Svart Vinyl, CD & Tape 489 Items

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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40 Watt Sun

Wider Than The Sky

32,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pääkallo

Paakallo

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

Kalevala Orchestra

Abraham's Blue Refrain

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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3LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

Spiritual Beggars

47,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Svart)

Seremonia

Neonlusifer

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Station To Station To Station

Timo Kaukolampi

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Warsenal

Feast Your Eyes

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Osiris Hayden

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Death Hawks

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Death Hawks

Psychic Harmony

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Svart)

Waste Of Space Orchestra

Syntheosis

23,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Svart)

Kings Destroy

Fantasma Nera

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cleaning Women

Intersubjectivity

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Svart)

Bareback

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Svart)

Pelagos

Revolve

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Paranoid

Cover Of The Month

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Luciferian Light Orchestra

Black

LP | 2016 | EU | Original (Svart)

12,99 €*

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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II: Crush The Insects Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2005 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

32,99 €*

Release: 2005 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Haunting Of Silvåkra Mill - Rites Of Passage

Malsten

27,89 €* 30,99 € -10%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2024 | EU | Original (Svart)

14,99 €*

Ruusupuutarha Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Messa’s rising trajectory hits the stratosphere on their immense new album “Close”. Soaring up out of the Italian Doom Rock underground in 2014, Messa have been rapidly garnering a frenzied throng of devotees, in thrall to their monumental and broad-ranging sound craft. Releasing two widely celebrated cult records, the latest of which “Feast For Water” in 2018 was a critical breakthrough success, with Rolling Stone calling the whole album “captivating, wringing maximum drama out of its savvy stylistic clash,” Messa have had everyone on tenterhooks, waiting for what was next.

New album “Close” draws us further into Messa’s spellbinding textures and immersive dynamics. Described as “Stevie Nicks fronting Black Sabbath,” singer Sara’s colossal voice omnipotently carries the listener on an emotional rollercoaster ride where the sonic cauldron of Iommi guitars gives way to Arabian oudh and progressive solos in a masterful style-clash that well befits Messa’s incendiary reputation.

The hushed Fender Rhodes piano intro on opener “Suspended,” picks up where Messa left off on their previous album “Feast For Water” but then collapses gloriously into Jazz guitar and widescreen impassioned crushing riffs, lighting our way for the odyssey ahead. The scene is set magnificently for the journey that “Close” expertly takes the listener on, with Messa’s obvious care and passion for the album as a pilgrimage of sonic experience. Heavyweight tracks like “If You Want Her To Be Taken” or “0=2” are modern Doom Rock classics that expertly upgrade and leave the genre reeling in their wake. “Pilgrim” and “Orphalese” are woven with tapestries of Mediterranean sounds where oudh and eastern chord phrasings expand Messa’s cinematic palette with a panache that is all their own. Atmospheric and grandiose belters like “Rubedo” and “Dark Horse” build into an almost limitless climax of discord and harmony where blast beats and saxophones descend into a thrilling cacophony that’s a masterclass in artful cutting edge Doom.

Referencing bands like Dead Can Dance, Swans and Om, Messa have created an album where song, experience and atmosphere are focused into a crystalline modus where high art flawlessly embraces good old fashioned riff-worship. Transcending the occult and noir-tinted atmospheres of their past works, “Close” confidently weaves Messa’s multifarious influences into a singular breath-taking sound that leaves the listener enthralled. Perfection or something extremely close, Messa’s “Close” is not just a Metal record, but it’s definitely one of the best things to break out of the confines of Metal in a long time.

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Ruissalo Amping

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Close Transparent Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Svart)

33,99 €*

Sala Clear Black Smoke Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Kati Ran

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Svart)

36,99 €*

Sever Sacred Light Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records are proud to release the long-awaited full length album "sála" by Kati Rán in May 2024

If the most profound treasures are often the most deeply buried, the journey to uncover them is vital process of discovery. Five years after the 15-minute single “Blodbylgje” signaled the birth of a new, more primordial, and immersive vision after the dissolution of her band L.E.A.F., Nordic dark folk artist Kati Rán has expanded on its oceanic theme for her long-awaited full-length album, “sála”. Embarking on a far-reaching musical and personal travelogue, it’s a reawakening of both the feminine narratives submerged and fragmented within Norse mythology, and the enduring, healing powers held within.

Named after the Old Norse word for ‘soul’ and ‘sea’, “sála” is an act of ‘soul retrieval’, the shamanic art of trauma recovery, be it illness, death, heartbreak or loss, and the reintegration of a splintered self. Across its 13, wide-ranging, elegantly unfolding tracks, the album is an embodiment of different feminine voices and perspectives – from the Norse nine daughters of the sea, or ‘billow maidens’, through various historical and fictional figures to the late-night voices we hear in our most liminal states – all with tales to tell, riddles to solve, challenges to be accepted and guidance to offer. It’s a multiplicity that, like the ocean itself, belongs to a vast, restless dynamic: a matrix of mysteries, unfathomable depths and ever-shifting currents, accumulating into an elemental, regenerative source of power.

Recorded in a barn in Húsafell, Iceland – home to glacier ice caves and a rare lava stone marimba rediscovered for the track “Stone Pillars” – as well as Finland, Norway and at home in Kati’s native Netherlands, “sála” is as much chronicle of Kati’s own perspective-shifting recording process as it as a pilgrimage through different viewpoints and internal states. That itinerate urge is also reflected in the use of different languages, ranging across Norwegian, Old Norse, Icelandic, and, for the first time, English, her combination of ancient texts, historical reimagining’s and unguarded personal reflection backed up by deep research into the most resonant recesses of Nordic lore.

