Cruz Del Sur Music

01/07/2025

The next single from the upcoming Phantom Spell album has been revealed! Head over to Bandcamp and feel the allure of "SIREN SONG" now!

"Heather & Hearth" is officially out July 18th, but vinyl orders are now shipping!
Secure your copy here: https://tinyurl.com/9zez2hx4

from the album PHANTOM SPELL "Heather & Hearth"

27/06/2025

"Remember, look to the sky!"

Today marks the official release of the second Fer de Lance album FIRES ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE!
Listen to it in its entirety on Bandcamp! Vinyl and CD are NOW SHIPPING!

And just in time for the release day, comes a perfect 10/10 review from Metal Kaoz! Read the whole review here: https://tinyurl.com/3cesf7un

"Fires On The Mountainside” is a masterclass in epic Metal; a bold, inspired, and refreshingly untamed record. Every song is a journey, every riff a battle cry, and every lyric a verse from an ancient saga. It’s an immersive journey through mythic storytelling, carried by unforgettable riffs and soaring guitar melodies that beg to be remembered - and sung aloud."

ClawHammer PR

7 track album

26/06/2025

PHANTOM SPELL "Heather & Hearth" LPs have arrived!
BLACK or HEATHER vinyl, A2 poster, Insert & Download Code!

Pre-orders will be shipped by the end of the next week in time for release date (18/07).

Get your copy here: https://tinyurl.com/9zez2hx4
BANDCAMP: https://phantomspellheatherhearth.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-spell-heather-hearth

Thank you .official for the wonderful job as usual!

25/06/2025

THANK YOU Mystification Zine!

"Building upon the icy sea-bound and stellarly-charted sojourn of their debut this sophomore full-length album brings a deepened sense of wide-open spaces via their emphasis upon soaring melodies and classics inspired loft. ‘Fires on the Mountainside‘ could be viewed as iteration in some sense, an act just as grand in scope and expression as the band’s first, though I’d consider it an even more representative of their fusion of oaken and epic forms which sidles next to vikingr/folken sounds while sometimes reaching for power-metallic bounding in the midst of their march through mythic realms."

"Fires on the Mountainside" will be officially released this Friday!
Physical (pre) orders will be shipped Monday next week!
ORDER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/bdhdwx6d

Fer de Lance
ClawHammer PR

https://mystificationzine.com/2025/06/20/fer-de-lance-fires-on-the-mountainside-2025-review/

We venture where most would flee or fall as the hammering within Hephaestus’ forge beckons, all warriors driven toward the scalding challenge of Orodruin as Chicago, Illinois-based epic heavy…

19/06/2025

DISTRIBUTION NEWS: LORDS OF QUARMALL'S "QUARMALL IS ALL" LP!

ORDER: https://tinyurl.com/53km2j9c

Released by Demonolatry in an ultra-limited run of 100 LPs the album is an epic, unpredictable, underground Metal gem in the direction Brocas Helm and The Lord Weird Slough Feg, but with its own, very unique style and a much darker atmosphere.
A small share of LPs will be in stock and ready for shipping in one week.
Demonolatry operates entirely outside the internet, in the deepest underground, only through private and physical newsletter to members. So this is a good chance to get a small piece of Metal history!
Lords of Quarmall continue digging the proverbial hole with their debut full length “Quarmall is All”. Under the sign of the worm the album manifested, but fear not the demons of the night!- this is real heavy metal with no pretenses or ambitions.
Previously released on cassette by C. B. Centauri Productions, this limited vinyl edition has been mastered specifically for the format.
Excavate your mind with the Lords themselves and breathe deep the stale air of disused halls and sooty cobwebs.
Demonolatry stated: "This is our first release on vinyl format and it's also the first vinyl Spectral City and A Ferro e Fuoco are contributing to.It's for sure a big effort for a small circle such as ours, but we all agree that if we were to release only one single album on vinyl, this would be it.We believe that, with its unique, dark and magical sound and songwriting "Quarmall is All" has everything that makes Heavy Metal the special music that irreversibly affected our souls and changed our lives for good. We also feel that Lords of Quarmall's independent, underground and traditional approach perfectly embodies the spirit of our circle."
Quarmall is All LPs come with printed innersleeve and include a small DIY inner sheet individually stamped and hand-numbered.
Strictly on black vinyl, no Bandcamp download code included/available, according to the band's wishes and Demonolatry's philosophy.
Copies or Lords of Quarmall's split 12" EP with Power Castle (released by Gates of Hell Records) are in stock. Make sure to check this one out: https://tinyurl.com/42cvaekx

11/06/2025

Calling all doom denizens of the Eastern US! Stygian Crown begin their Candlethrower Tour this Friday! Catch them at Stormbringer Metal Festival and Maryland Doom Fest 2025 along the way!

CDs of their latest album “Funeral For A King” have recent SOLD OUT, but vinyl is still available here:

WEBSHOP: https://tinyurl.com/46rx8zff
BANDCAMP: https://stygiancrown.bandcamp.com/

10/06/2025

Unfortunately we have some bad news regarding some recent orders!

At the end of May, DHL Express Italy lost two boxes containing 37 of our orders. Their search in Milan’s hub gave no positive results and we ended up with a loss of over 700€. But thankfully they offered us a heart-warming refund of a whopping 9,94€ for their incompetence. Thanks DHL!!!

We will start shipping again your orders tomorrow and some refunds have to be issued as some orders contained now sold-out items.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience.

09/06/2025

"Blackened undertones, fierce folk hues, acoustic interludes and choral polyphony, a relentless pace and urgent tension—everything demanded from a truly EPIC creation is here, brimming with drama and vivid musical storytelling."

