Cavernous Gate - Voices From A Fathomless Realm - Crystal Clear - VINYL LP

Cloak - Black Flame Eternal [VINYL LP] Gatefold LP Jacket, Gold, Ltd Ed, With Booklet, Colored Vinyl, Deluxe Ed date 01/16/2026

Voices from a Fathomless Realm is the first full-length from CAVERNOUS GATE. The German death doom outfit is a solo-project of multi-instrumentalist Sebastian InchS.K.Inch Körkemeier. Sebastian has co-founded HELRUNAR under the alias Alsvartr and he also supports Markus InchSchwadorfInch Stock's black metal project SUN OF THE SLEEPLESS as well as EMPYRIUM live. CAVERNOUS GATE and InchVoices from a Fathomless RealmInch are quite obviously musical works of love. Sebastian is successfully channelling his penchant for British doom and death acts such as earliest PARADISE LOST and CATHEDRAL as well as Swedish death metal in the vein of early ENTOMBED and DISMEMBER into a dark, depressive, and massive monolith of ultra-heaviness. On InchVoices from a Fathomless RealmInch, Sebastian's granite-grinding and abysmally low growls clearly dominate, but are on rare occasions beautifully contrasted with Jenny Kalbitz' female voice. Lyrically InchVoices from a Fathomless RealmInch explores a grimdark fantasy world of twilight and it's ghostly inhabitants, which Sebastian evokes in ways similar to the descriptions of paintings and by the creation of vivid dreamlike images. InchVoices from a Fathomless RealmInch is crafted with all the experience of a veteran metal musician and his audible love for the dark heavy style makes the difference. Let CAVERNOUS GATE drag you into a nightmare abyss of classical doom death interpreted in a contemporary way that paints musical pictures of an unexpected beauty lurking in these unexplored depths of pain and utter sadness.

Odd, Ordinary & Otherwise,' the third full-length record from New Orleans country-folk songsmith Chris Acker, is a collection of songs brimming with true tales, eloquent songwriting, and fearless honesty. During his decade-long songwriting career, Chris has explored musical terrain tread by contemporary folk music's greatest champions Prine, Dylan, Guthrie, etc. With 'Odd, Ordinary & Otherwise,' Acker has forged an unmistakable lyrical style that's truly his own, containing more reverence than reference to those who came before him. The songs of O-O-O are equally as influenced by months of isolation during COVID quarantine as they are by Chris' place in the New Orleans dancehall and busking communities in years previous. The album's thirteen tracks flow gracefully from introspective, quiet tunes worthy of the modern Folk Music cannon, to downright barn burners ready for the dancehall and all the space in between. Acker's creative response to the heartbreak and anxiety that defined the year 2020 is primarily one full of life. The vividly painted scenes and stories that define the record are his and no one else's. Paired with his signature pop sensibility, playful and sometimes humorous language, and a professional sonic presentation, 'Odd, Ordinary & Otherwise' is a compelling record that merits close investigation.