Spun throughout every thread of “sála” is a sense of communion - with the power of stories to offer moral guidance and the thrill of the unknown; with the element of water, recreated across the album both in field recordings and the agelessly organic nature of the music itself; with the archetypes whose qualities we are called upon to embody at our most critical moments; and with the internal hidden realms forever whispering at us from the far edges of our consciousness.

Appropriately, it’s a collaborative venture too. As well as working closely together with Finnish producer Jaani Peuhu, there are contributions from across the musical spectrum, including extreme metal vocalist extraordinaire Gaahl, the Icelandic female choir Umbra Ensemble, renowned Norwegian jazz musician Karl Seglem, Björk and Brian Eno contrabassist Borgar Magnason, members of pagan folk acts Völuspá, Gealdýr, Heilung and Theodor Bastard and even Napalm Death’s Mitch Harris on vocals.

For all the many sources “sála” draws from, the result is a singular, intimately transformative rite of passage, and a retuning of the heart to the reverent continuity of the sacred. It will take you from the opening title track’s chest-pounding rhythmic pulse emerging from a traditional Norwegian bukkehorn (recorded by Karl Seglem), a galloping horse-rider and Kati’s glacial, velveteen chant, through “Kólga’s” recounting of female persecution through the ages borne on the most gossamer-light yet unbreakable of timbres and “Stone Pillar’s” gently percolating, deep wells of abandonment and incantations to recovery. “sála” closes with the track “Sátta” - Old Norse for ‘peace’ and ‘reconciliation’ – ending the album as it began with the bukkehorn, as it weaves rich drones and experience-stamped poems and prayers, Kati’s vocals the most sensitively tuned of emotional barometers. An album made in dedication, and in thrall to, its own sense of destiny, “sála” is, as all quests must ultimately be, a homecoming.

Album introduction written by Jonathan Selzer.

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Petrification

22,09 €* 25,99 € -15%

Sever Sacred Light Transparent Orange Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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From the cold dank fog of Portland, Oregon USA re-emerges Petrification with their highly anticipated sophomore album nearly 5 years in the making titled “Sever Sacred Light”! Conjuring all the dark powers of Death, Doom, Punk and THE Occult, Petrification brings their most barbaric, heavy, and yet sophisticated release to date. This new full-length opus will be released on Svart Records 9th of February 2024.

“Sever Sacred Light” paints a mental landscape of a crumbling universe magnified through the hysterical mind of a deranged and rottenly eccentric undead enigma “Arach-Ned”. “Sever Sacred Light” illustrates vast musical growth from the critically acclaimed 2017 demo “Summon Horrendous Destruction” and the 2018 full length debut of “Hollow of the Void”. They continue to advance and evolve while honoring the traditions and influence of ungodly masters of Autopsy, Bolt Thrower, Coffins, and all the celebrated favorites of the early 90’s Finnish death metal scene such as Rippikoulu and Demigod. With Petrification’s top tier sonic depravity this album is promised to be looked back at as the measuring stick of what an old school death metal album of this era should be.

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Petrification

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hallatar

No Stars Upon The Bridge

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Siinai

Sykli

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Pop

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Sabbath Assembly

Rites Of Passage

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bathsheba

Servus

12,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Winter Transparent Purple Vinyl Edition

Oceans of Slumber

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

35,99 €*

Winter Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records proudly present the reissue of Oceans Of Slumber's sophomore album Winter!

Dive into the chilling depths of musical mastery with Oceans of Slumber’s Winter album! A journey through the shadows which marked the band as the torchbearers of a new era in Southern Gothic mastery.

Oceans of Slumber is a progressive metal band from Houston, Texas. Throughout the years, the band has released several studio albums that showcase their musical growth and introspective lyrics. Their discography delves into themes of mental health, human emotions, and existential struggles.

Winter, originally released by Century Media in 2016, hasn't seen a vinyl reissue since its original release date. Svart Records is now bringing this masterpiece of Southern Gothic and Prog Metal back to the market on a limited vinyl release.

"Oceans of Slumber is the real deal when it comes to prog. Don't sleep on Winter.” -Metal Injection

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Oceans of Slumber

2LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

28,89 €* 33,99 € -15%

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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II: Crush The Insects Black Vinyl Edition 2023 Repress

LP | 2005 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

28,89 €* 33,99 € -15%

Release: 2005 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Limited repress of the legendary doom cult album that keeps on spreading Doom Over The World. Possibly the best traditional doom metal act to emerge since Black Sabbath, Finland’s the Reverend Bizarre dig deep into their well of sorrow to offer one mind-blowing, cemetery-haunting, witch finding hell of an album.

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II: Crush The Insects Transparent Red Vinyl Edition 2023 Repress

LP | 2005 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

42,49 €* 49,99 € -15%

Release: 2005 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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II: Crush The Insects Red & Purple Marble Vinyl Edition 2023 Repress

LP | 2005 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

47,49 €* 49,99 € -5%

Release: 2005 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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H.C. Slim

Sings

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Rural legend and outsider folk artist H.C Slim had amassed quite a catalog of original songs he's demoed on a tape recorder, deep in the Eastern Finnish countryside. Over the years cassettes and CDRs began to circulate with original copies selling for high prices, before Svart Records drove out to his remote cabin to offer Slim a deal for his debut album.

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Unfyros

Alpha Hunt

21,59 €* 26,99 € -20%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Svart)

Obnoxious Youth

Mouths Sewn Shut

22,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Svart)

Weathered Statues

Borderlands

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 1994 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Brutality

When the Sky Turns Black

Release: 1994 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Shallow Life Curacao Vinyl Edition

Lacuna Coil

LP | 2009 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Dark Adrenaline Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition

Release: 2009 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The 2009 album by the Italian gothic metal masters Lacuna Coil, now officially reissued in cooperation with the band. This RSD 2023 release is pressed on curacao-, clear-, and green vinyl variants and comes in a gatefold jacket.

