Formația GOTHIC, în colaborare cu Loud Rage Music, au deosebita plăcere de a anunța reeditarea albumului "Touch of Eternity", unul dintre albumele de referință ale scenei metal romanești! "Touch of Eternity", inițial lansat pe casetă de către Bestial Records în anul 1997, va fi relansat în format CD în prima parte a lunii Ianuarie 2025, în cadrul unui eveniment extraordinar care va fi anunțat în câteva zile.
Fondatorul trupei, Alin Petruț, despre perioada lansării acestui album: "După câțiva ani de ascensiune (1995 - 1997) în care GOTHIC a apărut la mai multe festivaluri importante, a avut mai multe apariții foarte apreciate la emisiunea "Întâlnirea de la miezul nopții" dar și în presa vremii, am primit o invitație de a lansa acest album din partea casei de discuri timișorene Bestial Records, invitație pe care am acceptat-o cu mare plăcere. În sfârșit, după lansarea unor albume de mare succes, semnate Negură Bunget, Grimegod, God și alții, venise și rândul nostru, asa ca în luna octombrie a anului 1997, în formulă de trei, cu Donath Francisc la tobe, Emil Ciupercă la chitară și cu mine (la chitare, bass și voce), însoțiți de clăparul Willy Gorgan, am plecat la Timișoara ca să înregistrăm primul nostru album. Willy a stat doar o zi sau două, până și-a înregistrat parțile de clape, iar noi restul am rămas o săptămână pentru a înregistra alături de Alex Perin, care la vremea respectivă era un personaj foarte apreciat în lumea muzicală, el făcând parte, pentru o perioadă, din renumita formație germana de gothic metal Umbra et Imago.
Am înregistrat în condiții oarecum improvizate. Deși studioul lui Alex era la standarde destul de bune pentru vremea aceea, nu dispuneam de un metronom ca prezent și nici măcar nu repetaserăm vreodată cu așa ceva, deci a trebuit sa ne efectuăm înregistrările după ureche, de unde și greșelile de pe album. Urechea unui profesionist va auzi fluctuații de tempo, chitare care bâzâie, precum și numeroase imperfecțiuni de sunet și interpretare, datorate lipsei noastre de experiență la vremea respectivă. Eram o trupă care exista de doar 3 ani și care nu mai intrase niciodată într-un studio profesional. Mai avuseserăm câteva încercări la studioul lui Valeriu Sterian din București, pentru piesele cu care participam la "Întâlnirea de la miezul nopții" dar acestea au fost sesiuni scurte, de câteva ore. Și cu toate acestea, am rămas plăcut surprinși de faptul că "Touch of Eternity" a devenit unul dintre cele mai de succes albume ale Bestial Records, ajungând (pare-se) la 3000 de casete vândute. Îi mulțumim lui Adi Mihailov de la Bestial Records pentru că ne-a ajutat atunci, iar acum ne-a acordat toate drepturile asupra acestui album astfel că îl putem relansa în varianta de CD, deși au fost 2 ani de întârzieri datorate unor promisiuni din partea unui label străin, care nu s-au mai concretizat. Într-un final am decis sa lansăm alături de Loud Rage Music, pentru că este un label în care se face treaba cu pasiune și ne-au ajutat foarte bine la albumele de până acum, așa că am hotărât sa continuăm colaborarea. Albumul a fost înregistrat pe caseta DAT la vremea respectiva, casetă care a fost trimisa în Grecia acum la producătorul care s-a ocupat și de cel mai recent album al nostru "Underground". Am lăsat totul în variantă originală, fără a mai reînregistra, materialul fiind doar remasterizat, pentru a păstra vie atmosfera acelor ani."
Mai multe detalii despre "Touch of Eternity" in curând!
Romanian Gothic Doom ensemble ENDLESS DARK will release their first studio album "The Kingdoom" in collaboration with Loud Rage Music this November 1st! Pre-orders are now open here: https://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/album/endless-dark-the-kingdoom
After the first single, the title-track "The Kingdoom" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT4vS51KhUo), ENDLESS DARK reveal a second cut from their debut album, "Alone in Paradise":
Formed in March 2022 by Florin Cucerzan (guitar and vocals) and Liviu Voda (guitar), the band was later joined by Dragos Benyovszky (bass and vocals), Catalin Chereji (keyboards) and Arpi Bogar (drums) to what nowadays is a determined quintet.
