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After 2 years of touring North America, Europe, Russia, Asia and Australia, The Ocean have resurfaced with what could be their deepest and most trailblazing piece of work to date, Pelagial: a progressive musical journey, written, recorded, mixed and to-be-performed-live as one single 54-minutes piece of music. Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Witchcraft) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebrö, Sweden, Pelagial is set to be released on April 26th / 29th (Europe) and April 30th (North America / world) through Metal Blade.

This is the preorder for the vinyl edition of the album, released through Pelagic Records. 2 separate gatefolds with related artwork, holding 4x 10" vinyl records in different colour styles. The boxsets are sold out, but the gatefolds without the boxes are still available here...

• 4 vinyl records (10“ format) containing the vocal and instrumental album: 108 minutes of new music!
• 2 separate gatefolds with inlay sheet
• different ltd. vinyl colours and styles available (first pressing)!
• artwork by Seldon Hunt

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After 2 years of touring North America, Europe, Russia, Asia and Australia, The Ocean have resurfaced with what could be their deepest and most trailblazing piece of work to date, Pelagial: a progressive musical journey, written, recorded, mixed and to-be-performed-live as one single 54-minutes piece of music. Mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Opeth, Katatonia, Witchcraft) at Fascination Street Studios in Örebrö, Sweden, Pelagial is set to be released on April 26th / 29th (Europe) and April 30th (North America / world) through Metal Blade.

This is the preorder for the vinyl edition of the album, released through Pelagic Records. 2 separate gatefolds with related artwork, holding 4x 10" vinyl records in different colour styles. The boxsets are sold out, but the gatefolds without the boxes are still available here...

These copies also come with an extra DVD featuring a 5:1 dolby surround mix of the instrumental version of Pelagial, and the Pelagial movie by Craig Murray. This movie, which is the meticulous work of shooting, cutting and editing for a whole year, completes the holistic music and visual art project that is Pelagial. For the full experience of the album, you must see the film!

• last 50 copies of the colour in colour vinyl!
• 4 vinyl records (10“ format) containing the vocal and instrumental album: 108 minutes of new music!
• 1 DVD (a 54 minutes movie by Craig Murray and a 5:1 dolby surround mix of the album; DD and DTS)
• 2 separate gatefolds with inlay sheet
• artwork by Seldon Hunt

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After their critically acclaimed debut album Look and Behold (Pelagic Records 2011), Lo!, hailing from Sydney, Australia, are now back with their second album Monstrorum Historia... and it really is a monster of an album, an angry beast spitting nails and fire in every direction. One of the refreshing things about this band is the way they weave different styles of music into their own, heavy garment: there are plenty of faster parts, relentlessly driven by heavy-hitting drummer Adrian Griffin's extraordinary playing, but there are also slow, doomy, atmospheric passages that suck the listener into Lo!'s dark cosmos. There are anthemic metal riffs, but there is also the energy of the more abrasive side of hardcore in their songs, represented by bands like Cursed or Black Breath...

“Lo! have come to remind you of glorious times, times when Mastodon were using samples of Jurassic Park to kick off their records”,Metal Hammer (UK) wrote about Look and Behold, and Big Cheese added: “this gang of Australian brawlers sound like Beecher and Converge going at it in a cage match… sludgy hardcore hasn't sounded this good in ages!”

Good things are lined up at the band's horizon: after a very active year 2012 in Australia, including shows with Russian Circles, Doomriders, Sleep and The Ocean, Lo! are finally coming over to Europe this spring – to support Cult of Luna and The Ocean on their upcoming tour. Lo! have also been confirmed for a performance at Roadburn and Impetus Festivals in April. Make sure to check them out live, as they are truly a sight to behold on stage!

The monochrome artwork perfectly represents the spirit of Monstrorum Historia. The vinyl version comes with a 2-folded silk-screened print (unfolded it is close to 1 meter in length!) including silver colour and heavy 180 gram black vinyl. Pelagic Records is also offering a limited silk-screened Roadburn poster,  www.pelagic-records.com/poster.

