ANGUISH From Salvation, Deceased And Enslavement CD (2026 Hung Rotten Records, Angka Kematian Production)

You might have heard it enough, but I will say it again. After 26 years of prolonged existence this is the debut album from them. Finally, you might be thinking. Yet those years are not being spent unwisely though; between them ANGUISH had some other form of releases aplenty, and had consistently playing shows whenever the circumstances permit. Alas we are not to delve on those years in these columns, they are all strictly reserved for this album, "From Salvation, Deceased And Enslavement". And from the very first moment of it I should warn you that this is not a death Metal album that you are expecting bang your head 'comfortably' too. ANGUISH concoction of death Metal in this one is of the type that wished to pummels you deep into the ground, and keep on doing that until there's nothing left to humiliate on. You cannot hangguk at ease to this one, it intends to ketuk kepala anda sampai pecah (got it?). If you need some reference, think that kind of barrage you get from something by BRODEQUIN, that kind of death Metal yes it is. No let off from the start, ANGUISH just keep on punishing until the listening session adjourned. Such momentum are consistent throughout the entire length of "From Salvation..." and that is what you should expect it to be. My only (and constantly nagging) gripe is the utterly raw and seemingly bare minimum production of this album, so much so that at times I think it eats up way too much than it should be allowed to. If I have my way it is an unquestioned desire to witness ANGUISH destroying the path with a more appropriate, 'controlled' (for lack of better word for it), yet still punishing production it very much deserve. It is a demand that should be swiftly granted, given the path that ANGUISH threading on is not the one commonly accustomed with the local extreme Metal underground and one that should be admired.

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 [NARROW020] IV V I IV / UR "Your Death" Split Tape 06062017 (SOLD OUT)

Cassette tape edition limited to 100 copies, on black shell with hand-engraved numbering in Roman numerals and draped in black polybag unearthing the split celebrations from the depths of graveyard soils.

 [NARROW021] DISOBEYED "Warpokalypse Raid" 04092016 (SOLD OUT)

100 copies limitation (the tracks were later re-released in a CD release some time later). A one-off release of this still devastating cassette tape EP sold off as quick as it was released on the 4th of September 2016. On two-coloured (clear and black) tape shells and tasteful lay-out as usual, THE ultimate black death formation in the veins of BELPHEGOR that Malaysia has ever unleashed. Total annihilation and warmongering lust from start to finish.

NARROW019: PUTREFIED REMAINS "The Enthronement" out 26th August 2016

"The Enthronement" is the second album of PUTREFIED REMAINS, further cementing their status as the foremost in the genre when it comes to the Malaysian extreme Metal scene. You are not going to be disappointed if you're into the finest, peak moments of the Greek black Metal scene, since these guys done it with pure conviction and sincerity without being a blatant plagiarists; qualities that are bursting out from "The Enthronement" effortlessly.

This second affiliation with PUTREFIED REMAINS comes limited to 200 copies, on professionally duplicated tapes with elaborate A4-sized layout, on-shell printing (I do find it hard to react the right way seeing our logo being molested by the factory for the on-shell printing, but come as it may it serves its purpose though, JUST), finished off with the custom seal on the Norelco box opening.

 

RM15 (Tidak Termasuk Pos) / EUR10 or USD12 (shipping included worldwide).

IV V I IV "Endless Morbidity" NARROW666

It is sort of a 'one-off' projects, and a special one for us indeed, thus the catalogue number NARROW666. A collaboration between us and Illusion Of Dead Productions (large part of it, true), is the debut release of IV V I IV in the shape of a mini-album "Endless Morbidity".

THE black Metal release of the Malaysia extreme Metal scene in 2016? Go ahead, hear the sample at our narrowards.bandcamp.com bunker, this is something that have not been heard of in the local scene. IV V I IV reigns.

300 copies hand-numbered pro-CD release.

RM15 (tidak termasuk pos) / USD13 or EUR11 (shipping inclusive)

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STORTREGN "Uncreation" NARROW018 - 01052016

Simultaneously on the 1st of May 2016 is the release on the cassette tape format of the debut album from Switzerland's STORTREGN. Yes, largely escapes the radar of most contemporary extreme Metal listeners, we who dig deep, deeper and deeper; into the cauldron of the most obscure and lesser heralded gems, decided to honour "Uncreation" with a limited NARROWARDS cassette tape plague.

"Uncreation" will not dissapoint if you're into well-played, well-crafted death/black Metal largely owning up to the legacy of DISSECTION. No straight carbon copy here, that large chunk is disseminated and reassembled to become STORTREGN's own.

100 copies as usual, on our preferred folded A4-sized layout, with fire-branded tape label that works well with the whole album concept, it's a NARROWARDS tape so that is to be expected.

RM15 (tidak termasuk pos) / USD12 or EUR10 (Shipping inclusive)

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01052016: DEMONICAL "BLACK FLESH REDEMPTION" NARROW017

Our second collaboration with the masters DEMONICAL, in the form of the limited cassette tape edition of their raging mini-album "Black Flesh Redemption".

Released under license from AGONIA RECORDS with direct and totalitarian art direction by the band via Kontamination Design, the cassette tape edition comes in slipcase with inlay inside, on a pro-duplicated tape with a minimalist approach on the label to go in line with the release and NARROWARDS stylism. The normal Norelco box will be included if you purchase directly from us, in case any of you find the need for it.

If you didn't find DEMONICAL make sense at all with the ultimate in Swedish death metal darkness, then I suggest you don't listen to death Metal at all. Crucial.

RM15 (tidak termasuk pos) / USD12 or EUR10 (shipping inclusive)

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