Vita Detestabilis Records

24/06/2024

The Liminal Dread Productions 2024 Summer releases are available for pre-order at Vita Detestabilis Records!

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-dread-productions-distro

Conglaciation - 'Conglaciation' (Cassette, LDP042) tech death/dissonat death

https://conglaciation.bandcamp.com/album/conglaciation

Vanessa Funke - Void (Cassette, LDP041) prog rock/metal, death metal

https://vanessafunke.bandcamp.com/album/void

Unholy Altar - 'Veil Of Death! Shroud Of Nite' (Cassette, LDP039) raw black metal

https://unholyaltar666.bandcamp.com/album/veil-of-death-shroud-of-nite

Pale Misery - Black Starless Sky (Cassette, LDP040) blackened doom

https://palemiseryofficial.bandcamp.com/album/black-starless-sky

'Yeast Veils' by Mycorrhizal & Stygian (Split, cassette, LDP038) electronic black metal, sludge metal

https://mycorrhizal.bandcamp.com/ & https://roadkilltourism.bandcamp.com/

19/06/2024

We have just added the new Liminal Dread Productions releases to our distro section!

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-dread-productions-distro

Very pleased to announce we will once again be partnering with for EU distribution of all our summer releases. If you're in the EU you can now enjoy all your favorite upcoming LDP releases with discounted shipping and faster arrival times. Vita is an incredible record label so go show them some love!

18/06/2024

Not a Vita related band, but surely a recommendation!!

Blackened/melodic death metal with lyrics about the systematic medical violence intersex people go through. More bands with these thematic, please 💙

Human Abyss - 'Death Obsessed' (Full album, 2024) | Blackened/melodic death

Listen here -> https://youtu.be/Ov9DDbW0FLk

Today we have a lot to cut through with the most recent addition to the channel: Berlin-based Human Abyss, and its newest album 'Death Obsessed'.

Although this quintet only goes back to 2020, it is almost entirely formed by experienced musicians who have played in bands like Spawn (death metal) or currently active No On Spoke (symphonic metal), among many other black metal acts. That gathered understanding of the several genres definitely shows on their musical output: a strong death metal base, with cutting edges black metal moments, and a subtle, at times, main conductor: melody.

Now, thematically, these lyrics hit you as hard as Gggolddd's 'This Shame Should Not Be Mine', Lingua Ignota's 'Caligula', or Ocean Of Ghost's 'I Am Awake And My Body Is On Fire'. What they all have in common is the systematic gender-based violence that rules our fu**ed up patriarchal society. In Human Abyss' case, exposing the abuse and horrors (personally experienced by the band's singer) an intersex person has to go through since they are newborn.

The widespread - and purposeful - ignorance about intersex people, leaves them helpless against a system that has them subjected as an anomaly and forces them to undergo continuous irreversible, and non-consensual mutilations, from very young, and highly invasive processes based on a "phallometer" so they can ensure a "normatively sexed body" that fits the binary scale. Those who are chosen by the doctors as females are 'legally' r*ped for years with different d***o sizes so they can be penetrable in the future. Fu***ng hard to digest, and this isn't the most exhaustive (nor extensive) summary of the most subtle type of violence they go through, which we know comes hand to hand with its explicit, daily, on your face, side.

Horror themes are most often found in death metal, although with a more edgy or macho-stinking POV, and so Human Abyss has effectively incorporated the terror, pain, and the whole circle of abuse intersex people go through, into the genre. With quite a clear inspiration from Swedish death metal, swinging from melody towards the old school sound, and incorporating very epic black metal passages. Bands like Cast The Stone or The Black Dahlia Murder might come to mind when hearing the 'dialoguesque' growls and shrieks displayed throughout the album. "Cut" has a third vocal addition by singer Britta Görtz, who was also in charge of the album's production doing an impeccable job that shows quite an improvement when listening to the previous releases.

A tough but very enjoyable record from what isn't just another death/blackened-death metal band, neither musically nor as for their message. Let their art serve as a catalyst for reflection, awareness, and action. Go, play 'Death Obsessed', and f**k gender very much!

07/06/2024

Today is ‘Sudra’ day! The split between IRAVU & MUMUKSU is now OUT!
https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/sudra

Available digitally through the bands & on cassette through Fiadh Productions (US) and Vita Detestabilis Records (EU, UK+).

