KLAXON RECORDS: American Black Metal record label

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Mental illness blamed for deaths; family refuses to accept murder-suicide

Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone said Friday that Thibault stopped on the right side of the road, got out of the car, removed her clothes and undressed the children. She took them in her arms and walked onto the highway. All three were killed when two cars hit them.

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Klaxon is very proud to announce the release of our first CD, ODAL 'On Old Paths'. This release serves to collect the earliest works of the group, showcasing their demo, 'Germansk', their first EP, 'Traitor' (originally on Christhunt), their second EP 'Fimbulwinter' (Originally on Sombre), as well as a track from their 5 way split 10”; all of which have become scarce since their release. The tracks featured here show ODAL in their most RAW state, and in our opinion, most potent – a clear progression to their amazing debut album 'Sturmes Brut'.

In their music, you can tell that ODAL harness an intuitive and confident understanding of black metal as a form. All of the pieces in the right place, every maneuver pulled off with style, and always escalating to the appropriate heights within a song. The tone never strays far from romance into the technical or stygian. The music is, in that sense, very beautiful. From their viewpoint in life, death looks gorgeous and full of excitement and this sensitivity is expressed effectively throughout every riff. They are consistent too, in their atmosphere, and somehow combine feelings of triumph, sadness, and anger together into one beam.

All of this sound is captured in perfect, self-made production. A charming sound full of the glow from an analog home studio: that perfect middle ground of fidelity and warm distortion. This is certainly some of the best black metal Germany has ever produced.

For those unfamiliar, ODAL have been active in the German underground since 1999 (before as ASKE since 1995), and have since released a number of EPs and albums. ODAL's frontman, Taaken, is a restless soul in Germany, partaking in many other black metal projects alongside ODAL. Some of those include Barastir, Erhabenheit, Wolfsschrei, and surely many more. Klaxon has taken the time to stock many related releases of Taaken and ODAL and they can be found in our distribution section.

Note: before 'On Old Paths' was released, a south American bootleg CD (namely ”Warriors of the Night”) existed showcasing the same tracks. Our release serves not only to spread the great music of ODAL, but also to put an end to this cheap and poorly manufactured bootleg by officially reissuing the tracks in perfect quality, mastered from the original source.

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Just released and in stock: BONE AWL "All Has Red" cassette. The cassette features 10 old songs and 1 new song recorded in a rehearsal setting. Expect only powerful fidelity with rough edges. The songs span across many previous Bone Awl releases but are presented here in a new light with a more intimate, 'LIVE' sound. The edition sold only through KLAXON comes packaged differently with extra slip-case and 'OBI'-slide over: Bone Awl's most elaborate cassette. The release was produced by Stigmata productions, in the Netherlands, and is available in quantity from them.

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Are we not all intrigued by the paradoxes, and making our final decision on which side of it we stand? Is this not amazing? Living and dying all at once. Each second closing in on death, always rotting. I know this is the thrill.

But what is black metal? Black metal is the denouncement of life, it is the choosing of a side. Black metal is saying, 'No, I will not forget death! I am staying here with death! I will not stop thinking about dying, rotting, wasting away,' and the effect it has on our minds. We wait down here at the bottom, ready for war.

But the question here is: Is this the death we want? Is this the death we have been fighting for this whole time? To be buried in a mess with no meaning? To be bombarded with sounds and images until our minds cave in? Why do you all bother partaking in this mess? Why do you perpetuate it as a joke? Let's make this death worth dying! Let's quit being funny in our communications; let's finally say what we mean, and fight for it. Fight for the purest and most noble death!

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Another regression for Bone Awl, expect even more stripped-down thuds of Black Metal, sinking deeper into the depths of tape distortion. Here is their latest release: A 9-song mini album recorded in 2007. This cassette is unlimited and home-dubbed. Copies are available one per customer, and only through KLAXON.

Fiery U.S. Black Metal. Demo and rehearsals cassette.

