DVP 357 Pagan Altar – Lords of Hypocrisy DLP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated reissue of PAGAN ALTAR’s Lord of Hypocrisy album on CD and double vinyl LP formats.
Featuring songs written between 1976 and 1983, Lords of Hypocrisy is a timeless classic of macabre Heavy/Doom Metal, centered around man’s inhumanity to man and its ultimate demise. Based on the beautiful editions on now defunct Temple of Mystery Records, Dying Victims continues making Pagan Altar’s back catalogue available again.
Heavy rocking DOOM metal pioneers!
– Regular double LP edition on black vinyl, with poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special double LP edition on ultra clear/blue marbled vinyl, with poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
DVP 358 Barbarian – Reek of God LP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the highly anticipated sixth album of Italy’s BARBARIAN, Reek of God, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Truer than true, Italy’s BARBARIAN have almost become a subgenre unto themselves during the past 16 years. Although, let there be no confusion: BARBARIAN are HEAVY METAL. A power-trio of not just metal maniacs but actual MUSIC maniacs, of all persuasions, BARBARIAN integrate all kinds of crude-yet-refined DNA into their particular palette, almost effortlessly resulting in something that’s dieharder than anything around and yet elevating heavy metal to an artform worthy of the fanciest museum. Or, quite the opposite: denim and leather, spikes and chains, swords and sorcery, ugly men and beautiful women, each dawn they die… Either way, to experience BARBARIAN is to imbibe the essence of heavy metal, infused with personality and panache, killing with power and charisma. Posers don’t need to leave the hall because they wouldn’t be able read the map to it in the first place.
Now, following a trio of hailed albums for Hells Headbangers – Cult of the Empty Grave (2016), To No God Shall I Kneel (2019), and Viperface (2022) – BARBARIAN join forces with longtime fans DYING VICTIMS for the Italians’ sixth full-length, Reek of God. Like clockwork, it’s another three years between albums, and BARBARIAN deliver the goods. And yet, this is also a new chapter in their series: “retrogarde metal,” chronologically after “total metal,” “absolute metal,” “obtuse metal,” and “regressive metal.” As such (and in possession of exactly 98 riffs in 35 minutes), the ten central songs comprising Reek of God are shorter and more to-the-point but basically with no classic rock structure of verse / chorus. BARBARIAN’s characteristic sound – in the simplest of terms, raw speed and epic metal meets even rawer proto-extreme metal – has here been enriched with a vein close to mid ‘80s death metal and even metal-tinged punk, but with a flow of tempo-changes and riffs to be found only in late ‘80s / early ‘90s developments of extreme metal. BARBARIAN are nothing if not studious acolytes; they know their shit, and then make records about it.
Still, Reek of God has its own surprises. Of course, the album’s lyrics strike at everything that is religious. But special mention must be made for “Shit He Forgives,” which is based on the lyrics of “Reality Asylum” by anarcho-punk pioneers Crass, and “Crossburn,” which is a political statement that places the band on the opposite side of the spectrum regarding the KKK connection the title might suggest. Deepening the record-nerd’dom, the album’s “Warning” intro is a take on the Ice-T intro of the same name on the legendary rapper’s Home Invasion album from 1993. Likewise, BARBARIAN’s cover here of the Los Angeles L7’s “Freak Magnet” is one featuring their typical Hellhammer-ish atonal riffs – which were atypical for L7, drawing an otherwise-overlooked throughline of aesthetic symbiosis – and inspired by the 1992 version produced by Butch Vig (on the Everglade EP) rather than the 1994 version produced by Gggaarth (on Hungry for Stink). Wait…Crass, L7, and Ice-T on a BARBARIAN album?! Believe it, comrade: this is the Reek of God!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on orange vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
DVP 359 Karloff – Revered by Death LP/CD
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present KARLOFF’s highly anticipated second album, Revered by Death, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
Hailing from Germany, KARLOFF formed in 2018 initially as a means for erstwhile Graveyard Ghoul member Tom Horrified to blow off some punk-oriented steam with a couple close comrades. While their first Demo ’18 and then subsequent Raw Nights mini-album presented them as a more gutter-level Midnight, it was 2022’s debut album, The Appearing, where the true form of KARLOFF took shape. Recasting the band in a totally new, altogether more unique light, The Appearing strutted forth to a rich, robust, and rippingly muscular sound not unlike ancient-days metalpunk; think Carnivore, Best Wishes-era Cro-Mags, or even early Nasty Savage, and you’re in KARLOFF’s wheelhouse.
