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ALTSPHERE PRODUCTION is a French label & mailorder mainly specialized in doom & sludge but also distributing heavy, black, death, thrash, noise, indus, epexeirmental electro, punk, HxC..... http://www.altsphere.com

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Week 04


NACHTMYSTIUM "Eulogy IV" Lp - US Black Metal - 2006 - Buy It now
"Nachtmystium have made another giant step in a very short amount of time. I sense so much potential in this band that I'm already becoming afraid they might not be able to explore it to the fullest." (Chronicle of chaos)


MOOD "slow down" CD - Doom Metal - 2005 - Buy It now
"What's MOOD spelled backward? Classic trad doom that would have felt right in place with in the golden years' of Rise Above. The 2nd album from these cult doom legends - gem like doom in the vein of Sabbath, Obsessed and even a bit of Cathedral. Now, the long time sold album of MOOD (pre. Wall of Sleep) called “Slow Down” is available again in a limited version to the public." (PsycheDOOMelic)


SANCTUS DAEMONEON "Grey Metropolis" 2nd Hand CD - Funeral Black/Doom - 2008 - Buy It now
"Grey Metropolis" is unnervingly eerie and unhastily experimental. It possesses a distinct underground feel; it sounds sinister; and it looks great. The music produced by these Danes is unique and worthy of your attention. So please, stop waiting for Mayhem or Dodheimsgard or whoever to deliver another decent album and buy something genuinely obscure and creepy instead." (Archaic Mag)


GACKY "Mektig" Cd-r - Indus Noise - 2005 - Buy it now
On "Mektig", Gacky explores a variety of electronic soundscapes, including soft melodic compositions and symphonic industrial, as well as noisy power electronics with hard abrasive inhuman beats. (Organic Pipeline)


ASTROEPOS " s/t" TAPE - Ambient - Buy it now
"Alchemic ambience as an illustration of the author´s philosophical search. sheer bells, powerful keyboards and mysterious, gentle noise…" (black orchid)

LAST WEEK TO ENJOY THE TAPE MONTH !!!!
about 200 tapes between 1 & 2€. Buy 10 get 1 free!

NEW IN STOCK
- THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT "Stains of resignation" 2xLP" - Brand new album of the Goat! Between black metal, funeral doom & folk ballads.

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Week 05


CHURCH OF MISERY "The early works : 1997 - 2000" 3xLp - Sludge/Doom - Buy it now
Coming as 3xLp in a superb Gatefold! 2 hours of music!
"this is classic-sounding doom metal, slightly updated, groovy, extra-heavy and fun to listen to. If you know what’s good for you, you’d consume it without even a hint of reluctance. It’s what the doctor prescribed." (global domination)


BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS / KODIAK Lp - Doom / Drone - 2010 - Buy It now
"These are two of the most intelligent and interesting drone doom metal bands of the present. They are both from Germany and they build a modern doom metal under down-tempo lines and ambient elements. This split is totally substantial. Approximately 40 minutes of noise and post-metal slow motion melodies." (Noizine)


GRAND MAGUS "S/t" CD - Doom Metal - 2001 - Buy It now
For the ones who missed this cult debut album! Re-mastered and Re-packaged by Rise Above Records in 2006 with two bonus tracks after being out of print.
"Grand Magus’ self-titled album set the standard for things to come. Inspired by Black Sabbath’s groovier side, these dudes set down some psychedelic doom with facets of stoner rock.(...) Okay, so every track is good, making for full spins every time the CD is in your player." (Examiner.com)


THOU "Tyrant" CD - Doom / Sludge- 2007 - Buy It now
"Tyrant" is the astonishing debut album from New Orleans doom / sludge songsmiths, Thou. While retaining an incredible sense of melodic & dynamic songwriting, Thou have unleashed one of the heaviest and darkest albums to be unveiled during the recent influx of doom & sludge. Powerful lyrics delivered with scathing vocals seal the deal, Thou have proven their value in a time when slow & heavy bands are a dime a dozen. This is only the beginning.


PENTAGRAM "Relentless" CD - Doom - 1985 - Buy it now
Cult Debut album of the doom masters re-released in 2005.
"Anyways, this is an essensial for all classic doom fans out there, I reccomend you snatch this one up. I reccomend for fans of doom, rock, blues, heavy metal, and thrash. 91/100 " (be without fear)

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NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY

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OUT THIS WEEK !

