The Ajna Offensive

25/08/2024

It is with a great sense of pride and achievement that we can finally announce all work on our debut full-length has now been completed. The album will be released worldwide in the coming months by Invictus Productions and The Ajna Offensive on LP, CD & Digital formats, and a preview track will be available for streaming soon. We'd like to thank Last Light Recordings, Priory Recording Studios, and Amadeus Erecshyrinol for their outstanding job in the recording, mixing, and mastering process of this colossal magnum opus.

Death approaches...

MORBID METAL TO THE DEATH

Photography by Terry Palamara.

19/08/2024

On September 6th, the alliance of NoEvDia and The Ajna Offensive is proud to present Aluk Todolo's highly anticipated fifth album, LUX.

Aluk Todolo returned to the studio during July 2023 to record their fifth album, entitled LUX, coming out eight years after their last opus, VOIX.

The LUX configuration has been received, decomposed, recomposed, sequenced, reversed, and is eventually revealed through six tracks of mesmerizing occult rock music.

Prismatic drum patterns entwined to gyrating bass lines and kaleidoscopic guitar ostinatos embodies in matter the numinous shimmers of light in extension.

An equation of Sacred Geometry solved and dissolved in mystery by illumination.

The tapes have been magnetized at Kerwax Analog Recording Studios in the western reaches of France.

LUX was recorded, mixed & mastered, and cut & pressed using analog technology exclusively.

Tracklisting for Aluk Todolo's LUX
1. ●●• [3:56]
2. ••●●••••●●•●● [9:37]
3. ●●•●●•• [6:20]
4. ••●●••• [6:07]
5. ●●•●●••••●●•• [6:15]
6. ••● [6:38]

aluktodolo.bandcamp.com

16/08/2024

More praise for The Other Sun's full-length.

The Obelisk Questionnaire is a series of open questions intended to give the answerer an opportunity to explore these ideas and stories from their life as deeply as they choose. Answers can be short or long, and that reveals something in itself, but the most important factor is honesty. Based on the...

13/08/2024

Here is an interview with Fredrik Eytzinger regarding The Other Sun. Also included is a link to the lyric video for "Lion Spell".

Provided to YouTube by CDBabyLion Spell · The Other SunDaimon, Devil, Dawn℗ 2024 The Ajna Offensive & Invictus ProductionsReleased on: 2024-07-23Auto-generat...

05/08/2024

Another great review of THE OTHER SUN's debut album.

The golden age of Westerns is long gone, but the fans of the genre have not died out yet, and, getting older, they are fondly looking back to a time when things were slower, simpler and clearer cut, both in... Continue Reading →

31/07/2024

North/South America peoples:
We are handling distribution for this release in your territory.

⸸ 𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝟔𝟔𝟔 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐒 ⸸

Deluxe faux leather box with hot foil gold stamping.

Contains the first for Nifelheim albums on high end pic disc format:

🔥 “Nifelheim” 180 grams picture disc with cover, full colour insert and inner bag. Released for the first time ever as picture disc.

🔥 “Devil’s Force” 180 grams picture disc with cover, full colour insert and inner bag. Released for the first time ever as picture disc.

🔥 “Servants of Darkness” 180 grams picture disc with cover, full colour insert and inner bag.

🔥 “Envoy of Lucifer” 180 grams picture disc with cover, full colour insert and inner bag. New mastering at correct speed. Released for the first time ever as a picture disc.

🔥 4 x full colour A2 posters.

🔥Box insert with unique artwork.

Official release date is August 31st.

29/07/2024

Coming in a couple of months:

1 track album

22/07/2024

THE OTHER SUN 'Daimon, Devil, Dawn' officially gets released tomorrow.

The LPs are here and ready to go.
The CDs are en route from Ireland.

Probably another "difficult" one that people will take years to comprehend, but this has everything we look for in a release: originality, gnosticism, a darkness that emits a clarity of vision, profound lyrics, excellent craftsmanship of songs and a rocking vibe quite unlike anything else we've heard.

You can check it out via bandcamp or at nocleansinging

In conspiracy with Invictus Productions

19/07/2024

New stock and restocks:
TREE OF SACRIFICE by Per Faxneld
THE SINISTER INITIATIVE - SHINING and HØSTSOL
ZAZEN SOUNDS magazine and 2 new CDs

28/06/2024

We started a youtube channel.

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28/06/2024

Now in stock:

In Blackest Blizzard by Nafre
The Last Gold of Decayed Stars and Other Stories by Colin Insole
both on Mount Abraxas Press, Romania.
Luxurious editions: blind-stamped board, silk ribbon, velvety paper dustjacket.

The Tree of Sacrifice by Per Faxneld, courtesy of Egaeus Press in the UK.

03/06/2024

On July 23rd in North America, The Ajna Offensive is proud to present The Other Sun's highly anticipated debut album, Daimon, Devil, Dawn, on CD and vinyl LP formats, both with 12-page booklets.

The Other Sun was formed in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2018 by Fredrik Eytzinger. Their first EP, Horizon Between the Eyes, was released through Lapis Niger Productions in 2019.The current line-up consists of Fredrik Eytzinger (lyrics, vocals, guitars, bass), Árni Bergur Zoëga (vocals, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards), and Tommie Eriksson (session solo guitars).