Turning that wheel yet further, KARLOFF return with their second full-length, Revered by Death. For sure, Revered by Death follows logically from The Appearing. That same lead-heavy stomp is present and accounted for here, but the paces KARLOFF go through are undeniably moodier and murkier; if there wasn’t a sense of stifled violence here, it would almost be accurate to call LP#2 “sludgy.” No amount of energy is sacrificed, thankfully, as KARLOFF’s olde-worlde evil goes in an even-darker direction while the tempos, in kind, feel slightly more reined in. Fleshing out that darkness further are chorus FX, once again tastefully applied and suggesting still a post-punk influence that could blossom in the future; just witness the deathrock-in-glue instrumental “On Weathered Altar” for poignant proof. As the present stands, Revered by Death more than lives up to its lofty title, with KARLOFF’s heaviness coming not so much from the volume or distortion they employ but, rather, from the overall feel of their songwriting: punchier, but portending a deeper doom & gloom.
Ghouls and ghosts, thugs and thieves: KARLOFF are back and calling upon you to be Revered by Death!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on oxblood vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code and patch.
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
Karloff – Die Wiederkehr der Dunkelei
– Longsleeve with 3 prints
– Woven Patch
– Metal Pin
DVP-R 14 Bad Lizard – Power of Destruction LP/CD
RELICS FROM THE CRYPT, the sub-label of DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS dedicated to keeping the past alive, is proud to reissue BAD LIZARD’s cult debut album, Power of Destruction, on CD and vinyl LP formats.
One of those great “one and done” curios in the classic metal canon, Belgium’s BAD LIZARD began life in 1980 with a more hard rock-oriented sound on their first single (originally released in 1982) before shifting gears up to proto-power-leaning heavy metal a year later on their next 12” EP. However, it was their 1985 debut album, Power of Destruction, where BAD LIZARD laid down an etched-in-time underground classic and then promptly disappeared as their lineup fell apart and promising tours had to be cancelled. A heavy metal dream lost at the time, but its memory is now being resurrected for a new generation of true metallers hungry for the cultest ‘80s European sounds.
Released by a young Roadrunner Records, BAD LIZARD’s Power of Destruction bore some pretty recognizable similarities to much-bigger bands – the dual-guitar interplay of Judas Priest, the harmonic gallop of Iron Maiden, the cool, dark cruise of Accept – but the way they assimilated these influences spoke volumes about the vitality of the metal underground at the time. Totaling 10 songs in 41 minutes, the album was bursting at the seams with SONGS: each one distinct from the other and imparting a particular mood or texture or tempo, and each one absolutely memorable and passionately played. For a record that wasn’t quite in metal’s “big leagues” at the time, the production is incredible – heavy, atmospheric, and each instrument and especially vocals sizzling with presence and vitality – and that variety of songcraft and the subsequent pacing of the tracklisting made Power of Destruction an album you want to experience beginning to end. Beyond that, BAD LIZARD’s chops here were expertly utilized in service of the song, with the band’s overall execution giving the album a power metal feel despite the taxonomy actually reading “juiced-up traditional metal” more often than not.
As so often happens with a young band, BAD LIZARD began splitting at the seams as touring became too stressful and a suitable replacement for vocalist Eddy Termote could not be found. Even so, the band opened up for the likes of King Diamond, Manowar, Helloween, Destruction, and Agent Steel among others, and the album’s subsequent release netted many positive reviews worldwide, altogether ensuring that BAD LIZARD’s legacy wasn’t a total wash. And now, again on vinyl and for the first time officially on CD, this reissue of Power of Destruction will continue that legacy, receiving a robust remaster courtesy of Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony: “Far Away From Home” no longer!
– Regular edition on black vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and download code.
– Special edition on green vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card and patch. – slightly delayed
– CD edition with sticker and obi.
DVP 360 Syrion – Symphony of Horror MC
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to release SYRION’s first ep Symphonies of Horror on music cassette format. Additionally, the Keeper of Souls demo is included as well.
Syrion is a Belgian heavy metal band which formed in late 2023 with the aim to pay tribute to the glorious NWOBHM period as well as classic speed metal acts. Across the 5 tunes (which stem from of 2 different recording sessions) this young group of maniacs delivers very promising, rough’n’ready old school compositions.
– MC edition with sticker, button and download code.
DVP 361 Savage Sword – Demo 2026 MC
DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to release SAVAGE SWORD’s first demo “Demo 2026” on music cassette formas.
This Swedish four-piece formed in late 2022 and after some line-up changes is now ready to present its first sign of life. Embedded in the fantastical themes of Conan the barbarian and beyond, the band recorded four heavy metal tunes which intertwine traditional metal with captivating melodies, up-tempo outbursts and a general nod in the direction of Mercyful Fate, Running Wild, Omen among many more.
– MC edition with sticker, button and download code.
