***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! With influences ranging from doom metal and classic rock all the way to progressive and chamber music, MORNE’s unique brand of post-sludge / crust is unrelentingly heavy and cinematic in scope. The Boston group attracted widespread attention in the underground metal and punk scenes with their 2009 debut album Untold Wait, most notably earning an endorsement from Darkthrone themselves; it helped that the group’s lineup featured guitarist JEFF HAYWARD of the legendary sludge band GRIEF. Their followup, 2011’s Asylum, was a sprawling exercise in monolithic heaviness, pushing their sound even further and garnering significant critical acclaim. Shadows is an even colder and bleaker outing marked by crawling tempos and colossal atmospherics. Melodic and morose, the album is infused with a new sense of doom, with moments reminiscent of Evoken, Mournful Congregation or the now-defunct Morgion. Shadows proves Morne’s distinctiveness in heavy music and is set to be one of the most memorable underground releases of 2013. Housed in heavyweight printed innersleeves and Stoughton tip on jackets. Includes a download.
LP $15.50
10/29/2013
***NOW AVAILABLE ON CASSETTE!!! Drawing from classic NWOBHM and traditional metal influences, this five piece comprised of veteran local musicians have turned out a well crafted solid as hell metal album. They've definitely done their listening homework over the years. Strong and catchy songs, heavy but not tuned down, recorded well but not overproduced, it captures the old DIY ethic of metal in the early ‘80s. The vocals have an almost Ozzy quality at times, solid as hell. We're totally stoked on this record! Members of MIND ERASER, RIVAL MOB, NO TOLERANCE, DOOMRIDERS etc.
LP $16.35
03/19/2013
CD $13.85
02/26/2013
MC $7.25
02/07/2020
***BACK IN STOCK!!! After two full-length releases on Meteor City, Massachusetts based ELDER release two new tracks clocking in at 22-plus minutes. Two tracks channeling California desert rock ala Kyuss, stil retaining some of the Sleep influence of the earlier releases. Cover art courtesy by FRED STRUCKHOLZ of South of Heaven Press.
LP $19.95
05/15/2012
CD $6.75
02/10/2015
MC $7.50
02/01/2019
***NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!! Boston’s MORNE was formed in 2005 by Polish ex-pat MILOSZ GASSAN, formerly of FILTH OF MANKIND and a legend of sorts in Poland’s underground crust punk movement. After releasing a demo and split release with Warprayer, the group unleashed their 2009 debut full-length Untold Wait to widespread critical acclaim. Among those singing the album’s praises were Fenriz and Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone, who even incorporated Morne’s logo on the cover of their 2010 album Circle the Wagons. Their reputation is also bolstered by the presence of guitarist JEFF HAYWARD (formerly of GRIEF, DISRUPT and more). Morne’s brand of apocalyptic post-sludge / crust incorporates influences from genre pioneers Neurosis and Isis as well as traditional heavy metal, doom metal, prog and even the classic post-punk / new wave of Joy Division or early Cure. This epic sound, cinematic in scope and unrelentingly heavy, is on full display on their newest release, Asylum. The album is a grandiose journey through monolithic intensity and earth-crumbling ambient moments that climaxes with the gut-wrenching “Volition,” featuring JARBOE (SWANS) and KRIS FORCE (AMBER ASYLUM). Alternately haunting and crushing, Asylum is destined to because a triumph in the realm of post-metal. CD available on Profound Lore. Pressed on white vinyl and packaged in gatefold tip-on sleeves.
2XLP $21.10
03/13/2012
***SYSTEMATIC DEATH drop four brand new ripping thrash tracks. These Japanese HC veterans are still alive and kicking ass, with powerhouse drumming by KOBA of BASTARD fame. Intended as a special release for the three recent September 2010 East Coast USA shows with Dropdead and the Inmates. Unfortunately pressing plant delays of over 5 weeks kept them from being done in time. The four songs totally blaze, and were mastered by Enormous Door Studio. Most copies on color, some on limited black vinyl. This is a one time pressing, there will be no repress.
7" $6.30
11/30/2010