ANONYMOUS "ANTIETAM" 6CDr (AOW 126)

Dense and nullifying new work from the history obsessed HNW entity known as Anonymous, a continuation of the work begun on 2012's massive "Gettysburg" set, which made my ten best albums of the year and set a new benchmark for bleak and suffocating tarlike HNW that offered virtually no respite.  "Antietam" ups the ante considerably in terms of both theme and music, with the artist offering up a crushing six album set focused on the extremely bloody battle of Antietam, a clash that choked soil with blood and caused streams and brooks to flow crimson and lurid, easily eclipsing the tragic loss of life seen at Gettysburg; the walls here serve up a similarly brutal atmosphere rife with torrents of broken and crumbling distortion drowning beneath throbbing stagnant bass textures, a paean to the terrible monotony of a nation's bloodlust towards itself.
The ultimate horror of war and the utter waste of human life are illustrated perfectly across the oppressive span of "Antietam," a march through American history's saddest hour that reconciles the absolute and necessary nihilism of combat with the stark beauty of the country's haunted love affair with its own torrid nostalgiah.  Rendered in shades of grey and inked with the black constancy of blood, Anonymous have crafted another severe masterwork, an overload of sonic intensity and a stunning vision of scattered viscera and nationalistic egotism.
Packaged in a twin DVD case in a limited edition of 15 hand-numbered copies.  Also includes a booklet of accompanying photos and text illuminating the theme of the record (the booklets are made to order due to expense-full colour printing and hand-bound, so please allow a little extra shipping time after ordering.)  $35 ppd. in the United States, $47 rest of world.

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CROWN OF ASHES "AT THE THRONE OV KYNE" CDr (AOW 141)

An utterly intoxicating blend of ANW and Sunn 0)))-style slow motion uberdrone given over to electronic remodeling and punishing bass texture, Crown Of Ashes' "At The Throne Ov Kyne" showcases a sound that stands well apart from the genres it approximates while completely rewriting the conceptual confines of noise and drone.  The percussive qualities of certain strains of PE hold congress here, as does the blackened roar of yawning guitar abyss-scapes practiced by units such as Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere and vintage Earth, but the end cacophony is something totally its own, a bleak and empty paean to the withering of the earth and our own ultimate fallibility and mortality.  Crown Of Ashes creates an aura of the funereal, a sickly death knell for the coming eradication, a gaze into a blur of futures focused on lack and space and the ghost of habitation, a distinctly Herzogian vision of what's to come.  There is no hope for us.  The natural will defeat every "lasting" monument we've scarred the soil with.
Altar Of Waste is pleased to usher forth this tolling bell of decay, a crushing blanket of blackened static and contemplative aural pustulence. 
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 15 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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GNASHING OF TEETH/STATIC GOAT "NIGHTHYMNS" CDr (AOW 128)

A seering horrific mess of Lovecraftian devastation, crumbling black metal approximation, and the scorched-earth style vocal histrionics of Gnashing Of Teeth as filtered through Static Goat's brain-melting electronic noise psychedelia.  Imagine Morte Incandescente trapped in a room with Merzbow and Masonna and you're beginning to get in the right headspace to digest this monolithic mindfuck, a carrion call to the idiot gods from beyond the stars and the untethered minds of their burbling and obsessive disciples back on earth seeking to orchestrate their return.  A distinct aura of violence and insanity permeates this tour through the cosmic abyss, a rejection of BM orthodoxy as well as the rigid confines of HNW definition, resulting in a toxic and deeply potent blend of nightmare hallucinogenia and tortured screams from betwixt the rips in the fabric of the cosmos.  80 minutes of pure and unfettered black ritual worship and utter cosmic destructionism.
Altar Of Waste is beyond pleased to lift the veil off the deception of the night, opening up a legion of terrors for the miniscule human mind to try and comprehend.  Like taking a fucking buzzsaw right to your brain.  There is a universe hidden in the pockets of our own.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 30 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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ANTISOCIAL BLOCK/PHANTOM CADAVER/THE SLEEPING QUARTER "SPLIT" CDr (AOW 133)