On February 4th will be released "The weather", the first digital EP of ASKMOOD. You will be able to buy it on iTunes, Amazon mp3, Spotify, Deezer, Fnac music,… at the buget one price (around 4,99€/$)
"Cet album froid dans son aspect donne au final la sensation d'avoir découvert une perle rare"(Contre culture info)
" Cela donne un disque agréable, d'une énergie bien canalisée et rendue" (Musiciens.biz)
"Askmood ne fait pas comme les autres. Son rock décoiffe, bouscule et reste gravé dans votre tête"(promotion-musique.fr).

Listen to samples on Altsphere.com - Watch the videoclip on YouTube


OUT NEXT WEEK !

On February 11th will be released the WOODEN STAKE / DRUID LORD split-7" EP. Horror doom vs doom death, both from the USA. It's already available on preorder on our webshop. Hurry up already 2/5 have been sold!

"captivating couple of tunes from two killer bands", 9/10 (Doommantia)
"Definitely a fantastic release and highly recommended for all doom fans." (Heavy metal time machine)
"encore une bonne tuerie " (Nawakposse)
"DO NOT pass this one" (Hellride)
" réservée aux ayatollahs du doom" (Vs-webzine)
"Schleichend, langsam, schwarz und heavy" (Obliveon)
"Ein interessante sammlerstück" (Osnametal)

Listen to samples on Altsphere.com


OUT LATER !

"World of doom", the debut album of the French traditional doom band SURTR will be released on May 2nd (France, UK, Eire) & April 29th (rest of the world).
SURTR unleash a dark atmosphere of traditional doom metal on its debut World Of Doom. The band paints a gloomy picture of the world using the hallmarks of doom metal pioneers. They set up the basics of upcoming riots through a concept-album using an analogy between the giant SURTR's legend and modern societies.

The previous self-titled demo received good feedbacks: 8/10 (DoomMantia), 16/20 (MagicFireMusic), 13/20 (Temple of Doom), 71/100 (Metal-Revolution)
"Surtr manage to deliver enough good stuff to be worth your support, and enough neck-breaking slow-paced riffs to make your head headbang nervously” (Doom-Metal.com)

Artwork & layout by Christoph “Stripe” Schinzel (ANVIL, COUNT RAVEN, SODOM)
For Fans of BLACK SABBATH, SAINT VITUS, REVEREND BIZARRE

Stay tuned on www.surtr.net



2.SHOP
FEBRUARY "LET'S MOVE ON" DISCOUNT !!!!
In February, for any order from 15€ of 2nd Hand, Cd-r or Tape, receive a 30% discount on the order (excl. shipping) by entering the Voucher Code : FEB-SALES on the Cart page or on the Carrier choice page.


NEW IN STOCK
- ABYSMAL GRIEF "Misfortune" LP (white) - Horror/Gothic Doom Metal. 9,5/10 (DoomMantia)
- ABYSMAL GRIEF "Misfortune" LP (black) - Horror/Gothic Doom Metal. 9,5/10 (DoomMantia)
- ABYSMAL GRIEF "Hearse" Picture-7" - Horror/Gothic Doom Metal
- ABYSMAL GRIEF "The Samhain feast" Gatefold-7" - Horror/Gothic Doom Metal
- BITTER CHUP CHUP WE LOSE "s/t" LP + Cd-r - Great Stoner from France! FAVE! Ltd to 150 hand-numb Silkscreened.
- BLACK OATH "Portrait of the dead" 7" - Doom Metal
- BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS "S/T" LP - 1st album of the German Doom / Drone combo!
- BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS / CROWSKIN LP - German Killer Doom / Sludge / Drone split!
- BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS "Microbarome..." 2xLP - Doom / Drone. 2nd Album.
- BLACK SHAPE OF NEXUS / KODIAK LP - Killer German Doom / Drone Split!
- DOMES OF SILENCE "Hunter ST" Single-CD - 3 tracks of the best Stoner band of the UK !
- HEAD OF THE TAURUS/ RULE OF COSS split-Lp - 2 greats German Stoner / Sludge / Post-rock bands which remind me SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA!
- IMPALER "The mutants rise again" Picture-7" - Horror Speed Metal
- KRALLICE "Dimensional..." 2xLP - US Avant-Garde Black Metal
- THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT "Stains of resignation" 2xLP" - Brand new album of the Goat! Between black metal, funeral doom & folk ballads with lots of shoegaze.
- WOODEN STAKE "Invoke the ageless witch" 7" - Horror Doom Metal with female vocal.

