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ANTHESIS
TENSION BETWEEN ROT AND GENESIS

Anthesis – The trio residing somewhere in the realm of abrasive sludge and mountain-moving crushing noise rock sonics are gearing up to release their third full-length Tension Between Rot and Genesis on November 1, 2024, via Roman Numeral Records and Ancient Temple Recordings.

Having been created during a three year period from 2020 to 2023, Anthesis’ third album Tension Between Rot and Genesis pushes the trio’s creativity further than ever before while being their most refined and hard-hitting effort to date. Through experimentations such as having two drum kits on a track, or going the dual bass way and abandoning guitars entirely for a few, featuring guest musicians (Marc & Steve from Greber on “Calendar Benchmarks”) for the first time ever, or even incoporating the first guitar solo in the band’s history, Tension Between Rot and Genesis is Anthesis at their most cohesive and pervasive form yet.

Available November 1, 2024 on 2 vinyl varients (U.S. and Canadian editions). Limited edition CDs and tapes are also available.

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Malevich
Trembling and Dowsed EP

Trembling and Dowsed is a lesson in aural dichotomy –alluring and rebarbative to equal measure, yet overtly captivating and impactful to the most profound degree. The four songs swivel and swerve to no end, providing ample sonic ground for the listener to explore and discover, by means of black metal nuanced hardcore met with grindcore tendencies and experimental electronics, all together composing the greater structure on which Malevich rests.

Malevich’s new EP Trembling and Dowsed, out on April 26 on two highly limited (one-sided) vinyl variants, tape, and digital formats.

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OUR wrongs/many blessings
split lp

Ethan Lee McCarthy, Adam Jennings and Kenny Sanderson. If these names are familiar to you then you will certainly know how this split LP is constructed.

OUR WRONGS is the duo of Adam Jennings and Kenny Sanderson. Both of these gentlemen have been fixtures in the international noise scene. Their track 'Blood Congealed' is a massive, cold, cavernous ritual. Featuring guest vocals by Dylan Walker of Full Of Hell.

MANY BLESSINGS is the brain child of one Ethan Lee McCarthy. Like his other projects (Primitive Man or Vermin Womb), Ethan articulates dissonance as a language. MANY BLESSINGS is an expression of noise and improvised ambience. A razor-sharp cut that is both disquiet and beautiful.

NOTE: 200 pressed on clear vinyl. Roman Numeral has 100 copies for sale.
The artists will control the rest of the edition.

Release Date: April 16, 2024

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FAWN LIMBS/NADJA
Vestigial Spectra LP

Vestigial Spectra carries both Fawn Limbs and Nadja’s own signatures, but burns bright to exist as an entity completely of its own.
The songs and the album as a whole ebbs and flows between unestablished parameters that are as surprising as they are anticipated.

Taking influence from a variety of styles ranging from grindcore to doom and from noise to ambient, Vestigial Spectra blends its components seamlessly to produce an entirely novel aural field that simultaneously is both a dynamic and thought-out craft and a wall of noise-esque seemingly directionless leviathan. Whether slow, fast, or free of pulse and time, every single second on the album is as important as the ones preceding and following it, making Vestigial Spectra first and foremost a cohesive and consistent entirety.

U.S. gatefold edition. Vinyl available on 2 color variations (Tellus and Alcove).
European vinyl edition available through wolvesandvibrancyrecords.com

Release Date: November 24, 2023

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COLD WIVES
SELF TITLED LP

The new COLD WIVES album is equally relentless and spacious as it is emphasizing on the various differing aspects of what constitutes heavy music as a whole. The ambitions are met with immaculate musicianship highlighting the coarse and vile nature not only found on the album but the surrounding world as well. The eight songs (+ bonus track) constitute an entirety that melts together driving pulses and jarring dissonances with ease, making the album a gripping trek through innovative walls of sound. Contemplation as a concept might be left-field in general terms, but Cold Wives are the kind of act that seeps through your eardrums to build a lasting nest for themselves from within your psyche, with their disgustingly profound aural battery.