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Lacuna Coil

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

The Bones Transparent Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The 2012 album by the Italian gothic metal masters Lacuna Coil, now officially reissued in cooperation with the band. This RSD 2023 release is pressed on curacao-, red-, and orange vinyl variants and comes in a gatefold jacket.

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Bigger Than Jesus Transparent Green Vinyl Edition

LP | 2002 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

New Nights Of Euphoria Limited Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2002 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records proudly presents the vinyl reissue of The Bones' 2002 album Bigger Than Jesus

The Bones are a punk ’n’ roll band from Karlskrona, Sweden founded in 1996. With the high energy punk and rock recipe of The Ramones and Motörhead as the base, some 50's and 60's rock'n'roll thrown in to the mix and topped off with sweet melodies à la The Bay City Rollers and The Barracudas, The Bones know for sure how to produce catchy, uptempo earworms. Their sophomore album Bigger Than Jesus (2002), originally released by People Like You, is 14 solid hits of beer-soaked punk 'n' roll hymns guaranteed to put a big smile on your face.

"The sonic equivalent of Elvis, Johnny Cash, The Ramones and Social Distortion jammed in the backseat of a cadillac watching „Grease“ at a seedy Drive In, took Punks, Rockers and even Metalheads by storm. The next album „Bigger Than Jesus“ followed the success of its predecessor and THE Bones reputation as a a killer live act began to grow instantly. Sharing the stage with bands and friends like Motörhead, Cockney Rejects or Die Toten Hosen, THE Bones had made it from the local swedish youth clubs to the top of europe’s club- and festvial circuit, building up a strong following of like-minded rock’n’roll party animals." metalinside.de

Bigger Than Jesus is available on Svart exclusive marble vinyl and limited transparent green vinyl.

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Strange New Dawn

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Heartrot Translucent Blue Vinyl Edition

Bjørkø

Heartrot Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari digs into his bloody roots with solo project Bjørkø and upcoming album "Heartrot"

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Bjørkø

Hollywood Kills - Live At The Whisky A Go Go Limited Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Amorphis guitarist Tomi Koivusaari digs into his bloody roots with solo project Bjørkø and upcoming album "Heartrot"

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The 69 Eyes

29,59 €* 36,99 € -20%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Arctic Hardcore - Complete Studio Recordings & Rare Rehearsal Tapes 6lp Box Black Vinyl Edition

Bastards

Box Set | 2023 | EU | Original (Svart)

79,99 €* 99,99 € -20%

Old Scars Limited Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Legendary Finnish hardcore punk band Bastards’ discography to be released in a glorious box set in December

Bastards was one of the first Finnish hardcore punk bands coming from Finland in the early 80’s. The band released three albums between 1982-1983: Harhaa (1982, originally only on cassette tape), Järjetön maailma (1983) and Siberian Hardcore (1983). Propaganda Records, the oracle of its time, released the Maailma palaa ja kuolee EP when the band was still active, and some single tracks also appeared on Finnish and international compilations.

Bastards gained international attention and were the first Finnish hardcore band to tour Europe, yet they still ended up quitting the band in December 1983 after just a few active years. Svart Records have now put together all the recorded material by Bastards. Arctic Hardcore – Complete Studio Recordings & Rare Rehearsal Tapes -box set was done as a tight co-operation between the record company and members of the band. The nearly four-hour long compilation contains 136 songs, of which fifty are never released versions or completely unheard material, until now. The box set also contains a thick booklet with the band’s history, lyrics, complete song information and a lot of photos from the band’s active years.

Svart Records proudly presents Arctic Hardcore – Complete Studio Recordings & Rare Rehearsal Tapes on a Svart exclusive red 6LP box set (limited to 100 copies, contains a A2 size poster), black 6LP box set and a 3CD edition. Release date December 8th.

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Born To Lose

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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New Nights Of Euphoria Classic Black Vinyl Edition

Strange New Dawn

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Olavi Louhivuori

Immediate Music III

Era Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Olavi Louhivuori Presents "Immediate Music Iii" - A Boundary-Pushing Musical Triumph with drummers Glenn Kotche and Tony Buck

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Bleed From Within

2LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

33,99 €*

Dystopian Dreams Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records proudly presents the reissue of Bleed From Within's 2018 album Era!

Bleed From Within is a heavy metal band formed in 2005 at Glasgow, Scotland. Era, originally released in 2018 by Century Media, is the band's fourth studio album. This is the first reissue of it on vinyl and features the two bonus tracks that were originally only available on the first CD pressing.

"Bleed From Within have breathed life into a kind of metal that has long become stagnant and they have done this on their own terms. No backing down and no comprising can be found within Era, they have shown here just what can be done if you really believe in the music you’re writing. One of the standout releases of the year." -Ghost Cult Magazine

"If you are a fan of riffs then Era is definitely going to be an album for you. Every song is packed several great riffs. The influence of bands like Lamb OF GOD and Pantera can certainly be heard but things never sound completely derivative." -Distorted Sound Magazine

Era is available on Svart exclusive pitch black vinyl, natural clear vinyl and transparent yellow vinyl.

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Harmagedon

Dystopian Dreams Clear Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Scandinavian jawbreakers Harmagedon offer up a nightmare future on their debut album Dystopian Dreams, with a refreshingly modern concoction of melodic death metal and crust punk.