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Week 06


ISIS "The red sea" LP - Sludge - 1999 - Buy It now
Tri-color vinyl limited edition to 370 copies.
For the ones who missed this cult debut album! Re-mastered and Re-packaged by Rise Above Records in 2006 with two bonus tracks after being out of print.
Before attaining Celestial heights, ISIS plumbed the deepest and densest of musical depths with The Red Sea. Punishing and unrelenting, The Red Sea marked a new chapter in ISIS' mosquito-driven, conceptual universe. Incorporating nods to both vintage Earth and the Melvins, it was the two new "song" offerings that marked ISIS' growth beyond that of mere comparisons and demonstrated the grandeur of what was to follow. " (Second Nature)


JEX THOTH "s/t" LP - Doom Metal / Psychedelic rock - 2009 - Buy It now
So I highly recommend this album. It's all well-done and not once do I get the feeling that the band is approaching the style ironically. This is late 60s/early70s music performed by people that (I imagine) worship that era and take its sounds very seriously. If you like Jex's singing, and proto-doom and psychedelic music in general, there should be nothing keeping you from loving this. (Metalreview.com)


CANDLEMASS "No sleep 'til Athens" 2xLP - Epic Doom - 2010 - Buy it now
Coming as 2xLP on blue and white wax! Live recorded in 2009 in Athens.


SATURNALIA TEMPLE "Ur" CD - Great doom Metal w/ members of Therion and Kaamos - 2007 - Buy it now
Ultra slow, sluggish and heavy psychedelic/spacey music, one of the top new doom bands around, Saturnalia Temple features members of Therion and Kaamos. This is the debut digipack release of the Swedish doomsters, and a must for everyone into Pentagram, Electric Wizard, Black Widow... Saturnalia Temple is not merely riding the retro-trip, as so many are today, but is a journey of BLACK MUSICAL INITIATION from the QLIPHOTIC spheres, a timeless chant channelled into the MUSIC-RITUAL. The effects of their CHANTINGS, vibrations and hellish rhythms have been cast in IRON by the underworld smithery of TUBAL KAIN. They are here to follow the ANCIENT TRADITION of shamanic TRANCE, hard rock and blues, thus making a lot of noise, spreading general HYPNOSIS and EVIL VIBRATIONS. (PsycheDOOMelic)


DEEP SLEEP "Manic Euphoria" 7" - HxC/Punk - 2007 - Buy It now
Like just about the entirety of the Grave Mistake roster, Deep Sleep play early `80s hardcore, though with more of an adolescent, scratchy vocal front and a much less abrasive coating. They're often compared to Descendents, and while I wouldn't have thought of the comparison myself, it makes sense to draw a parallel to Descendents' early work upon listening, though of course without the noticeably poppy or upbeat edge. Maybe a bit of Jerry's Kids is in here as well. (punknews.org)

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Week 07


BLACK SABBATH "into the void" 7" - Doom/Heavy - 1971 - Buy It now
Gods of Doom Metal! 2 tracks recorded live in 1971 in England. Great sound. With insert.


TITAN "Sweet dreams" LP - Psyché/Space/prog metal-rock - 2010 - Buy It now
"A psychedelic journey to the heart of the sun! For fans of HAWKWIND, The SWORD & MONSTER MAGNET"
Brooklyn’s TITAN specialize in crafting epic rock jams; smokey, sprawling stretches of sweet riffs, swirling synths, and all the right kinds of rock bombast. They have an instinctual grasp on tension and release, with each song building to several emotional crescendos before ebbing, only to repeat in the most compelling of ways. Sweet Dreams, and especially the track “Wooded Altar Beyond the Wander”, prove that TITAN is one of America’s finest rock exports.


THERGOTHON "Stream from the heavens" CD - The originators of the Funeral Doom genre! - 1994 - Buy it now
Thergothon disbanded in 1993, before the eventual 1994 release of ‘Stream From the Heavens’ though over the years the band has earned a cult status in the underground through this single album. In the mid-later part of the 90's the "Funeral Doom" genre emerged. Thergothon was deemed as one of the originators of the sound & style and an important cornerstone for the whole genre.


MY DYING BRIDE "Anti-diluvian Chronicles" 3CD - Goth Doom Death - 2005 - Buy it now
This 3 CD set contains a comprehensive collection of the band's work, spanning their whole career.


TERRORAMA "Horrid efface" TAPE - Black Death Metal - 2004 - Buy It now

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Week 08


PENTAGRAM "Turn to stone" CD - Cult Doom - 2002- Buy It now
You don't know this Cult Doom Band!?!?!? Try this compilation of the 3 first albums!