Cold Wives is
Brendan Tobin - Guitar/Synth/Vocals
Eric Cooper - Bass/Vocals
Josh Paul – Drums
Cory Brim – Guitar

Produced, recorded and mixed by Brendan Tobin
Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork by Thomas Hooper

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TO END IT ALL
OF BLOOD AND MEMORY LP
OF BLOOD AND MEMORY REMIXED LP

Since the fall of 2016, long-time collaborators sound artist Masaaki Masao and vocalist & multi-instrumentalist Joy Von Spain have created new work as To End It All. Sculpting songs with massive dynamic range forged from voices, keyboards, obliterated samples, guitar & classical instruments, the music encompasses dark ambient drones, synths, operatic textures, noise, rhythms & beats, doom metal riffs and lush orchestrations, coming together as an experimentalist masterwork.

To End It All unleashes the new eight track LP Of Blood And Memory, featuring three songs with world-renowned cellist Lori Goldston (ex-Earth, Nirvana (live) and guest vocalist/guitarist A. K. O’Neill (Serpentent) who often contributes as a live member of the band. A limited edition companion LP includes remixes by irr.app.(ext.), Blood Box, Thief, and Xiphoid Dementia and a cover by The Unbodied Air (members of Bell Witch & Aerial Ruin).

Both vinyl editions sold separately or as a limited bundle option.
Release Date: April 28, 2024

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Benjamin Finger
BEyond lp

Benjamin Finger’s new record Beyond is a carefully detailed, melancholic drone-work. The album shifts between ambient colors with the ghostly voice of Lynn Fister shimmering throughout. A stunning performance by Elling Finnanger Snøfugl on cello rounds this fine work. Also of note: Beyond was mastered at the legendary Audio Virus LAB by Helge Sten (aka Deathprod/Supersilent).

Available on limited black 180g virgin vinyl.

Music by Benjamin Finger
Vocals and lyrics by Lynn Fister
Cello by Elling Finnanger Snøfugl

Mastered by Helge Sten at Audio Virus LAB

Cover artwork by Håkon Bleken - Memento mori II - Serigraphy 2018

Release Date: May 3, 2024

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deep cross
royal water LP

It’s always a privlidge to colaborate with our friends DEEP CROSS.

Meticulous by design, colossal by proportions, and fluid by execution, Royal Water is a coherent and cohesive masterwork. Carried through to the title and reflected in the beautiful artwork painted by the Italian artist Sergio Padovani, Royal Water’s mainstrength lies in its ingrained ebb and flow harnessed through the often adversarial opposition of harshand vehement leanings with the calm and beautiful ones.

The album’s dynamic range offers an optimal ground for a vast scope of both unfathomable and sensible aural crop to grow and flourish, andits multifaceted appearance is guaranteed to hook and immerse any listener that has the mettle to discover the sonic wonders
Deep Cross have crafted on Royal Water.

Relese Date: March 17 2023

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øjerum
coiled souls LP

We are proud to announce the release of Coiled Souls, the new album from the experimental ambient/minimalism of øjeRum.

The Copenhagen-based, collage artist Paw Grabowski is equally productive under his musical moniker øjeRum, having released a plethora of albums with varying tonal motifs, with his main emphasis being firmly set on an experimental mindset. His musical ambitions have explored the various shades and colours of ambient realms, often utilising beautifully orchestrated, melancholic loops soaked in
endless reverb.

On Coiled Souls, øjeRum exists in a form shaped around soft-spoken, bittersweet acoustic songs thriving in minimalism and a lo-fi aesthetic. The ten songs on the record are centered around the guitar and voice, alongside the shifting isolation of the room, revealing
a truly personal and honest representation of the artist himself.

In addition to music, Paw is a renowned collage artist, having worked with multiple bands, artists, and labels.
We’re honored to include an expanded multi-page insert filled to the brim with Paw’s brilliant art.