‘Sudra’ brings together two Malaysia-based projects to raise awareness of the plight of racial injustice experienced by minorities in their home country. It displays Iravu’s progressive black metal and Mumuksu’s drone funeral doom, individually on the first two songs, and with a co-written self-titled track “Sudra”. And, it dresses the painting of the artist RAKODAMA.

“This album stands as an undying anchor for ANYBODY who has been a victim of discrimination and fascist oppression – be it of a physical or psychological nature of violent intent. If you are such a person who has experienced this, then know that: We feel and share in your pain, you are not alone. You must remain rooted in the unwavering strength of the boundless spirit of who you are. Rest assured that despite their grand displays of haughty might, THEY will never win. Because they operate from a source of fear. Any action that is born out of fear is doomed to its own self-destruction and disintegration.

F**k authority and f**k primitive belief systems of control. ” Iravu & Mumuksu

06/06/2024

Mumuksu/Iravu - Sudra - Split (Review) https://wp.me/p3zRmN-fPZ

"55 minutes of quality rewarding material, with its two foundational styles of black and complementing each other well" by Wonderbox Metal

OUT TOMORROW!!

Mumuksu/Iravu are both solo acts from Malaysia. The latter plays black metal, and the former doom. I thoroughly enjoyed Iravu’s debut album from last year – A Fate Worse Than Home & #821…

05/06/2024

"Morvigor embodies expressive black metal, their elongated missives are propelled forward with an energy that makes their unorthodox approach feel visceral and vital. Mixing clean, harsh vocals, abrasive sounds, and softer, ambient passages, the band invites us to join them on a journey that willingly strays off the common path."

Review by Retumba. Full review (in ES) here: https://rtmbmusic.com/nuevos-lanzamientos/9476/morvigor-nuevo-ep-de-spiegel

03/06/2024

'Sudra', the split/collaborative album by IRAVU & MUMUKSU is exclusively and fully streaming at Antifascist Black Metal Network until the album is out this Friday 7th of June through Fiadh Productions & Vita Detestabilis Records!

"This is a masterpiece, and for once, in these tormented genres, made by people we are proud to call our own."

Link in comments!

31/05/2024

'Sudra' is now fully available on Antifascist Black Metal Network! Premiering now!!

Sudra by IRAVU & MUMUKSU (Full split album PREMIERE) | Black metal, doom metal

Join the pr3miere here! https://youtu.be/3I8bIwUJcbE

It is no mistake that here in ABMN we hold Malaysia's Iravu in very high esteem, both as an artist and as a comrade, so of course we were excited to premiere their new release, and that excitement was doubled when those of us also into the doom side of things heard that this was a collaboration with the monolithic monster that is Mumuksu. Then make that tripled when we found out about the premise of this release.

To quote a part of the statement accompanying this collaboration, "The original inspiration for this album was born out of both artists’ common observation and acknowledgement of the plight of racial injustice experienced by minorities within their home country of Malaysia. This was the starting platform that ignited the conception of ‘Sudra’ - the lowest of the 4 Hindu caste system sub-classes also referred to as the slave class. Upon further introspection and discussion, it became apparent that to defend & highlight the rights of only a single group of persons denotes a hypocrisy that is no better than those responsible for the injustices themselves. Any cause or belief system that only favors a single sub-group of people or community may (intentionally or unintentionally) become a reductive one, forgetting the needs of all while taking into account our collective experiences as humans on this Earth. And such a view can never encompass the totalistic truth of our unity and integration as human beings."

By the way, you should also visit their respective Bandcamp pages and read the rest too, as the whole thing is worth reading, it is both important and eloquent.

Now as for the music part, let's just say all hopes and expectations will be surpassed. Both bands are at their top form, with Iravu at their darkest (but still beautiful) and Mumuksu creating a haven of dirge that would make Corrupted and Moss tear up with pride.

And then of course to top it off we have the collaborative title track that is simply mesmerising, in a tectonic plate moving below you manner.

Do not ignore this, and help out Food Not Bombs KL in the process (as if anyone needed more incentive). Are we biased? Yes. Yes, we are, but one listens and we guarantee, there is no intelligent person on this planet that would blame us. This is a masterpiece, and for once, in these tormented genres, made by people we are proud to call our own.

30/05/2024

Only 5 remaining 'Wounds:Reclaimed' by ULVA copies!

24/05/2024

We are super happy to present "Sudra" the self-titled collaborative track of and by Iravu & Mumuksu premiering through Dissecting the Euphony!

