Celestial Sanctuary "Insatiable Thirst For Torment"

LP - $17.90 / CD - $8.75
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: CRR202
LABEL: Church Road

Celestial Sanctuary's form of Death Metal is Feral, Aggressive and in your face - with the sole intent of creating the sonic equivalent of taking a boot to the chin. The band emerged in late 2019 with their 'MASS EXTINCTION' demo, displaying their love of death metal old and new - from the heaving death doom passages, neck snapping fast parts and skull crushing, stomp-inducing riffs all neatly presented in it's 8 minute run time; turning heads the world over.

Celestial Sanctuary then entered the studio to record their debut album 'SOUL DIMINISHED' which was released in March 2021 by Church Road Records (EU/UK) and Redefining Darkness Records - cementing them as the flag bearers of the NEW WAVE OF BRITISH DEATH METAL.

CELESTIAL SANCTUARY made their live debut at a sold out headline show at Camden's BLACK HEART in the September of that year, before going on an unrelenting campaign of shows supporting the likes of OBITUARY, GATECREEPER, CATTLE DECAPITATION, UNDEATH, SANGUISUGABOGG... certifying that the UK once again had a death metal band that could go toe-to-toe with the US heavyweights in the genre.

With a brief respite in playing and touring, CELESTIAL SANCTUARY entered the studio to record their unhinged sophomore album 'INSATIABLE THIRST FOR TORMENT' which will be released AUGUST 25th 2023 by Church Road Records.

"This album fully unleashes what we're all about. It's heavier, it's faster and it's way more unhingned" Says Tom Cronin "We wanted to create something that shows we're 'NOT ANOTHER OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL BAND' and I think we've proven that and then some. With influences stretching from that gurn inducing sludge from the first Mastodon and Nerosis records to the technicality of Nile and Dying Fetus. This is a modern Death Metal record for fans of the EXTREME!!!'

TRACK LISTING:

1. Trapped Within The Rank Membrane
2. Glutted With Chunder
3. Swivel Eyed and Gurning in the Shadows
4. Meandering Stream of Foul Fluid
5. Biomineralization (Cell Death)
6. The Lurid Glow of a Dead, Burning Body
7. Unquenchable Thirst...
8. Gutted with a Blunt Blade

FOR FANS OF:
Cannibal Corpse, Gatekeeper, Blood Incantation

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Pageninetynine "Singles"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 843563166932
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: VIS03
LABEL: Persistent Vision

After being out-of-print for over a decade, Pageninetynine and new Richmond, Virginia-based label Persistent Vision have partnered to reissue the band's Singles LP to make this collection available for a new generation of fans.

The Singles collection documents a band that was constantly experimenting and organically growing within the realm of heavy music. The collection brings together the band's original demo tape, an early EP, a compilation track, and splits with Enemy Soil, City of Caterpillar, Circle Takes The Square, Reactor No. 7, and Process Is Dead spanning the band's original run from 1997 to 2003.

Sequenced to trace the band's history in reverse, the album opens with the experimental droner of "Goodbye Face" from their final release before taking listeners on a journey touching on loose improvised jams, piano samples, and syncopated screamo/punk freakouts ending on the raw hardcore-inspired punk energy of their demo tape.

"I think every single record was us trying to push the creativity further and further," Mike Taylor, guitarist, said when reflecting on the collection.

"The more we toured and played, we took on every influence possible. This meant we wrote long songs, short songs, fast songs, slow songs, improvised, experimented with different tunings, and wrote pretty and ugly parts."

