Four months after the super-limited and already sold-out Cataract EP, ALTARAGE strike back with their sixth full-length, and first for DOOMENTIA since 2016’s Nihl.

Those hooded musicians’ taste for thick and noisy layering is quite notorious and indeed, the guitars alone here are not just drowned in tar but are actually bathing in it in delight. Yet somehow for this quite concise album things are taking a slightly different turn here, the mysterious trio has somehow decided to stray away a bit from their usual path in order to achieve something even more unsettling and bizarre, yet as crushing.

If Worst Case Scenario eight tracks – including the song ‘Cataract’ already included on the EP of the same name yet here with a different mix – are once again some of the heaviest and noisiest bastard sons of the (un)holy trinity of black, death-metal and harsh noise you’ll ever hear this year, a new sense of clarity can felt through some of them. Far from away from the standard ‘metal’ production values and more akin to, say, a strung-out noise-rock band desperately looking for their next fix, instead of lessening their impact, this sonic revaluation maximizes it even more.

Yet at the same time, with songs for example like ‘The Rigid Subject’ or ’Exhaust’, ALTARAGE never sounded so chaotic and so on the verge of imploding, super-nova style. Proving once and for all that no other band sounds or even dares going as far as into the abyss as they do… Behold, Worst Case Scenario could well be your worst nightmare.

• Full-lenght album on LP
• Casewrapped gatefold w/ uv spot
• Printed inner sleeve
• 100x Ltd colored vinyl
• 400x black vinyl

So this is where it all began… Sure all three tracks off DISMA's debut demo were later re-recorded for their massive debut album, Towards The Megalith, but somehow those early and rawer versions have a distinctive vibe of their own. The genre of death-metal, back then in 2009, was in dismay is a euphemism and somehow, this “us against the rest of the world” mentality gave that initial recording an extra edge.

Of course, The Vault Of Membros has been reissued a few times before – including a now very highly collectable version by the esteemed and now defunct, Detest Records. But to put it mildly, this is THE ultimate version. Pressed on high-quality 12” vinyl, cut at 45 RPM. A standard of quality with Doomentia Records.

So here’s a new chance to grab a piece of death metal history! 

• Limited to 300 copies
• 2nd pressing
• Swamp green
• Printed sturdy inner sleeve
• Cut at 45 rpm

Three live albums by old school metal bands Barbarian, Eurynomos and Nuctemeron from the last edition of the underground metal festival Thrash Nightmare in Písek, Czech Republic. You get energy and raw metal on black vinyls and live recordings of great and unforgettable shows at sold-out festival from leading names of European black/thrash scene!

Said about this release:

Borys (Barbarian): "We never had any plans of releasing a live album, but we felt so comfortable at Thrash Nightmare Fest and the level of energy was so high, that these recordings just couldn't stay shelved."

Aethon (Eurynomos): "We really did enjoy the energy of the show, the maniacs in the first rows were true fistbanging wild warriors, just listen to „Spell of Necromancy“ where a stagediver cut the guitar."

Lunatic Aggressor (Nuctemeron): "Live at Thrash Nightmare-official bootleg" perfectly captures the absolute underground atmosphere of Thrash Nightmare. So the listeners of the record can expect the ultimate Black Speed Hell!"

• Official live bootlegs
• 3x 12" LP
• Insert
• Professional sound mix
• One-time pressing
• Limited to 150 copies only
• Recorded on 14-15/10/2022
• Eurynomos SOLD-OUT 

Granted, there’s been a bunch of so-called death metal “super-groups” since the dawn of the millennium. A gathering of talented, determined to show the kids how it’s done and what death freakin’ metal truly means. But very few, if none, had the impact DISMA had. Simply put, their debut demo The Vault Of Membros basically erased all competition back in 2009. Not only did this first recording mark the first collaboration in between INCANTATION “cult” front man Craig Pillard and early guitarist Bill Venner. Now joining with members of FUNEBRARUM. But its earth-shattering heaviness and supreme brutality set a new benchmark for downtuned dark doom/death metal.

Fan from day one, DOOMENTIA has been working with the band since 2011 and their first European tour. Besides two split EPs, DOOMENTIA set up new standards with the LP version of their sole album, Towards The Megalith whose diehard edition featured a six panel tri-fold fantastic sleeve with an extra inserted 7 inch. 

Since then, instead of putting out an endless stream of easily-forgettable releases, DISMA carefully choose to take their time and release the right songs at the right time. After some line-up adjustments, with now Craig Pillard handling both vocals and guitar duties. Their first new recording in five years, Earthendium showcases a continuous vision with even more effective and lethal firepower. Slightly doomier, yet still as crushing, these three new tracks (including the epic nine minutes long title-track) were recorded at the aptly titled, Neanderthal studios and proves than over eighteen years after their first rehearsal, DISMA remains one of the heaviest and rawest forces in death metal today.   

DOOMENTIA once again offered the band to take care of the LP version, determined to stay true to the standards set by Towards The Megalith twelve years prior and to release an easier-to-find version for European customers. Hence this extremely cool-looking one-sided lenticular 3D picture disc version. Ola Larsson’s spectacular dark-fantasy inspired art in all of its glory, displayed in a die-cut sleeve. A fitting monument to one of this years most impressive and dark-as-fuck EP's. 

So be quick or be dead as this will be probably sold out in no time, as did all the previous DISMA releases on DOOMENTIA.

• Special edition of 500 copies
• One-sided MLP
• Lenticular picture with a deep effect on the B-side
• Jacket with circular die-cut, printed on both sides
• Thick insert

Rarely has a debut album been so eagerly expected… Of course, right off the bat, DISMA's stellar line-up and self-proclaimed mission to immerge death metal in the darkest pits possible had understandably generated interest from a once moribund scene now on the rise again. But when Towards The Megalith dropped on both Profound Lore and Doomentia in June/July 2011, the result didn’t just meet those expectations; it smashed them into pieces and morbidly laughed while the world burned. 

Too many people have the tendency to call the flavour of the day an instant classic, only to realize sometimes just months afterwards that said “masterpiece” had sunk without a trace. But over twelve years (and counting) down the line, Towards The Megalith still hovers at 99% of what the death-metal had produced since, trying (and mostly failing) to math its supreme force and epic vibration.

Out of print for too long, DISMA's masterpiece (yep, that’s it, we said it!) is finally available again on CD format in a four-panel digipack and two booklets, as it should be on with long-standing partners Doomentia Records. Hail the beast!

• Total run of 500 copies
• Four-panel digipack
• Lyrics booklet
• Artwork booklet