***BACK IN STOCK!!! Devout Records presents two essential Leviathan compilations, The First Sublevel of Suicide and Unfailing Fall into Naught, both on double-LP format and both containing several additional rare and previously-unreleased tracks. These editions are products of the band’s own label and are thus superior to the notoriously substandard versions from Ascension Monuments Media. The First Sublevel of Suicide includes demo versions of songs from the band’s debut album which were not made available to AMM and features new artwork from BRIAN VDP, who also executed the layout for both releases. Unfailing Fall into Naught compiles the recordings from Leviathan’s split releases with Sapthuran and Xasthur and is presented with new artwork from WREST himself, in addition to the aforementioned bonus tracks. Both compilations were mastered by the renowned JAMES PLOTKIN.
2XLP $28.85
05/03/2019
***BACK IN STOCK!!! Devout Records presents two essential LEVIATHAN compilations, The First Sublevel of Suicide and Unfailing Fall into Naught, both on double-LP format and both containing several additional rare and previously-unreleased tracks. These editions are products of the band’s own label and are thus superior to the notoriously substandard versions from Ascension Monuments Media. The First Sublevel of Suicide includes demo versions of songs from the band’s debut album which were not made available to AMM and features new artwork from BRIAN VDP, who also executed the layout for both releases. Unfailing Fall into Naught compiles the recordings from Leviathan’s split releases with Sapthuran and Xasthur and is presented with new artwork from WREST himself, in addition to the aforementioned bonus tracks. Both compilations were mastered by the renowned JAMES PLOTKIN.
2XLP $28.85
05/03/2019
***“STEVIE FLOYD of DARK CASTLE and TAURUS collaborates with ERIK MOGGRIDGE (aka AERIAL RUIN) of OLD GRANDAD, DRIFT ON A CURSE and thrash metal band EPIDEMIC. The music that they manage to conjure in this release has a distinctive ambient nature. On one hand Stevie Floyd is offering the more experimental vibe on her songs, relying on minimalistic structures and haunting atmospheres, while the Aerial Ruin tracks seem to be existing within the melancholic acoustic territory. The weird effects of ‘You Scathed the Sun’ are expanding the soundscapes of the song, while the vocals are slowly mesmerizing you with and the hypnotic melodies are dragging you within the core of Floyd’s dystopian structures. ‘Failure’ is the first time where Aerial Ruin contribute into Floyd’s songs. The tone of ‘Failure’ is quite dark and pessimistic with a depressive emotion encircling you very essence. Still, the second collaboration with Aerial Ruin, in ‘This Has Gone,’ is even more intriguing; mainly due to the dissonant nature of the song and the way that Floyd manages to build up the tension.”—Cvlt Nation. 2013 release.
LP $17.75
10/14/2014
***“From Portland, Oregon come the ethereal vibrations of TAURUS and their 2012 debut Life, an abstractly painted soundscape that can be summed up as subsonic Doom Metal heavily mixed with Psychedelia and Drone. Life is comprised of only two people, drummer ASHLEY SPUNGIN (PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE) and guitarist/vocalist STEVIE FLOYD (DARK CASTLE), and two tracks, ‘Part 1’ and ‘Part II,’ and while both span an average of 15 minutes each, individual track essence is felt throughout. The pair creates a claustrophobic atmosphere via living-breathing hallucinations and a slow-rising undertone of echoes creepily voiced by Floyd. Taurus have created a complicated forest-bound acid trip. It’s claustrophobic, isolated, and all without narcotic assistance, it crawls under your skin and ably opens your mind. Life is an album that might not reach everyone in the same way, but I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for unanswered questions. Leave reality in the dust and trip into Life, whether you like it or not, it will get your mind churning.”—The Metal Observer
LP $17.75
10/14/2014
***“TAURUS are a psychedelic dark doom, drone duo from Portland consisting of STEVIE FLOYD of DARK CASTLE and ASHLEY SPUNGIN formerly of PURPLE RHINESTONE EAGLE. Together they have produced a spiritually godless cathartic audio masterpiece called No/Thing. With the help of producer/engine ear BILLY ANDERSON, who also does the vocals on ‘Increase Aloneness,’ it’s fair to say that No/Thing will take you on a nightmarish doom/drone audio roller coaster of a journey. Paranoid screams and black mass rumblings will seep through you cranium delivering chilling avant doom/terrorscapes of suffering, agony and torment but where there is torment there is tranquility and No/Thing is a well balanced album exploring both aspects with each track blending together seamlessly. There is also the chance of having blood streaming from your eyeballs when wearing headphones, you have been warned!”—Echoes And Dust. Features guest appearances from WREST of LEVIATHAN.
LP $17.75
10/14/2014
CD $12.75
11/18/2014