Dying Victims Releases from 2020 - Page 3 - Dying Victims Productions

DVP 151 Tøronto – Under Siege (2020)

Hailing from Sweden, TØRONTO formed in 2017, partly out of the ashes of the sorely missed Morbus Chron – vocalist/guitarist Edvin Aftonfalk and bassist Dag Landin, here under the stage names Eddie Flawless and 79-83, respectively – and also powerhouse drummer Leo Ekström Sollenmo, from the well-respected Lethal Steel and Temisto, under the name Lt. Oxtreme as well as Seb Cyborg on guitars, also from Temisto. With this lineup in place, the quartet released their debut demo in 2018 and then the Nocturnal High tape on DYING VICTIMS later that year. That latter title alone suggested that something strange ‘n’ salacious was indeed afoot…

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on white vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

Release date: 22 May 2020

**Formats: LP / CD / MC**
Limitation: 500 (+500)/ 1000 / 300

DVP 150 Hexenbrett – Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten (2020)

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It was at the dawn of 2019 when a strange little demo inconspicuously announced itself from the other side and introduced the sound of the bloody iris. Titled Erste Beschwörung, it was the first public recording of one HEXENBRETT, the work of a mysterious duo revealing themselves as Josto Feratu and Scarlettina Bolétte. This was a literal bolt from the blue, sounds that were as refreshingly new as they were authentically old. “Cemetery sounds” is what the band called them, but that only told half the story. Wild and wily, HEXENBRETT unloaded a dizzying payload of sounds both traditional and unorthodox, dumping into its hot-rockin’ cauldron spices from first-wave black metal, Iron Curtain-era speed metal, outsider doom, and even old-school deathrock. It was a kaleidoscopic spin, and caught the attention of Caligari Records (who did a wider cassette release) and then DYING VICTIMS with their 12” vinyl version toward the end of the year. Lots of other, strange-starved ears picked up on it, too.

The stage thus set, HEXENBRETT proceeds to defy expectations and obliterate the slate with its debut album, Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten. A record of stark contrasts, Zweite Beschwörung immediately sounds definitively like HEXENBRETT: roaming ancient cemeteries with a torch in hand, conjuring the madness and mysticism of early black metal, when unorthodoxy was celebrated and no blueprints yet existed – only paths to be blazed! But, that latter element is precisely where Zweite Beschwörung takes a different turn, delving into waters both more refined and more rarefied, more straightforward and more obtuse – more METAL, epic and outlandish and “true,” but decidedly in an un-metal manner – beguiling the senses either way, and addictively so. It’s a turn that’s directly inspired by such sources as varied as Varathron, Jean Rollin, Danzig, Goblin, and Van Halen, and yet emerging completely unique and unlike little else around. A diverse journey through mouldy crypts and deranged minds, Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten features eight original tracks and an astonishing cover of Townes Van Zandt’s “The Spider Song”.

Quite commandingly, HEXENBRETT reveal an uncanny knack for songcraft, building defined and endearing hooks that unfold unexpectedly yet thrillingly, the intensity constantly rising and falling with preternatural ease but always in service of the song. Elsewhere, the band coats its creations with subtle layers of synth, further fanning that otherworldly atmosphere that laid in wait across the demo while ragged aggression usually took over. Which is all to say nothing of the absolutely spellbinding chimes often employed, evoking a banquet of horror with an almost-filmic quality in line with the band’s love for European cult cinema. And, fittingly, the production across Zweite Beschwörung is richly analog, scrappy but shimmering, evincing a totality of design and just-professional-enough presentation without sacrificing the entity’s original ethics. Like most first albums should be, the tale of HEXENBRETT truly begins here.

If there was ever any question about HEXENBRETT’s singular nature, just beginning to bloom, simply gaze upon the cover art to Zweite Beschwörung: Ein Kind zu töten. All other paths blazed, this is the only one left, and it’s HEXENBRETT’s alone… The dead will dance, expect the unexpected!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on green vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
CD comes with a sticker.
Regular MC edition with sticker and button.
Special MC edition with sticker and metal pin.

Release date: 22 May 2020

DVP 149 Zatyr – Ornament of Proposition (2020)

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Hailing from Sweden and forming in 2019, ZATYR quickly set to work on their debut EP – plus, speaking of “set,” their vocalist Set used to be in the beloved Devil Lee Rot. Titled Ornament of Proposition, the band’s first public recording was released digitally in September of that year, and proudly displayed an otherwise-new band brimming with the fire of the ancients and confidence to spare. Indeed, ZATYR here sounded authentically old, casting their gaze across the darkest and classiest currents of classic heavy metal singed with a touch of first-wave black metal. But, paradoxically, the quartet just as ably burned with the enthusiasm of feral youngbloods, imbuing the EP’s three tracks with boundless passion.

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
Special edition on brown vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.

