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OUT TODAY!!
A split 7” of utterly supreme DEATH METAL from OSDM melodic masters Helcaraxë and Draghkar! Two perfectly paired bands, scratching that ancient melodic deathly itch that’s so hard to find.
Grab a yours today — don’t miss this one!
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This is a co-release with the mighty Nameless Grave Records.
Check out our premiere over at Decibel Magazine featuring epic DEATH METAL by Helcaraxë and Draghkar, two of the underground’s best!!
https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2024/04/08/full-split-stream-draghkar-helcaraxe-a-glorious-call-in-the-terrible-darkness/
We are STOKED to be able to present this split on gorgeous 7” vinyl alongside Nameless Grave Records.
Pre-Order at the SWR webstore:
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Or at the Nameless Grave bandcamp:
namelessgraverecords.bandcamp.com
Due out later this month!
Sink your teeth into new music from Draghkar and Helcaraxë.
HELCARAXË - “Covered In Blood” CD
(Limited to just 100 copies!)
GET IT NOW FOR $5!!
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“Covered In Blood” is presented here as a tribute to some of the artists who have influenced HELCARAXË’s 21-year run playing underground DEATH METAL. This isn’t supposed to be some kind of “Graveyard Classics” bu****it, but merely a compilation of the seven covers Helcaraxë has done as a band between 2003 and 2024. None of these songs have ever been in the same place at the same time, and most are unreleased. The band even recorded two additional songs for this disc! A fun release and a taste of the band’s influences before their split 7” with DRAGHKAR comes out!
Helcaraxë says, “Thank you for standing by us and keeping the flame burning after all this time!”
Priced CHEAP at just $5 as a THANK YOU to fans of the band that has been called, “the most criminally underrated death metal band around today!”
TRACK LIST:
1. Suffer The Children / Na**lm Death
2. Fell on Black Days / Soundgarden
3. Earth’s Last Picture / Darkthrone
4. Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton / The Mountain Goats
5. God Song / Bad Religion
6. Sign From the North Side / Amorphis
7. Onward Into Countless Battles / Unleashed
FFO: Edge of Sanity, Unleashed, Amorphis, Amon Amarth, Bolt Thrower, Eucharist
AVAILABLE NOW in the SWR Store! (LINK IN BIO!)
TEST PRESS is *IN* for the upcoming Helcaraxë and Draghkar split 7 inch, “A Glorious Call in the Terrible Darkness”!!
This marks the first new material from longtime death metallers HELCARAXË in nearly 8 years alongside a crushing opus of pure old style death metal by the incredible DRAGHKAR!
It also marks the first vinyl release we have done to date, in conjunction with our friends at Nameless Grave Records! Stay tuned for more information here and at NGR as we get closer to a release date.
DEATH METAL FOREVER
30% off EVERYTHING (except pre-orders) all week long!
Help us clear the shelves and make room for a ton of awesome releases coming soon to SWR! We gotta move product outta here and this sale should help. MOST stuff is cheap AF right now, so don’t miss out! Go check it out!
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COMING SOON TO SWR! (AT PRESS!)
DETERIOROT - “Manifested Apparitions of Unholy Spirits” Tape!!
The unholy 1993 CLASSICK recording of dark, doom-laden death metal is coming soon to SUNSHINE WARD RECORDINGS in an exclusive North American edition to celebrate the recording’s 30th anniversary! This edition contains the original recording and mix, as well as bonus remixes and remasters over the years, plus bonus tracks! Limited to 125 copies, and Features updated artwork and a gorgeous 6-panel J-Card!
FFO: INCANTATION, old AMORPHIS, IMMOLATION, AUTOPSY, DISMA, ABHORRENCE, DISEMBOWELMENT
This tape is currently AT PRESS and we expect it within the month. Pre-Orders up in the SWR Store!
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SWR is closed this week (still open for online orders), but there will be a delay in processing until October 30th due to vaaayyyycaaation!
We have a highly curated selection of death metal, black metal, and crust CDs, Tapes, and Vinyl over at our store (LINK IN BIO). Many items either sold out elsewhere or highly limited!! Check it out.
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Thanks so much for the continued support and stay evil!
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LUMINIFEROUS AETHER’s blackened death/thrash masterpiece is now SOLD OUT. If you happened to miss this one, you completely fu**ed up.
Various distros should still have copies and I suggest you find them before it’s gone forever.