Relese Date: February 24th 2023

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FREEDOM FIST
S/T LP

FREEDOM FIST Blast short, fast, abrasive tracks that embody the attitude and aggression of those who want a prosperous, autonomous Scotland. Hostility designed to rile support from those who might still sit on the fence. Mini anthems for a small nation that has and always will be a global hotspot of art, culture, and humanitarian ventures. D-beats, blasts, wretched and tormented vocals, scummy guitars and blown out bass.

ROMAN NUMERAL ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THE SCOTTISH HARDCORE PUNK/POWER VIOLENCE TRIO FREEDOM FIST’S DEBUT ALBUM. Limited to 300 copies on Blue with Black Swirl vinyl.

Release Date: October 14th 2022

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SHOCK WITHDRAWAL
Untitled EP

SHOCK WITHDRAWAL, Comprised of a trio of diehards from the heavy music scene (Maruta, Mos Generator, Nitesoil, etc.), SHOCK WITHDRAWAL blast, grind and churn through six tracks of aggressive groove infused velocity that pay homage to both death metal and grindcore on their debut self-titled EP. A meditation on the crippling effects of trauma, self-destruction and pessimism, SHOCK WITHDRAWAL give the listener a stark reminder that our world continues to burn both inside and out.

Roman Numeral Records is incredibly honored to collaborate with our friends in SHOCK WITHDRAWAL to bring you their debut on limited edition 7 inch vinyl. 100 copies available on Antifreeze Green and 200 on Opaque Grey (distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis).

Mastered by Arthur Rizk (Power Trip, Cavalera Conspiracy, Municipal Waste, Turnstile)
Artwork by Primitive Man's Ethan Lee McCarthy.

Release Date: March 4th 2022

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BLK OPS
The heroic dose LP

BLK OPS was formed around 2014, after years of discussions coined around shared mutual interests and eventual determination, the core trio set forth to contrive something entirely new. Abrasive but cathartic by design, the group wanted to approach familiar subjects from a fresh angle, melding overwhelming noise elements with metal riffs to create firm tension and apparent sensory overload for their listeners, with the ultimate goal to be the author of a holistic experience thriving in both blunt hooks as well as fascinating experimentation, The Heroic Dose being an exact testament to the fact.

BLK OPS-The Heroic Dose personnel;
Mark Key -guitars, synth, backing vocals
Pete Murray -drums, synth, spoken word vocals
Champ Morgan -lead vocals, theremin, noise, synth
Craig Delony -synth
Jessica Goodwin -saxophone
Recorded by Braxton Henry
Mixed by Craig Delony
Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork and layout by Ethan Lee McCarthy

Limited Edition - 300 on pink swirl vinyl (shown here)

Release Date: December 3rd 2021

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Fawn Limbs
Darwin Falls LP

Fawn Limbs have made a name for themselves by a musical concoction uniting elements from mathcore, grindcore, and noisy electronics, with the result having been a uniquely violent but detailed barrack of sound. The band has always cherished an experimental approach to the idea of music, not fearing stepping outside of their comfort zones repeatedly in the process.

A good example of this ingrained aesthetic is their third EP Thrum from 2018 which nearly abandoned all of the band’s custom traits, focusing on atmosphere by means of doom-oriented pace, structured electronics, partly improvised Western-flavoured guitars, and having a story uniting fact and fiction on top of it all, narrated by the band’s drummer Lee Fisher. Now, three years later, Darwin Falls picks up from where that particular EP left off. 

Limited Gatefold Edition - With 12 page booklet of expanded artwork by Eeli Helin
250 on Smoke Opaque vinyl (shown here)
50 on Desert Nebula vinyl (Distributed at random to Roman Numeral repeat patrons…I know who you are.)