ENDLESS DARK strive to provide an atmosphere reminiscing to its name, music-wise a Gothic Doom Metal band with Death and Black Metal influences. The sound, the message of the lyrics, the harmonic chaos, the obscure melody, they all create a cell of emotions bringing all that the name ENDLESS DARK holds within!
"The Kingdoom" is the first album of the Romanian band ENDLESS DARK, a material that preaches about a metaphorical entity by his name... the "kingdoom". This "kingdoom" is rather an idea, a morbid kind of thinking into the unknown, the mythical, the mystical, the dark path of the obscure idea of what afterlife could be, and of course... the ENDLESS DARK. The lyrics are reminiscing of death, many songs evoking a macabre tone in their lyrics while also holding high a very tiny touch of hope... or lack of it, from the melodic, chaotic harmony of the sound.
"From cold and shadows...
We rise under the darkest moon, beyond the mist of time that brings up the ENDLESS DARK!
Embrace the lost words, burn down the sun!
Restless revenants roaming the darkest depths of this existence, we fight for our unlight to become the Age of the Dark!
We shall rise the darkest light in the hopes of eternal peace!
We follow the mythical path of everlasting unlight to bring the peace amongst disturbed dead...
Let us reveal the ancient wisdom lost in time!
Let us bring you... The Kingdoom!"
Contacts:
Endless Dark
https://www.instagram.com/bandendlessdark/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082732505774
Loud Rage Music
https://linktr.ee/loudragemusic
Timisoara, Romania based Occult Black Metal trident ORDINUL NEGRU announce the track-list for their upcoming full-length album "Dodekatemoria" as follows:
I. Aleph
II. Dodekatemoria
III. Judas Goat
IV. The Decrepitude of Centuries
V. Zahir
VI. Palladian Rituals
The cover artwork was crafted in conspiracy with long-time band collaborator Alexandru Das, and the band photos are the work of Oana Stoian.
The new material has been in the works for the past five years and it was previously introduced by two EPs: "Nebuisa" in 2020, and "A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness" in 2021, and now by a first video for the track "Zahir" here:
Here's what the band had to say about the album: ""Dodekatemoria" is the ninth album and represents our bond with the cosmic nature and what we experience as individuals when we are on this path searching for our truths."
The band also invited Anca Otescu (Black Water, FusionCore) and Irinel Carlan to enhance the vocal compartment with their guest performances.
"Dodekatemoria" will be released this Autumn in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
After 6 years since the first long-play record, W3 4R3 NUM83R5 are back with a new album titled Death Finds A Way, in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
A live performance on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024 at Rockstadt venue in Brasov will be the grounds for album release party, alongside special guests such as Underwaves from Brasov and June Turns Black from Bucharest, an evening that will also mark the 10-year anniversary of the snapbacks boys. At the same time, the album will be available on all online streaming platforms.
Romanian Metalcore will be found in full on Death Finds A Way which will contain a total of 10 songs, some already released as singles but now remixed and remastered as well as new songs and which will be as first live audition on the evening of the concert.
The record is not a conceptual one so there are some different experimental nuances between the tracks, from metalcore and hardcore to short slam inserts but keeping all the ingredients with which W3 4R3 NUM83R5 imposed itself on the local scene: groovy and melodic lines, violent breakdowns, growl and scream vocals and, as a novelty for this second material, a few tracks have clean vocals.
Lyrics wise, there are themes in which any of us can find ourselves: fear, loneliness, hopelessness, courage, life, death, but also the destructive race of mankind against the planet that is their home.
Several of the remixed and remastered songs that will appear on the new album are already released including videos or lyrics videos, the most notable being Dying, Dark//Below and Outnumbered.
The songs on the new album were written and recorded by W3 4R3 NUM83R5, self-produced, and the final mix and mastering were done by Radu "Snuff" Constantinescu, the band's bassist. At the same time, the vocals on two of the tracks, Time Of Contempt and Final Chapter, are produced, edited and written together with Dan Niculescu and Rach Alaji from June Turns Black.
The visual identity, artwork for the album and merchandise were made by Ilinca Ivanuca and the Death Finds A Way digipack was produced by Loud Rage Music.
W3 4R3 NUM83R5 is:
Andrei Dușcă – vocals
Horia Buzuleciu – drums
Alin Ștefănescu – guitar
Radu Constantinescu – bass guitar
Teodor Ardeleanu – guitar
Contact:
www.wearenumbers.band
Romanian Metal veterans GOTHIC released a new video for the track "Frați", the fourth single taken from the band's most recent album, "Underground", released earlier this year in collaboration with Loud Rage Music. The video was directed by Sorin Pop between March and August 2024, with footage from the bands national tour in support of this album.