Out June 7th through Fiadh Productions & Vita Detestabilis Records

Malaysian Atmospheric/Progressive Black Metal band Iravu and Drone/Funeral Doom Metal band Mumuksu are set to premiere their collaborative track, Sudra via Dissecting the Euphony, tonight at 9pm (MY time). Head over to our website to listen to the track and details about the release: https://dissectingtheeuphony.com/premiere-iravu-mumuksu-sudra/

Vita Detestabilis Records
Fiadh Productions

23/05/2024

All MIND PRISONER's'3:33' cassettes are already shipped or shipping tomorrow!

We still have a few left if you didn't grab one!.

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/3-33

22/05/2024

Happy first anniversary to Eisige Venen's 'Ghosts of yesterday'! 🔥

1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!!

What was your favorite track on this album???

20/05/2024

'Sudra', the upcoming split album between IRAVU & MUMUKSU, is almost an hour-long three-song release in which each band contributes one track alone and a collaborative one between both Hareesh (Iravu) and Trishay (Mumuksu),

It will be released and available on cassette through Fiadh Productions, Vita Detestabilis Records & digitally through the bands on the 7th of June!

Tracklist:
1. Mumuksu - Beneath My Cold Dark Skin Lies A Freedom You Will Never Own 17:49
2. Iravu - The Outsider 13:36
3. Iravu & Mumuksu - Sudra 23:34

“We feel and share in your pain. You are not Alone. You must remain rooted in the unwavering strength of the boundless spirit of who you are. Rest assured that despite their grand displays of haughty might, THEY will never win. Because they operate from a source of fear. Any action that is born out of fear is doomed to its own self-destruction and disintegration.” Iravu & Mumuksu

https://iravu.bandcamp.com/album/sudra
https://mumuksu.bandcamp.com/

14/05/2024

Vita Detestabilis Records (Spain) and Fiadh Productions (USA) recently announced the release of split album ‘Sudra’ featuring Malaysian bands Iravu (Atmospheric/Progressive Black Metal) and Mumuksu (Drone/Funeral Doom Metal). Sudra features an almost hour-long three-song release. Full news: https://dissectingtheeuphony.com/news-iravu-and-mumuksu-join-forces-in-sudra/

10/05/2024

IRAVU has united with MUMUKSU to put together 'Sudra', a split album mixing the drone funeral doom on Mumuksu’s side, and Iravu’s progressive black metal. A collaboration that was born from common observation and acknowledgment of the plight of racial injustice experienced by minorities within their home country of Malaysia.

‘Sudra’ - which means the lowest of the 4 Hindu caste system sub-classes, also referred to as the slave class - wears the painting of Natasha () who we know from Iravu’s previous album, ‘A Fate Worse Than Home’.

It will be released through Fiadh Productions & Vita Detestabilis Records on the 7th of June.

‘Sudra’ - which means the lowest of the 4 Hindu caste system sub-classes, also referred to as the slave class - wears the painting of Natasha () who we know from Iravu’s previous album, ‘A Fate Worse Than Home’.

08/05/2024

"Mascara And Mythril, moves away from the DSBM sound of their earlier works and embraces dungeon synth, with results that are every bit as epic and creative as the weightier albums that have preceded it." latest FEMINIZER EP reviewed by Distorted Sound Magazine!

w. Fiadh Productions

Danny Sanderson reviews the new dungeon synth EP from Feminizer! Read the review of 'Mascara And Mythril' here on Distorted Sound!

06/05/2024

"Musically, "3:33" is progressive to an extent that it also qualifies the song as progressive metal, along with doom metal influences, while the main focus maintains the early black metal soundscapes, supporting the idea with all the vintageness in the sound design and production." a Mind Prisoner review by Metalhead Community

Mind Prisoner - 3:33 - Song Review - Ambient Black Metal from Portland, USA. Metalhead Community Magazine Black Metal Music Reviews.

05/05/2024

Last day to use the 40% discount!

¡Hola! We are relocating and trying to make some space for new releases, so we are giving a 40% discount on each and every one of our products for a whole week!

At VD we have been doing fewer releases lately while trying out other formats like vinyl and CD. For now, we will keep that slower path to be able to focus on each individual piece of art we put out. In the meantime...

Use the code -> flandlords

03/05/2024

Almost a month since ULVA's 'Wounds : reclaimed' has been out in physical format!