Fredrik Eytzinger is a writer and has published several books and articles in Europe and the US on topics related to occultism and magic. He is also the founder of the dark ambient band Nuclear Spells. Árni Bergur Zoëga is a professional composer and sound designer who is also involved in several other projects, such as Árstíðir Lífsins, Carpe Noctem, Helrunar, and Sól án varma. Tommie Eriksson is the founder of Saturnalia Temple and ritual ambient project Lapis Niger. Guest vocals on the track "A New Dawn" were performed by Erik Molarin, previous singer of the Swedish gothic metal band Beseech and more currently Dark brs.

The album cover and lyric transcript was made by fine artist David S. Herrerías. The booklet photos were shot by Gothenburg-based photographer Peter Gaudiano, with layout by Heresie Studio. European release will be handled by Invictus Productions.

The Other Sun draw influence from surf rock, western score, and '70s rock. People have suggested they hear bits of Tito & Tarantula, Swans, Deep Purple, The Devil's Blood, Virus (Norway), Dick Dale, and Ennio Morricone in their music. Daimon, Devil, Dawn is their debut album. Many of the lyrics are inspired by alchemical imagery as metaphors for the human condition. In particular, "Stalking the Stalker" was inspired by the poem "The Street" by Mexican author Octavio Paz.

In the meantime, hear the aforementioned new track "Stalking the Stalker" here:
https://theothersunsweden.bandcamp.com/album/daimon-devil-dawn

19/05/2024

Many new books added to the website along with restocks of books covering a wide range of subjects: art monograph, supernatural and occult fiction, history, anthropology, true crime, etc.

12/02/2024

The Calendrier Magique, translated as the "Magical Calendar" in English, is a French publication from the late XIXth century. This calendar, of great rarity, as it was printed in only 777 copies 130 years ago, primarily deals with occultism and black magic through the lens of astrology.

Now available in the US.

For the first time since its release, it has been reissued identically, in 777 copies. Its size, the use of gilding, the paper used—everything has been done to ensure that the experience of consulting this document closely resembles the original.
It consists of 36 pages, printed in 5 tones, and is accompanied by an exclusive and independent booklet containing the transcription and translation into English of all the texts contained in the calendar.

It was commissioned to the poet Austin de Croze and the poster illustrator Manuel Orazi and published in 1895 by the Maison de l'Art Nouveau in Paris, at a time when esoteric spiritualities and dark romanticism were popular trends in the capital.

For each double-page of the calendar illustrating a month, there is a set of diagrams highlighting information related to astrology, as well as incantatory poems and full-page illustrations, all drawn and calligraphed by Manuel Orazi.

Numerous references to the worlds of black magic, occultism, but also to artists like Odilon Redon or Francisco Goya adorn the pages of the booklet.
We are delighted to offer an interested audience the opportunity to discover or rediscover this document forgotten for too long, which we have had the opportunity to unearth after more than a century of silence.

36 pages
thread binded
15X48 cm
Quadricolor + gold
Coming with an A5 format 24 pages english translation/transcription booklet

Due to be released in Europe on Feb. 27th from
Metastazis.bigcartel.com

05/01/2024

MASTER'S HAMMER vinyls are all in stock.
It looks like most are sold out from Darkness Shall Rise Productions already.
Black and the colored vinyl versions of each of the 5 LP releases along with the Finished! 3-CD hardback book with hefty F. Storm interview covering each period.

08/12/2023

GIFTNÅLEN no 1

The debut issue of Giftnålen - The Poison Needle is out now. A book format publication dealing with all kinds of apocalyptic culture, anarchic rants, archaic sorcery, damned poets, esoterrorist tactics, forbidden knowledge, necromantic collages, oneiric musings, outlaw occultism, sinister arts and visual expansionism. Foul arts journal for death-obsessed brutes and society's outcasts. Revel in amoral excesses through 480 pages. Sit back and enjoy reading while this world burns. A total derangement of the senses. Heavily illustrated with tons of exclusive and rarely seen material.
Harking back to the days of the late 1980s-early 1990s in terms of diversity of content, drawing inspiration from underground books & publications such as Amok, Esoterra, Exit, Force Mental, Pandemonium, Rapid Eye Movement, Svarta Fanor and so on.

Giftnålen takes it next level and further into unknown territory.

30/11/2023

Here are a few images of the 18-20 new Goatowarex releases. All are here in very small quantities and at very fair prices considering, particularly on older titles.

10/11/2023

Malokarpatan update: Initially our items were supposed to ship so that we would have the for the Oct. 27 release date. This seemed to be an optimistic view on the matter when one European distributor got their vinyl copies.
Then 2 weeks went by before Invictus received their copies, on the actual day of the release.
So, what is the story with our copies? Last week we were told they would ship this week. This week we are being told they'll ship next week.
That is where things stand at the moment.

05/11/2023

We will extend this offer to any pre-orders (Malokarpatan) that are currently in limbo.

