Malignant Records

Since 1994, a record label and mailorder for dark ambient, hard industrial, power electronics, neo-folk, noise, and martial sounds. Labels include LOKI, Steinklang, Cold Meat Industry, Old Europa Cafe, Tesco, L-White, Eternal Soul, Galakthorroe, Ant-Zen, Rage in Eden, Neuropa, Cyclic Law and many more. View our full catalog here Malignant CatalogRecent growths: des Esseintes - Mondo Macabro CD (TumorCD27)"des Esseintes has welded the force of old school industrial with rhythmic industrial and cinematic music forming a powerful union that delivers both raw aggression and imaginative landscapes filled with rhythms from an apocalyptic tribalism" Heathen Harvest Kristoffer Nystroms Orkester - Brakehead CD (TumorCD25) "‘brakeHEAD’ was my own choice for Record of the Year 2006. Nothing else came even close to matching it". Heathen Harvest "The mix of ambient moods and industrial chainsaw rhythmic is simply sensational and reminds me to pure industrial collectives of the 80s". Side Line’ "...what contemporary industrial music should aspire to reach. It's frightening, abrasive, despondent...". Ink 19 "... a highly recommended release for any fans of post-industrial, dark ambient, and experiment noise music....". Regen Oblivion Ensemble - Seraphim Hallucino CD (TumorCD28) "A huge musical puzzle for the ears... I stake all that I own that you’ll not have heard anything so dynamically impressive before. The first mandatory recording of 2007 that everyone must acquire" Heathen Harvest "A highly psychedelic ambient trip... I can’t stop speaking in superlatives while listening to this CD. This is of pure and undefinable beauty." Gothtronic "...you will find yourself being dragged through the underbelly of this post-apocalyptic landscape complete with dreary slums, dripping alley ways, and dark towering buildings." Blood Ties Megaptera - Staring Back At You CD (TumorCD29) A final celebration of Megaptera’s 15 year anniversary, Malignant presentsthe definitive last statement from this prominent and highly influential death industrial project. Staring Back At You concentrates on demo versions, outtakes, and rare songs from various arenas, including the compilations Zyklon B, Beating the Meat, Slaughter Age ’95, The Book ov Shadowz, Death OdorsII, as well as material from the Deep Inside mLP, and more. These tracks capture Megaptera at their grittiest, creepiest, and most horrifying...a grinding,lurching monstrosity fueled by the madness, violence, lies, wars, and diseasethat plague the world. Phaenon - Submerged CD (TumorCD30) "a beautifully suffocating piece of dark ambiance that should definitely please fans of the drony side of this genre" Lunar Hypnosis "a killer debut, a massive floating field of doomy synthesizer drones drifting through deep space and clusters of notes emerging from the void. The track is constantly shifting over it's 66 minutes, moving from crushingly heavy slabs of cosmic bass to subdued, serene drones flitting through interstellar space and endless sheets of icy metallic hum. Deep, ominous space drone with intense stereo panning that becomes incredibly memserizing" Crucial Blast "deep, heavy, and expansive dark ambience that as the title suggests is akin to being submerged into an vast underground space or falling down an endless tunnel." Musiquemachine "... one of the great masterpieces of Dark Ambience....this is an aural experience that will blow you away with its majestic composition. Phenomenal" Heathen HarvestEidulon - Idolatriae CD (TumorCD33) With the release of Eidulon’s debut CD Idolatriae, we at Malignant are pleased to welcome another new project into the cozy confines of our slowly expanding roster. 7 tracks of ultra bleak, abstract atmospheres, with sounds and textures that seem to seep from catacomb walls and come slithering out of subterranean chambers. Certainly, this can be classified as a dark ambient record, but at it’s core, it’s more than just that simple classification. There’s a gritty, more jagged edge here, with tetonic shifts, deep rumblings, and crackling, climatic squalls buried under a bed of ghostly reverb and haunting tonal resonance. Fits in nicely with past Malignant releases such as R|A|A|N's 'The Nacrasti', Heid's 'Arktogaa', and even Caul's 'Crucible' CD. In elegant 6 panel digipak, with stark black and white, carefully arranged illustrations inspired by Taschism and Spatial art. Get it it now for just $12.00 at the Malignant website! "Idolatriae is made out of grotesque chilling soundscapes with unexpected