FFO: Destroyer 666, first Bolt Thrower, old Morbid Angel, Blasphemy
END OF SUMMER DISTRO DROP!!
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Sunshine Ward Recordings has been busyyyyyy this past month. Not only did we release THREE insane tapes (DETERIOROT, ACHERON, GODKILLER)!!, but we just slammmmed the distro with highly curated, awesome tapes, CDs, and vinyl. We got stuff from NIGHT TERRORS RECORDS, HELLS HEADBANGERS, IRON FORTRESS RECORDS, DISSONANT TAPES, EARACHE RECORDS, INTO IT RECORDS, REGIMENTAL RECORDS, PRIMAL VOMIT RECORDS, and more!!
We also did a freaking huuuge NUNSLAUGHTER drop, with stuff on all formats, including releases directly from the band.
Head over to our store SUNSHINEWARD.STORENVY.COM to check out all our badass new releases and distro items. Everything in there is worth your time. Cheers!!
NunSlaughter
DETERIOROT - “The Rebirth” Cassette TAPE
** OUT NOW!! **
SWR is proud to present the new album by the dark and haunting death metal legends.. DETERIOROT!!
"The Rebirth" is the brand new opus of dark and haunting DEATH METAL by ancient legends DETERIOROT! This exclusive North American edition is strictly limited to 125 copies on high quality Halloween-orange analog cassette tape, with a huge fold out J-Card!
Sunshine Ward Recordings, in conspiracy with DETERIOROT, bring you the old school death metal album you’ve been waiting for — this is, by far, the ALBUM OF THE YEAR!
FFO: old AMORPHIS, INCANTATION, MORBID ANGEL
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(The band will have copies shortly as well!)
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OUT NOW!!!
** ACHERON - “Those Who Have Risen”
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** GODKILLER - “Rebirth of the Middle Ages”
SWR is proud to announce the release of TWO utterly incredible offerings of Satanic 1990s classic DEATH and BLACK METAL (of which we are so excited!!) on ancient analog cassette tape.
ACHERON - “Those Who Have Risen” CS
ACHERON, one of the foundational DEATH METAL bands of the old Floridian scene, brought their most unique offering in the form of 1998's "Those Who Have Risen", a sinister ride of blackened, Satanic, vampiric death metal. Led by VINCENT CROWLEY, with lyrics inspired by the teachings and mythos of the TEMPLE OF THE VAMPIRE, black as night keyboards, and insane lead guitar work, "Those Who Have Risen" stands as a favorite of many in the ACHERON discography. Features guest vocals by George Corpsegrinder Fisher (CANNIBAL CO**SE) and David Vincent (MORBID ANGEL), and an intro by Peter Gilmore (head of the CHURCH OF SATAN). This album stands the rest of time as one of the most evil, innovative, and fantastic death metal offerings ever.
** GODKILLER - “We Are the Black Knights” CS
1990s medieval black metal from Monaco, their two demos now available for the first time together on cassette tape!!! Highly influential and on par with anything else from the time period, GODKILLER were the sole project of Duke Satanael. Full of mysticism, spooky keyboards, and a return to the pagan mysticism and epic battles of the dark ages. This is a MUST HAVE for any black metal collection. Hail Satan! Do what must be done!
Both tapes come on BLOOD RED hard shells with metallic silver ink. Two beautiful layouts await, with the GODKILLER tape matching the utterly perfect LP art found with DEBEMUR MORTI PRODUCTIONS, and the ACHERON art using an original piece in its true color by artist TIM BISHOP. Both releases limited to just 150 copies forever. HAIL SATAN! HAIL THE VAMPIRE!
** BUY IT AT THE SWR WEBSTORE: sunshineward.storenvy.com
** Bundle also available!
Vincent Crowley Acheron V.C. Crowleymusic
7PM! TONIGHT!
Two albums of absolute classic death and black metal will be available via SWR! Stay tuned!!
SWR artists SYN live in New Jersey, July 1st. We still have a small number of DIE HARD editions of their album “Wilk”, as well as CDs in the distro!
Killer USBM madness!!!
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The ALBUM OF THE YEAR coming soon to Sunshine Ward Recordings!
SWR, in unholy conspiracy with dark and haunting death metal legends DETERIOROT, present “The Rebirth”, a supreme opus of crushing darkness and morbidity.
This exclusive North American edition will be strictly limited to just 125 copies on the highest quality analog cassette.