MOSE GIGANTICUS "Gift horse" CD - Progressive Stoner, Synth sludge! Killer debut album! - 2010 - Buy It now
"Progressive stoner metal? Synth Sludge? Whatever label you slap on this baby, you can’t deny it’s an interesting oddity." (Angry Metal Guy)
The brainchild of Philadelphia’s Matt Garfield, MOSE GIGANTICUS pulls from an extensive range of hard rock, metal, and punk influences to create a unique and modern record with their Relapse debut ‘Gifthorse’. “The Left Path”, “Last Resort”, “White Horse”, and “Days of Yore” brings together driving, power riffs and low-end heaviness with expansive electronics, synth elements, and spirited attitude. ‘Gift Horse’ is as infectious as it is timeless, and a massive debut from an oncoming force-to-be reckoned with. (Relapse)


MAR DE GRISES "Streams inwards" CD - Doom death - 2010 - Buy it now
No it's not a clone of the best MY DYING BRIDE's album. Just listen to this awesome stuff!


THE GATES OF SLUMBER "Hymnd of blood and thunder" 2xLP - Heavy Doom - 2009 - Buy it now
Great heavy doom metal !


GODFLESH "s/t" LP - Cult Indus - 2008 reedition - Buy It now
Re-released 20 years after it's first press, including a bonus track recorded for an EP called Tiny Tears.

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NEWSLETTER MARCH

1.LABEL

SURTR "World of doom" CD - out on May 2nd [France, UK, Eire] & April 29th [rest of the world]
The first sample of SURTR's debut album "World of doom" is now online ! Check it out on www.surtr.net



STILL AVAILABLE
- WOODEN STAKE / DRUID LORD split-7" [doom /USA]
“In The Godless Moonlight” is truly a perfect track (...) Druid Lord as another killer band." (Metal-revolution.com)
Listen to samples - Buy it here

- ASKMOOD "The weather" digital EP [rock /France]
"Un sympathique maxi" (My head is a jukebox)
Listen to samples - Watch the videoclip - Buy it on iTunes


2.SHOP
A lot of new 2nd Hand Vinyls has been added! Lots of 2nd Hand CDs to come soon! Check it out on http://www.altsphere.com/catalog


NEW IN STOCK
- ANNTHENNATH / FROSTMOON ECLIPSE "Human infanticide" 7" - Black Metal from France & Italy
- AVENGER OF BLOOD "Death brigade" LP - Nevada Thrash Assault
- BLACK SABBATH "into the void" 7" - 2 tracks recorded live in 1971 in England.
- DEICIDE "Stench of redemption" Pic-LP - Death Metal masters
- ELECTRIC WIZARD "Witchcult today" LP - Doom master
- ELECTRIC WIZARD "Black Masses" 2xLP (orange) - Brand new killer album!!
- EXORDIUM MORS "Verus Hostis-A Hymn to Fire" 7" - Black death metal from New Zeland
- FUNERAL IN HEAVEN "Daiwaye Haaskam Saha Paralowa Sapatha" 7" - Black Metal from Sri Lanka
- GHOST "Opus eponymous" LP (Clear/Blue) - Doom/Psyché revelead by Fenriz (Darkthrone)
- HATE YOUR FATE / CRUCIFIER split-7" - Pure Thrash Metal like in the old days.
- KHANATE "Clean hand go foul" Pic-Lp - sludge / drone with Stephen O' Malley (Sunn O,...). Brand new album!
- MUCKRACKERS / LE SYNDICAT "la vie est à nous" 7" + 3" Cd-r - Industrial. Brand new effort ltd to 300 copies
- NORTT "Liftgaerd" Gatefold-LP - Funeral black doom
- NORTT "Galgenfrist" Gatefold-LP - Funeral black doom
- NORTT "Graven" LP - Funeral black doom
- URIAH HEEP "Very easy...very umble" Deluxe Gatefold LP - Cult progressive rock !
- V/A "Brazilian evil legions attack : the first manifest" LP - Black Metal from Brazil

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Week 10


SUMA "Ashes" 2xLP - 3rd album of the Swedish stoner/doom masters! - 2010- Buy It now
"Sweden's SUMA 3rd album is a monster record, believe me. Addictive, sick, mean, beautiful." (Throne)


DARK FUNERAL "Vobiscum satanas" Gatefold LP - Black Metal - 1998 - Buy It now
"Probably the most christraping music ever recorded...", 8/10 (Metal observer)


