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Kuolemanlaakso ‘Tulijoutsen’ CD/LP/DD 2014

28th January 20143rd September 2019 Sandy Williamson 2014, CD, Death Doom, Digital, Doom, Gothic, Kuolemanlaakso, LP, Review, Sandy Williamson, Svart Records, Tulijoutsen

‘Kuolemanlaakso’ is Finnish for ‘Death Valley’. That’s pretty metal to start us off. Kuolemanlaakso are also only onto their second

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MANTAR Premiere New Track ‘Spit’ On Cvlt Nation

27th January 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Cvlt Nation, Death By Burning, Mantar, New Album Details, News, Spit, Svart Records

MANTAR premiere the new song ‘Spit‘ on heavily trafficked web-portal CvltNation.com. The track hails from MANTAR‘s highly anticipated debut album,

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Demilich ’20th Anniversary Of Emptiness’ CD/LP 2014

26th January 20143rd September 2019 Kevin Kentie 2014, 20th Anniversary Of Emptiness, CD, Death Metal, Demilich, Kevin Kentie, LP, Nespithe, Regurgitation Of Blood, Review, Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness, Svart Records, The Echo, The Four Instructive Tales... Of Decomposition

For many years they have been scorned and misunderstood by a large section of the death metal crowd, mostly because

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SABBATH ASSEMBLY Announce Release Date For New Svart Records Album ‘Quaternity’

24th January 2014 Lee Edwards New Album Details, News, Quaternity, Sabbath Assembly, Svart Records

SABBATH ASSEMBLY returns with their third album, Quaternity. The highly anticipated album is set for international release on March 28th

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VAINAJA Sign With Svart Records & Prepare Imminent Debut ‘Kadotetut’

22nd January 2014 Lee Edwards Kadotetut, New Album Details, Svart Records, Vainaja

Svart Records announces the signing of VAINAJA, a three-headed metal band from Finland. Taking influences from early ’90s death metal

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KUOLEMANLAAKSO Set Release Date For New Svart Records Album; First Track ‘Tuonen Tähtivyö’ Revealed

11th January 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Kuolemanlaakso, New Album Details, News, Svart Records, Tulijoutsen, Tuonen Tähtivyö

Svart Records sets February 28th as the international release date for KUOLEMANLAAKSO‘s Tulijoutsen, the highly acclaimed Finnish death-doomsters’ second album

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MESSENGER (UK) Stream First Track ‘Somniloquist’ From Svart Records Debut

10th January 2014 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Classic Rock Magazine, Illusory Blues, Messenger, New Album Details, News, Somniloquist, Svart Records

MESSENGER (UK) premiere the new track ‘Somniloquist’ on Classic Rock magazine’s website. The track is the very first to be

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Kimi Kärki ‘The Bone Of My Bones’ CD/LP 2013

7th January 20143rd September 2019 Calum Darroch 2013, Acoustic, Calum Darroch, CD, Dark, Folk, Kimi Kärki, LP, Review, Svart Records, The Bone Of My Bones

Here’s one for all those self-proclaimed aficionados and seekers of the esoteric: have you heard of Kimi Kärki? If so,

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Kimi Kärki Streams Svart Records Debut ‘The Bone Of My Bones’ On The Obelisk

18th December 2013 Lee Edwards Audio Stream, Kimi Kärki, New Album Details, News, Svart Records, The Bone Of My Bones, The Obelisk

Kimi Kärki streams the entirety of The Bone Of My Bones, his debut album out now on Svart Records, at

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Kimi Kärki Premieres New Track ‘Archipelago’ On Noisey

6th December 2013 Lee Edwards Archipelago, Audio Stream, Kimi Kärki, New Album Details, News, Noisey, Svart Records, The Bone Of My Bones

Kimi Kärki premieres the new track ‘Archipelago’ at heavily trafficked web portal Noisey. The track hails from Kimi Kärki‘s debut

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Beastmilk ‘Climax’ CD/LP/DD 2013

28th November 20133rd September 2019 George Leeming 2013, Beastmilk, CD, Climax, Deathrock, Digital, George Leeming, LP, Magic Bullet Records, Post-Punk, Psych, Review, Svart Records

‘Climax’ is an apt title for the debut full-length from Finnish quartet Beastmilk, a surging record (featuring Hexvessel’s Mat ‘Kvohst’

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