Peaceville

3CD SET INCLUDING PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL

For the past 21 years Darkthrone have been leaders of the black metal scene. To coincide with this anniversary, Peaceville Records are releasing the 3CD set, Frostland Tapes on June 9th 2008. This is a fascinating trip into the earliest years of the band and the first official release ever to contain all 4 of Darkthrone’s demos in one place.

The set comes in a rigid digibook featuring an interview with the band, chronicling their early days, ambitions and inspirations.

Available for preorder - this title will now be shipping from 9th June.

Dactylis Glomerata was an album of more stripped down dirty doom, evoking what could be described as a strong stoner vibe, along with some hard rock elements, rather than the more epic heavy metal inspired compositions from previous albums, which the band were more known for.

This is presented as a digitally re-mastered two CD reissue and includes two bonus tracks, 'Container' and 'Thirst', plus the long lost Abstrakt Algebra II album as a bonus disc!

Preorder now - released 26th May

Peaceville Records presents Ruin of a Church, Gallhammer’s exceptional performance from Colchester UK on September 25th 2007.The venue was a deconsecrated church, and a perfect setting for a night of unsettling intense blackened punk metal from this Japanese all-girl trio from Tokyo currently causing a stir in the metal world with their uniquely raw and emotional approach.

The show was recorded on the band’s debut European tour, in autumn 2007.

Please note, the DVDA is NTSC Region 0 and, therefore, should play on most players worldwide.

Available for preorder - this title will now be shipping from 2nd June.

An Ode to Woe, a 2 disc CD/DVD in digibook packaging, perfectly demonstrates why My Dying Bride are still untouchable within the Gothic Doom genre.

The show was filmed at the world-famous Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland, in April 2007. The legendary venue (previous performers include Nick Cave, The Rolling Stones, Nirvana and The Sex Pistols) provides the perfect setting for this special gig.

Please note, the DVDA is NTSC Region 0 and, therefore, should play on most players worldwide.

F.O.A.D. Special Edition comes in a clambox and includes an exclusive postcard set and poster. This item can also be bought with a limited 'Fuck off and Die' T-Shirt.

2007 was significant in the world of black metal, as it marked the 20th year of one of the most respected and influential bands ever - Darkthrone. The legendary Norwegian duo return with a new set of tracks and sounding as free as ever on this fine slab of evil rock…black metal…whatever people want to call it.

Writing began on ‘FOAD’ straight after the completion of last year’s acclaimed ‘The Cult is Alive’. Recorded, mixed & all self-produced once again at the band’s own Necrohell 2 studios throughout the first half of 2007, this labour of love (or is it hate?) travels deep into the open seas of a rich musical heritage; a celebration of rock and metal; moving further from the pure primitive black metal they were once known for, but still embracing the roots of what made this tree grow so far and wide. Yet still, Darkthrone only exist according to their OWN rules. Summarised perfectly by Fenriz, FOAD “SOUNDS LIKE A WAR BETWEEN ATLANTIS AND THE REST OF PLANET!”.

Features the tracks ‘Wisdom of the Dead’ & ‘Canadian Metal’ in their original versions, as opposed to the recent ‘NWOBHM – New Wave Of Black Heavy Metal’ EP’s alternate renditions of the songs.

The cover artwork comes courtesy of artist Dennis Dread, the man responsible for the latest ABSCESS album art for ‘Horrorhammer’, which was released on Darkthrone’s own Peaceville sub-label , Tyrant Syndicate Productions.

Chapter VI was the fifth Candlemass studio album and was originally released in 1992. After a string of classic doom metal releases, this was the first album to move away from a pure doom metal style into a more classic heavy metal stlye, and was the first release to follow the departure of vocalist Messiah Marcolin, replaced by Tomas Vikström. The album includes Candlemass favourites ‘The Ebony Throne’ and ‘Where The Runes Still Speak’.

This remastered double disc edition also features bonus material, with the old rare EP “Candlemass Sjunger Sigge Furst”, and a DVD featuring 8 tracks from a live performance in 1993 and the ‘The Dying Illusion’ promo video.