It's all there in the Singles LP. Essential for completists, the collection showcases the sound of friends seeing where their ideas take them.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Goodbye Face
2. Calm Song
3. The Lonesome Waltz Of Leonard Cohen
4. The List (Filth)
5. The Sobering Moment Of One Single Violin
6. You And Your Lumbering Body Of Death
7. Goin South
8. Cip Len Rae
9. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick
10. Diagram For A Suicide
11. Mary Get Your Knife
12. The Longer Now
13. Wood And Ink
14. Machine Revisited
15. A Classic Case Of…
16. My Application To Heaven
17. More Complicated Than A Sci-Fi Flick
18. A Gun

MARKETING POINTS:

• Available again on vinyl after being out of print for over 10 years
• Pageninetynine reuniting in August 2023 to headline New Friends Fest in Toronto, along with shows in Brooklyn, NY and Richmond, VA
• Includes liner notes by J.R. Hayes (Pig Destroyer)
• Packaged in jacket with printed inner sleeve and limited edition colored vinyl

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Orchid, Jeromes Dream, City of Caterpillar, Deadguy

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Pageninetynine "Document #8"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 843563166956
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: VIS01
LABEL: Persistent Vision

After being out-of-print for the past several years, Pageninetynine and new Richmond, Virginia-based label Persistent Vision have partnered to reissue Document #8 to make this landmark album available for a new generation of fans.

Originally recorded by Kurt Ballou at GodCity Studio and released in 2001, Document #8 is a showcase to the enduring spirit of youth. Spanning fiery, emotional outbursts to beautiful, droning instrumental passages, this record is a testament to the power of punk, friendship, and the creation of art for creation's sake.

"I'm still proud of a lot Document #8 managed to achieve for me personally, in a song writing sense," Mike Taylor, guitarist, said, adding, "What stands out to me the most these days would be the staying power of Document #8 and how it manages to still resonate with people as the years go by. It's genuinely something I thought would never happen."

This reissue includes two additional songs originally released on the long out-of-print split 7" with City of Caterpillar.

TRACK LISTING:

1. In Love With An Apparition
2. Your Face
3. Life In A Box
4. We Left As Skeletons
5. Punk Rock In The Wrong Hands
6. Ballad Of Circling Vultures
7. The Hollowed Out Chest Of A Dead Horse
8. The Lonesome Waltz Of Leonard Cohen
9. The List

MARKETING POINTS:

• Reunions planned for August 2023 to headline New Friends Fest in Toronto along with shows in Brooklyn, NY and Richmond, VA
• Recorded and mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge)
• Comes packaged in full color jacket with 16 page booklet and colored vinyl.

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Orchid, Jerome's Dream, City of Caterpillar

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Lágrimas / Habak "Split"

LP - $17.25
LP UPC: 843563166949
STREET DATE: 8/25/23
CAT#: VIS02
LABEL: Persistent Vision

Based in Los Angeles and Tijuana respectively, Lágrimas and Habak come together for a split LP of unbridled raw energy, celebrating friendship and a shared love for the DIY hardcore community. The perfectly paired music of Lágrimas and Habak each draw from their unique blends of epic, melodic crust, hardcore and screamo, segued with drawn-out, post-metal passages. Spanning six tracks, each deliver dark, emotionally charged songs that touch on social injustice, liberation, and personal experiences navigating life on the fringes of society.

Coming on the heels of countless DIY fest appearances and relentless touring throughout the west coast and southwest over the past few years, this is the latest in a collection of independent, well-received releases from the two up and coming bands.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Mandatory Overtime (Lágrimas)
2. Illusions of Success (Lágrimas)
3. No Resources (Lágrimas)
4. I Can't Afford It (Lágrimas)
5. Infinitas Noches de Vigilia (Habak)
6. En La Huelga de los Acontecimientos (Habak)

MARKETING POINTS:

• Both bands have toured the western US and Mexico extensively; Habak toured Europe in 2019.
• Habak will be doing a US East Coast tour with Massa Nera in August 2023, including New Friends Fest in Toronto, Ontario.
• Features full color jacket, lyric sheet, and limited edition colored vinyl.

FOR FANS OF:
Envy, Frail Body, Fall of Efrafa, Remains of the Day, From Ashes Rise

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