Reviews are starting to roll in for the upcoming Fer de Lance full length. As always, FORGOTTEN SCROLL has their ear to the underground with the most accurate and in-depth reviews!

FIRES ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE is out June 27th.
Pre-order now:
CD: https://tinyurl.com/2zdsyaus
LP BLACK: https://tinyurl.com/f5kvr635
LP LMT 200 LAVA: https://tinyurl.com/y2dxurtr
BANDCAMP: https://ferdelancemetal.bandcamp.com/

ClawHammer PR

I had been anxiously awaiting the return of FER DE LANCE. The band had caught my attention from the very start, with the “Colossus” EP in 2020, and their full-length…

04/06/2025

"War is never far along
Created by the walls in our minds
Death takes root at the wall
Souls to hell as it thrives"

NOW STREAMING!

Today we present the next crushing single from the upcoming Fer de Lance full length album.
Listen to DEATH THRIVES (WHERE WALLS DIVIDE) now on Youtube and Bandcamp!

FIRES ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE is out June 27th.

Pre-orders are still HOT!
CD: https://tinyurl.com/2zdsyaus
LP BLACK: https://tinyurl.com/f5kvr635
LP LMT 200 LAVA: https://tinyurl.com/y2dxurtr
BANDCAMP: https://ferdelancemetal.bandcamp.com/

Make sure to catch Fer De Lance on their eastern US tour with comrades Serpent Rider! The Serpentine Offerings begin with a hometown gig THIS FRIDAY.

June 06: Chicago, IL - Livewire Lounge
June 07: Detroit, MI - Gatekeeper Bar & Gameroom
June 08: Youngstown, OH - West Side Bowl
June 10: Philadelphia, PA - Milk Boy
June 11: Washington, DC - Pie Shop
June 12: Brooklyn, NY - Gold Sounds
June 13: Worcester, MA - Stormbringer Metal Festival

ClawHammer PR

Taken from "Fires on the Mountainside", release date: JUN 27, 2025The second album of Chicago's Epic Metal mages, majestic and mythic Heavy Metal!Recorded, E...

02/06/2025

"Over the years the band have been steadily moving away from their metal and rock beginnings towards just a heavy metal outlook – and in the wake of the bands third full length album, TOWER firmly stand right in the heart of heavy metal territory, ‘Let There Be Dark’ a fast paced, forty frantic minutes of head bang-able heavy metal"

We are still receiving a steady stream of reviews for TOWER's new album "Let There Be Dark"! Thanks to Metal Gods TV for the generous 9/10 score!

TOWER“Let There Be Dark”Album Review by Iron Mathew 9/10 TOWER are a heavy metal band from the USA formed in 2015, releasing to date one E.P. – ‘Tomorrow & Yesterday’ (2018), and three albums – ‘Tower’ (2016), ‘Shock To The System’ (2021), and ‘Let There Be Dark’… …emergi...

30/05/2025

PHANTOM SPELL “Heather & Hearth” PRE-ORDER!
We are pleased to announce the release of Phantom Spell ‘s album “Heather & Hearth” on July 18, 2025!
Pre-orders open today!
LP BLACK (A2 POSTER, INSERT & DOWNLOAD CODE): https://tinyurl.com/hudjmpe6
LP HEATHER -MARBLED PURPLE- (A2 POSTER, INSERT & DOWNLOAD CODE): https://tinyurl.com/mrr3czxz
BANDCAMP: https://phantomspellheatherhearth.bandcamp.com/album/phantom-spell-heather-hearth
CD & DIGITAL PRE-ORDERS:
https://phantomspell.bandcamp.com/album/heather-hearth

Phantom Spell’s second full-length offering , “Heather & Hearth”, is a collection of heartfelt tales, weaving the potent nostalgia of home with vivid fantasy and cautionary storytelling. It retains all the ingredients that made “Immortal’s Requiem” such a tantalizing listen, but adds fragility and subtlety. As the album title suggests, a folk thread is woven into the fabric of each song. Acoustic guitar moves to the forefront, no longer just a supporting role. The artful use of space in the brooding quiet sections amplifies the Hammond-fueled uproar that follows. There is melancholy in the majesty, but hope is never lost.
Once again, McNeill plays and programs all instruments on the record. Recorded and mixed at his own Wizard Tower Studios, “Heather & Hearth” is another solo adventure. However, with a now-established live act, it won’t be long before these new compositions take on a life of their own out in the wild. Mastered once again by Justin Weis of Trakworx, the album has been given the utmost care for vinyl, cassette, and CD release. The vinyl will once more be handled by the splendid Cruz Del Sur, with whom Phantom Spell has formed a strong bond. CD and cassette editions will be released via McNeill’s own Wizard Tower Records.

27/05/2025

Coming July 25th!

Gatesofhellrecords is pleased to announce the European Vinyl release of ZEICRYDEUS’ “La Grande Heresie” on BLACK WAX (First press LTD 300 copies).

“La Gande Heresie” was released digitally just this April causing well-deserved enthusiasm among underground Metal fans with its absolute original formula of early Greek Black Metal combined with extremely technical compositions where shredding bass solos take the lead. Recommended for fans of: Running Wild, Manowar, Helstar, Necromantia, Varathron, Stargazer, Zemial, Mortuary Drape & Rotting Christ

PRE-ORDER now:
BANDCAMP: https://tinyurl.com/3cr9j5yz
STORE: https://tinyurl.com/44d872wr

North American PRE-ORDERS can be found via Nameless Grave Records