Devastating three-way split filled with some of the most dynamic and complex HNW I've heard in a long, long time, an hour long trudge through a wealth of changing tonal saturations and intensely severe wallcraft.  What's really amazing to me is how each of the three entities involved with this recording matches the others in terms of compositional density without sacrificing any of their individual tendencies.  For those naysayers who think there's no variety in the HNW genre, let them be forever silenced by the crushing mass of pure writhing electric holocaust found on this split.  Beautifully curated and utterly scathing in its unrelenting ferocity, a descent into the white noise abyss and a plunge into the farthest depths of audio hell.  If you're interested in the state of HNW as a creative and expressive genre then drown yourself in this onslaught.
Altar Of Waste is pleased to release this united front against misperceived ideologies regarding modern noise.  To paraphrase one of the old guard of rock and roll recidivisim, "If you want blood, you've got it."
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 30 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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CORY STRAND "A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: A REINTERPRETATION" 2CDr (OCCULT SUPREMACY PRODUCTIONS)

Massive new double album for Dustin's Occult Supremacy label, a rework of Charles Bernstein's masterful soundtrack for Wes Craven's classic film "A Nightmare On Elm Street."  In working with this soundtrack in particular I wanted to make something incredibly dynamic and fluid, as the score itself is already insanely awesome (if you have not heard it separated from the film, do yourself a favor and download it!)  The result is two discs' worth of agonized walls and menacing drones rife with tonal complexity and a hallucinogenic aspect evocative of the sleep-deprived state forced upon the film's unfortunate dreamers.  The artwork on this one came out looking insanely great, with rich and deeply saturated colors that just bleed off the paper.  In the tradition of all the soundtrack reworks i do for Dustin's album, this one is full of texture and atmospheric dread.  I had a lot of fun making this and I hope it keeps you up at night.

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CORY STRAND "THREE PIECES FOR LINDSAY" CDr (OCCULT SUPREMACY PRODUCTIONS)

A sequel to my album "Punishment Will Be Severe," dealing with various aspects and facets of Lindsay Lohan.  This recording trades away my usual manipulative approach in favor of all original work created from synthesizer modelers in hopes of attaining something more celestial and psychedelic, as well as beautiful and yearning.  Two massive "walls" united by a gorgeous stretch of heartbreaking ambience, a meditation on Lindsay's culture of celebrity and the downfall that culture actively anticipates.  We can't know what Lindsay dreams, what she sees in her mind when it hazes out on her, when the blur of her mistakes and the consequences of her choices begin to map out an obvious tendency towards self immolating behaviours.  This is one of my very favorite works in my vast catalogue-even i'm kind of astonished by the level of beauty i've attained on this one. 

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LETHE "1989 CONFESSIONS, VOL. ONE" CDr (OCCULT SUPREMACY PRODUCTIONS)

New Lethe work for Occult Supremacy Productions, an extension of my work dealing with Ted Bundy begun on my very first physical release, "Theodore Robert Bundy."  Whereas that album was comprised of original walls and drones meant to reflect Bundy's disintegrated mental state at the time of his murders, "1989 Confessions, Vol. One" explores a different aspect.  Two lengthy pieces, here, one drone based and the other more akin to HNW, sourced and created from Bundy's confessions to various law enforcement agencies in 1989, as he attempted to trade information on unsolved murders for a stay of execution.  It's unsettling stuff and I think a certain darkness comes through in the recordings.  This will be an ongoing series of albums released through Occult Supremacy.

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50% OFF SALE IN EFFECT NOW

For an indeterminate amount of time, I'll be running a huge sale on all in print Altar Of Waste releases. 50% off everything, with the larger sets (even my beloved Harry Potter box) discounted generously as well. The reasons are myriad:

First and foremost, my financial aid for school got fucked up and I need to generate some income quickly so i can continue to have a place to live.
Secondly, I need to make room in my home for all the new AOW stuff. I release things at a far greater rate than they sell at and my apartment is small. I NEED to clear some stuff out.
Thirdly, many of the upcoming AOW releases are very art intensive/construction heavy and costly projects (i think i have four box sets, with actual fancy boxes and such, on deck for the fall/winter) and I need to raise some money to help cover the costs.

As always my prices are ppd. in the United States. For my overseas freinds, I'm sorry, but i still need to charge you some shipping. If you do order some things please try and order a few things at once to make the shipping easier (that goes for US orders as well, it just makes everything smoother if i can send a few items together.)

