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SHADOW RECORDS (distributed & marketed by REGAIN RECORDS) is proud to present VOODUS' highly anticipated second album, Emanating Sparks, on CD and vinyl LP formats.Since their formation in 2015, the ascent of Sweden's VOODUS has been steady yet assured. After a decade under the moniker Jormundgang, the band sought a fresh outlook with the new nom de plume VOODUS and began sharpening their knives. And carved from these blades emerged the 2015 EP NightQueen, subsequently followed by the Serpent Seducer Saviour 10" in 2017. However, it was VOODUS breakout debut album - appropriately titled Into the Wild, released in 2018 by SHADOW - where the band showed the full fathom of their powers. Starkly melodic yet crypt-pure black metal, the hour-long Into the Wild was at once authentically vintage and refreshingly modern, their songcraft now honed to its fiercest and most finessed essence. Somehow, they eclipsed that feat with the two-song Open the Otherness EP two years later. More than "just" an EP, these two tracks were EPIC, totalling 23 minutes of obsidian grandeur.Now, where does the winding path lead them? VOODUS' second album, Emanating Sparks. Comparatively a more concise record at 45 minutes, the seven-song Emanating Sparks certainly shows no slowdown in their creativity nor conservative thinking on the band's part: majestically immediate, effervescently melodic, executed with poise and power, VOODUS here present an album custom-made for the stage and yet one not without its charms for personal contemplation. The occult aura is stronger than ever, it must be said, as their melodicism weaves through the soul with stirring effect, vapor trails of beyond-the-shade menace opening one's third eye with ease and elan. Many weapons are still at VOODUS' disposal - the riffing is stalwart when surging or stomping, the rhythms move mountains at any speed, and guitarist T. Fongelius' vocals command the hordes with their clear enunciation - and more than ever, they utilize them with especial emphasis on dynamics. Emanating Sparks is aggressive to be sure and undeniably a BLACK METAL record, but it's one imbued with a subtle sensitivity (or just call it "feel"), a deftness of approach that elevates it above extremity for its own sake or just another tired genre exercise. Or put another way, VOODUS have fully entered the realm of plausibly professional black metal classicism; Emanating Sparks is thus truly titled...VOODUS continue to speak the noble language of black metal, but broaden its dialect with reverence and intelligence. Open thy ears and receive their Emanating Sparks! 1. Harbinger of Death2. Emanating Sparks3. The Call of the Abysmal Deep4. The Scorned5. Below and Beyond6. Hieros Gamos7. Where the Whispering Wind Blows

SHADOW RECORDS is proud to present the highly anticipated second album of Sweden's HINSIDES, Hinsides hörs djävulsklockans urklang, on CD and vinyl LP formats.Released during the summer of 2021, HINSIDES' Under Betlehems brinnande stjärna debut LP was a firestorm of freezing filth. Undeniably necrotic as per the earliest birth-pangs of Scandinavian black metal, peer within that piercing sound and you will have found a wealth of fascinating and fearless twists to ancient black metal tropes. Here, HINSIDES revealed themselves to be more melodic and magisterial than they hinted at on their earlier split with comrades MONSTRAAT, but nevertheless kept the attack fucking FERAL and utterly unreal in sum effect. Perhaps all this was unsurprising given that the band is the sole work of M.A. from the esteemed ULTRA SILVAM...but either way, a new (and harrowing) horde worth reckoning had arrived with acidic aplomb.Now HINSIDES return with an even-stronger (and -stranger) work in Hinsides hörs djävulsklockans urklang. The band's second full-length titularly translates to "From beyond the ancient chime of the devil bell is heard" and a more apt approximation of HINSIDES' ever-expanding sound cannot be found. Joined by ULTRA SILVAM drummer L.A., M.A. brings back the church bells of the preceding album and goes gonzo with them; at nearly every (crooked) turn, there tolls a bell of doom, summoning dread powers from that Beyond. More concretely, those sinuous peals of eeriness provide complementary / contrapuntal colour to HINSIDES' most rippling 'n' roiling black metal yet. But heed the METAL aspect of "black metal" here: the duo devilishly construct dark headbangers that soon whip forth into a state of possession, with starkly melodic leads flying fast and free, altogether creating a (dark, devilish) narrative flow that's exceptionally unique for something so necro. Underlining that Devil's Heavy Metal aspect of Hinsides hörs djävulsklockans urklang is the guest appearance of Jonas Hansson from olde-worlde hard rockers SILVER MOUNTAIN, dropping a solo into "I nekromisantropisk harmoni." Bringing that aspect to a boil is the cover of the Plasmastics' "The Damned," which HINSIDES malevolently make their own (and which can only be found on physical copies of the album).The bells of doom toll even louder with the splendour of archaic witchcraft and devil worship: HINSIDES' Hinsides hörs djävulsklockans urklang concludes the year with frightening finality! 1. Hinsides hörs djävulsklockans urklang2. För dödens storhet3. Djävulshymn4. I nekromisantropisk harmoni5. 666 stötar mot himmelens port6. En stympad människa7. The Damned (physical exclusive)