Starved Light

27/02/2026

Not really label-related, but it is 'me' related, so I'm going to share it here.

Introducing Sacred Tongue - an online portfolio of my work as a musician and occasional art person.

In a few weeks time, I'll be closing all my random Facebook project pages (excluding this one). I'm not going anywhere, but I decided it made sense for me and my weird brain to bring all my stuff into one central place, getting rid of all the extra Facebook/Bandcamp/Youtube accounts and making this a sort of 'one stop shop' for all my creative output.

So, if you want to stay in the loop, give Sacred Tongue a follow. Everything I've ever released is on the Bandcamp page linked in the comments, and as time progresses, it will be added to the YouTube channel, also linked in the comments. If you're like me and you don't trust the algorithm to keep you up to date, but you don't want to miss a new release, I'd suggest you head over to Bandcamp or YouTube via the below links and click 'Follow' or 'Subscribe', that way you'll get an email or notification every time I release new music.

Love you guys.

Sam

19/07/2024

Things are quiet in Starved Light town at the moment, so why not go down the road and visit Art As Catharsis town, where they've just premiered a gorgeous new Black Aleph track off their upcoming album. It's well worth the travel time.

13/06/2024

Good news, great joy! The new HEXIS records have finally landed and they look great. Shipping will commence next week. More photos to come.

Huge thanks to 7DegreesRecords and Ancient Temple Recordings for all their work making this happen.

There are still a few limited copies available via the link in the comments.

22/04/2024

The brand new HEXIS EP ‘Relictus/Umbrae’ is out now! Sadly due to delays at the plant the vinyl won’t be here for a few weeks yet, but there are still limited copies available to preorder if you haven’t snagged one yet!

Preorder link in comments.

13/03/2024

Western Australians rejoice!

Our good friends and labelfolk Bolt Gun are performing at The Rosemount in Perth on June 6th, 2024, in support of legendary German post-metal luminaries The Ocean Collective as part of their upcoming Australian tour. They will also be joined by Perth post-black/ambient/progressive/do-whatever-they-feel-like-doing mainstays illyria.

This one is not to be missed!

08/03/2024

"What a crazy album Bolt Gun has created. With The Tower, the atmosphere that surrounds us throughout the entire listen induces a feeling of desolation and constant tension."

Shout out to Riff Riot for naming Bolt Gun's breathtaking 2023 album 'The Tower' as the best Avant-Garde Metal Album of 2023. We tend to agree.

Read the full review and check out the rest of the list here: https://riffriot.com/best-metal-albums-year/best-avant-garde-metal-albums-of-2023

29/02/2024

Massive thanks to GOS over at Black Metal Daily for including Úkryt's 1897 in his 2023 'Listcrush' albums of the year list for 2023.

⚔️BLACK METAL DAILY'S LISTCRUSH 2023: THE GOS EDITION⚔️

Clawing back with wild gnashing of teeth and tearing of hair from the evanescent abyss that was 2023 (read: heavily delayed due to technical issues), our LISTCRUSH just will not die. This edition sees longtime BMD scribe, Order ov the Black Arts overlord and ViaOmega Magazine wordsmith GOS bringing us his most revered and revisited full-length offerings of last year.

May or may not contain sublime stygian works from the likes of: Mephorash, VAHRZAW, Imperial Demonic, Helleruin, Mystical Fullmoon, Moonlight Sorcery, Aeon Winds, Celestial Annihilator, Ershetu, Starer, Ondfødt, Albionic Hermeticism, Argenthorns, Bloedmaan, The Kryptik, Passéisme, Vvilderness, Minenwerfer, Grave Gnosis, Irityll, Faustian, Aldaaron-Official, Asagraum, Fatal Embrace, Úkryt, Sorathian Dawn, Mørkt Tre, Nordic Frost, Black Void Cult, Avdagata, Rorcal, Sulphur Aeon, Tetragrammacide, Urbain and many more.

READ / LISTEN: https://blackmetaldaily.wordpress.com/2024/02/27/black-metal-dailys-listcrush-2023-the-gos-edition/

27/02/2024

ICYMI - New release alert.

Danish blackened hardcore pioneers HEXIS return once more with their new EP, Relictus/Umbrae. Recorded in 2021 in the same sessions as their critically acclaimed 2022 full-length Aeternum, this EP was recorded, mixed and mastered by none other than globally renowned engineer Fredrik Nordström at Fredman Studio.

Relictus/Umbrae is composed of two tracks - the opening number, Relictus, is a chaotic, high-energy sensory assault, displaying the very same blackened hardcore aggression Hexis has become known all over the world for. The second track, Umbrae, sees Hexis showcasing their slower side as they explore the vast depths of blackened doom - a seething, heaving, malignant wall of blackened dissonance and distortion that would make even the most devout doom enthusiast weak at the knees. As always, Hexis have once again delivered on yet another world-class offering of bleak, bludgeoning blackened hardcore.

The first single, Relictus, is premiering now on YouTube alongside a striking visualiser courtesy of Finnish production group Riivata Visuals, and is also available on your streaming platform of choice now.

Relictus/Umbrae will be released on limited edition 8” vinyl by 7DegreesRecords in Europe,Ancient Temple Recordings in Canada, and Starved Light in Australia. The EP will be released digitally on April 22nd, with vinyl copies expected to ship late April/early May. Preorders are open now.

Links to listen to 'Relictus' and preorder the 8" in the comments below.

24/02/2024

'At the end of it all perhaps one might even feel themselves standing on the edge of a great precipice, witnessing the awe-inspiring essence of life itself as it forms from the primordial aether… at peace… transcended.' - Black Metal Daily

One year ago today, we released 1897 - an absolutely monolithic slab of instrumental atmospheric black metal by enigmatic black metal duo Úkryt. This beautiful, dark, emotive piece, composed of two movements spanning 33 minutes and 33 seconds, saw the band delve further into their broad range of influencing, leaning not only on their masterful understanding of atmospheric black metal, but also incorporating elements of post-rock, doom, Americana and just a sprinkling of Pink Floyd throughout. The resulting piece is a dense, expansive, and powerful work that invites the listener to lose themselves fully to the undulating waves found within.

Happy Birthday, 1897.

There are still limited quantities of vinyl and merchandise available on our store.

13/02/2024

'Aftryk', the powerful and emotive new album from Danish post-black metal quartet Vægtløs, dropped just over a week ago and the response thus far has been incredible.

To celebrate its release, we asked vocalist Troels H. Sørensen to curate a new update to our 'Glimpse' Spotify playlist. This playlist showcases some of the inspiration behind Aftryk, with tracks new and old from bands like Wiegedood, Propagandhi, Birds in Row, Svalbarduk, Départe and Agriculture that helped shape Vægtløs into the band they are today.

Check out the full playlist via the link in the comments below and immerse yourself in the beating heart behind Denmark's newest phenomenon.

Aftryk is available from Starved Light on limited edition 12" vinyl in one variant : WEIGHTLESS (Green Opaque Marble - strictly limited to 50 copies).