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The Wild Hunt releases available

We offer our first batch of The Wild Hunt releases for order, If you are a distro we offer wholesale – please get in contact.

Witches Moon – Ouroboros Will Stray by the Light of the Milky Way

Format: LP, black and colored versions

Category: pagan black metal, dungeon synth

Cult act Witches Moon classic “Ouroboros Will Stray by the Light of the Milky Way” was way too long hidden away in tomb-like silence and shadows, concering vinyl availability. We now issue this amazing piece, of black metal and dungeon synth, on vinyl for the first time ever.

Blending well crafted black metal harmonies, with dungeon synthish atmospheres create this intriguing piece of truly dark art…

Hexenmond – Deathrune Magicks

Format: LP, classic black vinyl

Category: pagan black metal, avantgarde black metal, dungeon synth

The front cover says it all, this is a primitive and furious beast. The closest comparison is probably “Deathcrush” by black metal forefathers Mayhem, but not entirely. This is so much more; sleaszy lo-fi avantgarde black metal, with hints of dungeon synth.

Hegemon – Initium Belli

Format: LP, black and colored versions

Category: black metal

Crushing French black metal, straight to your face with strong musicianship and song-writing. A personal and firm recommendation is to never be buried before listening many times to the masterpiece “La Mélancolie de l’Abime”…

Ezkaton – To Those Who Fell

Format: digipack CD as well as LP, black and colored versions

Category: black metal, depressive black metal, atmospheric black metal, doom metal

Utter sorrow, crushing strength and supreme attention to details delivers a metal masterpiece, that is hard to easily categorize and label. The music and lyrics speak for themselves – about true loss and, when the time the album was written, the war in Krimea/Ukraine back in 2014.

A depressive Ukrainian beast not to be missed! For fans of Coldworld, Colotyphus and those with a small fling for doom metal such as My Dying Bride.

Colotyphus – My Nostalgia

Format: LP, black and colored versions

Category: black metal, atmospheric black metal

Top notch Ukrainian atmospheric black metal, for fans of Wolves in The Throne Room, Ezkaton and Drudkh.

Kalmankantaja – Nekrologi

Format: LP, black and colored versions

Category: black metal, atmospheric black metal

Definately a top album by finnish atmospheric black metal legend Kalmankantaja. Strong melodies and utter melancholy.

Archierophant – Kingdom & Birds of Joy and Sorrow

Format: LP, black and colored versions.

Category: black metal, atmospheric black metal, cineomatic black metal, dungeon synth

A diverse and fresh approach to black metal by this English act. Very much recommended.

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Signing: The Wild Hunt announces the Ukrainian atmospheric black metal act Colotyphus

The Wild Hunt proudly announces two releases by the highly epic and totally massive Ukrainian atmospheric black metal act Colotyphus. Together with the band, we release two of their epitomes of atmospheric black metal, namely “My Nostalgia” and “Spiritual Nostalgia”. We had a chat with the main man and vocalist Monolith about Colotyphus and Ukraine.

Colotyphus

Colotyphus plays atmospheric black metal and hails from Rivne, Ukraine. The main man behind the band is Gennady Kovrizhnykh (Monolith). The war Russia started in 2014 triggered the start of Colotyphus and in 2015, Colotyphus released their first epic “Forgotten in the Past”. In 2016, the band was completed with a bass player and a keyboard player. Then the recording of of the first full-length album called “Spiritual Journey of The Forlorn Soul” was started. A large number of concerts were played in Ukraine, and from 2018 to 2021, in parallel with gigs, the second album “My Nostalgia” was written.

In 2021, Colotyphus played at a very cool festival called Taras Bulba, the name is taken from the person Taras Bulba who is considered the quintessence of the Ukrainian spirit and strength. This concert was recorded and is now being released as “Spiritual Nostalgia”, since songs from the two previous albums were played and “Spiritual Nostalgia” concludes the trilogy about the journey of an unknown traveler, who is also depicted on the covers of previous albums.

After the release of “My Nostalgia”, the writing of an album with a darker direction, concerning the theme of the war, but also concerning the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Then on February 24th 2022, my life and the life of every Ukrainian changed radically, with the second invasion of Ukraine. However, Colotyphus never stopped – in March 2022, about 2 weeks after the restart of the war, we gathered in our studio. To the sounds of air alarms and nearby detonations of cruise missiles, we recorded the drums for the forthcoming full-length album. Currently, in the breaks between electricity black outs, we are finishing work on a new full-length album. Title is not decided yet, but working name is “Hatred Throughout The Ages”. Regarding the music, I can say only one thing: previously, the message was more spiritual, abstract and metaphysical like about the interaction between man and nature, vices of humanity etc. Now the message is more than real – and every Ukrainian will understand the message by reading ‘between the lines’ so to say.

The main thing is the thought, the idea, and it is something that cannot be stopped! Glory to Ukraine!

My Nostalgia & Spiritual Nostalgia releases

My Nostalgia will be released in two limited vinyl versions, for the first time ever:

  • black vinyl
  • blue-clear cloud vinyl

These are not far away and should be available before winter is over…

Spiritual Nostalgia is now being offered as digipack CD and the vinyl version(s) should be available quarter two 2023. More details regarding vinyl release to be shared closer to release.