Three piece riff machine from Stockholm Sweden, Harmagedon is a raw festering carcass of dynamic grind and roll. Featuring members of Martyrdöd and Freedom raising hell once again, Harmagedon’s debut record Dystopian Dreams is a fusion of heaviness that is difficult to pin down but makes all the damn sense in the world! With focus on primal minimalism but maximum animalism, Dystopian Dreams is the ground zero of an explosive power trio summoning raw energy into being. With no frills and no gimmicks, just relentless heaviness, Harmagedon is a matured brew of “crust punk” or “d-beat” (“kängpunk” for the diehards) infused with ravishing death-metal. Dystopian Dreams is made by adepts of distortion and grime to be imbibed by connoisseurs of rage and chord-fury.

Recorded live at their own studio, Dystopian Dreams was conjured with the help of Fred Forsberg of Mass Worship at the controls, capturing Harmagedon’s wildfire and blending this dense stew together. With the addition of Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna mastering it, Dystopian Dreams has that exceptional flavour of a future classic, where all the cogs and wheels of this merciless weapon fire on all cylinders.

Black Sabbath, Entombed, Neurosis & High on Fire spring to mind, as the calibre of Harmadgedon’s riff whirlwind is of the finest quality, the antithesis of royalty but epic and majestic in delivery. Dystopian Dreams’ hulking magnetism leads you expertly to headbang and worship at the altar of timeless metal, without the slightest remnant of doubt.

Songs like Reptilian and Controlled Chaos groove and churn, but pack a hell of a concrete punch, with nihilistic, gravelled guitars and spewing vocals of molten brimstone.

Guitarist and vocalist Tim Rosenquist says:

“Controlled Chaos is about propaganda actions and distractions but Reptilian is about how hard work makes you into this emotionless beast of a being. That song is best served blasting on the factory floor or in the car on your way to the office! Reptilian’s themes are at the core of what Harmagedon is about”.

Look to the masters to deliver true heavyweight metal when the current scene lacks enough muscle and teeth. From a band made up of underground titans, Harmagedon is drawn from the well of eternal heaviness, living in death forever, what nightmares are made of.

Harmagedon is:

Tim Rosenquist - Guitars & Vocals

Magnus Berglund - Bass

Jens Bäckelin - Drums

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Harmagedon

21,74 €* 28,99 € -25%

Graven Sin Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Graven Sin

33,99 €*

Veil Of The Gods Transparent Orange Vinyl Edtion

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Debut album from Finnish band Graven Sin is a modern classic of godly, Doom-laden Heavy Metal. Veil of The Gods is etched in granite via Svart Records on November 2023

Pristine new Finnish band Graven Sin stomp proudly on the shoulders of giants with their ravishing debut album, Veil of The Gods. Immaculate Heavy Metal, expertly delivered with stunning finesse and elegant Doom perfection, Veil of The Gods is a classic in the making. Rarely has a new band sounded so timeless, serving up a godly platter of first-class Heavy Metal, that Graven Sin seem chiselled in granite to sit side by side at a table with the greats from the very get go.

From the galloping charge of opening barn-stormer Morrigan, with jaw dropping solo guitars courtesy of riff master Ville Pystynen, the epic and anthemic She Who Rules Niflheim with soaring vocals from Greek vocalist Nicholas Leptos to the formidable double bass canter of Ville Markkanen’s drums on songs like Beyond Mesopotamia, Graven Sin knows the true riddle of steel.

Throughout Veil of The Gods’ eleven cast-iron tracks, we can trace veins of recent Finnish greats such as Sentenced, Amorphis, Reverend Bizarre or their nordic counterparts Grand Magus from Sweden, but there is much more at play here. Graven Sin offers up heavy, doom laden orthodox Heavy Metal in the true, chugging, monumental sense of the term. The knowledge and prowess of Heavy Metal craft on display in Veil of The Gods is second to none, from the Maidenesque command of melody to the swarthy Manowar rhythms, herculean Deep Purple keys and Messiah like Candlemass-rich voice of astonishing vocalist Leptos, these are songs to be inscribed into stone tablets.

Where pitch dark mythical themes and occult leanings of the lyrics bring to mind the Heavy Metal running through Black Metal bands like Dissection, the song arrangements swing from gallop to thundering, head-banging mid-sections with such magnificence, you would think you were in the hands of a band with decades of heritage behind their backs. A “where have you been all my life moment” awaits Heavy Metal fans of all shades when Graven Sin hits the speakers, delivering a sound that cuts glass and steel. A refreshing tour–de-force through everything Heavy Metal is loved for, not shrinking from the dark but embracing it with gusto and fierce bravado. Veil of The Gods shows us that real metal lives forever, if crafted with true spirit and belief. Hear the cry of the seer of doom, by heeding Morrigan’s call now:

Ville Pystynen - guitar, bass

Nicholas Leptos - vocals

Ville Markkanen - drums

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Graven Sin

36,99 €*

Peilitalossa Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Musta Paraati

LP | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

29,99 €*

2LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records presents the 40th anniversary reissue of Peilitalossa by Musta Paraati. The vinyl edition, limited to 500 copies, is wrapped in a replica of the original cover layout and contains a booklet with accompanying text and rare photos. The Svart Records store has an exclusive clear/purple/turquoise marble vinyl version, limited to 150 copies, that also comes with a repro of the original promo poster from 1983.

Peilitalossa is the most important classic gothic rock album to come out of Finland. Musta Paraati began in 1981 and were soon signed by Johanna Kustannus, who released the album, produced by Jimi Sumén and recorded by Risto Hemmi at Finnvox, in 1983. After Musta Paraati split up in 1984, Peilitalossa evolved into one of the most loved cult albums in Finland. It has been reissued on CD in 2001 and in an earlier vinyl edition by Svart in 2012.