My greatest fear is that those people who have been very loyal to the label will view this as a crass move. I do not mean to insult anyone or disregard the support people have shown me and AOW. I simply NEED money. I live off of my financial aid and not getting the amount I was promised by my school seriously fucks things up for me. I hope everyone understands. I will continue to release records in my usual timely fashion. The label itself is not in jeopardy. I'm just drowning in backstock.

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Thanks as always.

UPCOMING RELEASES (for the curious):
STATIC GOAT/GNASHING OF TEETH "NIGHTHYMNS" CD
ANTISOCIAL BLOCK/PHANTOM CADAVER/THE SLEEPING QUARTER "SPLIT" CD
ANONYMOUS "ANTIETAM" 6CD
CORY STRAND "HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX: A REINTERPRETATION" 10CD BOX SET
RITUAL STANCE/CROWN OF BONE/EARTHENWOMB "SPLIT" CD
DHAMPYR 3CD BOX SET
NIGHTMARE CASTLE "THE UNHOLY THREE: AN HNW TRIBUTE TO NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL" 3CD BOX SET
NIGHTTIME IN THE ABYSS BOX SET
CROWN OF ASH CD
VENOWL/AUDITOR "ACID REVEALING OPEN WOUNDS" 2CD
YOG-SOTHOTH "EXTRAORDINARILY MAGICKAL" 2CD
YOG-SOTHOTH "III" CD
YOG-SOTHOTH "APRIL 2010 DEMO" CD
ERDSTALL BOX SET

THE DEAD END STREET BAND "SONGS OF AIWASS" CDr (AOW 131)

A cosmic slab of psychedelic horror drone from The Dead End Street Band, attaining a nightmarish atmosphere of wasted magickal ritual whilst basking in the presence of unnamed entities from beyond the stars.  The gravitational pull of occultic concepts gives way to oozing oceans of burbling synth damage, like Space Machine as filtered through a heady opium haze and a laudanum bath, a headtrip as dark and psychotic as the worlds of David Lynch but somehow rooted in a frightening and misunderstood historical reality proffered by Aleister Crowley and the manipulation of forces existing on the fringes of nature and the tangible material world.  The mind must open, the eye must crack.  The flesh must bleed and the sky must quake.  There are dense and forgotten pockets of surreality weaved into the fabric of our world, waiting to be excavated and spun into the catatonic lull of our dreams and visions.  "Songs Of Aiwass" is an incredible journey through spectral lore and a lurid flowering of drone and rotted psychedelia.
Altar Of Waste is beyond pleased to release this epic recording of inner quests and unintelligible ululations from the black beyond of space and nothingness.  The cosmos drifts, the stars die out, the galaxies fold in on themselves and become nothing more than memories stretched across gulfs of time.  This sounds like the void collapsing.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 20 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $22 rest of world.

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LETHE "TOWER OF SORROW: COLLECTED RECORDINGS" 3CDr (AOW 134)

The second installment of a three volume reissue series collecting the majority of Lethe's digital recordings, "Tower Of Sorrow" focuses on synthesizer manipulation and heavily processed field recordings across the span of three incredibly bleak and despondent albums: "Mulonthanain," "Ruined Epoch," and "Nullification."  "Mulonthanain" is the most immediately visceral of the three, with guitar and synth textures bludgeoned together into an HNW-influenced approximation of Lovecraftian atmosphere and glacial progression.  "Ruined Epoch" is one of my favorite Lethe recordings, an expansive and chillingly empty catacomb of drones created from field recordings of wind.  A pustulent ooze of decay and disfiguration bleeds across the album's three massive tracks, culminating in the frigid knifelike eviscerations of "This Is All Around You."  "Nullification" works off the same principle source but opens things up to an embrace of momentum and features one of my first attempts at drum sampling and looping, employing one of the most recognizable fills in rock history.
Altar Of Waste is pleased to grant physical form to these early pieces, a truly expansive set of headphone intensity for twilight nights under a brown and rusted moon.  The sickly pallor drips from the sky like broken wax, suffocating those who writhe amongst the dirt.
Packaged in a DVD case with hyper-minimalist artwork by Gina Newman in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $18 ppd. in the United States, $30 rest of world.

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