CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC To Release OLD MOTHER HELL’s Debut Album On Digital And Vinyl Platforms

OLD MOTHER HELL was formed in 2015 from the ashes of another local thrash act, HATCHERY, by guitarist/vocalist Bernd Wener, bassist Ronald Senft and drummer Ruben André. Their self-funded debut album was recorded in May 2017 in Rama Studio Mannheim by Jens Siefert, who mixed and produced the LP under the band’s watchful eye. The result is a striking balance between mountainous epic metal and a straightforward attack, with doom influences present, even as the band is playing pure, take-no-prisoners metal.

Cruz Del Sur Music will release the self-titled debut album from German metallers OLD MOTHER HELL on digital and vinyl platforms in early 2018.

OLD MOTHER HELL was formed in 2015 from the ashes of another local thrash act, HATCHERY, by guitarist/vocalist Bernd Wener, bassist Ronald Senft and drummer Ruben André. Their self-funded debut album was recorded in May 2017 in Rama Studio Mannheim by Jens Siefert, who mixed and produced the LP under the band’s watchful eye. The result is a striking balance between mountainous epic metal and a straightforward attack, with doom influences present, even as the band is playing pure, take-no-prisoners metal.

Comments the band: “We wanted to sound exactly as in our rehearsal room, just with a really fat sound. What should we say? Jens Siefert more than delivered on that wish. Regarding today’s listening and production standards, we are probably breaking every rule. Not anyone may like it, but we don‘t care. For us it was a fantastic journey through time back to the golden era of rock music.
Adds Wener: “I guess you could say that we are most proud of doing the album the way we wanted: recording live, the old-school way, not even doing a second guitar, grid-editing, drum samples, copy and paste or other ‘fancy’ stuff. It was a hell of a ride and felt absolutely fantastic and authentic. Jens captured that feeling and turned it into exactly the sound we wanted.”

With their first album already in the books and the ink dry on the digital and vinyl distribution deal for their self-titled album, OLD MOTHER HELL is already back in their rehearsal room, hard at work on new songs, all the while mapping a live show schedule that will bring their unique brand of metal in front of European audiences.

OLD MOTHER HELL isn‘t about plans,” concludes Wener. “We certainly don’t aim for being rock stars. We won’t buy into tours or such stuff. The first underground festival show, Frostbiter in Wuppertal, organized by the Deaf Forever Forum, is confirmed. We will organize some shows ourselves and just rock every stage as it comes our way. Meanwhile we are working on new songs for a second album and are more than thrilled to see all our new fans who gave us such great feedback when ordering the CD. Everything else? We will see.”

“Old Mother Hell” track listing:

Another War
Mountain
Narcotic Overthrow
Howling Wolves
Kneel to No God
Old Mother Hell

 

Related links:

http://www.oldmotherhell.de

https://oldmotherhell.bandcamp.com/releases

https://www.facebook.com/oldmotherhell/

VINYL SUMMER SALE! 20% – 50% discount on CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC releases!

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We’re offering a huge sale campaign on all Vinyl Releases by Cruz Del Sur Music starting from today and ending August 31.
This is the complete list/discounted price:

PHARAOH / CANVAS SOLARIS Tribute to Coroner 7”  €3,25 (-50%)
DARK FOREST Dawn of Infinity LP BLACK €6,50 (-50%) *
THE LORD WEIRD SLOUGH FEG S/T €6,50 (-50%)
PHARAOH Bury the Light €7,00 (-50%) *
ARGUS Beyond the Martyrs €10,40 (-20%)
DARK FOREST The Awakening BLACK €10 (-26%) *
VESTAL CLARET The Cult of the Vestal Claret BLACK €6,75 (-50%)*
BATTLEROAR Blood of Legends DLP BLACK €13,20 (-20%)*
STEEL PROPHET Omniscient DLP BLACK €11,05 (-35%)*
RAFF S/T BLACK €8,50 (-50%)*
DARKEST ERA Severance BLACK €10 (-26%)*
CONVENT GUILT Guns For Hire BLACK 8,40 (-40%)*
MAGISTER TEMPLI Nyarlatothep 7′ BLACK’ €4,90 (-30%)*
APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE Of Woe and Wounds DLP BLACK €12,35 (-35%)*
HAMMER KING In the Kingdom of the Hammer King BLACK €11,05 (-15%)*
ARGUS Hell Hath No Coscience 7” BLACK € 4,50 (-25%)*

* discount applies to colored vinyl version if available. 

Apostle of Solitude’s ‘Of Woe and Wounds’ Album Stream at Zero Tolerance

U.S. Doomsters APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE are proud to announce the exclusive album stream of Of Woe and Wounds in celebration of today’s release on Cruz Del Sur Music in North America. Check out Zero Tolerance‘s exclusive stream at this location.  

APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE’s Of Woe and Wounds will rank among the heaviest album of 2014. From the 7-minute opener “Blackest of Times” to the ending “Luna,” APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE deliver an incredible performance that gives full sense to the sometimes-abused term “DOOM”. Mastered by Tony Reed (producer of last SAINT VITUS’ album “Lillie: F-65”), this album confirms APOSTLE OF SOLITUDE as a versatile, multi-dimensional doom band that offers the most Sabbath-inspired sound around these days, blended with personal, oppressive yet dynamic atmospheres such as those found in “Push Mortal Coil” or “Whore’s Wings” (re-recorded hits from their 2012’s demo), or the long and haunting “Die Vicar Die”.

The album also features the extraordinary work of talented Artist David Csicsely known for his illustrations of Mournful Congregation, Solitude Aeternus, Wheel, Flight of Sleipnir releases.

Tracklist:
Distance and the Cold Heart
Blackest of Times
Whore’s Wings
Lamentations of a Broken Man
Die Vicar Die
Push Mortal Coil
This Mania
Siren
Luna
Distance and the Cold Heart (reprise)

The DOUBLE LP version contains two bonus live tracks, A2 poster, insert and download card. Available in LIMITED SWAMP GREEN and REGULAR BLACK vinyl.


Well-crafted Doom”- Noisey

“Of Woe and Wounds is the Doom Metal release of the year, by far.” 5/5Metal-Temple

“Our American answer to the current British and Scandinavian invasion of doom, Apostle of Solitude’s newest puts everyone on notice just how good they are going to need to be after hearing this one.” – The Sludge Lord

“Of Woe and Wounds is a very well done doom record, full of everything we love about the genre.”Sea of Tranquility