Limited bundle incl. Gatefold LP (gold vinyl), CD hardcover book, logo patch and hand-signed/numbered certificate of authenticity, packed in a The Vision Bleak cloth bag (250 copies available).
THE VISION BLEAK return in grand style: The German duo's seventh full-length "Weird Tales" constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The album consists of a single track that is divided into internal chapters, which are each inspired by weird tales, poems, and other literature of horror and the macabre. On "Weird Tales", THE VISION BLEAK are referring to eminent writers of the legendary magazine such as H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but also allude to authors that were never featured in the magazine, for example Edgar Allen Poe and Lafcadio Hearn, whose "Fantastics and Other Fancies" was very influential for this album. THE VISION BLEAK are pulling every register of their enormous musical prowess. The chapters range stylistically from flamboyant gothic rock via dark doom to harsh black and death metal parts – and about everything in between. All the thrilling elements that the following of the duo has come to expect and love is present on this record: the dramatic and theatrical, the harsh and heavy, the melancholic and eerie, and also catchy and symphonic moments. All of this is woven into a dense sonic tapestry, which is held together by a recurring ebb and flow that is reminiscent of classical composition. THE VISION BLEAK were born out of the friendship between guitarist, bass-player and harsh vocalist Markus Stock aka Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and drummer and singer Tobias Schönemann alias Allen B. Konstanz. After first experimenting with a more gothic rock formula, THE VISION BLEAK shaped up when the duo began to involve their mutual love for the horror genre. Already their debut album, "The Deathship Has a New Captain" (2004) became an instant success in both gothic and metal circles and is by now regarded as a classic. As the debut album's theme was based on classical horror movies, the Germans aptly dubbed their style: horror metal. With the following albums, THE VISION BLEAK cemented their reputation as purveyors of classy and quality music. Each full-length revolves around themes from the horror genre that can easily be deduced from their respective titles. "Carpathia" (2005) was followed by "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) and "Set Sail to Mystery (2010), "Witching Hour" (2013), and "The Unknown" (2016). THE VISION BLEAK, the masters of horror metal, are finally ready to gift the world their most ambitious song so far: "Weird Tales" is a beautiful and heartfelt homage to a poetic golden age of horror and mystery literature. Listen with care, but always be wary of the eldritch and forbidding sounds that lurk within this song!
Tracklist:
1. Weird Tales
- Chapter I: Introduction
- Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
- Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
- Chapter IV: Once I was a Flower
- Chapter V: The Premature Burial
- Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
- Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
- Chapter VIII: The Undying One
- Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
- Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
- Chapter XI: Canticle
- Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe
Gatefold LP (gold vinyl) with padded inner sleeves and protection sleeve (500 copies available).
THE VISION BLEAK return in grand style: The German duo's seventh full-length "Weird Tales" constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The album consists of a single track that is divided into internal chapters, which are each inspired by weird tales, poems, and other literature of horror and the macabre. On "Weird Tales", THE VISION BLEAK are referring to eminent writers of the legendary magazine such as H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but also allude to authors that were never featured in the magazine, for example Edgar Allen Poe and Lafcadio Hearn, whose "Fantastics and Other Fancies" was very influential for this album. THE VISION BLEAK are pulling every register of their enormous musical prowess. The chapters range stylistically from flamboyant gothic rock via dark doom to harsh black and death metal parts – and about everything in between. All the thrilling elements that the following of the duo has come to expect and love is present on this record: the dramatic and theatrical, the harsh and heavy, the melancholic and eerie, and also catchy and symphonic moments. All of this is woven into a dense sonic tapestry, which is held together by a recurring ebb and flow that is reminiscent of classical composition. THE VISION BLEAK were born out of the friendship between guitarist, bass-player and harsh vocalist Markus Stock aka Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and drummer and singer Tobias Schönemann alias Allen B. Konstanz. After first experimenting with a more gothic rock formula, THE VISION BLEAK shaped up when the duo began to involve their mutual love for the horror genre. Already their debut album, "The Deathship Has a New Captain" (2004) became an instant success in both gothic and metal circles and is by now regarded as a classic. As the debut album's theme was based on classical horror movies, the Germans aptly dubbed their style: horror metal. With the following albums, THE VISION BLEAK cemented their reputation as purveyors of classy and quality music. Each full-length revolves around themes from the horror genre that can easily be deduced from their respective titles. "Carpathia" (2005) was followed by "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) and "Set Sail to Mystery (2010), "Witching Hour" (2013), and "The Unknown" (2016). THE VISION BLEAK, the masters of horror metal, are finally ready to gift the world their most ambitious song so far: "Weird Tales" is a beautiful and heartfelt homage to a poetic golden age of horror and mystery literature. Listen with care, but always be wary of the eldritch and forbidding sounds that lurk within this song!
