Lethal Conflict Mailorder

http://www.lethalconflict.com 11.02.2011

Amesoeurs - s/t € 12.00
Blutmond - Thirteen Urban Ways 4 Groovy Bohemian Days € 12.00
Canaan - Contro.Luce (super jewel box) € 12.00
Ecnephias - Ways Of Descention € 12.00
Eibon La Furies - The Blood of the Realm (digipack) € 12.00
Fen - The Malediction Fields € 12.00
Fen - Epoch € 12.00
Fen - Epoch (ARTBOOK w/ 2 bonus tracks) € 22.00
Hell Within - Asylum of the Human Predator (+DVD) € 12.00
Herrschaft - Architects of the Humanicide (MCD) € 8.00
Kkoagulaa - Aurum Nostrum Non Est Aurum Vulgi (digipack) € 12.00
Lingua - All My Rivals Are Imaginary Ghosts € 12.00
Manes - Vilosophe € 12.00
Manes - [view] Extended Play (digipack mcd) € 8.00
Negura Bunget - 'N Crugu Bradului € 12.00
Negura Bunget - Vîrstele Pămîntului (digipack) € 12.00
Negura Bunget - OM (cd) € 12.00
Remembrance - Fall, Obsidian Night (digipack) € 12.00
ShamRain - Someplace Else € 12.00
ShamRain - Empty World Excursion € 12.00
SicMonic - Somnambulist (reissue w/bonus) € 12.00
Swallow the Sun - Ghosts Of Loss € 12.00
The Oath - Self-Destructed (digipack) € 12.00
Theatres Des Vampires - Pleasure And Pain € 12.00
Theatres Des Vampires - Moonlight Waltz (digipack w/DVD) € 13.00
Theatres Des Vampires - Anima Noir (digipack) € 12.00
Throes of Dawn - The Great Fleet of Echoes (digipack) € 12.00
Todtgelichter - Angst € 12.00
Unmoored - Indefinite Soul-Extension (digipack) € 12.00
Void Of Silence - The Grave of Civilization (digipack) € 12.00
Void Of Silence - Human Antithesis (digipack) € 10.00

http://www.lethalconflict.com 23.02.2011

Lifelover - Sjukdom (digipak) 13.00
Lifelover - Sjukdom (box) 34.00
http://www.last.fm/music/Lifelover
Lifelover, one of extreme metal's best-kept secrets, return to stake their claim for supremacy with the dark and defiant "Sjukdom". Following their critical acclaim afforded 2008's cathartic "Konkurs", these elusive and mysterious misanthropes venture down an even more daring path with Sjukdom whereby the extremes of the characteristically idiosyncratic Lifelover sound are pushed to their utmost limit: the bittersweet melodies become more beautiful whilst the pulsing, coal-black heaviness becomes uglier. What results is a slit-wrist adventure deeper into the unknown, with only Lifelover as the guide…

Dornenreich - Flammentriebe (CD) 10.80
Dornenreich - Flammentriebe (DIGI) 13.00
http://www.last.fm/music/Dornenreich
In February 2001, Dornenreich set up a ground-breaking monument to themselves and the world of poetic Black Metal with their third album, "Her von welken Nächten." Almost to the day ten years later, they are returning with "Flammentriebe" – an album that as their first Black Metal release since 2001 picks up the thread music-wise as well as in terms of the line-up: for the first time since "Her von welken Nächten," Eviga is joined again by drummer Gilvan and violinist Inve on a Dornenreich metal album.

This past decade has left deep marks on the Austrian sound poets: the youthful Sturm und Drang of "Her von welken Nächten" is definitely a thing of the past. Their magical seventh album "Flammentriebe" is surrounded by an aura that is as tormented as it is blazing, making this recording a lambent tribute to the principles of raw and archaic Black Metal – a release that more than fulfils the listeners' appetite for an album just like this.

Although the song lyrics may be considerably more embittered than before, they are nonetheless still defined by the idea of the circle as the centre of all doing. As always, they are an elemental part of the whole and emphasize Dornenreich's high artistic demands. The bitterness can be sensed in the music as well: thundering drum parts and hypnotic violin melodies unite with Eviga's painful screams and feverish guitar play to a Black Metal wildfire that, like in homage to their own work, cites all of the band's creative periods to date in a subtle and considered manner. This album is as hypnotic and painful as fire.