Check out "Frați" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut_Pfyl2It8
"Underground" is available here: https://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/album/gothic-underground or https://shop.loudragemusic.com/products/758452-gothic-underground
Audio mix and master: Nikos Palivos (Haunting Studios - Athens, Greece)
Audio recordings: Consonance Studio (Timișoara)
GOTHIC line-up:
Alin Petruț - guitar/vocals
Csaba Talpai - bass
Bogdan Băncilă - guitar
Bogdan Bălașa - guitar
Alin Alexandru - drums
After 10 years of live activity, and in preparation for a new studio material, SADDAYAH released the band's first video. The track is titled "HP" and will be featured on the band's upcoming EP, "Lila".
Here's what the band had to say about "HP": "After an adventure towards the Earth's deep, the darkness and the aggression of Death Metal met in Europe's biggest salt mine, in a story about origins and survival. It's a short movie about a journey deep into humanity's gloom and the border between the border between the known and the unknown." and about the new EP: ""Lila" will be released with a concert in the Fabrica club in Bucharest, on October 18th. It will be released physically as a Deluxe Digipack CD with a print run strictly limited to 100 copies."
Tarnaveni, Romania based formation ENDLESS DARK announce their debut full-length album "The Kingdoom", to be released later in the year in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
Formed in March 2022 by Florin Cucerzan (guitar and vocals) and Liviu Voda (guitar), the band was later joined by Dragos Benyovszky (bass and vocals), Catalin Chereji (keyboards) and Arpi Bogar (drums) to what nowadays is a determined quintet.
ENDLESS DARK strive to provide an atmosphere reminiscing to it's name, music-wise a Gothic Doom Metal band with Death and Black Metal influences. The sound, the message of the lyrics, the harmonic chaos, the obscure melody, they all create a cell of emotions bringing all that the name ENDLESS DARK holds within!
"The Kingdoom" is the first album of the Romanian band ENDLESS DARK, a material that preaches about a metaphorical entity by his name... the "kingdoom". This "kingdoom" is rather an idea, a morbid kind of thinking into the unknown, the mythical, the mystical, the dark path of the obscure idea of what afterlife could be, and of course... the ENDLESS DARK. The lyrics are reminiscing of death, many songs evoking a macabre tone in their lyrics while also holding high a very tiny touch of hope... or lack of it, from the melodic, chaotic harmony of the sound.
The band recently released their first official video for the title-track:
"From cold and shadows...
We rise under the darkest moon, beyond the mist of time that brings up the ENDLESS DARK!
Embrace the lost words, burn down the sun!
Restless revenants roaming the darkest depths of this existence, we fight for our unlight to become the Age of the Dark!
We shall rise the darkest light in the hopes of eternal peace!
We follow the mythical path of everlasting unlight to bring the peace amongst disturbed dead...
Let us reveal the ancient wisdom lost in time!
Let us bring you... The Kingdoom!"
Contacts:
Endless Dark
https://www.instagram.com/bandendlessdark/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082732505774
Loud Rage Music
https://linktr.ee/loudragemusic
"The Sun, You" has seen the light! The first single taken off SADDAYAH's upcoming EP, "Lila", was shaped shortly after the band released their debut album "Apopheny of Life", and represents its continuity under a new sonic exploration.
Play "The Sun, You" here: https://linktr.ee/saddayah
"The Sun, You" was recorded at Osimetric Studios Bucharest. Cover art by Filip Rădulescu.
"Lila" will be released in collaboration with Loud Rage Music, more about this to be revealed soon.
SADDAYAH was founded 11 years ago in Ploiesti, Romania. The band's music is based in traditional Death Metal although the members' high technical level shaped a new direction, a combination of Melodic Technical Death Metal with Progressive and Black Metal influences.
Contact:
Saddayah
https://www.saddayah.com
Loud Rage Music
https://linktr.ee/loudragemusic
ORDINUL NEGRU present their new single / video, "Zahir":
The new single is an extract from the band's upcoming ninth studio album titled "Dodekatemoria" and scheduled for an Autumn release in collaboration with Loud Rage Music. The new material has been in works for the past five years, and it was previously introduced by two EPs: "Nebuisa" in 2020, and "A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness" in 2021.