Tracklist:
1. Weird Tales
- Chapter I: Introduction
- Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
- Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
- Chapter IV: Once I was a Flower
- Chapter V: The Premature Burial
- Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
- Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
- Chapter VIII: The Undying One
- Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
- Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
- Chapter XI: Canticle
- Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe
Digisleeve CD.
THE VISION BLEAK return in grand style: The German duo's seventh full-length "Weird Tales" constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The album consists of a single track that is divided into internal chapters, which are each inspired by weird tales, poems, and other literature of horror and the macabre. On "Weird Tales", THE VISION BLEAK are referring to eminent writers of the legendary magazine such as H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but also allude to authors that were never featured in the magazine, for example Edgar Allen Poe and Lafcadio Hearn, whose "Fantastics and Other Fancies" was very influential for this album. THE VISION BLEAK are pulling every register of their enormous musical prowess. The chapters range stylistically from flamboyant gothic rock via dark doom to harsh black and death metal parts – and about everything in between. All the thrilling elements that the following of the duo has come to expect and love is present on this record: the dramatic and theatrical, the harsh and heavy, the melancholic and eerie, and also catchy and symphonic moments. All of this is woven into a dense sonic tapestry, which is held together by a recurring ebb and flow that is reminiscent of classical composition. THE VISION BLEAK were born out of the friendship between guitarist, bass-player and harsh vocalist Markus Stock aka Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and drummer and singer Tobias Schönemann alias Allen B. Konstanz. After first experimenting with a more gothic rock formula, THE VISION BLEAK shaped up when the duo began to involve their mutual love for the horror genre. Already their debut album, "The Deathship Has a New Captain" (2004) became an instant success in both gothic and metal circles and is by now regarded as a classic. As the debut album's theme was based on classical horror movies, the Germans aptly dubbed their style: horror metal. With the following albums, THE VISION BLEAK cemented their reputation as purveyors of classy and quality music. Each full-length revolves around themes from the horror genre that can easily be deduced from their respective titles. "Carpathia" (2005) was followed by "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) and "Set Sail to Mystery (2010), "Witching Hour" (2013), and "The Unknown" (2016). THE VISION BLEAK, the masters of horror metal, are finally ready to gift the world their most ambitious song so far: "Weird Tales" is a beautiful and heartfelt homage to a poetic golden age of horror and mystery literature. Listen with care, but always be wary of the eldritch and forbidding sounds that lurk within this song!
Tracklist:
1. Weird Tales
- Chapter I: Introduction
- Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
- Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
- Chapter IV: Once I was a Flower
- Chapter V: The Premature Burial
- Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
- Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
- Chapter VIII: The Undying One
- Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
- Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
- Chapter XI: Canticle
- Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe
Black double vinyl in gatefold sleeve.
1. The Drowning Age
2. The Last Hour Ancient Sunlight
3. End of the Robe
4. Elysian Night
5. Deadlight
6. Dead World Assembly
7. A Phantom Dissonance
8. The Quiet Storm
9. The Death of Hours
Black vinyl.
A1. Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade)
A2. Love Crimes
A3 ...Of Dream and Drama (Midnight Ride)
A4. Lua d'Inverno
A5. Trebaruna
B1. Vampiria
B2. An Erotic Alchemy
B3. Alma Mater
B4. Ataegina
White double-vinyl.
Side A
1 Dead Again
2 Tripping A Blind Man
3 The Profit Of Doom
4 September Sun
5 Halloween In Heaven
Side B
6 These Three Things
7 She Burned Me Down
8 Some Stupid Tomorrow
9 An Ode to Locksmiths
10 Hail And Farewell To Britain
Marbled vinyl.
01. Into Infinity
02. Emptiness
03. Arms of Morpheus
04. Remembrance
05. My Sanctuary
06. Transmigration
07. If They Could Speak
08. Juggernaut
09. Breath of Life
10. Pain of Deception
Digipak CD.
01. Into Infinity
02. Emptiness
03. Arms of Morpheus
04. Remembrance
05. My Sanctuary
06. Transmigration
07. If They Could Speak
08. Juggernaut
09. Breath of Life
10. Pain of Deception
Bonus (Digipak)
11. The Search
12. As If You Never Existed
13. Broken
14. Until We Die
Transparent vinyl in gatefold sleeve with printed inner sleeve, limited to 200 copies.