http://www.lethalconflict.com 02.03.2011

Before The Dawn - Soundscape of Silence (digipack) € 12.00
Before The Dawn - My Darkness (digipack) € 12.00
Before The Dawn - Deadlight (digipack w/2 bonustracks) € 12.00
Before The Dawn - Decade Of Darkness EP (CD+DVD) € 13.00
http://www.last.fm/before+the+dawn
Thus we focus on the EP. It starts with three new songs. As usual the quality is high. ‘Decade Of Darkness’ starts with clean vocals of Lars Eikind (one of my favourite vocalists, who impressed me earlier with its presence in Winds, Age Of Silence and the stoner band Honcho), followed by Tuomas’ delicious growls. A beautiful guitar solo is next. ‘End Of Days’ is a catchy track with lively leads. The sentence “first snow is starting to fall” struck me, since the new record starts with an intro called ‘The First Snow’. The music of Before The Dawn has a frostbitten edge and perfectly fits with this winter season. ‘Insomnia’ makes my flesh creep! Sensitive vocals even remind me of Antimatter. Captivating! What leaps to the eye is that the band still uses keyboards here, in this song even soaring synthesizers. The rest of the MCD is filled with a studio version and a live version of ‘Painless’ and that was the Japanese bonus track for ‘Deadlight’. Finally a live version of the hit ‘Deadsong’ (it was used in a Finnish TV show and for a video game) and a symphonic version of that song. That means a totally different approach with classical piano, strings and only the marvellous, clean vocals of Eikind. Fans of melancholic dark metal – they ought to call it melodic doom/death as well – will do well by purchasing this together with the new album ‘Deathstar Rising’, then you are updated and ready to enjoy this excellent band in sound and vision.

Ordog - Remorse € 9.90
http://www.last.fm/music/Ordog
The third album from this Finnish bands sees them moving from pure blood funeral doom into more bleak, melancholic brand of death/doom metal.

Thromdarr - Electric Hellfire € 10.20
http://www.last.fm/music/Thromdarr
Thromdarr performs aggressive and poetic metal music. Stylistically Thromdarr enriches the greatness of the heavy and thrash metal of the 80's with the death and black metal nuances. Extremely heavy guitar walls and beautiful keyboard melodies complete the experience.
Thromdarr has been around since the late 80's and now they are stronger than ever with a new powerful line-up. The troops of Thromdarr have been fortified with a new singer, a second guitarist and a keyboardist. As a result of the updated line-up, the stories are now told with the aggression and agony they should be told with.
For those interested of scene points, the band features three Skepticism members.

Witheria - Vanishing Order € 10.20
http://www.last.fm/music/Witheria
‘Vanishing Order’ has again become a powerful album by these Finns and will surely appeal to fans of bands with the likes of Necorphagist, The Crown, and Legion Of The Damned (Lords of Metal)

Coprolith - Cold Grief Relief € 10.20
Haemorrhage - Anatomical Inferno € 12.00
Haemorrhage - Emetic Cult € 12.00
Haemorrhage - Grume € 12.00
National Napalm Syndicate - Devolution Of Species € 7.80
Oranssi Pazuzu - Muukalainen Puhuu € 10.20
Sacred Oath - World on Fire (digipack) € 12.00
Secrets Of The Moon - Stronghold Of The Inviolables € 13.00

http://www.lethalconflict.com 25.03.2011

Eibon La Furies - The Blood of the Realm 12,00
http://www.myspace.com/eibonlafuries
The music drips with atmosphere and to a certain extent theatre, with some of the narrative coming across as prose from a dark play rather than mere vocals. There is an obvious cinematic influence at play as well as a keen sense of avant-garde black metal. To attempt to dissect the sound of this madness would be folly, but suffice it to say that you won't have heard anything like this before and I can assure you that this is worthy of your attention.

Folge Dem Wind - Inhale The Sacred Poison 12,00
http://www.myspace.com/folgedemwindofficiel
Inhale the Sacred Poison is a raw, often dissonant, and frequently cacophonic, experimental black metal outing that will unquestionably take some time for the average listener to understand. This is a strikingly original, and at times groundbreaking, album that is filled with strokes of genius. Folge Dem Wind's second full-length is lacking a bit in the consistency department, but it shows a band with an adventurous attitude and original sound - that certainly doesn't go unnoticed by me.

Raven Woods - Enfeebling The Throne (slipcase) 12,00
http://www.myspace.com/ravenwoods
When listening to "Enfeebling The Throne" I found that I was reminded of bands like Behemoth, Nile and Melechesh. The band takes the best parts of Blackened Death Metal and then blends them with middle eastern melodies. While the music is at times reminiscent of other bands, I never found it to be anything but fresh sounding. Raven Woods have definitely made this sound their own.