Here's what the band had to say about it: ""Dodekatemoria" is the ninth album and represents our bond with the cosmic nature and what we experience as individuals when we are on this path searching for our truths.
We choose to present "Zahir" firstly, a song that represent the gateway to our world, inspired by the writings of Aleister Crowley, magnificently interpreted by the Mihai Surdea, with whom we collaborate for the third time, and with the actor Ovidiu Mihăță, that interprets perfectly our bond with the elements and our aspirations.
The video is the first of a series that illustrates the cosmogony of our new album."
ORDINUL NEGRU is working on a new full-length album, scheduled for an Autumn release! Titled "Dodekatemoria", the new material has been in works for the past five years, and it was previously introduced by two EPs: "Nebuisa" in 2020, and "A Sojourner Wandering Through the Barren Openness" in 2021, both released in collaboration with Loud Rage Music.
Here's what the band had to say about it: ""Dodekatemoria" is the ninth album and represents our bond with the cosmic nature and what we experience as individuals when we are on this path searching for our truths.
We choose to present "Zahir" firstly, a song that represent the gateway to our world, inspired by the writings of Aleister Crowley, magnificently interpreted by the Mihai Surdea, with whom we collaborate for the third time, and with the actor Ovidiu Mihăță, that interprets perfectly our bond with the elements and our aspirations.
The video will be released on the 18th of June and is the first of a series that illustrates the cosmogony of our new album."
Ordinul Negru Line-up:
Fulmineos – guitars, vocals
Urmuz – guitars, vocals
Putrid – drums, bass
Ordinul Negru
https://www.facebook.com/ordinulnegru
Bucharest, Romania based Black Metal band WARHYMN announce the follow-up to their 2022 EP "Cult of Primordials", a 3 tracks new effort titled "Occult Fire"!
Here's what the band had to say about it: "We can proudly announce that in the very early days of July the "Occult Fire" EP will kick in Loud Rage Music Bandcamp collection and all streaming platforms!
The artwork is depicted from the "Paradise Lost Catalogue" by French illustrator Gustave Dore and was adapted to an even more darker visual style in order to deliver the theme and mood we want to bring to the table.
This material features the "Occult Fire" single that will also be part of our next full length and two more songs, carefully chosen from our debut "Gnosis", completely re-recorded from scratch and rebranded as "Occult Fire Versions". It was mixed and mastered by Andrei Alexandru Bogdan of Grand Way Studios, with whom we had a great working experience. The songs are also meant to be a test of production for our next full length that will hopefully be out in the later days of 2025 and will be our most ambitious material so far!"
Occult Fire EP tracklist:
01. Occult Fire - Lucifer's Hymn
02. Descendants ov Cain (Occult Fire Version)
03. Originea (Occult Fire Version)
* tracks 1 and 2 - music by Warhymn - Lyrics by Shavy
* track 3 - music by Ritco Florin and Warhymn - Lyrics by Ritco Florin
Occult Fire EP Line-up:
Shavy : Guitars/Vocals/Orchestration
Rizea : Guitars/Vocals
Hex : Bass Guitar
Philip: Drums
WARHYMN recently released a new single, "Originea", that will be part of the upcoming EP:
Warhymn:
https://www.facebook.com/warhymn.official
https://www.instagram.com/warhymn.official/
Loud Rage Music presents the debut album of the Romanian one-man project THE SHEPHERD, the frontman of death'n'roll band BLACKSHEEP.
"The Beguiling Mind Games" is out now and available for free streaming and download on Bandcamp:
https://loudragemusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-sheph...
and YouTube:
Technical but expressive, fast and slow, brutal yet melodic, "The Beguiling Mind Games" is a dark pilgrimage through the most hidden places of the human mind. It deals with gaslighting, depression, anxiety, betrayal, fear, manipulation and suicide.
It is the bare and ugly truth about human interactions and their consequences.
A complex journey in nine chapters developing a strange and original soundtrack for those who are keen to bands like Hypocrisy, Edge of Sanity, Yearning, Phlebotomized and why not, Blacksheep.
The artwork of the album was made by the well known graphic artist Costin Chioreanu.
Tracklist:
1.Gaslighting
2.Enslaved By Lies
3.Reason Abandoned Us All
4.Wired Wrong
5.Freedom Is The Absence Of Fear
6.Shot To The Head
7.Nights Are For Us
8.Suicide Note
9.Universe 25
https://linktr.ee/loudragemusic
https://linktr.ee/the_shepherd