SPIRITUS MORTIS / FALL OF THE IDOLS "s/t" LP - Doom - 2010 - Buy it now
Two of Finland’s finest team up for a dual doom assault. Spiritus Mortis offers us three tracks: A Uriah Heep cover, a brand new tribute to Robert E. Howard’s puritan avenger, Solomon Kane, and a re-recorded, longer version of the band’s crowd pleaser “Rise From Hell”, now even more menacing and evil. Fall of the Idols in turn provide us with two new songs in a more heavy metal oriented fashion than we’ve heard before. (dooomed.com)


THE FUNERAL PYRE "Vultures at dawn" CD - US Black Metal - 2010 - Buy it now
“The Funeral Pyre has somehow found inspiration in European black metal, do-it-yourself tendencies, and the almighty riff. In this day and age, when has a little hard work and a sick riff ever hurt?” (Prosthetic)



CATHEDRAL "Forest of equilibrium" CD - Cult doom - 2009 reedition - Buy It now
Re-released as a Dualdisc in 2009 with "Soul Sacrifice" EP as a bonus disc. The DVD side of the Dualdisc contains 'Return to the Forest', a 40 min brand new documentary with key original band members, filmed in Coventry in 2009, and also featuring interviews with infamous cover artist Dave Patchett.

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Week 11


THORR'S HAMMER "Dommedagsnatt" Gatefold LP - Doom death - 2009 - Buy It now
The Tape from 1996 now on vinyl !!! O'Malley, Anderson and friends playing great doom death metal!


KYLESA "Spiral Shadow" LP - Killer sludge. Brand new album! - 2010 - Buy It now
KYLESA have come back for their second consecutive year with a kick-ass album (metal injection)


LYRINX "Ending the cirlce of life" LP - Suididal Black Metal - 2009 - Buy it now
A top act in the Black Metal genre (metal-archive)


HAWKWIND "In search of space" CD - Cult Prog Rock - 2001 reissue - Buy it now
The best Hawkwind release for me ! Ultra-Fave!


COFFINS / OTESANEK "s/t" CD - dooooooom - 2007 - Buy It now
Coffins is a doom death band with CHURCH OF MISERY members. Otesanek is close to UNEARTHLY TRANCE and KHANATE with their slow tempo sludge doom drone.


Lots of new CDs, LPs, 7", 10" & 2nd hand CDs, LPs, 7", 10" in stock !!!!! Only one copy of each!!. CHECK IT NOW!
including the new WOODEN STAKE "black caped carnivore" 7" EP just arrived directly from the US! Horror Doomsters are back!


New items & restock - 3rd Week of MARCH (you can email to reserve now)
- BLACK SABBATH "S/t" 180g LP
- BLACK SABBATH "Master of reality" 180g LP
- CHURCH OF MISERY "Roadburn" LP
- DEICIDE "s/t" LP
- DOWN "Diary of a madband" 3xLP
- DOWN "over the under" 2xLP
- EARTH "phase 3" LP
- HEAVEN & HELL "The devil you know" LP
- KING DIAMOND "Them" Lp
- LUDICRA "Another great love.." LP
- LUDICRA "Fex urbis, lex orbis" LP
- MERCYFUL FATE "Melissa" LP
- MONDO GENERATOR "Tour EP" 10"
- NADJA "Sky burial" LP
- NEIGE MORTE CD
- OBITUARY "Slowly we rot" LP
- OBITUARY "Cause of death" LP
- SEPULTURA "Beneath the remains" LP
- SEPULTURA "Chaos A.D" LP


New items & Restock - MID APRIL (you can email to reserve now) :
- BLOOD CEREMONY "LIVING WITH THE ANCIENTS" LP
- BLOOD CEREMONY "LIVING WITH THE ANCIENTS" CD
- DARK ANGEL "Leave scars" 2xLP
- ELECTRIC WIZARD "Dopethrone" CD Digipack
- ELECTRIC WIZARD "Pre-ELECTRIC WIZARD 1989-1994" CD Digipack
- ELECTRIC WIZARD "Black masses" CD
- ELECTRIC WIZARD "Come my fanatics" 2011 re-release 2xLP
- EVOKEN "Quietus" CD
- GHOST "Opus eponymous" LP
- WITCHFINDER GENERAL "Death penalty" LP
- WITCHFINDER GENERAL "Friends of hell" LP