Stay tuned for more info or visit Deteriorot ⚔️
Happy Summer Solstice! Celebrate the new season and your ancient human ancestors by taking 20% off the entire SWR store for the next week! This includes EVERYTHING. Even pre-orders!
Cheers!
DEATH METAL AND CRUST FOREVER.
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European customers! Downwinder now has copies of their self-titled MONSTER of an album! Save some money on shipping and grab one from them today. Cheers!!
The new tapes have arrived straight from Highland Lakes, NJ and looking great.
Big thanks go to Sunshine Ward Recordings for that.
OUT NOW!!
DOWNWINDER - “Downwinder” CS
SWR is proud to present DOWNWINDER’s self-titled debut album, pressed for the first time in North America! DOWNWINDER weave a devastating, apocalyptic vision of a bleak future. Deep, old school death growls, thrashy, murky, crushing riffs, pounding drums, and an uncompromising barrage of pure gloom await you. Limited to 125 copies on jet-black cassette shells.
This is apokalyptic death/stench/crust FFO: FILTH OF MANKIND, AXEGRINDER, BOLT THROWER, STORMCROW, SANCTUM, AMEBIX
In stock now in our store (link in bio!) and shipping immediately. The band will have copies soon in Greece for our European customers.
LISTEN: https://youtu.be/DfAkc7lb-e8
GET IT HERE: sunshineward.storenvy.com
Also, we just did a massive distro drop from labels like NWN, Hells Headbangers, Goat Throne, Slug Spitter, Primal Vomit, and more! Happy hunting!
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New release announcement coming at 3pm!! Get your DEATH ROCK on!
NOW AVAILABLE!!!
AVAERAS - “Demo” MC
Dark Death Metal from Tennessee, USA! Shadowed in perception and deranged in ex*****on, AVAERAS (pronounced ov-air-us), approaches dark death metal with a myopic obsession with spreading sorrow to a decaying humanity.
This debut takes ULTRA HEAVY to new depths, writhing with the cosmic influential power of bands like early MORBID ANGEL meets INCANTATION, and entangled with strains of bands such as DISINCARNATE, KILLING ADDICTION, SEANCE, COFFIN TEXTS, early BELPHAGOR, and DRAWN & QUARTERED, while maintaining a forward thinking edge and abyssal atmosphere. Prepare to be crushed.
Available now at the SWR store (LINK IN BIO) or through the band Avaeras.
LISTEN: https://youtu.be/aoOTQQfX2iA
BUY IT HERE: https://sunshineward.storenvy.com
AVAERAS - "Mortal Vision", taken from the upcoming demo tape on Sunshine Ward Recordings!AVAERAS is a dark death metal band from Knoxville, TN formerly known...
INDICTMENT SALE! Come celebrate with us with 20% off the entire store, with free shipping on domestic orders over $45!
Tell this dude’s evangelical base to eat it by helping us clear the shelves for some upcoming irreverent releases and distro items. Cheers 🍻
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SWR presents (in the near future!) a duo of gloomy, ghoulish, vampiric EPs by the blackened goth rock powerhouse CEMETERY ECHO!
play a foul Haunt n’ Roll, inspired by the blackest metal and the gothiest death rock. “Come Share My Shroud” and “Carnivorous Lunar Activities” scratch that death-obsessed itch of dark and supernatural romanticism.
Death has never sounded so good….
Songs from each EP available to sample on the SWR YouTube channel or in full on the CEMETERY ECHO bandcamp page.
Listen: https://youtu.be/ltrum-Mw8Nw
FFO: Fields of the Nephilim, Mayhem, Sisters of Mercy, Darkthrone, Danzig, VR S*x, My Dying Bride
AVAILABLE NOW!!
SYN - "Wilk" Cassette TAPE - $10!!!
** LIMITED DIE HARD EDITION **
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SWR is proud to present this release, in conspiracy with REGIMENTAL RECORDS....
SYN is an American black metal band playing raw, uncompromising, epic black metal in the old ways. With members from both the US and Poland, and with ex-members of pioneering USBM bands such as KRIEG and OPEN GRAVE, it is immediately apparent that SYN is offering something special. "Wilk", Polish for "Wolf", is as mysterious and vicious as a lone wolf wandering the vast forests of the ancient world.
This release also comes in a DIE HARD EDITION, featuring the cassette tape inside a custom SYN emblazoned velvet bag, also with a pin, SYN guitar pick, embroidered patch, decal, and wolf pendant. PLUS a glass vile full of real wolf's fur.
