House of Mythology is excited to unveil the highly anticipated 2024 reissue of Ulver s fifth studio album Perdition City (2000) – a pinnacle of turn of the millennium musical experimentalism – containing elements of trip hop, jazz, spoken word, ambient and electronica. Perdition City challenges conventional song structures, with several tracks acting as evocative…
Generally considered the most avant-garde and surreal auditory experience within Ulver s extensive catalogue, House of Mythology is thrilled to announce the exclusive 2024 reissue of Ulver s essential 2001 EPs, Silence Teaches You How to Sing and Silencing the Singing, now available together on one Double LP. This remastered (by Jaime Gomez Arellano) special…
Black Bile compiles some of Umberto’s most resplendent, sanguine music to date. The solo work of LA composer Matt Hill draws heavily from the world of cinema, spinning immersive narratives and rich atmospheres using sound alone. Hill, an active composer for film and television, recently scored the 2022 Jerry Pyle film Loveseat (soundtrack was released…
Double vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. Plainly the most radical album of their career to date, Nell Ora Blu stands out from the sterile desert of rock n roll in 2024 like a gore-drenched beacon. What this scintillating detour tells us about the future of Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats remains a mystery, but after…
Death is their chief lyrical concern and avowed metal subgenre, but the members of Rochester, New York’s UNDEATH share a decidedly life-affirming outlook. “I think all of us love death metal so much,” vocalist Alexander Jones explaines, “because when it’s done well, it sits right at the intersection of pure musicianship and mindless fun.” There…
Limited red colored vinyl LP pressing. 2024 release. New York-based death metal greats Undeath emerge from festering slime with their new album, More Insane, for Prosthetic Records. Previous album It s Time… To Rise from the Grave caught a wave of acclaim on TheNeedleDrop s YouTube channel, earned Best New Music from Pitchfork, and, most…
Based on the novel by Michael Faber, Jonathan Glazer s new film follows the journey of a voluptuous woman (Scarlett Johansson) of unknown origin combing the highway in search of isolated or forsaken men. They are seduced, stripped of their humanity, and never heard from again. The music, which plays a critical role in the…
Wallsocket is the second studio album by the American musician Underscores. It was released by Mom + Pop Music on September 22, 2023. After rising to prominence with her debut album Fishmonger in March 2021, Underscores began recording Wallsocket in January 2022. A higher budget allowed her to focus on immersion.
20 year anniversary pressing of Unearth s debut full length originally released on Eulogy Recordings in 2001. Produced by Adam D. (Killswitch Engage) and Remastered in 2021 by Will Putney at Graphic Nature Audio. Guitar World called the album groundbreaking, writing that these forefathers of metalcore combined melodic licks with aggressive riffing in a…
Massachusetts’ metalcore progenitors, UNEARTH aren t merely standard bearers of the sort of melodious sonic extremes that have found them sharing stages with the likes of Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed or Lamb of God. With‘The Wretched; The Ruinous’, UNEARTH exceed themselves, notching up the breakdowns, speed and brutality on songs like the album s anthemic title…
American Standard begins with a shock. Vocalist Michael Berdan stands alone, screaming, A part of me, but it can t be me. Oh God, it can t. It all starts with an admission. Beneath the harrowing screams, there s the pain of bulimia nervosa. There s the pain of a sickness that is as physical…
The 1998 debut album from the collective minds of Mo Wax Records founder James Lavelle and the acclaimed DJ Shadow is an international, eclectic riot of influences, fusing guitars, beats, rap and a host of collaborator. Among others, the guest vocalists include Thom Yorke (Radiohead), Mike D (Beastie Boys), Richard Ashcroft (The Verve) and Alice Temple (Massive Attack). Psyence Fiction is back on double vinyl for the first time in decades!
UNREQVITED mastermind 鬼 (Ghost) has a penchant for beautiful musical creations that reveal their claws and fangs only at closer inspection after spending some time on them. This solo project is firmly rooted in blackgaze sonic soil but has also sent out tendrils into ambient, post-rock, post-black metal, and other related stylistic strata. The seventh…
An expanded and remastered 25th anniversary edition of the mythical Olympia, Washington, trio s out of print singles and compilation tracks, A Single History 1991-2001 gathers odds and ends from across Unwound s first decade. From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on Crab Nebula to the dub-inspired death march of Behold The Salt, this 23-track double…
On 1998 s Steve Fisk-produced Challenge For A Civilized Society, the Olympia, Washington trio Unwound toyed with conventional verse chorus form, stacking layers of noise and distraction on top of tightly constructed melodies. The Mount Everest of punk rock. The Muhammed Ali of guitar noise. The Clash of the Titans of sound. The weirdest song titles in history. The…