Have you grabbed your cassette copy yet? 🎵

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wounds-reclaimed

02/05/2024

01/05/2024

We have some remaining copies of Habak's 'Ning​​​ú​​​n Muro Consiguió Jam​​​á​​​s Contener la Primavera' (Fiadh Productions edition)!

Grab yours, now with a 40% discount by submitting this code: flandlords

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fiadh-distro

30/04/2024

Feminizer's 'Mascara & Mythril' cassettes are shipping!

Every 'Moon phase' is always fully supported by you people out there, and once again we have sold out! You can still purchase the digital version from Feminizer's Bandcamp, though, and support the artist!

https://feminizer.bandcamp.com/

PS: we still have a couple of copies of her split with Bury Them And Keep Quiet!

29/04/2024

¡Hola! We are relocating and trying to make some space for new releases, so we are giving a 40% discount on each and every one of our products for a whole week!

At VD we have been doing fewer releases lately while trying out other formats like vinyl and CD. For now, we will keep that slower path to be able to focus on each individual piece of art we put out. In the meantime...

Use the code -> flandlords

27/04/2024

'De Spiegel' is 2 months old already!

Remember we still have copies in all formats.

Happy monthiversary, Morvigor!

It has been 2 months since we released "De spiegel", and we are incredibly grateful for all the positive responses so far. If you haven't had a chance to listen yet, you can stream it here: https://youtu.be/rnSHgriepmo.

Physical copies of the EP are available on our Bandcamp page, through our labels, or at one of our upcoming live appearances:

17/05 - Den Haag - Musicon
02/08 - Münster - ZappenDuster Festival

We will be announcing a few more shows in due time.

26/04/2024

We thought it would never happen, but... Bergfried's 'Romantik II' tapes finally arrived!

Most of them were already shipped this morning, but the ones ordered along with the vinyl will be shipped on Monday!

Thank you all (and your patience) 💙

25/04/2024

Nice words about Mind Prisoner's "3:33" by Destroy//Exist:

"Continuing their tendency of blending genres, the band delivers an overarchingly blackened doom metal, integrated with DSBM despondency, industrial accents, and synth melodicism. Adding to the aberrant amalgamation are distinct post-punk influences alongside the defiance of death metal and the weightiness of sludge."

Underground music and pop culture through the pains of existence Shoegaze, post punk, noise rock, post rock, post metal, gothic, darkwave, alternative

19/04/2024

Since a couple of weeks ago we have had the pleasure to be hosting some vinyl copies of the latest album by the amazing Finish sludge outfit Askel.

If you are into as heavy as petroleum atmospheres with a blackened touch you must give them listen!

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/gate-of-deliria-releases

17/04/2024

Arrow Lords Of Metal reviewed Morvigor's 'De Spiegel': https://arrowlordsofmetal.nl/morvigor-de-spiegel/

"...Morvigor is extremely powerful. Every word that is sung is reinforced by the instruments (...) Morvigor clearly has no desire to tread the beaten track and creates something that you can only listen to and enjoy. Then just do that."

16/04/2024

We are relocating and we have found some "hidden cassette copies" from Fiadh Productions!

🎼 NEW: Oaken Dagger - Thy Arcane Legions

🎵 Habak

- Split by Lágrimas / Habak
- 'Ning​​​ú​​​n Muro Consiguió Jam​​​á​​​s Contener la Primavera'
- 'Un minuto de obscuridad no nos volverá ciegos'
- 'Insania

🎵Uamh (.official) - 'Uamh 2022'

🎵 Summer Haze '99 - 'Inevitable'

🎵 A Compendium of Curiosities - 'The Resting Place of Dreams'

🎵Skognatt - 'Ancient Wisdom'

🎵Mortsafe () - 'Mournography'.

We also have one copy of Lepra's 'Devil's Blood In Her Tongue' & Bury Them And Keep Quiet/Feminizer's split.

PENDING ORDERS: We were told that Bergfried and Weald & Woe cassettes were finally shipped yesterday. As soon as I have them all I will be shipping them! THANK YOU!!

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fiadh-distro

15/04/2024

All Ulva orders were shipped this morning! Greek antifascist, DIY, violin-driven black metal👌

We still have a few copies available, they are super limited so grab yours before they are gone ☠️

https://vitadetestabilisrecords.bandcamp.com/album/wounds-reclaimed