SS-04 White Medal - Agbrigg Beast LP available now!

Seed Stock is proud to announce its 4th release in the form of Agbrigg Beast. This LP presents AB in an expanded form, containing two more songs (7 songs total) than the CS version that were recorded in the same session. Limited to 200 copies on black vinyl with xerox covers, this is the most complete version of the recording. Slightly updated artwork by Seed Stock, a release that is wholly worthy of being on all formats and not just 'demo' style presentation.

This release is the exciting revelation of a band coming into their own. Up until this point White Medal have worked at defining their sound and their purpose, and here it is realized in full with a concise set of 5 songs full of character and effective composition. The rawness is still there, the sentiment is there, but now it comes together with fitting riffs and a sturdy jog rhythm that proves to be most comfortable for WM. The music is tough and midpaced but not overly pronounced in it's step. Agbrigg is refined and simple, and still carries the essence of what a black metal demo sounds like, but rarely is a tape released where each song is as strong as the next and has smooth continuity like 'Agbrigg'. This sounds much different from WM's past, and shows a new strength in all of English Black Metal.

RB-03 Raspberry Bulbs - Lone Gunman CS Available Now in the Store!

It was stated before that "the idea here was life", in RB's inspiration/motivation. A life that is desperate, struggling, and overwhelmingly vulgar in all its presentation. Here you have 3 new songs that make it very obvious that something is 'wrong'. In a time when genres seem horribly undescriptive, RB remind us that the ordeal of classification is pointless for something so deformed and hopeless.

SS-05 Hiver Noir / Black Joy OUT NOW!

If you happened to pick up the recent reissue of HN's 'From the Dead Times..' LP you know what type of caliber of black metal is being dealt with here. This is 'Black Metal is More than Music' black metal. It's an ability to communicate the truth without saying a coherent sentence. It is structureless and formless violence that has only the bare minimum in instrumental points of reference to make this a conventional black metal release. These two young ( and R.I.P.?) bands from the same circle (France / Singapore respectively) produce a surge of 'music' that embodies the untapped darkness of youth and the violent energy in its most primal conjuration (fight or flight). To be plain: this is probably the rawest music that Seed Stock will ever release. Limited to 200 pro printed tapes with Xerox covers.

SS-03 Hiver Noir - From Dead Times... LP, available now!

Most of the time music is hard to put into words, sometimes nearly impossible. The charm of HN, unfortunately for this block of text, falls into the latter category. In short, this is a somewhat obscure French black metal band's most recent (2006) demo put onto 100 black LPs. To go on, this is a foggy and dissipating spirit of black metal, made under fitting conditions: teenage band members, isolated living, horrible recording equipment, imperfect spiritual attitude. Melancholic elliptical shades overlapping, moving slowly, with punches and rumbling from the engine beneath.

SS-02 Out Now! Moontower - In the Shadow of the Wolf in Stock!

Coming out the 2nd wave of Polish black metal, Moontower were one the names that stood out in this scene of dangerous and violent music from that era. With contemporaries like Ohtar, Selbstmord, Kataxu, and Gontyna Kry this scene defined itself as the most potent in all of European black metal for that time period. With several great demos and a split cassette with Ohtar, Moontower were and continue to be one of the most productive Polish bands of that time. In the Shadow of the Wolf was released as a debut mini album of sorts back in 2003, and to this day stands as the band's finest acheivement (in Seed Stock's opinion of course).

SS-01 Out Now! Sovereign Rehearsal 1995 10" in Stock!

Sovereign have been a strange and unique band in the underground for a long while. With releases marking back all the way to the late nineties, they have developed a surprisingly long discography that has spread as slowly as you would expect of vinyl only releases from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Regardless, Sovereign's style is something that will immediately stand out, and distinguish itself from the many other "black" bands from that region. Their music is vibrant, raw, melodic, and the only thing noticeably "Brazilian" about it is how the sole member, Rudolph, wrangles the guitar strings like he's choking out the last breath of a living animal.

Bone Awl - Sunless Xyggos CS is NOW sold out!

Instrumental versions originally released as the material for the split with "The Rita". KLX-020 (the final KLX release). Limited to 300 copies on pro-printed cassette shells. Note: this is not a new release. This cassette will be available in quantity from Cinereous records .