Release date: 22 May 2020

**Formats: LP / CD**
Limitation: 500 / 1000

DVP 148 Sandstorm – Time to Strike (2020)

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Hailing from Vancouver, SANDSTORM are a power-trio in the grand tradition: PJ “The Butcher” La Griffe on drums, Reptile Anderson on lead vocals & bass guitar, and Stevie “Broke” Whiteless on lead vocals & guitar. The band formed during the winter 2017 and were initially inspired by ‘80s Swedish underground metal, the original NWOBHM movement, and “Rob Halford’s Instagram account.” While knowing (and fully embracing) all of heavy metal’s over-the-top aesthetics at the dawn of the 1980s, it became immediately apparent that SANDSTORM were indeed the Real fucking Deal when faced with their debut album, Time to Strike.

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and download code.
Special edition on orange vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and patch.
CD comes with a sticker.

Release date: 24 April 2020

DVP 147 Warlust – Unearthing Shattered Philosophies (2020)

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One of the metal underground’s best-kept secrets, WARLUST began their assault on the false in 2012. The title of their debut demo, 2014’s Unholy Attack, said everything it needed to: here was blackthrashing METAL, steeped in the spirits of old and with genuinely evil blood coursing through its veins. However, it was 2017’s Morbid Execution debut album where WARLUST first truly took flight – on burning wings of flame! More intense, more epic, more heavy fucking metal, Morbid Execution carried on the noble work started by founding fathers Desaster in their homeland and Deströyer 666, Zemial, and Aura Noir abroad.

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker download code.
Special edition on grey vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and patch.
CD comes with a sticker.

Release date: 24 April 2020

DVP 146 Bütcher – 666 Goats Carry My Chariot (2020)

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Deeply rooted in classic speed metal, the Belgian 4-piece, however, incorporates influences ranging from old thrash, NWOBHM/heavy to black metal and have forged a ripper of a 2nd album. Yet even though their sound on record is fantastic, one can only understand this band after witnessing one of their furious live shows!

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Special edition with sticker and metal pin.

Release date: 31 January 2020

DVP 145 Schizophrenia – Voices (2020)

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DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present SCHIZOPHRENIA’s debut ep “Voices” on cassette.

Despite their first output, the 4-piece from Belgium executes the four tracks in a highly energetic old school Death Metal manner, inspired by the likes of Morbid Angel, Sepultura, Slayer or Dark Angel. The band shows that brutal death thrash like Demolition Hammer or Morbid Saint has yet to see its downfall.

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Special edition with sticker and metal pin.

Release date: 31 January 2020

DVP 144 Crypt Dagger – From Below (2020)

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Like a brightly burning star, CRYPT DAGGER burst into the night at the dawn of 2019. A two-song rehearsal introduced their boisterous, belligerent ways before the four-song Tales of Torment EP followed. Here, the full rapacious nature of CRYPT DAGGER revealed itself with rudeness and crudeness: filth-banging, black-as-pitch SPEED METAL with a heavy debt to punk, as well as such surprising influences as Devo, The Mummies, and early B-52s. And it was only the start!

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, and download code.
Special edition on purple vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and patch.

Release date: 27 March 2020

DVP 143 Karloff – Raw Nights (2020)

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Forming in 2018, KARLOFF hail from Germany, helmed by erstwhile Graveyard Ghoul member Tom Horrified alongside a couple close comrades. But compared to that band’s old-school death metal stylings, KARLOFF go in a more punk-oriented direction – more street than cavern, as it were – with a sound self-described as “raw obscure punk turns into blackness.”

KARLOFF did exactly that with their debut Demo ’18, three thirsty ‘n’ miserable tracks of street-walking napalm. But things got more twisted ‘n’ pissed with the following Raw Nights a year later. Like a more gutter-level Midnight, here did KARLOFF kick out the (creepy) jams, strutting with sleazy confidence and an infectious sense of bash/crash/slash that struck deep into the heart of what makes the best of both punk and metal. Of course, that blackened singe is never far away, and gives KARLOFF’s canon that ever-special twist of ancient evil.

Fans from the very beginning, now does DYING VICTIMS combine both recordings onto one longer-playing format, under the title Raw Nights. Raw is this night in-fucking-deed, and you get eight quick-hitting tracks in a tantalizing 20 minutes, graced with new cover art courtesy of Tom Horrified and Jan Utecht of Occvlta. Go hard, go fast, go free: KARLOFF compel you to partake generously in Raw Nights.

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and download code.
Special edition on white vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and patch.

Release date: 27 March 2020

DVP 142 Midas – Demo Tapes LP/CD (2020)

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Hailing from the mean streets of Detroit, MIDAS are a four-piece band of hard rock warriors. Theirs is an ancient, time-lost sound, recalling rock ‘n’ roll’s first transitions into proto-metal during the hazy, crazy ‘70s. But, MIDAS are not simply retro-retread plagiarists looking to (hazily, lazily) replicate the past; this era and style of music BURNS within them, and it bursts forth with effervescence and excitement across their two demos to date.

Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker and download code.
Special edition on yellow vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, download code and patch.
CD comes with a sticker.

Release date: 27 March 2020

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