URZIRKEL “In silbernen Sprachen” 12″/CD
“In Silbernen Sprachen feels dark and atmospheric, but never shapeless. The recurring musical ideas give the four tracks a connected, ritualistic quality, and the melodic guitar work gives Urzirkel an identity beyond straightforward atmospheric raw black metal. Bravo lads!” catacombchords
Urzirkel present themselves as a three-piece black metal band shaped by messianic tradition and ancient earth-bound worship. Their music moves through themes of earth, blood, divine ruin, sacred law, death, decay and rebirth, giving the project the feeling of a forgotten cult speaking through raw black metal.
In Silbernen Sprachen follows that idea across four tracks. The EP is described as a descent into the hidden liturgies of an ancient terrestrial cult, where earth and heaven are not opposites but broken reflections of the same primordial body. Each song shows a different part of that world, from the omens of “Niebo I Ziemia” to the final revelation of “Król Duch”.
For those who care, Urzirkel are 3 of the 4 members of Toadeater.
“In silbernen Sprachen” got released on vinyl and CD.
Listen to it and get your copy here
Or get it directly from the Vendetta webstore here
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also released today:
DÉTRESSE “Misères” LP/CD
The album deals with the misery of mankind and human hardship, exploring how oppression, deprivation, and despair shape everyday existence, blurring the boundaries between past and present. Shaped through raw, unadulterated soundscapes, “Misères” offers a journey into the darkest corners of humanity.
Musically, the album retains the band’s raw and uncompromising sound while cutting back on atmospheric passages in favour of greater intensity and harsh, relentless riffing. Built on relentless riffs, shifting tempos, and uncompromising vocal intensity, DÉTRESSE delivers Black Metal as it should be – without frills, gimmicks, or trends.
Furthermore, In support of the release, DÉTRESSE are heading out on a European winter tour together with Darvaza,and Merrimack. The run includes festival stops at Eindhoven Metal Meeting (Netherlands) and De Mortem et Diabolum (Germany), dates are as follows:
02.12.2026 – Krakow, PL @ Klub Zaścianek
03.12.2026 – Vienna, AT @ Viper Room
04.12.2026 – Berlin, DE @ ORWOhaus (De Mortem Et Diabolum)
05.12.2026 – Weiher, DE @ Live Music Hall Mörlenbach-Weiher
06.12.2026 – Aarburg, CH @ Musigburg
07.12.2026 – Munich, DE @ Backstage
08.12.2026 – Essen, DE @ TUROCK
09.12.2026 – Colmar, FR @ Le Grillen
10.12.2026 – Paris, FR @ O’Sullivan’s Backstage by the Mill
11.12.2026 – Eindhoven, NL @ Effenaar (Eindhoven Metal Meeting)
12.12.2026 – Dresden, DE @ Puschkin Club
Or get it directly from the Vendetta webstore here
For those who preordered the LP, please give it some days until your order ships, the LPs will arrive at my place next week. I’m sorry for the delay.
URISK “CALL” lp/cd
Urisk’s music brings together traditional black metal, progressive structures and atmospheric passages, with lyrics shaped by personal despair, environmental themes, Celtic folklore and myth.
With CALL, Urisk deal with the loss of wilderness, Gaelic culture and the mythical in Scotland and beyond. The title carries two meanings: the Scottish Gaelic call, meaning “loss”, and the English “call”, understood as a voice reaching out to remember what has been pushed aside or erased.
The album moves between grief, anger and the hope of return. Across its seven tracks, Urisk write about ecological and cultural loss as connected things: disappearing wild species, damaged seas and forests, lost languages, broken traditions and older ways of living with the land. These themes are carried through long atmospheric black metal songs, harsh vocals, layered guitars and moments of folk-rooted darkness.
CALL also expands the band’s sound. Most instruments and vocals were recorded in Urisk’s own home studio, while the drums were recorded separately at Liquid Aether Studios. The album keeps a raw feeling, but with a larger and more detailed production than the band’s earlier DIY releases.
“CALL” is now available on LP and CD.
Vinyl is available on black vinyl and sea blue and black galaxy vinyl.
Listen to “CALL” and order the cd or lp here
or from the webstore here
The moments where Urisk do indulge deeper into the atmospheric side of their ideas are just devastating. They are like having an albatross strapped to your neck and being cast adrift at sea.
Behind the noise, there is actual thought at work here too. Call isn’t just a generic collection of misanthropic screams. Formed in Bonn back in 2023, the duo built the concept around ecological collapse, Celtic folklore, and the fading of old traditions. Even the album title plays a clever double game: Call doubles as both the English word and the Scottish Gaelic call, which translates directly to loss.
Across seven tracks, they tackle everything from dying ecosystems to erased cultural heritage, but rather than turning into a preachy folk-metal sermon, they let the fury do the talking. The whole thing was recorded in their own home setup before taking the drums over to Liquid Aether Studios to lay down the rhythm section. That extra work pays off massively. It retains every bit of that raw, unpolished underground grit, but gives the production enough room to breathe so the layered guitars don’t turn into a wall of muddy sludge.
It takes serious confidence to blend progressive arrangements, ancient Gaelic myths, and environmental despair without sounding pretentious or losing your edge, but Urisk pull off the trick without ever losing that sense of sheer fucking weight.
If you want atmospheric black metal that remembers how to draw blood instead of hiding behind endless reverb and acoustic interludes, do not sleep on this one.” the cult archives
BELTEZ “A Grey Chill and a Whisper” DLP
A Grey Chill and a Whisper is an album of incredible emotional intensity, marrying various elements designed to stimulate a variety of sensations and responses – from elegant, melancholy melodies to harrowing, heart-wrenching vocals, from sinister, spine-chilling riffs to dolorous, doom-laden chords – into an intricate tapestry of desolate beauty and intimate despair.
The album originally released in 2021, but sold out quite fast. So it was time to give it a re-release.
Also to raise interest for the band’s upcoming new album, wich will be released in December.
Listen to A Grey Chill and a Whisper and get your copy here
Or order from the webstore here
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For those of you intersted in Vendetta’s intentions, background… I recently got interviewed by Veil of Sound.
Please find here the interview