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NEW IN STOCK
- BLACK SABBATH "s/t" LP - Cult first album re-released on deluxe 180g vinyl!
- BLACK SABBATH "Master of reality" LP - Cult album re-released on 180g deluxe vinyl!
- CANDLEMASS "Epicus doomicus metallicus" Gatefold LP - Cult Doom now on 180g heavy red vinyl, numbered & limited to 2000.
- CANDLEMASS "Nightfall" Gatefold LP - Cult doom album now on gold-coloured 180g heavy vinyl, numbered & ltd to 2000.
- CHURCH OF MISERY "Live Roadburn 2009" Gatefold LP - Stoner doom masters live!
- DOWN "Diary of a mad man" Gatefold 3xLP - They're back! 2010 Live on 3xLP Gatefold ! Fave!
- EARTH "Phase 3 : thrones and dominions" 2xLP - 1995 drone metal masterpiece now on vinyl!
- GALHAMMER "Ill innocence" Gatefold 2xLP - Black punk metal, mastered by Nocturno Culto (Darkthrone)
- HEAVEN AND HELL "The devil you know" Gatefold 2xLP - They're back! Ex-BLACK SABBATH returns with brand new song with DIO (RIP) on vocals
- ISENGARD "Hostmorke" 2xCD - Side-project of Fenriz (Darkthrone). A journey through nordic folk rock & black metal. Incl bonus commentary disc by Fenriz.
- KING DIAMOND "Them" LP - 3rd album of heavy metal king now re-release on 180g deluxe vinyl
- LUDICRA "Another great love song" LP - US Black Metal with members of WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM & HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE
- LUDICRA "Fex urbis lex orbis" LP - US Black Metal
- MADDER MORTEM "Where dream & day collide" CD - Dark Metal. Brand new EP!
- MERCYFUL FATE "Melissa" LP - 1st album re-release. Heavy metal.
- MONDO GENERATOR "III The EP" 10" - Cult stoner with Nick Oliveri (ex-KYUSS /ex-QUEEN OF THE STONE AGE).
- NADJA "Sky burial" LP - Drone / Ambient. Bran new album, ltd to 1000.
- NEIGE MORTE "s/t" Digipack CD - French Post-Black Metal / Funeral doom / Dark ambient with ex-OVERMARS. Fave!
- OBITUARY "Slowly we rot" LP - First album re-release of vinyl! Killer Death Metal!
- OBITUARY "Cause for death" LP - Death Metal. Second album re-release.
- PARADISE LOST "Draconian times" Gatefold 2xLP - Cult gothic doom death album now on heavy 180g double vinyl, numbered & ltd to 2000 copies!
- PENTAGRAM "relentless" Gatefold LP - Cult debut album now on heavy 180g numbered vinyl, ltd to 2000 and coming with 2x A3-posters.
- SEPULTURA "Beneath the remains" LP - Cult album re-release.
- SEPULTURA "Chaos A.D." LP - Refuse! Resist! Cult album!

BACK IN STOCK
- CANDLEMASS "Epicus doomicus metallicus" 2xCD - 1st album of the cult doom metal masters ! Absolute Fave!
- CANDLEMASS "Nightfall" 2xCD - Cult Epic Doom! 2nd album !
- CANDLEMASS "20 year anniversary party" DVD - Dooooooooooom! Fave!
- DEICIDE "s/t" LP - Cult Debut album re-release on vinyl! Ultra fave!
- DOWN "Over the under" Gatefold 2xLp - Cult southern rock !

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Week 12


TOXIC HOLOCAUST / INEPSY "s/t" LP - Thrash/Speed Metal split - 2010 - Buy It now


EYEHATEGOD "Southern discomfort" LP - Great doom sludge compilation! - 2009 - Buy It now
its a great place to start for those new to EHG and to sludge metal, and certainly a collector's item for us long-time fans. (metal archives)


MAGRUDERGRIND "s/t" LP - Grindcore - 2009 - Buy it now
Short songs, spine crushing speeds, and hard hitting aggressiveness. What else could you ask for? (Sputnik music)


DOOMSHINE "The piper at the gates of doom" CD - Epic Doom - 2010 - Buy it now
What also makes them instantly appealing is they will satisfy the Trad-Doom fan as well as the more generic Heavy Metal fan. Lovers of Black Sabbath, Dio and especially 80's darker Metal bands will get a rush from listening to this. Doomtastic! 9/10 (DoomMantia)


SAMUS "Desengano" CD - Stoner / Doom / Avant-Garde. Fave! - 2002 - Buy It now
Desengano is a sound track to a freakshow - it's hypnotic, violent, sometimes funny and always downright fucked-up. (Hellride)

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Week 13


URIAH HEEP "Very easy...very umble" Deluxe Gatefold LP - Cult progressive rock - 2003 reedition - Buy It now


