Saturday, March 17, 2012

MOURNFUL CONGREGATION: TO RELEASE "BOOK OF KINGS" ON VINYL and "BOX OF KINGS"



Australian funeral doomsters MOURNFUL CONGREGATION have announced the release of the bands latest opus "THE BOOK OF KINGS" in box set/ vinyl format via OSTRA RECORDS. The MOURNFUL CONGREGATION box set will be entitled "Box Of Kings" due to be unleashed in APRIL/MAY 2012 (release date TBA).


FROM MOURNFUL CONGREGATION:
Hello,

A lot of people have been waiting a long time for news regarding the upcoming vinyl edition of MOURNFUL CONGREGATION's latest album. I sincerely apologise for the delays and the discrepancies between the planned release date and the actual one.

The reasons for these delays are as follows:

- We (the band and myself) have worked a lot on the gatefold cover and ideas of an alternative artwork. However, these ideas were rejected each time because none could rival the first artwork. Finally, we have reached the decision today to keep the original artwork for the vinyl edition.

- Another reason is that I wanted the best for this release, which is, in my opinion, one of the best Doom Metal albums to ever see the gloom of Night. These wishes have pushed us to go through the best possible people to work on each element of this special edition:
- the lacquers' cutting in France;
- the matrixes in The Netherlands;
- the wooden box in Germany;
- the gatefold in Bulgaria;
- the vinyls & the booklet in Czech Republic.

With each element being made in a different place, it took a tremendous amount of time to get everything ready.

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"The Box of Kings" Edition - limited to 100 copies
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- 32cm x 32cm x 4.3cm Wooden Box - Hand numbered, with Black varnish and Gold-printed artwork on it. This Wooden Box is perfect for gathering your whole collection of Mournful Congregation's vinyls. This box is a gift to all fanatics of the band who want to give a special place for Mournful Congregation in their collections.
- Gold Splatter black vinyls DLP
- 350 gr handmade gatefold cover with goldfoil
- 12-pages booklet 12"x12"
- Special vinyl-mastering
- Lacquer cutting for the best possible sound quality

Price : 55€

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Regular Edition - limited to 400 copies
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- Black wax vinyls DLP
- 350 gr handmade gatefold cover with goldfoil
- 12-pages booklet 12"x12"
- Special vinyl-mastering
- Lacquer cutting for the best possible sound quality

Price : 25€

Approximative release date : late April / late May

Pre-orders are up today.

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How to pre-order:
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Send the following elements to contact@ostra-records.com :

- your order list
- your full address (including country)
- your means of payment (paypal, bank transfert (EU only) or French check)

If you want to get "The Box of Kings" Edition :

- I need the name of "the Box of Kings" owner : each box is handnumbered and has a authenticity certificate with the name of the owner ;
- Priority Parcel Registred is mandatory.

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Notice : for Australian/OZ people - if you want to get a regular version, Damon of Mournful Congregation takes pre-orders too. Do contact him directly at: mournfulcongregation@hotmail.com.
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Soon on Ostra Records
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OSR 014 / VOID16 - 0XIST "Nil" CD
OSR 015 - Funeralium "Deceived Idealism" 12" Gatefold DLP

Best Regards
Jean-Yves CAMIER

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Thanks-Stay Metal, Stay Brutal-DOOOOM OOOON-\m/ -l-