Inspired and prideful black metal, but with the inherent self-destruction natural to this music. "Raw", but beautifully expressive in its realization of melody, this all-live document is an observation of those willing to crush their own ideas alongside those of others, those willing to reduce themselves for their music and strike out thoughtfully, effectively. As "black metal" increasingly becomes a word to avoid, this demo honors the intuitive and balances primal thought with self-realization. This is a being aware of its own cancer, shaping its end with dignity--perhaps a final litmus test for the character of this musical form in its anxious affirmation of life and death.

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To actually control information is a ridiculous notion, an unachievable expectation. We can however at least have a voice, and not allow others to speak for us, in speaking about us. Over is the time of silence, trying to stay back, then holding one's breath and diving under, hoping not to drown in the ocean of media: its polluted waters. Beginning is a new age of toil and a level of involvement. Because if we don't act, nothing will change. We are facing up to it, admitting our place, and taking a stance. Now we will voice it, enforcing greater truths and promoting values that mustn't be lost.

Before, there was not an appropriate medium through which to voice ourselves. However, now, because of developments of the label, we can address things on our own terms, and at least control these terms to the best of our ability. We are pleased to say that there is finally a source that we can verify, and others can too. Here at KLAXON you probably should not expect too many words, but merely hear the voice of our actions and the focus we choose.

One thing we must make clear is that KLAXON in no way supports the recent trend of academic black metal. Black metal is a natural occurence of the expression of death and its counterparts. It is a path that you will find by a way of life, and not a place for dilettantes or people who want to force BM into their own context. Black Metal is something done with total devotion, and purity of vision.

It should also be stated that we will not support the thoughtless and redundant tendencies of the black metal underground. The low standards and inability to see meaningless and repetitive concepts should not be tolerated. Using catch phrases and blindly following traditions is utterly pointless.

KLAXON strives for a greater sense of awareness: an attention to detail while always remaining thoughtful. Between the two downsides of the genre, that we mention above, exists a realm where death is real and infinite; illuminating and inspiring! We will always strive for this greater realization of the dark arts.

There is plenty of death to go around, be patient....... KLX 2007

The final dying blast.

The final screams from the void can be heard here. Deathchurch's last gasp. After delays, their first and last 7" is now available. Expect a cacophany of dissonant, suffocating, and noisy black metal. Like a howling wind combination of Black Witchery and S.O.B. Absolutely brutal in the most underground ways. A collaboration release on black vinyl between Klaxon and Nuclear War Now!

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Bone Awl's debut album is available here. In stock is the second pressing of MLM. Second pressing comes with corrected layout and limited to 200 gray vinyl. Loud Minimalist Black Metal that is bodily jarring and mentally free of God's light. For more ordering information click here.

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NEW KLAXON ITEMS:

Odal "On Old Paths" CD

Bone Awl "Almost Dead Man" CS

Death Church "Unsilent Hate Anthem" 7"

Furdidurke "Demo 2006" CS

Bone Awl "Not For Our Feet" LP

NEW STOCK! (4/26)

Nyogthaeblisz 'Apocryphal Precursor' 7"
Saturnian Mist 's/t' CS
Eisenwinter 'Verkommen' CS
Thule '95-97' CD
Ashpool 'World Turns' CD
Marblebog 'Wind of the Moors' CD
Blood Axe zine
Satanic Panzer zine
Bloodhammer 'Passion of the Devil' mCD
Jumalhamara 'Slaughter the Messenger' mCD
Archgoat 'Whore of Bethlehem' CD
Sombre Chemin 'Notre Heritage Ancestral' LP
Revenge 'Infiltration Downfall Death' CD
Moontower 'In the Shadow' CD
Merciless 'The Awakening' CD
Kaosritual 'Svopt Morgenrod' CD
Vordr 'III' CD
Meressin 'The Baphomet's Call' CD
Fuck Off and Die 'Anti All' CD
Black Crucifixion 'Prometheathian Gift' CD
Black Crucifixion 'Faustian Dream' CD
Tchernoblyad 'Love' CS
Moloch CS
Evilwinged 'Crush the Human Factor' CS
Dead Christ Cult CS
Eisigwald 'Mystery of..' CS
Sovereign 'The Wolf' LP
Tangorodrim 'Justus Ex Fide Vivit' LP

COMING SOON!

Hail LPs
Infernum 'Farewell' digi
Abyssic hate 'suicidal' digi