DELAYS IN FILLING ORDERS AND ARTIST COPIES

I am sad to report that my printer has died again (as of 2/20/2016), so i will be running behind on filling orders and getting out artist copies.  I apologize for the delays; i will try and get a new printer ASAP, but they aren't cheap.  Thanks for understanding.

BLACK MATTER PHANTASM "HANNIBAL" 3CDR SET (AOW 355)

AOW debut for one of HNW's towering figures, the mighty Black Matter Phantasm, here turning in a gargantuan 3-disc work based on NBC's much-beloved artgore drama Hannibal.  The three lengthy compositions here are some absolutely masterful exercises in wallcraft; each wall is a giant, built of deep, engulfing bass tones and thick, sludgy, beautifully crackling sloughs of epic distortion.  This is the kind of deep, enveloping HNW that I truly love, severely overwhelming and hypnotic in the best possible way.
Packaged as a three-disc set, with each disc housed in its own DVD case, with artwork related to and imagery from the show.  Released in a limited edition of 10 hand-numbered copies.  $25 ppd. in the United States, $41 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

MIKE D'AMATO/FREIBAND "SPLIT" CDR (AOW 359)

Incredibly psychedelic split between Mike D'Amato and Freiband, here working with pieces supplied by one another and engaging in some heavy manipulation, processing, and transformation.  Each artist turns in one lengthy composition; D'Amato's is a fully-charged blast of swirling noise phantasmagoria painted all in shades of grey, a whorl of electric fury that reminds me very much of Masonna in spirit and tone.  Freiband's piece moves toward the opposite extreme, a hissing whisper of unsettling creep ambience and seething, prickly, frigid drone.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 20 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $26 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

CORY STRAND "LET THE RIGHT ONE IN: A REINTERPRETATION" 12CDR (AOW 358)

I feel as though a few people have probably been waiting years for me to do this one; even i'm a little surprised it's taken me this long to get to it!  Let The Right One In is simply one of the finest vampire films of all time, and a beautiful film in its own right as well.  Johan Soderqvist's score is equally impressive, trafficking in nervous ambience, muted horror, and giallo-style explosions of violence.  In working with the score, I've preserved the anxiety and extended the faux-calm and beauty that permeate the work, resulting in twelve EP-length ambient compositions that seem choked in nervous fog as well as thick with a glassinine serenity.
Packaged in an oversize DVD case in a limited edition of 5 copies.  $60 ppd. in the United States, $76 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

DREADED "III" CDR (AOW 365)

Third AOW release for this relatively new HNW/ANW project.  Dreaded crafts dense HNW and eerie ANW dedicated to the US television show Masterchef.  I'm a big fan of all sorts of cooking shows, Masterchef included (though the UK version is miles better than the US version), so when this project got in touch with me about releasing a series of albums (there are 13, all in all) based on the show, I decided to go for it.  Anyone who has followed AOW since its inception will know that the label makes no distinctions about what HNW should and shouldn't be; I much prefer AOW to enable the thematic obsessions of its artists sans any sort of censure or definition.  For those who may doubt, these 13 albums (to be released sporadically over 2016) are indeed some severe and depressing forays into soundcraft; I would have released the entire series as a huge (and expensive) set, but we figured it might be better to release each record individually, so as to let people explore the work and form their own opinions.
"III" is a compact, ultra-dense assault of HNW violence that just shreds.  Enjoy the foul taste of failure!
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $26 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

DREADED "II" CDR (AOW 364)

Second AOW release for this relatively new HNW/ANW project.  Dreaded crafts dense HNW and eerie ANW dedicated to the US television show Masterchef.  I'm a big fan of all sorts of cooking shows, Masterchef included (though the UK version is miles better than the US version), so when this project got in touch with me about releasing a series of albums (there are 13, all in all) based on the show, I decided to go for it.  Anyone who has followed AOW since its inception will know that the label makes no distinctions about what HNW should and shouldn't be; I much prefer AOW to enable the thematic obsessions of its artists sans any sort of censure or definition.  For those who may doubt, these 13 albums (to be released sporadically over 2016) are indeed some severe and depressing forays into soundcraft; I would have released the entire series as a huge (and expensive) set, but we figured it might be better to release each record individually, so as to let people explore the work and form their own opinions.
"II" is a monolithic HNW/ANW composition just over 60 minutes in length.  Truly engulfing, casting a pallor of defeat over the aspirations of any home cook.   Taste despair!
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $26 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

DREADED "I" CDR (AOW 363)

AOW debut for this relatively new HNW/ANW project.  Dreaded crafts dense HNW and eerie ANW dedicated to the US television show Masterchef.  I'm a big fan of all sorts of cooking shows, Masterchef included (though the UK version is miles better than the US version), so when this project got in touch with me about releasing a series of albums (there are 13, all in all) based on the show, I decided to go for it.  Anyone who has followed AOW since its inception will know that the label makes no distinctions about what HNW should and shouldn't be; I much prefer AOW to enable the thematic obsessions of its artists sans any sort of censure or definition.  For those who may doubt, these 13 albums (to be released sporadically over 2016) are indeed some severe and depressing forays into soundcraft; I would have released the entire series as a huge (and expensive) set, but we figured it might be better to release each record individually, so as to let people explore the work and form their own opinions.
"I" is a strange bit of HNW/ANW hybridization, crafting a soundworld not unlike some of the more minimal static obsessed projects that have been appearing lately.  Eerie, unsettling stuff.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $26 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

UITGESCHAKELD "STILL" CDR (AOW 362)

AOW debut for this somewhat young but incredibly monolithic and masterful HNW project.  "Still" is a single 80 minute HNW composition, stagnant and unrelenting in its depressive, choking assault, but shot through with a wealth of minute detail and brimming over with an exhaustive atmosphere of despair.  This is angry, cataclysmic HNW of the absolute highest order-deep, bassy, and harshly contemplative.  Confront the nothingness of being.
Packaged in a DVD case in a limited edition of 10 hand-numbered copies.  $10 ppd. in the United States, $26 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

CORY STRAND "BROADCHURCH - PART TWO" 8CDR (AOW 357)

HNW reworks of the audio of each episode from the entirety of Broadchurch's second season.  Severe, psychedelic, assaulting audio intensity.  Broadchurch is easily one of my very favorite television programs, for both its muted and thoughtful approach to genre and its humbling, exquisite cinematography.  If you've enjoyed my previous work with television and film, you'll dig this one too.
Packaged as a twin set, with the 8 discs housed in two 4-disc capacity DVD cases, each with their own artwork.  Released in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $60 ppd. in the United States, $76 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com

CORY STRAND "BROADCHURCH - PART ONE" 8CDR (AOW 356)

HNW reworks of the audio of each episode from the entirety of Broadchurch's first season.  Severe, psychedelic, assaulting audio intensity.  Broadchurch is easily one of my very favorite television programs, for both its muted and thoughtful approach to genre and its humbling, exquisite cinematography.  If you've enjoyed my previous work with television and film, you'll dig this one too.
Packaged as a twin set, with the 8 discs housed in two 4-disc capacity DVD cases, each with their own artwork.  Released in a limited edition of 5 hand-numbered copies.  $60 ppd. in the United States, $76 rest of world.

ORDER HERE: www.altarofwasterecords.storenvy.com