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Bleed From Within

Era Clear Vinyl Edtion

35,99 €*

Torcha Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Waltari

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Heavy Jazz - Live In Finland Black Vinyl Edition

Pekka Pohjola

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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8 Convulsions Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

Crisis

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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8 Convulsions Black Vinyl Edition

Crisis

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Live By The Code Black Vinyl Edition

Terror

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We Must Leave You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Outo Laakso Black Vinyl Edition

Krypta

26,09 €* 28,99 € -10%

LP | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Door to the crypt is open - enter the world of Finnish occult rock

Have you ever wished to live in a reality where Freeman and Blue Öyster Cult would make music together? If your answer is yes, then Krypta, who draw influences from occult rock and Finnish melancholia, is the music your delicate, mystic-hungry soul desires. Krypta is the new band from songwriter guitarist Henri Seger known from his work in the heavy metal act Tyrantti. Krypta’s debut album Outo laakso, filled with poetic nostalgia and melodic guitar riffs & -harmonies, will be released on November 3rd, 2023.

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Brutality

Screams Of Anguish

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We Must Leave You Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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We Must Leave You Red Vinyl Edition

21,74 €* 28,99 € -25%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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No Future, No Past - Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion 1986-1992 Grey Vinyl Edtion

V.A.

36,99 €*

No Future No Past - Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion 1986-1992 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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No Future, No Past – Svart Records set to release a compilation of the lost treasures of Finnish speed and thrash metal in October

The roots of speeding thrash metal stretch out to the early and mid 80’s. It did not take long for the waves arising from the shores of California, central Europe and the United Kingdom hit Finland hard as well. The guiding light of Finnish thrash metal from that era was Stone from Kerava, but the entire scene that was bubbling beneath the surface was surprisingly vivid for such a small country. As the old saying goes, in the late 80’s there was not a single town in Finland without a speed metal band.

These dozens – or hundreds, to be more precise – of vivacious bands formed by the long-haired youth didn’t just stay in the basements of their parents’ houses. Soon the youth centres of every county and open-minded venues such as the legendary Lepakko in Helsinki would arrange wild speed and thrash metal gigs. Studios run by more experienced musicians such as Timo Tolkki from Stratovarius were fully booked by hungry young bands eager to record their future metal classics. Many bands released 7” singles and demo tapes by themselves or with support from a record company, yet most of them permanently stayed at the demo stage through the golden era of the eighties.

Svart Records is set to release a compilation of the absolute top tunes culled from these sought-after, long-lost demo tapes and singles on vinyl and CD in October. No Future, No Past – Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion combines the strongest, rarest, and most obscure Finnish metal tracks from the years 1986-1992.

Backgrounds of the bands presented on the compilation differ a lot from one another. Vendetta and Damage were born from the ashes of the members’ previous hardcore and punk bands. A.R.G. and Catalepsy got their feet in the door fast of record companies such as Poko Records and Megamania, while other metal acts from that time simply faded away. After a few decades passed, some bands saw it fit to restart their careers, Sacred Crucifix and The Hirvi being examples of such comeback artists.

No Future, No Past – Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion 1986–1992 will be released on October 13th on a limited 2LP vinyl edition and CD version. The compilation is packed with 18 remastered tracks of pure Finnish metal mayhem and accompanied by a booklet that contains band histories, photos, and song details. The compilation’s predecessor Real Delusions: Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion 1987-1991 was released in 2018 and its limited vinyl edition was sold out in a heartbeat, so get this rare gem now before it’s too late!

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V.A.

28,49 €* 29,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Pearls Given To The Swine Black Vinyl Edition

The Candles Burning Blue

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hunger Limited Clear Vinyl Edition

Maggot Heart

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hunger Black Vinyl Edition

Maggot Heart

23,79 €* 27,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend 20th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2002 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

38,99 €*

Release: 2002 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Reverend Bizarre's debut album In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend was released on Sinister Figure on November 24th, 2002 and has since become an important cult favorite and one of the most legendary albums from the new generation of traditional Doom Metal.

Described by Decibel Magazine as sounding "like a black hole opening up and drawing everything into its bleak void", the classic album now receives the 20th Anniversary treatment. The album comes on double vinyl, accompanied by an Albert Witchfinder -designed lyric and photo booklet plus a massive amount of bonus materials exclusive to this one-time pressing only:

- a repro of the super rare 8 page promo booklet spread with review copies of the album

- A2 poster of the iconic band portrait in the graveyard - A3 poster of the original promo flyer design (Crowley) - A3 poster of the Black Sabbath homage photo - A3 repro of the early gig poster w/ MInotauri and Spiritus Mortis - DVD documentary with the band listening to and giving commentary on the album 20 years later, subtitled in English

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In The Rectory Of The Bizarre Reverend 20th Anniversary Purple Vinyl Edtion

2LP | 2002 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

40,99 €*

Hollywood Kills - Live At The Whisky A Go Go Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2002 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The 69 Eyes

29,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Live At Roadburn Gold Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records offers up Messa’s extraordinary live show from Roadburn Festival 2022.

Italian Doom trailblazers, Messa captured live at the Roadburn Festival 2022 with a special extended lineup, immortalised on LP, CD and digital via Svart Records. Relive Messa’s main-stage Roadburn Festival triumph, featuring songs from album Close, and joined by a unique constellation of musicians and instruments that give their massive new album its distinctive sound.

This stunning new live album presents select cuts from the band's critically acclaimed album Close, which the critics have called "the sound of a band fleshing out their place in doom metal's past, present and future"(Metal Injection) and "If you’ve ever longed for an album that could reconcile Stevie Nicks at her witchiest with the sublime gloom of How the Gods Kill–era Danzig, this is the LP of your dreams" (Spin).