Saille - Irreversible Decay 12,00
https://www.facebook.com/saillemetal
For myself and hopefully countless others, Saille's arrival is a welcome and oh-so refreshing one. Despite its title, Irreversible Decay shows that symphonic black metal's decay was indeed not irreversible. The resulting music is absolutely loaded with killer tremolo riffage, well-placed Baroque passages, surprising variety with the keys (keep an ear out for the Hammond sound), some great lead work, and insanely-skilled drumming. Saille therefore finds themselves channeling and expanding upon bands such as Emperor, Keep of Kalessin, and even Vreid.

Syn Ze Sase Tri - Intre Doua Lumi (digipack) 12,00
http://www.myspace.com/synzesasetri
Described as a mix between the sound of early Dimmu Borgir and the last Negura Bunget, this band is in effect linked to the Romanian band, as the two guitarists Corb and Spin were into NB from 2009 to 2010, writing most of "Virstele Pamintului" album and playing during the next tour, before deciding to back to their first band. Anyway, Syn Ze Sase Tri is quite different from Negura Bunget, being more epic, symphonic and closer to European Pagan Metal scene, but without loosing their strong Transilvanian source which makes this band dark and obscure.

Unmoored - Indefinite Soul-Extension (digipack) 12,00
http://myspace.com/unmoored
Indefinite Soul-Extension combines elements of death metal, melodic death, Gothenburg, and progressive metal. The riffing at times is very crunchy and heavy like many death acts, but then it's more atmospheric, prog-like, and then again it's a bit on the Gothenburg side, with the Maiden-esque harmony riffs. The drumming is superb, Henrik Schönström does a helluva job keeping this whole album sounding progressive and epic, yet brutal and heavy. Christian Älvestam's vocals are great, mixing some pretty melodic harsh vocals (ala Gothenburg but with a bit more balls), and some great sounding clean vocals that give any renowned metal singer a run for their money.

http://www.lethalconflict.com 14.04.2011

Cauldron - Burning Fortune 12.00 heavy metal
Conflicted - Never Be Tamed 12.00 progressive metal
Cypher Seer - Origins 12.00 power metal
Kill the Romance - For Rome And the Throne 12.00 melodic death metal
Kill the Romance - Take Another Life (digipack) 12.00 melodic death metal
Malison Rogue - s/t 12.00 heavy metal
Maruta - Forward Into Regression 11.00 grindcore
Negura Bunget - Focul Viu (2CD Digibook) 13.00 atmospheric black metal
Negura Bunget - Focul Viu (2CD+DVD Digibook) 29.00 atmospheric black metal
To Cast A Shadow - In Memory of (digipack) 9.00 atmospheric/gothic/doom metal
Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All 11.00 death metal
Woods Of Ypres - Woods 4: The Green Album 12.00 stoner/doom

http://www.lethalconflict.com 02.05.2011

Tyranny - Bleak Vistae MCD 7.80
Tyranny - Tides of Awakening CD 9.00
http://www.last.fm/music/Tyranny
Bleak and crushing, 'Tides Of Awakening' pushes the bounds of drone-paced Metal to the limit, delivering one of the most sluggish-yet-justifiably drawn out records I have heard in many years.

Pantheist - s/t CD 12.00
http://www.myspace.com/pantheistuk
Pantheist have succeeded in making a very hard album to categorise, and for that they should be soundly applauded. Yes, it’s Funeral Doom. It’s also Goth…and Prog. Fuck, you could even say it’s easy listening in places. One thing that is unarguable though is that it is completely and thoroughly engaging. It’s a piece of work that has many layers and levels and will draw you in and hold your attention. I imagine this is going to be a step too far for some fans, but for those who are willing to give this the time it deserves, this is a very fine piece of work and one which I feel is going to get even better with time. Highly recommended.

Ahma - Crooked Issue heavy metal 12.00
Be'lakor (Belakor) - Stone's Reach melodic death metal 9.00
Cerebral Bore - Maniacal Miscreation brutal death metal 12.00
Chain Reaction - Cutthroat Melodies heavy/groove metal 9.00
Negura Bunget - Poarta de Dincolo (mcd) atmospheric black metal 8.90
Puteraeon - The Esoteric Order (digipack) death metal 11.00
War for War - Věž Smrti heathen/black metal 9.00
Wyrd - Kalivägi heathen metal 9.00

PRE-ORDER until 12.05.2011
Twisted Tower Dire - Make It Dark CD epic/power metal
Argus - Boldly Stride The Doomed CD heavy/doom metal
PRE-ORDER until 18.05.2011
The Souless - Isolated CD melodic death metal
Spirit Disease - Retaliation CD thrash metal