Release Date: August 13th 2021

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Takafumi Matsubara
Mortalized (Poison EP)

Takafumi Matsubara played guitar in and wrote for Mortalized for a long time, and ongoing process during which it was inevitable that some songs were left off from their recordings, a fact that became a regret for Matsubara later on when they quit in 2013 After suffering a cerebral infarction a while back, during rehabilitation and working on material for his new solo album, Matsubara went back to these certain unreleased tracks, and found the determination to finalize and release them in as high quality fashion as possible. After getting all of the underground star-pedigree vocalists, who were involved in Mortalized in some capacity or the other, the line-up got completed with the inclusion of the drummers Hoonee (Banran/Mortalized) and Vijesh (Wormrot), as Matsubara felt that these individuals understand the concepts of speed and artistry, ideals that were integral aspects in Mortalized's existence.

Personnel: 

Takafumi Matsubara – Guitar
Toshi / Palm - Vocals (Track 1 & 6)
Tsukasa / SWARRRM - Vocals (Track 2)
Sanshiro / Mortalized - Vocals (Track 3 & 4)
Jon Chang / Discordance Axis & Gridlink - Vocals (Track 5)
Hoonee Jo / Banran/Mortalized - Drums (Tracks 1-3)
Vijesh Gharlwara / Wormrot - Drums (Tracks 4-6)

Limited edition (clear with black swirl vinyl)
Release Date: November 12th 2021

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øjeRum
Through The Archway Of Mouths

øjeRum is the solo project of musician and collage artist Paw Grabowski, based in Copenhagen, Denmark. For over a decade, øjeRum has been producing his extraordinarily gorgeous music, ranging from atmospheric ambient to experimental folk. Appearing on the excellent Opal Tapes, Vaknar, Eilean, LINE and Phinery labels, respectfully.  

Originally released in late 2019. ‘Through The Archway Of Mouths’ is a delicate collaboration with the elusive duo know as Iuna Niva. ‘Through The Archway Of Mouths’  is 6 tracks of beautiful ambient electronics and techno pointillism. Iuna Niva supplies the breathless, radiant voice and an added layer of processing and sound design. All of which is infused into a øjeRum recording which is charged with shimmering melancholy. 

Roman Numeral is privileged to release øjeRum’s ‘Through The Archway Of Mouths’ on vinyl for the first time. Included in this edition of 300 copies (on ‘soda-bottle’ clear vinyl) is an 8 page insert with expanded artwork.

Release Date: January 21st 2022 

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Khost / Deep Cross
Split LP

We are thrilled to announce the release of a split between the post-punk industrialists and Roman Numeral alumni Deep Cross and the experimental mechanized metal act Khost making their R.N. debut, set to be released on July 2nd, with the pre-orders available.

Both bands have provided three tracks for this release, and albeit digging into their respective tonal fields on their own ends of the musical decimation metric, both share underlying, eerie echos of similarity when it comes to execution and artistic aesthetics. The result of the two merging for this release is a seamless but devastating unison of entities capable of shifting, damaging, and eventually obliterating mountains, but in an oddly gripping and satisfactory manner.

Limited on opaque-semi-transparent vinyl.
Cover and Insert beautifully hand-cut by Paw Grabowski

Release Date: July 2nd 2021

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HEMLOCK SMITH & les Poissons Autistes
The Necrophone Sessions

The Necrophone Sessions, the third collaborative release from Switzerland’s Hemlock Smith and les Poissons Autistes. While the former is mainly known for his dark folk tendencies as the latter duo are for their experimental approach to ambient, drone, and noise, together the trio unites all of these tonal aesthetics to what can only be characterized as a vivacious and exhilarating, boundary-shattering blend of dark and haunting music.

Limited on gold vinyl.

The vinyl edition includes a beautiful artist print designed by Mathieu Donner.

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Mule Skinner
Untitled EP

Roman Numeral are proud to announce the release of a new 7" from NOLAS's grind veterans Mule Skinner, hitting the streets on June 18th!

Rarely does a band with a thirty year old history need an introduction, but should you require one, all you need to know is that this quartet were one of the first renowned outfits risen from the legendary New Orleans scene, hence possessing quite the significant status a one of the pioneers of their genre.