This is a preorder - orders will ship by April 20th

... the next part of the Pelagic Records silk screen series!

real silver ink on experimental rough "woolish" looking cardboad. special colour-in-colour vinyl that is transparent only on the outer rim, and solid black inside. Will post pictures as soon as we get products in!

After a few months spent raising the kids, earning real money, finding a reliable second guitar guy and writing new music, KRUGER are finally back with new material: a gorgeous very-limited-handnumbered-collector-coloured 10'' vinyl containing two brand new songs.

Two songs only, kidding me? Nope. Swiss quality, not quantity – and this should be enough to put the Lausanne-based noisemongers back in the post-metal panorama they contributed to shape. Shows are planned through Europe in the spring of 2013, including a number of support shows with GOJIRA in France and an appearance at PELAGIC FEST in Berlin on May 10th.

“Few bands are tits up awesome – KRUGER are. They take the majestic, layered and densed post-metal sound towards heavier, virulent and more melodic territories” (Rocksound – 8/10)

“There is something unsettling flowing beneath the surface of everything KRUGER do, and fans of progged out heaviness will find plenty to get caught up in. Kruger keep it intense, cerebral and bludgeoning.” (Kerrang - KKK)

“The epic force of Neurosis, Isis and Minsk meets the unbridled power of Breach, Burst and Converge. Kruger are fascinating and, beyond the wall of sound, give the feeling of listening to something unique.” (Rockhard – 8/10)

This is a preorder that will ship by first week of April - nor before

PREORDER - will ship by April 20th

From the darkest parts of Northern Sweden, THE OLD WIND blows... raw and cold, just like its origin and heritage. This constellation of 5 is a new project incepted, after years of absence from the live-scene, by Tomas Liljedahl, former vocalist of the legendary BREACH, who must be counted as one of the most visionary and influential bands of the past 2 decades - a band without whom none of all these newer sub-genres of heavy music that have the word „post“ in them, would exist.

Tomas wrote and recorded every instrument on Feast On Your Gone all by himself: „TOW started growing in my mind when I was in need of theraphy. I´ve had a couple of really dark years, and I needed to project the hard times through something... and I found that writing words and music were the best way to get these demons out of my system“, comments Liljedahl. Make no mistake about it, Feast On Your Gone is a vile, cold, ugly record.

Originally incepted as a studio project, Liljedahl soon realized that these rough, abrasive songs needed to be performed live, with a real band. And so he teamed up with his former BREACH band mates Niklas Quintana (guitar) and Kristian Andersson (bass guitar), added drummer Karl Daniel Liden to the lineup and asked Robin Staps of Pelagic Records & The Ocean to join on 3rd guitar. „BREACH was probably THE one most important band for me ever, period. So when Tomas asked me to join his new band, I felt honored of course. The prospect of playing some shows with these guys in the future is very exciting, to say the least“, comments Staps.

This album is the first sign of life of a band which consists of old veterans of the European heavy music scene – still, a juvenile band that has not yet played a single live show! “Rehearsals are scheduled for May 2013, and everyone of us is really pumped to get this going”, says Liljedahl.

The vinyl version comes with hand silk-screened cover art; printed on thick 650 gram cardboard that is as rough as the music. Clear vinyl.

The next part in the PELAGIC RECORDS silk-screen vinyl series!
Danish post rock 5-piece The Shaking Sensations' upcoming album "Start Stop Worrying" will be released March 22nd (GAS) / 25th (Europe). For the follow-up to critically-acclaimed "East Of Youth", the band has teamed up with producer Matt Bayles (ISIS, Mastodon, Caspian, Russian Circles). The result is a more mature sound, emphasizing the heavier side of their sound, whilst keeping its oftentimes ambient and dreamy quality.