Messa’s packed out Roadburn set was one of the most talked about of the 2022 edition and left the audience gob-smacked in their wake. Invisible Oranges said it best when they described Messa live as “Captivating from the start, the band meld doom and Mediterranean influences to create a sound that inspires devotion, not least through vocalist Sara’s powerful voice and commanding presence.”

Of their Roadburn set Messa said: “Our appearance at Roadburn 2022 saw us performing a specially dedicated and one of a kind set. We played songs from our new record Close with a unique line-up that included other fellow musicians within our project. We involved Giorgio Trombino (Oud, Duduk, Saxophone), Alex Fernet (Mandolin, Acoustic Guitar) and Blak Saagan (Synthesizers) to recreate the sounds of Close in their true form. Our aim with Messa’s performance was to embrace a musical wandering that could allow all of us – on and off stage – to drift away into another place. We couldn't wait to be on Roadburn’s stage again and we were very excited to be part of the 2022 edition.”

Seeming to both embrace and defy everything it means to be a metal band, Messa mesh Mediterranean sounds with crushing doom riffs, with an emphasis on atmosphere and unusual use of instrumentation. Messa are one of the leading lights in the heavy underground, and this performance at Roadburn saw the band shine forth with a brilliant and dominating presence. Get closer than Close and witness for yourself what the bottled magic of Messa’s live alchemy can bring.

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Live At Roadburn Black Vinyl Edition

24,99 €*

Black Cloud Descending Red/Yellow Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Black Magic Six

Black Cloud Descending Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Dark cloud approaching – Black Magic Six set to release their fifth album in September!

The title of Black Magic Six’s upcoming album Black Cloud Descending really sums up the mood and thoughts of its creators during the album making process. It tells stories of constant escaping, accepting defeat, destinies of outcasts, failures, and drunks. Tales of the wiser, exaggerated lies, vague rumours, fuzzy states of mind and suspicious circumstances – even the thought in the back of your head about the possibility of redemption while standing on the edge of the cliff right before falling in; it’s all there.

The album’s first single Blood of Babylon is a garage rocking song about Sam Berkowitz’s relationship with Sam Carr’s speaking dog. Lyrical themes of the upcoming album are moving between reality and the imaginary world; remembering the moments at Belo Horizonte, how to use the powder that protects you from the evil eye, how it felt to wonder in the same alleyways with the werewolf of Istanbul or diving to safety to the bottom of a pond in Northern Savo.

Musically the album is on a narrow path. All the sounds heard on Black Cloud Descending are produced by Taskinen and Motherfuckin’ Japa. Sure, there are two exceptions; the gong heard in the end of Werewolf of Istanbul was recorded by Sakke Koivula at his home and the church bells in the outro of Full House Blues are ringed by unknown. Previous albums of BM6 had lots of featured vocalists and other guests playing guitar, percussions, and harmonica. People that one could call actual musicians. These past albums have had a softer, more versatile, and maybe even a livelier touch to them. This time around there’s only the core; the percussionist and the singing guitar player. The result is more raw, rugged, and rougher than before.

Black Cloud Descending is out on September 1st on vinyl, CD and digital platforms. The album was produced, recorded, and mixed by Mitro Kylliäinen at Kung Fu Audio along with BM6 during 2022-2023. Original art used for the album cover was made by Greger Grönholm. The band will play selected live shows to celebrate the new album in Finland, Germany, Denmark, and Spain. Dates of these gigs will be announced closer to the release date of the album.

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Black Magic Six

Eero Koivistoinen Kvintetti & Sekstetti

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Odysseus Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 1969 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

24,99 €*

For Children Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1969 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Masterful Finnish jazz available on wax again!

Odysseus, Eero Koivistoinen's first proper jazz album, gets its title from the wandering spirit of its songs, traveling from one mood to another. Performed by the Eero Koivistoinen Quintet & Sextet, because Koivistoinen wanted to extend his standard quartet (Koivistoinen-Sarmanto-Laine-Hietanen) to a quintet and invited trumpetist Bertil Lövgren to join. Also Juhani Aaltonen is questing on two tracks. Odysseus is an excellent, youthful package of forward-thinking jazz played by ambitious young jazz superstars-to-come. The compositions are at times lyrical, at others furious and complex, but ever captivating.

The original Odysseus LP, released by the book publisher Otava Kustannus in 1969, is among the ten most expensive pieces of Finnish vinyl. Jazzpuu/Sähkö Recordings reissued Odysseus in 2006 as did we in 2016, yet both of these releases have been hard to find ever since. This time around Svart brings the masterful album back on the market on a limited Svart exclusive transparent red vinyl edition, classic black vinyl and CD.

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Eero Koivistoinen

LP | 1970 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

Graves, Release Your Dead Blood Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 1970 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Masterful Finnish jazz available on wax again!

The 1970 album For Children by Eero Koivistoinen was originally released by the book publishing company, Otava, which was responsible for his earlier two albums as well. Jazzpuu/Sähkö Recordings reissued For Children in 2006 as did we in 2016, yet both of these releases have been hard to find ever since. This time around Svart brings this important piece of Koivistoinen's career, a successful amalgam of acoustic jazz and funky fusion back on the market on a limited Svart exclusive blue vinyl edition, classic black vinyl and CD.

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The Coffinshakers

Graves, Release Your Dead Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This September, coffins will shake and graves shall release their dead

Darkness is falling. A cold wind blows from the snow-covered Carpathians, making the windows rattle and the corners of the house creak. Something is coming, eyes flashing red in the night and its footprints filled with grave dirt. What nocturnal terror is this? Why, it’s the arrival of the long-awaited third album by The Coffinshakers, folks.

