Hypnotic Dirge Records Amazing Update!

The year 2012 is now among us and  that comes with the Hypnotic Dirge Records first distribution update of the year. HDR  added 16 new titles to the distribution section, a lot of which has come from Russian labels Possession Records, and Kunsthauch Records. Included in this distro update are past albums from current HDR artists Ekove Efrits, and Epitimia, as well as a compilation album of previous sold out EP's and Single release from former HDR artist and atmospheric black metal regulars Neige et Noirceur. Below is the full list of new additions:

HDR - D - 262 : Ekove Efrits - Suicidal Rebirth
HDR - D - 263 : Sick - Satanism, Sickness, Solitude
HDR - D - 264 : Door Into Emptiness - Vada
HDR - D - 265 : Kruk - Endkampf
HDR - D - 266 : Balance Interruption - Nuclear War for Rescue
HDR - D - 267 : Spuolus - Behind the Event Horizon
HDR - D - 268 : Lustre - Serenity
HDR - D - 269 : All the Cold - One Year of Cold
HDR - D - 270 : Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico - Stelle Senza Luce
HDR - D - 271 : Sanctus Daemoneon - N0thingness N0thingness
HDR - D - 272 : Neige et Noirceur - Philosophie des Arts Occultes/Thanatonaut
HDR - D - 273 : Epitimia - To the Non-Existing Shades
HDR - D - 274 : Epitimia - Four Truths to the Noble Ones
HDR - D - 275 : Cold Body Radiation - Deer Twilight
HDR - D - 276 : Lost Inside - Mourning Wept Beside Me
HDR - D - 277 : Lilyum - Nothing is Mine

If you are interested in any of these albums or more, you can place an order by going to the DISTRIBUTION section.

To commemorate three years of activity for the label, Hypnotic Dirge Records is once again releasing a free compilation album to serve as a sampler that showcases the many diverse sounds of the artists within HDR as well as being a nice representation of the sound, asthetic, and feeling we hope to portray as a label overall. Besides this, the free compilation series serves as a thank you to those who has supported Hypnotic Dirge Records over the past three years and contines to do so. As always in the annual series of HDR compilations, this year's edition which is entitled 'Desolation. Dissonance. Delirum.' is available as a free digital download with a collection of audio, video, visual, and text within.

Featured on this year's compilation are 11 audio tracks from 10 ten different artists on the HDR Roster, as well as a guest apperance by the project 'Our Last Day on Earth' created by the mastermind of the symphonic doom metal project 'The Howling Void'. As for the HDR artists featured on this compilation, some artists - such as netra, and Ov Hollowness - have decided to record and release a track which is exclusive to this compilation, while others have decided to showcase a track from their upcoming album release on HDR. An exception to this is Neige et Noirceur whose track 'Hymne II : Neige Noire' was recently released on their new album on Sepulchral Productions. Overall there is over 70 minutes of audio to be heard on this compilation, most of which has not been made public before this release.

In addition to the main feature of the compilation - which is obviously the music, there is also a music video from the Iranian project 'Silent Path' which is another project from the musician behind Ekove Efrits - Saman Nu. The video is for the track 'Gray Dolls From Nowhere' which will be featured on the debut Silent Path album 'Mourner Portraits' to be released through HDR in 2012. 

The album artwork on this compilation is once again created by Marc Hoyland known best for his ambient project 'Hoyland', the goth band '13 Candles' as various black metal projects. The inner pages of the booklet on the compilation features photography from my photography project 'Hypnotic Dirge Photography' which was further edited by Marc Hoyland. Within the compilation artwork, you will find a short note from most of the artists on the album explaining their contribution on the compilation. Other features in the visual side include a gallery of photographs from Elan O'Neal Photography, and Hypnotic Dirge Photography, as well as a couple of shots of 'Nat' - the female vocalist who will appear on the track 'Spirits Dwell' on the upcoming Stroszek release. Finally, to complete the compilation, there is a short text piece by Elan O'Neal entitled 'Sense', a small expressive "poem" by N. Skog, as well as the lyrics to the track 'Can't Make Things Undone' by Claudio Alcara of Stroszek.

Overall this compilation is a nice collection of art from a variety of different mediums from the artists on Hypnotic Dirge Records. It should paint a picture and give a preview towards the upcoming releases on HDR in 2012 as well as recollecting tracks from prior HDR releases. Make sure you download this compilation as it is completely free, and share it with as many people as possible.

Album artwork theme and concept by: Marc Hoyland and Nick Skog

AudioI - Ov Hollowness - End in View (7:07)
II - Our Last Day on Earth - Omega Vibration (5:16)
III - Neige et Noirceur - Hymne II : Neige Noire (9:16)
IV - Epitimia - Epikrisis V - Rorschach Inkblot (6:47)
V - The Foetal Mind - We Are Nothing (5:01)
VI - Stroszek - Crows (5:26)
VII - netra - Mind-bending Chemicals (5:00)
VIII - Ekove Efrits - Faceless Moments (6:51)
IX - Old Forgotten Lands - ...with each prevailing wind (9:03)
X - Funeral Fornication - In Exile (7:17)
XI - Silent Path - Filth of Mankind (6:50)

VideoXII - Silent Path - Grey Dolls From Nowhere (Music Video)

TextSense: by Elan O'Neal
Stroszek - can't make things undone Lyrics: by Claudio Alcara
We have to be disgusted by: Nick Skog

Visual
Compilation Album Artwork: by Marc Hoyland
Elan O'Neal Photography: by Elan O'Neal
Hypnotic Dirge Photography: by Nick Skog
Nat - Female Vocalist for 'Spirits Dwell'

Total Audio Playing Time: 73:54
Total Video Playing Time: 6:36
Total File Size: Audio/Album Art: 107.25MB | Extras 209.95MB 

Full details here