSUMMATION (AUS) – Ritual Severance: Limited to 200 Copies and encompassing two tracks in 21 minutes, Ritual Severance is a gibbering maw of intensity and tension. These two tracks feel more focused and shorter than their fairly epic lengths; not surprisingly, their respective titles – “The Weightless Grip of Fire” and “Blighted Ovum” – vividly illustrate the music’s central contents. $12
IMPETUOUS RITUAL (AUS) – Blight Upon Martyred Sentience: Pro cassette and first press which was limited to 300 copies (Parasitic Records have sold out in the last fortnight). $13
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (AUS) – The Book of Kings: Full length from 2011 Australia's Doom masters. Encased in a striking blue Pro cassette with 5 panel j-card. $13
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION (AUS) – Tears from a Grieving Heart: Written between 1994 and 1998. Performed and recorded in 1997 and 1998. Mixed and mastered in 2001. Released by Parasitic Records in 2018. $13
ROK (AUS) – Burning Metal: 11 Tracks of raw & hellish WARPOWER from infamous Sadistik Exekution frontman: ROK! Originally released in 2001, now remixed and remastered for the first time on cassette tape! NO nonsense here, just true metal from HADES! For fans of Venom, Bulldozer and Motörhead! $20
SANGUINEOUS (AUS) - Expurgating Life From Earth: Sanguineous are a two piece dark brutal death band from Melbourne. Expurgating Life From Earth is a 4 track pro-pressed cassette. Extremely fast, drum machine beats combined with dark brutal riffs and ultra deep low gutterals. For fans of Mortician. $9
ZINES:
FORGOTTEN CHAPEL – EDITION 8: Polish Zine - Written in English. B&W old school style with a touch of horror. Interviews with: Proclamation, Bestial Invasion Records, Excoriate, Australian's Destruktor, Shackles, Diabolical Demon Director, The Nihilistic Front plus reviews and articles. $6.50