A1. The Drama Of The Wicked
A2. Secrecies In Darkness
A3. Carpathia
A4. Dreams In The Witch-House
A5. Sister Najade (The Tarn By The Firs)
B1. The Curse Of Arabia
B2. Kutulu!
B3. The Charm Is Done
A doom classic finally available on vinyl with completely new artwork designed for this vinyl release only!
Special coloured edition on clear vinyl, ltd. to 100 copies and available via Supreme Chaos Records only!
1. Godforsaken
2. Beneath Sardonic Skies
3. Dead Inside
4. Pazuzu
5. Dolor Nil Finis
6. Black Wish
7. Thy Flesh Consumed
Golden double vinyl in gatefold cover with printed inner sleeves and A2 poster, limited to 500 copies.
Tracklist LP 1
I
A1. Nowhere 11:18
A2. Versus
A3. Ordinance
II
B1. Confessions
B2. Father
Tracklist LP 2
III
C1. Metamorphoses
C2. Ghost
IV
D1. Seraphim Is Dead
D2. Lucifer Speaks
D3. Exit
SCR exclusive vinyl edition!
Dark moss green double vinyl in gatefold sleeve with 12 pages booklet in LP format, limited to 99 copies.
Tracklist LP 1
A1. Wir Ertrunkenen - Prolog
A2. Wir Ertrunkenen
A3. Verwüstung
B1. Am Ende der Welt - Teil 1
B2. Skulptur aus Eis
Tracklist LP 2
C1. Metamorphosis
C2. 3327
C3. Melatonin
D1. Untergang
D2. Am Ende der Welt - Teil 2
D3. Wir Ertrunkenen - Epilog
Transparent green vinyl.
Side A
1 Impotent God.......................................00:03:47
2 Suffering Souls................................... 00:03:26
3 Nightmare............................................ 00:04:29
4 Jesus Fall..............................................00:03:28
5 God Is A Lie..........................................00:02:57
Total Side A......................................00:18:07
Side B
1 Left To Rot.............................................00:03:34
2 Burn By The Cross.............................00:04:47
3 To Escape Is To Die............................00:03:54
4 Take The Throne................................. 00:05:21
5 Penetralia..............................................00:06:33
Total Side B.....................................00:24:09
Purple vinyl.
Side A
1 Pleasure Of Molestation...................00:06:01
2 Exclamation Of A Necrofag............00:05:08
3 Osculum Obscenum........................00:05:05
4 Necronomicon...................................00:04:09
5 Black Metal.........................................00:02:58
Total: Side A.................................... 00:23:21
Side B
1 Inferior Devoties...............................00:04:42
2 Infant Sacrifices..................................00:04:15
3 Attachment To The Ancestors.......00:05:34
4 Althotas................................................00:04:21
Total: Side B.................................... 00:18:52
Transparent orange double vinyl.
Side A
1 Apocalypse........................................00:05:56
2 Mind Corruption.................................00:03:51
3 Reincarnation.....................................00:03:49
Total Side A..................................... 00:13:36
Side B
1 Reborn.................................................00:03:08
3 Never To Return................................00:04:08
2 Black Forest.......................................00:04:24
4 Path To Babylon................................00:03:43
Total Side B..................................... 00:15:23
Side C
1 Slaughtered.......................................00:05:39
2 Orgy In Blood.....................................00:03:21
3 The North Wind.................................00:03:45
4 T.E.M.P.T...............................................00:03:18
Total Side C..................................... 00:16:03
Side D
1 The Fourth Dimension.....................00:05:53
2 The Arrival Of Demons.....................00:01:50
Total Side D.....................................00:07:43
Transparent red vinyl.
Side A
1 The Gathering.............................................. 00:01:10
2 Roswell 47...................................................00:03:57
3 Killing Art.................................................... 00:02:56
4 The Arrival Of Demons (Part 2)................00:03:19
5 Buried.............................................................00:03:11
6 Abducted..................................................... 00:02:51
7 Paradox........................................................00:04:32
Total Side A............................................. 00:21:56
Side B
1 Left To Rot......................................................00:03:34
2 Burn By The Cross......................................00:04:47
3 To Escape Is To Die.....................................00:03:54
4 Take The Throne...........................................00:05:21
5 Penetralia.......................................................00:06:33
Total Side B.............................................00:24:09