melodic turns encapsulated in deep stately massive drones and layers of purest ambient with slight changes in the sonic spectrum....I'm deeply impressed by this release, seven tracks of the finest dark ambient recommended tor all people who like this kind of music. Be nice to yourself and purchase this great release." Gothtronic.com "...great debut album from an unknown dark ambient project on the excellent and consistent Malignant Records..." Bloodties "... is absolutely magnificent stuff, grabbing ferociously and tightly while pulling one into the bottomless abyss...". Heathen Harvest Still Fresh! Caul/Kirchenkampf - Sleep, Night, Death CD (TumorCD31) Two artists return to the Malignant roster, having teamed up to create over 60 minutes of dark ambient solitude. A soundscape for late night reflections, full of quiet, whispering drones, cosmic flutterings, arching climatic tones and textures that ascend and descend in a delicate interplay between beauty and bleak desolation. You know their work as separate entities, find out what they do when brought together. Limited to 888 copies with speciality packaging designed by ::: eye.lyft ::: (www.eyelyft.com). Still fresh! STROM.ec - Divine Legions Beyond Psyche CD (TumorCD32) With their fifth full length CD, Finland’s Strom.ec continue to further explore the far regions of power electronics, challenging the confines and stretching the boundary of the genre, sculpting new and innovative creations that are uniquely their own. Having been under construction for over seven years , Divine Legions shows Strom.ec with a majestic control of their craft, offering 8 tracks (including one 21 minute epic to close the CD out!) of powerful and explosive industrial music, full of volatile frequencies, brain bending, enigmatic atmospheres, hallucinatory noise, and the trademark vocal assault that few acts can rival. Presented in a luxurious 8-panel DVDigipak, designed by Jerome Nougaillon, Divine Legions Beyond Psyche represents Strom.ec at their finest, most creative form, having reached a pinnacle in an already illustrious discography. "...overall, if you are looking for power electronics that goes beyond the standard fare, this is definitely one to pick up. 5/5 stars". Chain DLK New!! Steel Hook Prostheses - Atrocitizer CD (TumorCD34) As long time admirers of this Texas two piece, it seemed only a matter of time before Steel Hook Prostheses would find a home with Malignant. While Atrocitizer will probably not be considered their most aggressive release, it is unquestionably their most unsettling and creepy. 10 tracks in total and close to 50 minutes of death industrial in it’s purest form, dripping and oozing with sinister intentions, full of grim electronics, unnerving pulsations, and cold frequency spasms that swarm from a fetid pit of malevolence. Add in a steady stream of ultra menacing , processed vocals and nightmarish samples, and surely you have one of the more disturbing releases ever to be released on Malignant. Steel Hook Prostheses formed in 1999, and since then have amassed an impressive discography of limited CDR releases. Atrocitizer is just their second full length non CDR release following 2005's Light Reflected From A Cold Cutting Table. In 6 panel digipak. "...now what struck me about two minutes into “Dehumanization” was while the band always exudes an air of the ominous, this disc was downright vicious. Previous works creep up your spine like anesthesia and leave you the victim of some very unnecessary surgery, “Atrocitizer” is a bloody-smocked scalpel wielding maniac confronting you in a dark asylum corridor" Plaguehaus.com Brand new! Koerperwelten - Avatars of Rape and Rage CD (TumorCD36) Having started the process way back in 2002, this collaborative project between Swedish powerhouse Nordvargr and US apocalyptic industrialists Navicon Torture Technoloies finally sees the light (so to speak) in 2008, having been re-worked and re-structured as a perilous 40 minute plunge into a black hole of sound. Waves of grim, doom filled atmospheric sludge crossbred with buzzing black drones, grinding distortion, and a seething underbelly of rhythmic pulsations, ultimately delivering everything you might expect from these two acts. In 6 panel digipak, with extreme and controversial, Jonathan Canady (http://art.malsonus.com/) designed artwork sure to be banned if it falls into the wrong hands. Order your copy here for just $12.00 Malignant Catalog Forthcoming! Phragments - Earth Shall Not Cover Their Blood CD (TumorCD37)