[news] Costin Chioreanu - The Quest For A Morning Star

Costin Chioreanu - The Quest For A Morning Star 

The Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu recently released a collection of music entitled “The Quest For A Morning Star”, to raise funds for the victims of the recent tragedy at Club Collectiv, in Bucharest (30.10.2015)

All proceeds raised from the paid digital downloads were donated to a foundation collecting funds for the victims.

His campaign ended on 27.11.2015, and Avantgarde Music took over now a physical release in Deluxe A5 digipack: again all profits will be collected and transferred to the Foundation.

Chioreanu is well known and highly respected for his graphic works for At The Gates, Arch Enemy, Napalm Death, Arcturus, Darkthrone, Mayhem, Ulver and many others. A musician himself, he has collaborated with various artists to create “soundtracks” to accompany his exhibitions in the past. These soundtracks have been made available via BandCamp until 27.11.2015, with all proceeds to be donated to help with medical bills and funeral expenses of those who have been affected by the fire.

What happened:
The Colectiv nightclub fire was a deadly fire in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015, which killed 60 people (26 on spot, 34 in hospitals) and injured 151. The fire, the worst incident in Romania happened at an entertainment event, occurred during a free concert performed by the Metalcore band Goodbye to Gravity to celebrate the release of their new album. The band’s pyrotechnics, consisting of sparkler firework candles, ignited the club’s flammable polyurethane acoustic foam, and the fire spread rapidly.
Most of the victims were poisoned by toxins released from the burning foam. Overwhelmed by the high number of victims, Romanian authorities transferred some of the seriously injured to hospitals in Israel, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, UK, Norway, Germany and France.

An all-stars benefit project whose profits will be entirely donated to the victims of the 30/10/2015 arson in Bucharest, Romania, where 60 metal fans died while attending a concert by local band Goodbye to Gravity.
Costin Chioreanu, worldwide known visual artist and musician, together with nonetheless than David Tibet (CURRENT 93), Rune Eriksen “Blasphemer” (ex-Mayhem guitarist), Attila Csihar (Mayhem) and Mirai Kawashima  (from SIGH) have forged a marvelous album, both musically and visually. Marvelous, intimate and obscure soundtrack-like music adorned with 8 stunning arts / designs made by Costin.

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[news] Selvans - Lupercalia (2015)

Band: Selvans

Album: Lupercalia

Country: Italy

Style: Symphonic Folk Black metal

Label: Avantgarde Music

Release date: 25 October 2015

"Lupercalia" is the full length album by italian pagan black metal horde SELVANS; their second offering after February’s debut mini cd ‚ Clangores Plenilunio’.
After almost a year spent on the road countrywise playing tens concerts in support of the newly formed band adn the debut mini, Selvans entered again the studio to record a real complex album.
Lupercalia sees again the band dwelling between keyboards-led symphonic black metal and atmospheric folk themes although not missing, not even for a minute, their aggressive and blackmetal rooted origins.
Keyboards are again leading the italian wolves, pleasantly reminding us a certain symphonic black metal from the 90’s that nobody almost play anymore, as well as their stunning folk music parts, performed with real traditional instrumentation, that show up every now and then.
The record comes in a marvellous A5 digipack CD

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[news] KRALLICE - Ygg Huur (2015)

KRALLICE - Ygg Huur (2015)

Label: Avantgarde Music

Release Date: 21 September 2015

Genre: Technical Avantgarde Black Metal | Country: USA

After delivering one album a year until their 4th offering “years past matter“ (2012) NYC’s top black metal band Krallice took an unusual break and return NOW! all of sudden, sans all advanced notice, with a new album.

"Ygg Huur is more vivid, vexing, and meticulous than most of what the band's peers still call black metal—a sentence Krallice no longer need to share. By Krallice standards, Ygg Huur is a “tiny” album: it's about half the length of each of Krallice's four previous records and isn't as punishingly loud as 2012's Years Past Matter. Those changes only make it easier to notice that this is the densest Krallice material ever, with all those hyperactive and coordinated guitars tucked inside sub-seven-minute windows and accompanied by a rhythm section more audacious andcommanding than ever.

Despite including the dazzling technicians Colin Marston and Mick Barr, Krallice's past releases could seem, if not simple, easy enough to follow, even during 16- minute marathons. But most everything on Ygg Huur works as a wondrous, complicated blur. Lev Weinstein's drums sometimes switch tempos so that you barely notice at all and sometimes redirect the momentum to the point of whiplash. The guitars and Nicholas McMaster's bass spiderweb around his beats, moving up, down and around central riffs so quickly that they appear forever suspended in motion"

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[news] Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico - Torri Del Silenzio (2015)

Movimento d'Avanguardia Ermetico - Torri Del Silenzio (Avantgarde Music 2015) 

The third full length album by Movimento d’Avanguardia Ermetico is being released in September in a deluxe A5 digibook, plus a 100 copies boxed limited edition including stones and prints. It was recorded using analog equipment and instrumentations to try and capture the 90’s sound that is sort of slowly vanishing these days. MDAE succeeded in removing certain limitations from their music and are becoming now a band accessible by a much wider audience though still keeping a sophisticated aesthetic and approach (the new album layout is filled with many philosophical and poetical quotes)

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