26/10/2023

Today, Slovakian metal enigmas Malokarpatan stream the entirety of their highly anticipated fourth album, Vertumnus Caesar, in advance of its release, which was set for international release on October 27th -
The Ajna Offensive will handle its release for North America while Invictus Productions will handle the album's release for Europe.
Hear Malokarpatan's Vertumnus Caesar in its entirety at TAO's bandcamp. To coincide with the release of Vertumnus Caesar, Malokarpatan's first three albums will be reissued on vinyl. (Awaiting shipping updates from the pressing plant!)

Formed in Bratislava, Slovakia anno 2014, Malokarpatan builds upon local traditions equally in the musical and thematical field. Continuing where legendary ex-Iron Curtain bands like Master's Hammer, Tormentor, or Kat have left off and taking influence from macabre cultural history of the Carpathian region, the group has developed its own recognizable sound in a span of three albums released within five years. Live shows across Europe and North America have solidified their underground fanbase, and after a period of line-up changes, they are back, this time in a purely studio form with an ambitious conceptual work titled Vertumnus Caesar. Staying true to their fascination with local heritage, this album expands into the band's Central European identity. Mapping the mysterious life of Emperor Rudolf II, infamous for his involvement in the esoteric arts, the album is an adventurous ride through the days of late renaissance hermeticism, an occult rock opera dimming the lines between first-wave black metal, classic heavy metal, and progressive rock.
In the leadup to its international release tomorrow, hear Vertumnus Caesar in its entirety streaming in full at TAO's bandcamp. https://malokarpatanvc.bandcamp.com/album/vertumnus-caesar

25/09/2023

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/09/25/track-premiere-malokarpatan-maharal-a-golem/

Here is a song premiere from the grandiose new MALOKARPATAN album, Vertumnus Caesar, which arrives about a month from now.
Pre-orders for the new album and repressings of the three previous albums are up now on the website.

Hear Slovakian evil metal masters Malokarpatan return with their first new material in three years from the forthcoming Vertumnus Caesar.

06/09/2023

NORTHERN HERITAGE titles are back in stock:
CLANDESTINE BLAZE
WARLOGHE
NÉCROPOLE
NOENUM
APOGEION

01/09/2023

MALOKARPATAN's new album and old albums will be available in late October. Our partner in Europe is doing a pre-order as of now, but we have decided to not set up a pre-order until closer to the time of release due to all of the potential snafus that can arise between now and then. We WILL get copies of all the albums on vinyl and CD and will have a pre-order up once we know that the boxes are on the way to use from the pressing plant, which likely won't be until early October, best case scenario.
Stay tuned here or on instagram or our website.

26/08/2023

Some used Ixaxaar and Anathema titles came into our possession, and a few copies of No Contact were never obtained after being held on reserve. Also we just restocked Massacraement.

25/08/2023

More Swedish promotion for the Thurneman book, which we printed in English.
Copies in paperback and hardback are both still available, as is a CD inspired by the henbane induced meditation sessions of DMC.

Very conceptual loot from my days in Gothenburg... Thanks!

I raided the KILL merch table during show day last Friday. The next day I had the great pleasure of meeting the author of this book and gratefully received this copy. I'm really looking forward to reading it.

I was made aware that it is also available in English, the title you are looking for is:
"Manhunter, The Story of the Swedish Occultist and Serial Killer Thurneman".

"In the 1930s, there was a series of robbery-murders in the Swedish town of Sala. When the perpetrators were caught, it turned out that they were part of a secret occult organization called The Magic Circle. The Sala gang, as they were also known, was led by a charismatic hypnotist and serial killer who took on the name Thurneman, being an anagram for Manhunter."

09/07/2023

BARDO METHODOLOGY #8
is now in stock and shipping.

All previous issues are also in stock.

Distributed in the US exclusively by




des.ghoules_

30/06/2023

BARDO METHODOLOGY #8 (Coming soon- no preorder yet!)

In-depth written conversations about music, mysticism, philosophy, history and more. Fourteen articles spread over seventy-two pages, no advertisements, featuring original artwork.

BE***AL WARLUST/DESTRÖYER 666
DÖDFÖDD/REVERORUM IB MALACHT
MORTUUS
ARMAGEDDA/NORDVIS
MISÞYRMING
AKHLYS
LEVIATHAN/LURKER OF CHALICE
BLACK WITCHERY
CULTES DES GHOULES
THUNDERBOLT
BLACKDEATH
OFERMOD

04/06/2023

REUERORUM IB MALACHT
'Kyrie Eleison' LP (:AJNA:)
'Vacuum' LP (Rubeus Obex)
are officially out as of today, June 4th.

Our copies should start shipping next week as they are currently somewhere between our HQ and Europe...

Copies can be found via our partnets at NoEvDia, Invictus, Iron Bonehead, Clear Spot, Amor Fati, New Era and a few others...

31/03/2023

https://unpureupsala.bandcamp.com/album/prophecies-ablaze

8 track album

29/03/2023

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2023/03/29/full-album-stream-unpure-prophecies-ablaze/

"A storyline of war, hate, conspiracies, demons, burning knowledge and black might leading to the return of the vile king of darkness."