DARK FOREST new album “The Awakening” announced

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DARK FOREST
and CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC are proud to announce the upcoming and imminent release of “The Awakening”, third studio album for the West Midlands-based quintet, which also introduces the new members Josh Winnard (ex-Wytch Hazel)  and Pat Jenkins respectively on vocals and  on guitars.

Dark Forest’s innate sense of melody remains intact on “The Awakening”, as well as the band’s trademarked epic twin-guitar dueling, but this time the album is permeated by a general sense of oppression and sorrow and sounds much more reflective than their previous works. Not by coincidence, “The Awakening” opens with the ending lines of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poem “ The Mask of Anarchy” and ends with the anthem “Sons of England”.  The  awakening must be both spiritual and intellectual and through the rediscovery of our roots and a connection to nature, must lead all humanity to remember the truth – that we are infinite consciousness and we are one. This is the realisation that will defeat the global control system of the elite and set humanity free.

 The album is recorded in 444hz instead of the standardized 440hz tuning. The decision was based by studying the lost “Solfeggio frequencies”, original sound frequencies which were apparently used in Ancient Gregorian Chants and were believed to impart “spiritual blessings when sung in harmony” and also by studying the nefarious origins of 440hz. Tuning to 444hz corresponds to a “C” of 528hz on the Solfeggio Frequency Scale, the exact frequency used by genetic biochemists to repair broken DNA.  This frequency is also believed to encourage “Transformation and Miracles” .

“The Awakening will be released by Cruz Del Sur Music on Feb 28th 2014 on cd/lp/digital.

VESTAL CLARET signs to CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC!

CRUZ DEL SUR MUSIC is proud to announce another prestigious addition to its roster, VESTAL CLARET!

One of the most mysterious and intriguing bands to appear from the American underground in the last few years, VESTAL CLARET is the creature of Simon Tuozzoli and  Phil Swanson (of SEAMOUNT / HOUR OF 13 fame), and play a killer mixture of doom and  heavy metal riffage with a definite penchant for the morbid and sick atmospheres. Are you ready for the ritual to begin? You better go sharpen your krises!


The Cult of the Vestal Claret” is their second full length album after “Bloodbath” – released in 2011 – and will see the light in April 2014.   Available on compact disc /vinyl / digital formats, this new release will have different track lists.

ARGUS “Beyond the Martyrs” CD PRE-ORDERS Open NOW!

The new album by ARGUS is finally available on pre-order through Cruz del Sur Music’s online store, please click on the button to order your copy:


“Some will no doubt be surprised at just how metal it is, but Argus take quick command of their aesthetic and are unrelenting for the duration. On Beyond the Martyrs, they go to their greatest lengths yet. ” from THE OBELISK.NET

This new ARGUS full-length prepares to cement their moniker within the greatest US Metal treasure archives, because the eight songs contained on this album are granted to leave a carved impression on the small underground Metal connoisseur world.” from METAL-TEMPLE.COM Read more “ARGUS “Beyond the Martyrs” CD PRE-ORDERS Open NOW!”