The Wacken Carnage comes as a deluxe CD/DVD set, and features the band on scintillating form at a very rare live appearance captured on August 6th 2005, at the infamous Wacken Festival in Germany;

The unmistakable vocal prowess of Mikael Akerfeldt is backed up by a solid wall of buzzsaw riffing, as Bloodbath pulverise the senses (and the audience) with a stream of classics spanning their recording career to date.

Available for preorder - the release date is now 2nd June. Please note that there is a limit of two copies per order on this item.

The DVDA is NTSC Region 0 and, therefore, should play on most players worldwide.

Extreme Metal supergroup Bloodbath formed in 1998, bonded by a mutual love of the gory, glory days of Death Metal.

With a continually evolving line-up and sound, featuring the elite of Swedish Metal, throughout the years the band has effortlessly moved from fresh extreme to fresh extreme.

The evolution continues with Unblessing The Purity, which features Per 'Sodomizer' Eriksson on guitar and the return of Mikael Åkerfeldt (from the mighty Opeth) on vocal duties.

4 brand new tracks of pure, unadulterated, Death Metal!

This new two disc edition of the critically acclaimed ‘Still Life’ features a re-mastered stereo mix of the album on CD plus a DVD with new 5.1 surround sound mix and a version of ‘Face Of Melinda’ filmed live in London.

The artwork has been re-worked by original designer Travis Smith.

Packaged in a rigid double digipack book.

Please note, the DVDA is NTSC Region 0 and, therefore, should play on most players worldwide.

Following the release of the acclaimed Fear of a Blank Planet album comes this mini album (29 minutes of music) containing four lengthy tracks written during the same sessions, completed over the Summer, and now presented as a cohesive self contained PT work in their own right. The title track is an instrumental featuring Robert Fripp on lead guitar, and the whole EP moves through the full PT spectrum of atmospheric ambience, melodic hooks, and crushing riffs.

This Peaceville edition of Nil Recurring contains the same material as the Transmission version, but comes packaged in a super jewel case with textured slipcase, instead of the fold out digipack.

Double gatefold 180 gram heavy weight vinyl edition, limited to 1500 numbered copies.

Immediately heralded as a classic by fans, ‘Tonight’s Decision’ stylistically builds on the refined 'shoe-gazing' qualities of their previous album, while simultaneously exploring the more extreme sonic possibilities of the Katatonia sound.

Jonas's growing interest in singer/songwriters is reflected in the album's sound, and wonderfully exemplified by the thoughtful and moving rendition of Jeff Buckley’s ‘Nightmares By The Sea.’

Double gatefold 180 gram heavy weight vinyl edition, limited to 1500 numbered copies.

Originally released in 2001, Last Fair Deal Gone Down saw Katatonia really ‘Last Fair Deal Gone Down’ saw Katatonia ambitiously expanding their sound to create one of the most celebrated Metal albums of the year.

Containing 11 tracks of high-emotion and searing social commentary, including the singles ‘Teargas’ and ‘Tonight’s Music’, the album resonates with Katatonia’s unique brand of Gothic Metal.

Following on from ‘Tonight’s Decision’, the album displays a new found maturity and accessibility only hinted at on their previous albums.

The mournful vocals of Jonas are, as ever, ably backed by the inventive guitar work of Anders to create a potent and absorbing atmosphere.

“Sweden’s Katatonia have just made the ultimate late night metal chill out album.” - Kerrang!

An album of soaring atmospheric & emotional metal from Italy’s Novembre

The seeds of Novembre were originally planted in September 1990 in Rome, Italy by the brothers Carmelo Orlando (guitars and vocals) and Giuseppe Orlando (drums). Then known as Catacomb, their early recordings of unusual gothic doom metal were to quickly gain the band interest. It was around 1993 that the brothers decided that a name change was in order, and Novembre was born.

Following the success of 2006’s debut Peaceville album from Novembre, ‘Materia’, and on the back of the great acclaim received by the band for it’s highly successful blend of atmospheric, emotional and progressive rock/metal elements comes the ‘The Blue’.

Featuring an even greater dynamic range – both vocally and musically -and twists of doom/gothic metal.