"...The Shaking Sensations’ embrace of post-rock’s minimalist stylings precludes genuine innovation, but their fuzzy meditations brilliantly conjure frustrated hopes and longings. For those skeptical about the notion of this genre, these young Danes may prove its territory with possibilities yet to be mined...", Prog Magazine (UK) wrote,

and Big Cheese (UK) added: "They are part of what I hope is a new generation who take bands like Mono as an influence as much as they do Godspeed and are ready and willing to carry the torch for expressive instrumental based rock music to a new legion of fans"; and gave the album a 4 out 5.

The Shaking Sensations have been touring extensively in the last couple of years, supporting acts such as Caspian, And So I Watch You From Afar and Russian Circles. For fans of EF, Explosions in the Sky, Caspian, Efterklang, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mono..

The artwork (by Danish artist Dorte Naomi) will be cut in linoleum, and then silk-screen printed on thick cardboard covers. Beautiful three-colour-split vinyl (red, white and black all on one piece of wax)

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Swiss trio Coilguns are set to release their debut album "Commuters" on February 22nd (GAS) and 25th (rest of Europe) CD & digital formats; and March 15th (GAS) / 18th (rest of Europe) vinyl. The LP comes with silk-screened cover artwork + sticker.

"Commuters" was entirely recorded live, every song in one take. The incorporation of synths and more guitar and bass loops has added more depth to their original punky yet heavy sound. Some tracks on the album are featuring up to 5 guitar players at the same time. No overdubs or edits have been made on this record except for the vocals.

Coilguns have been pushing their boundaries to find a unique and most certainly odd sound, and by simplifying their songwriting, they've intensified and emphasized their heavyness.

Preorders will ship by March 5fth.

In late October, KHOMA (Umeå, Sweden) will release All Erodes, the epilogue to the highly acclaimed albums Tsunami (2004), The Second Wave (2006) and A final Storm (2010). All Erodes features 9 previously unreleased songs written between 2002 and 2012 and will be released in a strictly limited edition on vinyl with silk-screened cover art!

- “We ́ve recorded a lot of material for every record that we have had to leave out or didn’t have time to finalize... but we really like all these songs and wanted to do something with them... the idea is that 'All Erodes' – spanning songs from all three stages – will sum up and close this part of Khoma's history”, says guitarist Johannes.

KHOMA was born in Umeå in 2003, melding the aggression of the long established local hardcore scene and the burgeoning pop scene. The band - consisting of several members of Cult of Luna and P.G Lost – soon became a breathing space where the different styles could merge.

After "The Second Wave" (Roadrunner) and "A Final Storm" (Selective Notes / Pelagic), here is Khoma's latest offering: a harsh, emotional & intense blend of sweeping melodies and roaring guitars!

Comes with a 2-folded / 3 page silk-screened poster-style cardboard cover; hand-made!!! The vinyls are silver with black. The covers aren't printed yet and the vinyls aren't pressed yet but click on the album cover to get an idea of how they're gonna look like...

this is a preorder. LPs will ship by October 25th.

EF's 3rd and latest full length release. 2nd edition, the first one is already sold out. If you loved "Delusions of Grandeur", you will surely dig this album as well... epic, lenghty compositions, unrivalled atmospheric density, outstanding songwriting... for fans of Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, This Will Destroy you... but EF really are a league of their own.

One of the amazing things about Swedish instrumentalists EF is that they are sweet and heavy at the same time; that they can win over an indie or post-rock crowd as much as a metal crowd. The 25 minutes of music on this 10“ record were recorded at the legendary Svenska Grammofonstudion in Göteborg by Oskar Lindberg (Soundtrack of our Lives, Jeniferever) and mixed and mastered by Magnus Lindberg of CULT OF LUNA fame.

4 brand new songs featuring numerous guest musicians and big orchestrations. We have no delusions of grandeur when we say that these tunes are going to be groundbreaking for the band.