The band melts together leanings from Grindcore, Hardcore, Crust, and Death Metal, the result being a vibrant whirlwind of unrelenting sonic beating guaranteed to hit any aficionado of the mentioned genres and beyond, hard and deep. Executed with precision and produced with attention to detail, this new 7" continues on the path of resurgence that begun in 2013, after numerous years spent away from the limelight. Since their reassembly, Mule Skinner has kept a steady pace with releases, and via these novel tracks, you'll experience the act in their most furious and striking form yet.

Limited on Ox Blood Vinyl

Release Date: June 18th 2021 

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TRIAGE
S/t LP

Roman Numeral Records are proud to announce the long-awaited vinyl issue of Triage’s debut LP, seeing its release on April 23rd.
Upon hearing the album in full during its original release, it was obvious to us that this bundle of rage, agony, and relentless beating deserves to see the dim light of day in the holiest of forms and be pressed on vinyl. 

Triage is constituted of Champ Morgan, Bryan Fajardo, and Chris Richardson; all of whom are prominent veterans on the grindcore field, most notably due to the trio’s inclusion in Kill The Client, one of the most important acts the genre has ever seen. This new formation
came about when Fajardo and Richardson started randomly jamming together again, after each of the three had went their own separate ways after Kill The Client came to an end. Still, they’ve always remained friends and shared a certain kind of magic when playing together, and Triage is the product of exactly that; the next level in the evolution of a trio who have always been fluent and professional in their
own craft.

300 on Hellfire Red Vinyl

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NADJA/DISROTTED
SPLIT LP

The experimental, highly prolific, and forward-thinking doom/sludge purveyors Nadja and Disrotted unite their immense forces on this new split, being released by Roman Numeral Records on vinyl. Both of these bands are capable of conveying profound and gripping atmospheres by weaving together pummeling riffs and walls of noise, creating rich and organic textures on a level very few are able to reach.

limited edition purple swirl vinyl

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FAWN LIMBS
Sleeper Vessels

Limited Vinyl Edition…SOLD OUT.

Thematically 'Sleeper Vessels' emerges from a dire and primal place, dealing with equally bleak subject matters such as abuse, racism, mental illnesses, and designed oppression, all on individual and global levels, while aurally reaching the highest of highs and lowest of lows of our existence. Mixed by Pegram Valiant at Outlier Sound. Mastered by Simon Hawemann at Sludge Studios. Guest vocals and lyrics on tracks 11 & 13 by Chad Kapper of Frontierer / A Dark Orbit.

300 on transparent orange w/black swirl.

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FAWN LIMBS
Their holes Aroused by the splinters carved from their teeth

The long awaited 7inch vinyl edition…NOW AVAILABLE.

’Their Holes Aroused by the Splinters Carved From Their Teeth’ is both lyrically and musically an expedition to the ugliest end of our spectrum with absolutely nothing held back. Addressing subject matters of personal struggles as well as mental ailments and aberrations through a societally inconvenient and improper lens, this is undeniably us on our most extreme, abrasive, and discordant form.

300 on clear/transparent.

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HORSEWHIP
LAID TO WASTE

Laid To Waste is a product of nearly three decades worth of relentless work and dedication from the individuals forming together the auditory assault machine that is HORSEWHIP. The eleven tracks on Laid To Waste clock in just shy of twenty-seven minutes, rampaging forward drenched in discordance and gripping tones, leaving absolutely no room for aimless wandering or futile meandering. Laid To Waste is entirely forged out of fluent and vital matter, and an archetype of uncompromising content met with unyielding attitude.

Laid To Waste is a cooperative release through Roman Numeral Records and Financial Ruin NOW AVAILABLE.

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BENJAMIN FINGER + JAMES PLOTKIN
WE CARRY THE CURSE

Experimental musicians Benjamin Finger and James Plotkin have reunited to release We Carry the Curse, the follow-up to 2019’s critically acclaimed Pleasure Voltage. We Carry the Curse darkens and expands the ambient soundscape of Pleasure Voltage, managing to somehow both submerge and heighten its complex melancholic depths.