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOMCgjt6h0E
FFO: IMMORTAL, ENTHRAL, EMPEROR, MAYHEM, XANTOTOL
OUT NOW on SWR!!
HELLEXIST - "Taste of Agony" Cassette TAPE
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HELLEXIST hail from Malaysia and play fast, ripping stenchcore/crust, with deep, growled vocals from the depths of Hell itself. Speed-infused, crushing, foul, and disgusting death crust, finally available for the first time in North America! Pressed to gorgeous white cassette with metallic gold print and a huge, deluxe J-Card full of the old Bolt Thrower-inspired barbarian art you expect from a band like this.
If you enjoy your crust punk saturated in horrific death metal, this is exactly what you need in your collection! "Taste of Agony" is one of the best albums of the genre and we are proud to present it to you, limited to just 100 copies for North America. Hail Hellexist!
Check it out: https://youtu.be/gX556bzx0uc
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FFO: BOLT THROWER, COFFINS, NA**LM DEATH, STORMCROW, CANNIBAL CO**SE, EXTREME NOISE TERROR
New lyric video for “Walking on Skulls”, from the latest SWR release by TYPHONIAN! Fully remastered by the legendary Dan Swanö!
https://youtu.be/S0ra7zg2DMM
Available to purchase cheap in our store! Support underground death metal!
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After some months of silence, we are back with some really good news!Our debut album "Beneath the Streams of Life" has been remastered and is now re-released...
OUT NOW!!!
TYPHONIAN - “Beneath the Streams of Life” CS
We are proud to announce this gorgeous reissue with brand new art/layout and a complete remaster by legend DAN SWANÖ.
This is old school evil death metal from Germany. Blasphemous, occult offerings from the depths of hell — this is an album of crushing riffs, deep growled vocals, and an aura of absolute darkness.
Visit the SWR store to buy your copy now!! SUNSHINEWARD.STORENVY.COM
European customers, reach out to Typhonian as they are stocking our release (as well as the CD version) there.
Get your discount on!! Buy 3 of any CD, Tape, Vinyl, or Book and get the 4th FREE!
If you buy $45 worth of stuff, you'll also get free domestic shipping. Help us make room for new killer releases and build that collection with the finest underground death metal, black metal, and crust!
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OUT NOW!!! (Link to store in bio)
DISCHANGE - “Seeing Feeling Bleeding” Cassette TAPE
AAAAAAARRRRGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Recorded in Tomas Skogsberg's Sunlight Studios (ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER, GRAVE, DARKTHRONE etc), and originally released in 1993, "Seeing Feeling Bleeding" helped to lay the blueprint for the crust-adjacent genre known as D-Beat, now filled tons of insane bands, who (whether they know it or not) have followed directly in Dischange's footsteps.
Dischange's brand of intense, d-beat driven Discharge-worship is a raging wall of oppressive sound. The sheer brutality of the music on this album is only surpassed by the urgency of its message. War! Death! Destruction! Oppression!
This cassette tape is limited to just 125 copies on black-as-night tape shells with a gorgeous 6-panel J-card. SWR is so proud to present “Seeing Feeling Bleeding” for first time on tape in nearly 30 years!
FFO: Discharge, Disrupt, Anti-Cimex, Wolfbrigade/Wolfpack, Tragedy, Digust, Doom (UK), Varukers, and every Crust Punk and Metal band!
LISTEN: https://youtu.be/0ZPduVqluhM
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Filthy, crushing, brutal….
LISTEN: https://youtu.be/0b9YodNkGUc
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FFO: Bolt Thrower, Filth of Mankind, Axegrinder
OUT NOW!!!
SLAVERY - “Slavery” Cassette TAPE
OUT NOW on SWR, SLAVERY (Czechia) plays absolutely DEVASTATING death metal/crust (stench!) in the vein of old BOLT THROWER and FILTH OF MANKIND.
Deep growled vocals, downtuned guitars, mid-tempo riff apocalypse and pounding drums forecast the coming Armageddon!
This is f*cking CRUSHING, dark, heavy as f*ck death crust of the highest order. You need this NOW! Limited to 100 copies on jet black cassette!
FFO: Bolt Thrower, Filth of Mankind, Axegrinder, Amebix, Sanctum, old Hellbastard
LISTEN: https://youtu.be/0b9YodNkGUc
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