1st press limited to 500 copies on clear vinyl with just a touch of colour... surprise

Comes with download coupon!

please also check out our slick new EF T-shirts + girlies in the respective merchandise sections of this shop!

... and while you're ordering the sweet new "Delusions of Grandeur" EP from Swedish postrockers EF, why not take the chance and pick up a copy of their 2nd album (2008), released on Kapitän Platte Records...?

Remastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna)

2xLP, black wax. Silk-screened covers. Comes with download code. Nice.

After the 1st pressing of The Ocean's „The Grand Inquisitor“ Ten Inch sold out within 72 hours of starting the preorder (in March), here is round 2!

The 10“ comes with 4 different silk-screened covers – one for each Grand-Inquisitor chapter. While Dawid Piprek and Chris Smith (the cover artists of the first pressing) visualized the first 2 chapters, Chrisitan Brix and Carl Whitbread focus on the 3rd and the 4th chapter.

Christian Brix (Dresden, Germany) has visualized the lyrics to "The Grand Inquisitor III - A Tiny Grain of Faith". His drawing shows the face of the non-believer, in who the devil has planted the seed of faith. The Holy Trinity is represented by 3 pairs of acorns in the left half of the picture, which form the 3 corners of a triangle.

• silk-screened by hand onto 650 g (!) heavy natural cardboard.
• transparent clear / transparent yellow colour-split vinyl.
• This second pressing completes the series of the 4 chapters of The Grand Inquisitor. There will not be a 3rd pressing. This pressing is strictly limited to 250 copies of each version!
• Comes with download coupon.

After the 1st pressing of The Ocean's „The Grand Inquisitor“ Ten Inch sold out within 72 hours of starting the preorder (in March), here is round 2!

The 10“ comes with 4 different silk-screened covers – one for each Grand-Inquisitor chapter. While Dawid Piprek and Chris Smith (the cover artists of the first pressing) visualized the first 2 chapters, Chrisitan Brix and Carl Whitbread focus on the 3rd and the 4th chapter.

Carl Whitbread from Sydney, Australia has visualized the lyrics to "The Grand Inquisitor IV: Exclusion From Redemption" in an old etching style. The front cover shows the Grand Inquisitor himself with his hands holding and protecting a sphere with people dancing, which represents the Inquisitor's vision of his protection of humanity by taking away their freedom, therefore keeping them happy and ignorant. On the back, is Jesus. The same sphere appears in between his hands, but this time contains an image of people in a fire, representing  the Inquisitor's vision of what Jesus has done to humanity by allowing freedom.

• silk-screened by hand onto 650 g (!) heavy natural cardboard.
• solid white / transparent red colour-split vinyl.
• This second pressing completes the series of the 4 chapters of The Grand Inquisitor. There will not be a 3rd pressing. This pressing is strictly limited to 250 copies of each version!
• Comes with download coupon.

*** note: This strictly limited box (1500 copies) contains 2 gatefold covers and 4x 180g vinyl records: the "Heliocentric" and the "Anthropocentric" albums. Comes on coloured vinyl (3 different colour schemes). We do not offer the option to order a specific colour though. Be surprised;)

Because of the large demand for a vinyl reissue of THE OCEAN′s first instrumental studio album "Fogdiver" (2003), Pelagic Records brings you a limited edition repress of the original, which has been sold out since 2004 - including new artwork by Martin Kvamme (who designed the covers of all following THE OCEAN albums).

'an eminently listenable piece of work, with skilful attention to mood comparable to soundtrack music.' - Kerrang!, UK, KKKK

'brimming with ingenuity, passion and a driving sense of urgency. As invigorating as a breath of fresh sea air, this is a treasure that's begging to b discovered.' - Rock Sound, UK

Kruger's latest effort on thick 180g wax! Double LP edition of the swaggering fourth studio effort of the swiss quintet, originally released on Listenable records this year. A thick mix of Converge frenzy, oily Entombed-style riffs and Mastodonian exuberance. Mixed by Kurt Ballou of CONVERGE.

