SACRED STEEL “The Bloodshed Summoning” available for PRE-ORDERS NOW!

January 14, 2013 adminLeave a comment

SACRED STEEL “The Bloodshed Summoning” is now available for pre-order in Limited Edition Vinyl and CD.

Due to the very limited amount of the print run, we recommend to place your order for the vinyl edition as soon as possible, as once they are sold, they will not be repressed.
The vinyl comes in two colors: an ultra-limited “blood red” pressing, and a limited “standard black” version, both featuring an ultra-luxury 16-page, big-format, full -colored booklet and a personal download-code to retrieve digital files from Cruz del Sur music’s website.

Once again, and sorry if we stress on this point, please bear in mind that, by decision of the band and label, the vinyl won’t be repressed when sold out.

The CD-edition comes with a 20-page booklet and 3 bonus tracks (not available via download).

PAGAN ALTAR “Lords of Hypocrisy” Pre-Orders OPEN NOW!!

January 6, 2013 EnricoLeave a comment

Welcome to year 2013, Cruz del Sur Music’s fans!! This year will be an incredible one in terms of our releases, and kicks off with the reissue of PAGAN ALTAR‘s classic 2004 lost album, dragged back out from the quicksands of time and served to you perfectly remastered and with a new booklet design (the band itself commented on their Facebook profile that it is “really pleased with the fine job Cruz del Sur Music has done… well done guys!”) complete with lyrics, original pictures provided by the band and a brief history on the making of the album taken from the band’s own “The End of the Enigma” biography.
The CD will hit the streets on January 18th 2013, and you can pre-order your copy NOW by clicking here:

“Very dark, melodic, catchy and also damn cranky, weird, but extremely whacked out. Weird, rare and absolutely brilliant.” METAL OBSERVER

“There’s still the odd sharper, hungrier NWOBHM-edged riff and shredding solo in here, but the seventies rock influences are more to the fore and merging directly with the doomier components.” DESTRUCTIVE MUSIC

Are you not convinced yet? Listen to a free streaming preview of the full album at our Bandcamp:

NPR Radio loves PHARAOH: Top 10 Heavy Metal Releases of Year 2012

December 30, 2012December 30, 2012 EnricoLeave a comment

It is with a clear feeling of accomplishment that we are about to close off this hardworking year 2012 with a great new: PHARAOH’s “Bury the Light” album on Cruz del Sur Music has appeared in the 2012 Top Ten Heavy Metal albums chart of NPR according to writer Lars Gotrich!! Check it out here.

This is what NPR had to say about Bury the Light:”Chris Black is one of metal’s most tireless musicians, typically working in the denim-shredded realm handed down by Iron Maiden and Jag Panzer. In 2012, the drummer and songwriter appeared on three albums that span the early spirit of metal: Superchrist‘s tallboy-downin’ Holy S—, Dawnbringer‘s heartfelt, but no less hair-raising concept album Into the Lair of the Sun God (Black’s baby, so to speak), and Pharaoh‘s Bury the Light. I loved all three for different reasons, but few records this year felt as epic as Bury the Light. Not “epic” in the way that metal journos typically overuse the word, but in the way that vocalist Tim Aymar might as well be wailing an epic poem handed down generations.” Read more “NPR Radio loves PHARAOH: Top 10 Heavy Metal Releases of Year 2012”