While most bands quickly lose the spark, The Coffinshakers have stayed relevant – eternal like the undead. Though humor is their hallmark, there is also poignancy and something genuinely spine-tingling in their rugged, melancholy ballads. And this new offering shows them at the height of their baleful, campy power. They truly are a band that ages like fine wine – although vampires, of course, never drink… wine.

Much will be familiar to dedicated fans. Rob’s trademark malevolent chuckles still reverberate with sardonic glee, the deep rumble of his voice continuing to send all yellow-bellies hiding behind the barn. At the same time, his vocals have gained in both power and subtleness. The same goes for the guitar, bass, and drum work, now incorporating a broader array of classic Americana influences. These unholy badmen have drunk the blood straight from the neck of the authentic country, bluegrass, folk and other rootsy music of inbred US backwaters – and it has made their fangs sharper than ever.

And though The Coffinshakers still ride forth with tongue firmly planted in cheek, there is a new apocalyptic urgency to their third offering. From the marching drums of the desolate “Graves, Release Your Dead” to the echoing vocals of “River of Souls” and the cathartic cataclysm of “Down in Flames”, it all forebodes the imminent end of the whole dirty enchilada of existence. The band’s flippancy comes with a genuinely unsettling kernel of darkness – and black humor is always the most satisfying. Vampires may not cry, but we all know they laugh wickedly as they rise from the bone orchard.

- Per Faxneld, Södertörn University department of religion and vampirism, author of Satanic Feminism, Offerträdet, The Devils Party and others

The Coffinshakers' past nocturnal glories include the debut album "We Are The Undead" (1998) and the eponymous sophomore record (2007), after which the cadaverous quartet retreated to the silence of the tomb, having vacated their respective coffins only sporadically when invoked to perform undead rituals in front of a live audience. Now, many moons since they last haunted the earthly domain, the hour has come for another foray into the realm of the living. Yet again the dead shall live, the living die, and Musick shall untune the sky.

Svart Records will release Graves, Release Your Dead by The Coffinshakers on September 15th on long playing vinyl, compact disc and digital formats, including an exclusive variant with a 3D cover.

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The Coffinshakers

Polar Veil Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Hexvessel

Horros Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Finland’s Hexvessel return with their sixth album, Polar Veil, a cold, metallic hymn to the Sub Arctic North. Haunted by primal forest spirits, Mat “Kvohst” McNerney summons the ghosts of his past in a jaw-dropping, unheard-of rebirth of style and sound. At once unmistakably Hexvessel, Polar Veil is also steeped in the nocturnal atmosphere of McNerney’s past, churned in the cauldron of Black Metal, Ritual Folk Psychedelia and Doom Rock, and echoing with shivering Gothic undertones. Polar Veil features Ben Chisholm, main collaborator and multi-instrumentalist with Chelsea Wolfe on Listen To The River, Nameless Void from Negative Plane, performing the guitar solo on the song Ring, and Okoi from Bölzer on guest vocals on Older Than The Gods. When the components of the medicine are familiar but brewed in a completely novel concoction, the resulting side effects can be deliriously intoxicating. Peer behind this Polar Veil for a breath of fresh tundra air.

Polar Veil is pressed on limited edition transparent lake green vinyl, limited transparent ice clear natural vinyl and standard issue blacker than midnight wax variants and each comes with a large scale 12 page booklet featuring artwork by Thomas Hooper.

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Virta

Spiritism 2008-2017 Turquoise Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Horros, the third album by Finnish sonic voyagers Virta, is set to be released on Svart Records on October 6th

With Horros, Virta build on and take into new terrain the questing, jazz-tinged electroacoustic adventures of their last album, December 2016’s Hurmos, and its predecessor, their November 2012 debut Tales From Deep Waters. Still recognisable as who they were, the Virta of 2023 now delves further than ever before into their inner world to craft their most affecting, most atmospheric and most cinematic music to date.

Even so, Horros does not need to be accompanied by images – it envelops so much that signposts are unnecessary. The music itself is the guide through this sound world.

The creators of this environment are Antti Hevosmaa (electronics, flugelhorn, trumpet, vocals), Erik Fräki (electronics, drums, percussion, vocals) and Heikki Selamo (bass, electronics, guitar, lap steel, vocals). Together as Virta – which translates from Finnish as electricity, energy or stream – the trio were acclaimed as a “cornerstone of Finnish experimental music” by Finnish daily by newspaper Savon Sanomat in 2016. Horros will ensure this status becomes the case internationally. Beyond Finland, Virta already have dedicated listeners in Canada, France, Germany, Poland, the United States and the UK.

Reflecting on Horros, Antti says “We’ve always made music we want to listen to ourselves. We’ve asked what is the sound we want to listen to? We are digging deeper now, with new elements – more vocals. Lyrics too, which we haven’t done before.” Without sacrificing who they are, Virta now have a wider scope than ever.

“A key idea with Virta is to make the music you hear in your head and share it with people,” adds Heikki.

“Yes, to share what is in our heads,” agrees Erik. “But also, it becomes live music, that’s the point – to make music we share, to make connections.”

Practically, some things have changed. Erik and Heikki are supplementing their traditional instruments with more electronic gear than before. The band formed in Kuopio and had moved to capital city Helsinki. Nowadays, they are dispersed across Finland. Nonetheless, they remain creatively and spiritually united as Virta.