SKINNY PUPPY "The mythmaker" Gatefold 2xLP - Great indus - 2007 - Buy It now


TRENCHANT "Live of stone" 10" - Sludge metal - 2000 - Buy it now



NEIGE MORTE "s/t" Digipack CD - French Post-Black Metal / Funeral doom / Dark ambient with ex-OVERMARS - 2011 - Buy it now


MADDER MORTEM "Where dream & day collide" CD - Dark Metal. Brand new EP! - 2010 - Buy It now

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NEWSLETTER APRIL

1.LABEL

SURTR "World of doom" CD - out on May 2nd [France, UK, Eire] & April 29th [rest of the world]
The second sample of SURTR's "World of doom" debut album is onlin now! Here comes the "World of doom - part III" official videoclip.
Check it out on www.surtr.net

You can now preorder SURTR's debut album "World of Doom". EXCLUSIVELY on The Sphere, the 50 first copies come with a button & a patch, the next 50 copies just with a button and you can also get the die-hard pack which includes a T-Shirt (Girly, M, L, XL)
PREORDER IT NOW!

“This is pure, stripped down doom.” (Heavy metal time machine)

"Coole Scheibe (…) [die] ohne Zweifel die Fans der Doom Metal Sparte schon in Verzückung bringen wird." (Fatal undeground fanzine)

"Immerhin bietet "World Of Doom" klassischen Doom, der weit jenseits von modernen Stoner-Einflüssen recht authentisch herüberkommt." (MusicScan.de)

"Un premier album convainquant, qui propulse SurTr parmi les très bons groupes français du genre.", 16/20 (Magic fire music)



STILL HOT
- WOODEN STAKE / DRUID LORD split-7" [doom /USA]
"‘Black Candle Séance’ really is a great song. (…) [Wooden Stake] confirms they are a band to be reckoned with in the horror doom genre." 78/100 (Lords of metal)
Listen to samples - Buy it here

- ASKMOOD "The weather" digital EP [rock /France]
"Une musique parfaite pour créer une ambiance à la fois mystique et reposante." (Zicazic.com)
Listen to samples - Watch the videoclip - Buy it on iTunes


2.SHOP
Lots of 2nd Hand CDs added! Check http://www.altsphere.com/catalog

EXCLUSIVELY BY THE SPHERE
- WOODEN STAKE "3x7"EP SPECIAL VINYL PACK" - Horror doom. Split w/ DRUID LORD + "Black caped carnivore" + "Invoke the ageless witch".
- WOODEN STAKE "DIE-HARD PACK" 3x7"EP + CD - Horror doom. Split w/ DRUID LORD + "Black caped carnivore" + "Invoke the ageless witch" + "Dungeon prayers & tombyard serenades" CD

NEW CDs IN STOCK
- HKY "s/t" Digisleeve CD - Atmospheric sludge from France
- ISENGARD "Hostmorke" 2xCD - Side-project of Fenriz (Darkthrone). A journey through nordic folk rock & black metal. Incl bonus commentary disc by Fenriz.
- MADDER MORTEM "Where dream & day collide" CD - Dark Metal. Brand new EP!
- NEIGE MORTE "s/t" Digipack CD - French Post-Black Metal / Funeral doom / Dark ambient with ex-OVERMARS. Fave!
- - NEIGE MORTE "s/t" CD - French Post-Black Metal / Funeral doom / Dark ambient with ex-OVERMARS. Fave!

NEW VINYLS IN STOCK
- BLACK SABBATH "s/t" LP - Cult first album re-released on deluxe 180g vinyl!
- BLACK SABBATH "Master of reality" LP - Cult album re-released on 180g deluxe vinyl!
- CANDLEMASS "Epicus doomicus metallicus" Gatefold LP - Cult Doom now on 180g heavy red vinyl, numbered & limited to 2000.
- CANDLEMASS "Nightfall" Gatefold LP - Cult doom album now on gold-coloured 180g heavy vinyl, numbered & ltd to 2000.
- CHURCH OF MISERY "Live Roadburn 2009" Gatefold LP - Stoner doom masters live!
- DOWN "Diary of a mad man" Gatefold 3xLP - They're back! 2010 Live on 3xLP Gatefold ! Fave!
- EARTH "Phase 3 : thrones and dominions" 2xLP - 1995 drone metal masterpiece now on vinyl!
- GALHAMMER "Ill innocence" Gatefold 2xLP - Black punk metal, mastered by Nocturno Culto (Darkthrone)
- HEAVEN AND HELL "The devil you know" Gatefold 2xLP - They're back! Ex-BLACK SABBATH returns with brand new song with DIO (RIP) on vocals
- KING DIAMOND "Them" LP - 3rd album of heavy metal king now re-release on 180g deluxe vinyl
- LUDICRA "Another great love song" LP - US Black Metal with members of WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM & HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE
- LUDICRA "Fex urbis lex orbis" LP - US Black Metal
- MERCYFUL FATE "Melissa" LP - 1st album re-release. Heavy metal.
- MONDO GENERATOR "III The EP" 10" - Cult stoner with Nick Oliveri (ex-KYUSS /ex-QUEEN OF THE STONE AGE).
- OBITUARY "Slowly we rot" LP - First album re-release of vinyl! Killer Death Metal!
- OBITUARY "Cause for death" LP - Death Metal. Second album re-release.
- PARADISE LOST "Draconian times" Gatefold 2xLP - Cult gothic doom death album now on heavy 180g double vinyl, numbered & ltd to 2000 copies!
- PENTAGRAM "relentless" Gatefold LP - Cult debut album now on heavy 180g numbered vinyl, ltd to 2000 and coming with 2x A3-posters.
- SEPULTURA "Beneath the remains" LP - Cult album re-release.
- SEPULTURA "Chaos A.D." LP - Refuse! Resist! Cult album!