From the tonal darkness that lurks at the perimeter of album opener “Aspire to Expire,” to the resigned bonds of inherent human despair on “Bound Together,” the album is a forty-minute atmospheric excavation of a soul’s darkness that doesn’t hesitate to let moments of balance and light bleed through the surface. We Carry the Curse is an invitation to an introspective reckoning that will resonate in strikingly individual ways for each listener - within and beyond the boundaries of its compositions.

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BlackQueen
the destructive cycle

BlackQueen’s Destructive Cycle is more than a concept album. It is a musical system of cosmic symbolism which can be best understood as a means of achieving oneness with the world. Like true alchemists BlackQueen have created a blackened vessel. The Destructive Cycle is a model of the universe or of human consciousness in blistering musical form. A fine balance of complementary forces. Sulfur and Mercury, Earth and Air, Fire and Water…The perfect synthesis of which Destruction is the golden emblem. Limited edition with cover art by one Jef Whitehead.

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APOCALYPTIC NOISE SYNDICATE
MANUFACTURED DREAMS

Quarantines. Curfews. Isolation. State Violence and Secret Police...I'm not taking about America's current dystopian hell-scape. Nope. It's the thematic spine of the new APOCALYPTIC NOISE SYNDICATE album. Roman Numeral is incredibly proud to release the highly anticipated debut full-length by these Texas grindcore infidels...MANUFACTURED DREAMS IS NOW AVAILABLE!

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FAWN LIMBS
HARM REMISSIONS

The long awaited vinyl edition…NOW AVAILABLE.

"On a mental level, this music feels like it’s clawing your psyche apart, and whether you put it back together is up to you — this perfectly maniacal song’s straightforward purpose simply rests with destruction." –Captured Howls!

Guest vocals by:
Andrew Hawkins - Baring Teeth
Champ Morgan - BLK OPS, Derelict Satellite, Kill the Client
Mitchell Luna - Maruta, Noisear

300 on clear w/black swirl

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Deep Cross
Somewhere Below/Warm Rain

DEEP CROSS is determined to deliver an experience that’ll make the undergoes drift into the abyss of their own thoughts to fumble the most distant memories of times past. Despite lasting eleven minutes, the tracks weave together a journey that feels like a fervent fever dream without an end.

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BOdy void/keeper
Split LP

Do you know how glaciers affect land? A glacier’s weight, combined with its gradual movement erode and carve away all the land beneath them. This geological violence perfectly describes this Split LP. BODY VOID and KEEPER both contribute pissed and absolutely pummeling performances of sedimentary DOOM.

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FAWN LIMBS
Trek through a black maw

Trek Through a Black Maw is a compilation 12", including the Languor and Thrum EPs, as well as the standalone track Love Will Strangle You Forever on a single slab of clear vinyl. Featuring brand new and extended artwork by Eeli Helin, and mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin.

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ELDER DEVIL
THE LIGHT DIMMED ETERNAL

The incredible debut LP by ELDER DEVIL. These California blasphemers produce pitch black grind core evocations. A potent musical poison. Truly Hellbound.

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ALPHANUMERIC
CONDEMNATION OF MEMORY

What better time to produce pissed, contemptuous Grind Core...ALPHANUMERIC is an incendiary device activated by the wretched machinery of modern human abjection. Condemnation of Memory is a document of melancholy and anger. An aching realization that we have doomed our children…And their children.

Featuring former/current members of Assück, Solstice, Commit Suicide, Swamp Gas

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Fawn Limbs
Towing Heads

FAWN LIMBS are geometric noise. Mathematical chaos. Positioned precariously between cold brutalist precision and total collapse.
Towing Heads is suffocating grindcore executed with fine detail and blurred ambience. What an honor for this masterwork to be the first weapon in the Roman Numeral arsenal.