Coming together on Horros, Antti, Erik and Heikki have fashioned an album with a flow, which, although not explicitly stated, has a narrative drive. “It is as if you are arriving on a strange planet,” explains Erik. “It is quite solitary at first. The opening track ‘Aelita’ feels like entering some kind of unfamiliar atmosphere which you come through to see a landscape. Then, with ‘Tunneli’, exploring begins. It’s quite chaotic, you don’t know where you are. With ‘Sola’, the landscape starts to open up a little. When the album’s second side is reached, the mood is warmer, you understand where you are.” The album’s cover image portrays how the seemingly impenetrable atmosphere appears on reaching this world.

The Finnish-language lyrics and title reflect this voyage of discovery. Horros translates as hibernation – which has two meanings: Virta have reawakened, and the album’s journey is an awakening too. The opening track “Aelita” asks “Ei kai oo valoo ilman varjoo?” – “I guess there’s no light without a shadow?” The album ends with “Aamu”: “Hei aamu, Tummuu, Yön kaipuu” – “Hey morning, Getting dark, Longing for the night.” This place has become somewhere comfort can be found, where the coming of night presents no anxieties.

When they began composing what became Horros in early 2020, Virta already had the rough drafts of some of the building blocks. Elements of “Aelita” had been performed during a live performance film soundtrack project. “Toukokuu” grew from improvisations Erik and Heikki had undertaken in 2018. Virta had performed for weekly live streams in 2019, some themes from which also fed into Horros.

And although Virta did not discuss the music they were currently listening to – in the past, they would say “hey, have you heard this?” to each other – when they began recording at Erik’s summer cottage in the middle of 2020, there were some subliminal, long bedded-in touchstones: the original animé film of Ghost In The Shell and its soundtrack, seminal Finnish cross-genre outfits Nuspirit Helsinki and RinneRadio, the pioneering 3D video game Metroid Prime and the earlier role-playing video game Chrono Trigger. Mostly, the trio talked about immersion in music and sound.

Once they had assembled, they spent two weeks recording Erik’s drums and Heikki’s guitars live. All the while, Antti worked out where to play and sing. Then his contributions were recorded as Erik finished his drum tracks. What was captured was shaped and reshaped – Erik says “we all threw ideas in to help the music find its final form.”

“There were happy accidents which ended up on the album in post-production,” adds Heikki.

Antti stresses that “It’s organic, we wake music together as a band. We started making music in 2011 and we already knew each other before then – the music comes from all three of us, Virta is never the one person.”

Such empathy means that when Horros is played live, room is there for improvisation. “We may expand the sonic palette live, stretch out,” reveals Antti. “We might do some jamming to fit the ambience of the show.” The journey taken by the album is not over.

Horros is more than an album for Virta. It is also an expedition into fresh territory for Antti Hevosmaa, Erik Fräki and Heikki Selamo – creatively, musically and metaphorically. The spell it casts instantly captivates. Once this world is entered, it is not possible to depart.

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Spiritus Mortis

24,64 €* 28,99 € -15%

Spiritism 2008-2017 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Spiritus Mortis compilation from the Albert Witchfinder years!

The definitive compilation of rare and sought after Spiritus Mortis 7" and 12" single and split tracks from the time with Sami Albert "Witchfinder" Hynninen on the vocals. These recordings have not appeared on Spiritus Mortis albums and never before in any digital format.

For this compilation the songs have been completely remixed by Joona Lukala and Sami Hynninen, and the disc is expanded with exclusive bonus live material. Essential to ALL fanatics of real Heavy/Doom Metal!

Spiritism 2008-2017 is available on a Svart exclusive silver vinyl, limited turquoise vinyl and classic black vinyl. All versions include a booklet with photos. Release date October 13th.

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Spiritus Mortis

Police Story Transparent Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Partisans

Police Story Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Svart Records proudly presents the reissue of classic debut album by early 80’s Welsh punksters The Partisans!

The Partisans, often described as “The Professionals meet The Clash”, were a punk band from Wales that started in '78, when all four members were still in their early teens. Their self titled debut album hit No.5 in the Independent Chart and No.1 in the Punk Chart when first released on (the highly collectable) No Future Records back in 1983. Police Story is an extended edition of their debut album accompanied with additional tracks from the Police Story / Killing Machine 7" (1981) and 17 Years Of Hell EP (1982).

"Both consistent and powerful, this debut album by The Partisans contains a bevy of fine composition exploring themes of social protest and youth rebellion. An exciting version of “17 Years of Hell" accompanies new streamrollers like “No U-Turns” and “I Never Needed You”—possibly the best material this band has ever committed to vinyl." -Maximum Rocknroll

Police Story is available on a Svart exclusive natural/black marble vinyl, limited transparent yellow vinyl and classic black vinyl. All versions include a booklet with photos. Release date September 22nd.

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The Partisans

CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Svart)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Black Magic Six

Black Cloud Descending

9,89 €* 17,99 € -45%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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Pääkallo

Paakallo

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Disembody: The New Flesh Transparent Orange Edition

Skinlab

Disembody: The New Flesh Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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First time on vinyl!

Disembody: The New Flesh is the second full-length studio album by the San Francisco metal band Skinlab. It was recorded in El Paso, Texas at the Village Studios and was produced by Andy Sneap. The album was originally released on February 23rd, 1999.

Offering up more dark, moody passages amidst the roaring repetitions and stomping guitars, Disembody: The New Flesh shows Skinlab to be intelligent songwriters as well as sonic destroyers. The addition of veteran guitarists Scott Sargeant (Killing Culture, Laaz Rockit) and Snake (Skrew) doesn't alter the essence of Skinlab's sound, but it does add more flexibility and unpredictability to their compositions and band interplay. As a result, it's an album worth of whispers from hell, bellowing demons, pummeling guitars, and 45 minutes of pure, metal mayhem.

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Skinlab

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tao Of The Dead Gold Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (Svart)

32,99 €*