• 10 years anniversary deluxe 2xLP
• comes with 4 exclusive bonus tracks:
• two live tracks (one featuring Jo of Gojira)
• 2 covers, one being Kyuss "Hurricane" and the other Kraftwerk′s "Radioactivy", recorded with the Swiss infamous queer Greta Gratos

"Few bands are tits up awesome - Kruger are. They take the majestic, layered and densed post-metal sound towards heavier, virulent and more melodic territories."
Rock Sound - 8/10

"The epic force of Neurosis, Isis and Minsk meets the unbridled power of Breach, Burst and Converge. Kruger are fascinating and, beyond the wall of sound, give the feeling of listening to something unique."
Rock Hard - 8/10

"Kruger are upholding a proud tradition of genre-scorning heaviness that dates back to the seminal bravery of celtic frost and Samael, albeit via the hypnotic bludgeon of Unsane and Neurosis."
Metal Hammer - 8/10

Finally here it is, the highly anticipated Lo! debut-album on beautiful bone-coloured wax with splatter! Click on the album cover to check out the sick vinyl colour!

Lo! from Sydney, Australia follow bands like Old Man Gloom on their path down the dirt-trail of sludgy, noisy hardcore - but the band finds their own distinct sideways soon. Atmospheric electronic interludes such as the elegiac „Seraphim“ or „Doth“ give the listener some space to breathe in between the assault of mighty groove-riffs and berserk drum attacks..

“a sludgy and abrasive (though delicious) stew, seasoned with all kinds of exotic timesignatures and a hint of Mastodon”
- Blunt Magazine

„a challenging post-core adventure somewhere along the lines of Cult Of Luna, Breach orBurst... awesome!“
- Rock Hard Magazine (Germany), 8 / 10

After 3 years of silence, 2010 saw khoma return with a new album on Anders Friden of IN FLAMES newly founded record label Selective Notes: "A Final Storm" combines the crushing heaviness and atmospheric density of CULT OF LUNA with the airy majesty of MUSE: the album′s intensity is built on subtle dynamics and contrasts between restrained calm moments and impending walls of guitars - always fueled by Jan Jämte′s haunting, melancholic vocals. Featuring 2 members of CULT OF LUNA !!!!

Pelagic Records now brings you a vinyl release of „A Final Storm“.

The 2xLP comes with 3 previously unreleased tracks from the „Second Wave“ sessions, exclusively licensed from Roadrunner Records !!! Comes in 350g gatefold with silver ink. Limited edition coloured vinyl available.

Picture LP, limited to 300 copies !!! Comes in a PE bag with the "Earthship" logo on a transparent sticker.

"EARTHSHIP surge ahead like a nuclear-powered icebreaker through the Barents Sea, laden with mighty riffs, tons of groove and home-brewn whiskey. JOIN The "EARTHSHIP′s bearded crew, led by captain Jan Oberg (former drummer of THE OCEAN) for a ride through the vast black sea of doom and prog n′ roll.

„Exit Eden has bags of groove and melody to complement the raw agression of Oberg's thunderous riffs and barbed vocal attack. On this evidence, it's pretty clear that Earthship are on course for greatness.(7/10)“ - ROCK SOUND (UK)

"Fetter Scheiß! Das Debüt strotzt nur so vor mächtigen Riffwänden, dreckigen Grooves und so einigen Songperlen... Fans von Bands wie MASTODON, BARONESS, ACID BATH oder GHOST BRIGADE sollten hier goldrichtig liegen.“ (9/10) – HEAVY

„EARTHSHIP positionieren sich mit ihrem Debütalbum „Exit Eden“ als eine der wortgewaltigsten deutschen Antworten auf US-Futter der Mastodon/ Baroness/ Kylesa/ Torche-Liga und machen das mehr als ordentlich“ - ROCK HARD

we dug up some very last copies of this album, black vinyl... be quick!