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Sold Out Ehnahre - Alpha/Omega 12" Boston based Avant Black/Death/Doom metal band Ehnahre follow up their debut record "The Man Closing Up" with a new 12, entitled "Alpha/Omega." With 2009 seeing the addition of drummer/noise artist/wacko Ricardo Donoso, Ehnahre plumbed even further into the depths of rhythmic flux and sway which characterized their debut release. This record sees Ehnahre starting to stretch out, and progress beyond their beginnings- more extremes, more chaos, more discordant guitar lines, and vocals akin to the outburst of a bloodthirsty, drunken schizophrenic. "Alpha/Omega" was written based on the poems "Leda and the Swan" and "The Second Coming" by Irish writer William Butler Yeats. Utilizing mythological, mystical, and religious themes, the text alludes to the beginning of the world, and Armageddon. Taking their ugly, atonal and oppressive sound to new lows of stifling darkness and malevolence, the uncompromising dissonance and instability on this record will salt the earth with Ehnahre's aural depravity. Ehnahre is releasing "Alpha/Omega" on Fun with Asbestos Records, in a limited run (100 copies). It will be released exclusively on 12" vinyl, pressed at 45 rpm with hand printed jackets. Mastered by James Plotkin. mp3: A / B

$6.50ppd (USA/Canada) $8.50ppd (World) Ehnahre - Pipeline c21 Initially released as an edition of 50 to coincide with Ehnahre's European tour last April, here we have the second pressing now in an edition of 175 pro dubbed cassettes with new artwork available to those who didn't catch The Man Closing up tour in Europe & the UK. Pipeline is a live recording of Part II, Part III and Part V off the debut release The Man Closing Up (Sound Devastation) from a radio station gig in 2008. The recording finds the band in all its naked glory - no strings, brass or electronics, Pipeline exposes the band at its most raw and brutal. Experimental combinatorial twelve tone black metal with instances of doom and death metal from these ex members of Kayo Dot. The master of 20th century music, Arnold Schoenberg, declared the "liberation of the dissonance" to be essential for the progress of music as an art form. Ehnahre wholly embraces that philosophy, and it consummately informs their music. Dodecaphony of end times. "There are no words to explain what this band does. They really don't give you anything to latch on to. No melodies, no riffs, just oppressive sound. It beats you down until you find yourself curled up in the corner, gently weeping." Edition of 175: pro-dubbed on white Type II High Bias cassettes with 2-panel jcard, silkscreened shells & shrink-wrapping. mp3: A / B

$14ppd (USA/Canada) $16ppd (World) Ehnahre - The Man Closing Up CD The Man Closing Up is a through-composed, singular piece of music, divided into five sections. These five "songs" are intrinsically linked, through text, form, and motivic material. The texts are based on the improvisational poetry of Donald Justice. The dark and lonely imagery of the work informs the music, as well as the illustration of oceanic themes. The words and music become closely related, carefully intertwined through elements of form and text painting. As for the actual composition, the majority of the music began as combinatorial 12-tone music, sometimes to remain true to it's serial genesis, sometimes to wander to other regions of atonality. Elements of Free Improvisation also find it's way into the music, adding an element of abandon, and the unknown. Custom 4-panel matte digipak with UV spot gloss. 16-page booklet using different 176gsm and 90gsm parch marque card. mp3: Part II