RESTOCK
- CANDLEMASS "Epicus doomicus metallicus" 2xCD - 1st album of the cult doom metal masters ! Absolute Fave!
- CANDLEMASS "Nightfall" 2xCD - Cult Epic Doom! 2nd album !
- CANDLEMASS "20 year anniversary party" DVD - Dooooooooooom! Fave!
- DEICIDE "s/t" LP - Cult Debut album re-release on vinyl! Ultra fave!
- DOWN "Over the under" Gatefold 2xLp - Cult southern rock !

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Week 14


PARADISE LOST "Draconian times" Gatefold 2xLP - Cult gothic doom - 2010 reedition - Buy It now
'Draconian Times' is often referred to as the peak of the band's creativity, and established Paradise Lost as a truly world class act. (Peaceville)


GOD FORSAKEN "Dismal gleams of desolation" 2nd Hand LP - Doom Death - 1992 - Buy It now
"enough interesting arguments to look into this band" (Slowend)


DIO "Holy diver" gatefold 2xLP - Heavy metal - 2010 reedition - Buy it now
I beckon every fan of heavy metal to take up this disc and blast the voice of a dead man loudly through his speakers. Hail Dio! (sputnik)


LORD VICAR "Fear no pain" CD - Doom Metal - 2008 - Buy it now
With a career-topping performance and by Chritus and Peter Vicar creating a more layered, complex ensemble of riffs than even his work for Reverend Bizarre, Fear No Pain is indeed a worthy addition to the pantheon of traditional doom. (metal-archives)


RWAKE "If you walk before you crawl, you crawl before you die" CD - Sludge - 2004 - Buy It now
Rwake have taken the typical stoner doom traits and made it the sonic equivalent of chewing glass while higher than an NBA player (metalreview.com)

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Week 15


CHRISTIAN DEATH "Only theatre of pain" LP - Cult gothic death rock - 1982 - Buy It now
"it's about the only thing that can be said upon listening to Christian Death's debut, Only Theatre of Pain, released in 1982 and influencing more bands that can be counted since then. The member who got the most attention was, unsurprisingly, singer Rozz Williams, but guitarist Rikk Agnew is the secret weapon that makes this album so good. With the first phase of the Adolescents (and a solo album) behind him, he brings his punk-inspired work here, and with the help of longtime producer Thom Wilson, who sat behind the boards here" (All metal)


SKELETONWITCH "Breathing the fire" LP - Blackened thrash - 2009 - Buy It now
Black thrash metal witch excellent oldschool thrash and NWOBHM riffs and somes epics songs in the veinof AMON AMARTH! Killer! New album!


MONSTER MAGNET "1970/Doomsday" 10" - Stoner - 2000 - Buy it now


RUE/ALDEBARAN "s/t" - Doom Sludge - 2004 - Buy it now
RUE kicks things off with an ugly blast of grey drone before rolling into “You Say One Thing,” a great track that reminds me of Animosity-era Corrosion of Conformity with better chops and production (...) Aldebaran plays lumbering war doom that somehow finds the middle ground between bands like Sleep and Celtic Frost. (Hellride)


WOODEN STAKE "Dungeon prayers & tombyard serenades CD - Horror DOOm - 2011 - Buy It now
Wooden Stake continue their reign as the best newcomer in the occult, true doom scene, 9.5/10 (DoomMantia)

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