A new member

We have a new member in the Blessed Altar Zine.

Welcome a board d00mfr0gg and lets spread the UG.

A New member...

It is with great pride and honor that the Blessed Altar Zine announces the entrance of a new member. Wolven Deadsoul, welcome to this team. It is a pleasure to receive you and together with the rest of the people belonging to this / our zine, we can create a zine of reference in the underground.

夢遊病者 (Sleepwalker) "5772"

On November 13th, AnnapurnA is proud to present 夢遊病者's 5772 in remastered form on digipack CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats. Sentient Ruin is partnering with AnnapurnA for the vinyl release, and will be exclusively handling the tape version.Sleepwalker was essentially born in three places and has been in existence since 2015. The members hail from Osaka, Tver, and New York, becoming acquainted online. The mantra of the band, if any, is to take cues from the improvisational school of jazz and the cathartic nature of ritual folk music and couple it with the raw energy of bands like Voivod and GISM. Thematically and conceptually, the lyrics and much of the visuals focus on different cultural traditions and ceremonies as well as familial experiences.

Whereas the first EP, ????????, was done entirely remotely from each respective locale (much akin to an "exquisite corpse" exercise and then mixed and mastered), 5772 was tracked live in a single location. A week of time was planned to get everything down as quickly as possible, relegating to overdubs for any additions. Everything was then mixed and mastered and pressed to cassette for the first pressing. The whole of the record is focused on cultural rituals, specifically related to death. The digipack, LP, and cassette reissue versions have been remastered.

TRACK STREAM:
Bandcamp

MORE INFO:AnnapurnA
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Facebook (Sentient Ruin)

Aynsophar "Abysmal Secrets of Unknown"

Aynsophar is the embodiment dream beyond Barbara Teleki's imagination. A one-girl progressive metal project made complete with guest vocalists. Her very first release ”Abysmal Secrets of Unkown” is the sound of her perseverance, four piece of fragments from her soul.
Inspired by spiritual theories, psychology and philosophy she is willing to channel her psyche to the listener while reflecting on the world's pain and beauties, wrapped and coated in dark, heavy music, balanced by fragile melodies.   
 You can listen here


Pro tape available for buy or wholesale from Neverheard Distro.
neverhearddistro@gmail.com

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Thy Serpent's Cult "Supremacy Of Chaos"

On October 27th, Ordo MCM is proud to present the third and final album of Thy Serpent's Cult, Supremacy of Chaos.

Hailing from the cult metal hotbed of Chile, Thy Serpent's Cult have been a veritable force of nature for nearly 10 years. Forming in 2008 and now gracefully bowing out on a high note, the quartet have skillfully crafted a scorching firestorm of a sound lo these many years, marrying the sulfurous atmosphere of ancient South American black metal to the jackhammering militancy of classic Krisiun, Deicide, and Angelcorpse. Thy Serpent's Cult released their second album in 2014 under the banner of Ordo MCM. Fittingly titled Sedition, Sorcery and Blasphemy, it was a whirlwind of darkness and dread, and was suitably hailed in the underground.

But now, sensing the end was nigh, Thy Serpent's Cult unleash their foulest and most dread energies with Supremacy of Chaos. Once again fittingly titled, Supremacy of Chaos reaps a hellish harvest of tornado-torn death metal, deeply and diabolically suffused with a tangibly occult aura. Here, Thy Serpent's Cult span all their trademark traits - martial surge, swirling vortex, boiling pressure - and send them deeper into the bowels of Hell. The title Supremacy of Chaos is telling, in that the band do indeed hail the supreme powers of chaos; and yet, in other ways, their songwriting is strict and finessed and hardly a chaotic thing. Nevertheless, with a production that ably balances the blood-red raw and robustly professional, Thy Serpent's Cult smother the senses with their overwhelming onslaught, thereby instilling a sensation of imminent chaos. 

And as its last notes ring out, Supremacy of Chaos seals the coffin on Thy Serpent's Cult and preserves a legacy that will remain untarnished. Hail the old gods!

TRACK STREAM:
Bandcamp

MORE INFO:
www.ordomcm.com
www.facebook.com/ordoMCM

War Productions - New releases

War Productions announces two new releases. The tape of the Polish band Darkstorm that is already in production (soon more info) and Split CD with the two Spanish bands, Stormstone and Vanth. Listen to a song from these future releases. It can be on our site (in the soundcloud app, yield from War Productions) or go directly to the soundcloud of the label. There you can find more links associated with the label. Support the underground.

New review added.

Bitter Lake from Scotland. Go to Reviews

Darkstorm (Pol) "Voices From The Vast Void"

The tape version of the future 7" will be released by War Productions. The tape is already in the factory and includes a bonus track. Only available on the tape version.

Support the label and the band.
The tape is only limited to 100 copies.

Check one song on the Soundcloud

If you want it the digital version (only two songs) you can go to the Bandcamp 

New Collaborator.

It is with great pride that we inform you that the Blessed Altar Zine has a new collaborator. Thanks to Lady Necrow


Welcome on board.

Soundcloud from War Productions

We added the soundcloud from the Portuguese label War productions in our website. Thanks to War Productions. Support this label.

Well...

A new website, a free one. LOL
Simpler and easier for me.
I'm backing slowly, this time with reviews, maybe in the future in some interviews. Will see.

Follow us in the facebook and twitter.

In the future and if everything goes as planned, Blessed Altar Zine will have more persons doing reviews, or articles about anything we think that is worth of it.

Stay underground.