Blacksound Records

Blacksound Records Melbourne-based record store specialising in new and archival recordings from notable extreme, experimental, radical and outsider music.

You can now stream the complete new Stygian Bough II collab from  and  ahead of its release date. Our copies are enroute...
13/11/2025

You can now stream the complete new Stygian Bough II collab from and ahead of its release date. Our copies are enroute and expected (hopefully) next week now that flights have resumed in the US.

Today is your last chance to nab one of these Bell Witch tees and long sleeves before we send them to print. We’re confirming final sizes today before they start getting inked, so if you’re after something specific we recommend placing a preorder.

These will start shipping as soon as they’re off the press, or with the new 2LP / 2CD as soon as they arrive to us if placing an order together.

We’re open 10-6 today as usual, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

Good morning folks, a few quick updates for you this morning: our CD racks (and these temporary plastic tubs) are extrem...
12/11/2025

Good morning folks, a few quick updates for you this morning: our CD racks (and these temporary plastic tubs) are extremely full and we are 100% CD maxxed for space.

That huge second hand lot is out, online and processed / available for sale in its entirety. We’ll be building some racks to hold these proper as soon as humanly possible, in the meantime pop through and help us make some space.

Secondly, an important note on preorders. We have a few large deliveries on their way to us at the moment. There is also a US government shut down preventing some shipments from getting to us in a timely manner.

We have a few new titles on their way to us from Vatican Shadow, Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo, a Chat Pile live at Roadburn release + some more. These are up and available for purchase now prior to release date end-November.

We have a stack of other new titles we’ve been waiting to depart to us from the USA with these titles, but due to government closures are unable to physically leave the USA at this time via regular methods.

This impacts a few titles we’ve been expecting / waiting on from Flenser, Gilead, Profound Lore, Dark Descent, 20 Buck Spin etc.

We’re having these rerouted using another carrier and hope to receive these titles within the next week or two, depending on how kind customs is to us with the clearance process.

This means the newest batch of releases with release dates toward the end of November should arrive in time for release date, and these other titles will arrive to us at the same time combined onto the one delivery.

Skepticism demo / Stormcrowfleet reissues are due in imminently and are unaffected by US government closures as these are coming from Finland.

You can pop in for a flip 10-6 today, otherwise we’re online as usual via www.blacksound.com.au.

Cult Florida death metal. Existing alongside (and then pinching members to join) bands like Cannibal Co**se, Monstrosity...
11/11/2025

Cult Florida death metal. Existing alongside (and then pinching members to join) bands like Cannibal Co**se, Monstrosity started out in the early 90s scene alongside the aforementioned.

The band is still going to this day, but their early records featured a reasonably star studded line up which included George Co**segrinder Fisher on vocals, Mark Van Erp (Cynic) on bass, Jon Rubin (Malevolent Creation) on guitar alongside drummer and only consistent member Lee Harrison (who’s served time in Atheist, Terrorizer, and more) behind the kit.

Very rarely seen in Australia. We’ve got a few titles from their catalogue on CD, which haven’t already been snapped up!

Open 10-6 today, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

Coming up this week: we’ve got a Sunday noise matinee featuring Chrysalis (TAS), Resident Pissant, Treacherous Bone Wisd...
10/11/2025

Coming up this week: we’ve got a Sunday noise matinee featuring Chrysalis (TAS), Resident Pissant, Treacherous Bone Wisdom and Death Appeal.

Free, live noise, power electronics and death industrial from 2pm! Shop open from 10pm as usual both today and Sunday, through until 6pm today. Online via www.blacksound.com.au.

This record is not for sale, but far too good not to share amongst the wider populace. It’s a German bootleg of Slayer p...
09/11/2025

This record is not for sale, but far too good not to share amongst the wider populace.

It’s a German bootleg of Slayer performing live in San Francisco in 1984. It sounds absolutely horrible, and comes complete with unauthorised and totally irrelevant cover art that has nothing to do with the band at all. It’s a great set list, and they play the songs even faster than they normally do, all in all making this a 10/10 listen for vibes alone.

This came in amongst this huge bulk lot of CDs we’ve been busy processing and getting out onto the shelves. We’ve now finished processing these and the final 200 or so CDs will be hitting the website sometime today.

So much good stuff to dig through, and to plug holes in one’s collection. We’re open 10-6 today, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

What a crazy weekend of shows! We have plenty more heavy business to go around and are open through until 5 today so you...
08/11/2025

What a crazy weekend of shows! We have plenty more heavy business to go around and are open through until 5 today so you can pick up first press Carcass and Coroner discs!

It’s also the absolute last day of our birthday weekend sale. 10% off everything sans jewellery / preorder items through until end of day today.

This and much much more in the racks, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

Some cult rarities for thrashers. We’ve got a bunch of rare first press Metallica titles on CD and DVD (and cassette and...
07/11/2025

Some cult rarities for thrashers. We’ve got a bunch of rare first press Metallica titles on CD and DVD (and cassette and VHS), plus some much rarer first press Mortal Sin!

Mortal Sin formed in Sydney in 1985, and were one of Australia’s first thrash bands. Touted as the next big thing, they toured with Metallica in their Damaged Justice tour in ‘89.

We have original press copies of their debut Mayhemic Destruction, sophomore Face Of Despair and follow up Every Dog Has It’s Day (and a few others from their discography) in store this morning.

You can grab them 10-6, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

What starts with G and rhymes with Pantera? The answer, if you were somehow still wondering, is Glamtera.Certified rarit...
06/11/2025

What starts with G and rhymes with Pantera? The answer, if you were somehow still wondering, is Glamtera.

Certified rarity, cult 80s should(n’t?) have been. But before Phil joined the band and Vinnie, Dime and Rex hadn’t yet learned how to ‘Walk’, they were ripping it up as a yet to really break through hair metal band.

Before 1990s Cowboys From Hell, Pantera released four records under the same name playing an equally Van Halen influenced shreddy brand of metal. This comp sees arguably the two best of these releases slammed onto one disc.

This and a bunch of other cool weird stuff hitting the racks this morning! We’re open 10-6 today, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

Two important take aways for today: it’s our birthday! We opened our physical store exactly a year ago today (technicall...
05/11/2025

Two important take aways for today: it’s our birthday! We opened our physical store exactly a year ago today (technically tomorrow) on a Thursday, so we’re running a birthday sale through until end of day Sunday to celebrate. No codes necessary, buy something and you’ll get 10% off at checkout (excludes jewellery and preorder items).

Secondly, this is somehow not the most ridiculous shop window we’ve ever put together but it’s pretty silly. For your consideration, we have every Extortion release ever (except for the two newest ones).

All first press, except where there’s a second press with an alternate cover (making it technically another first press?). Why not own three different copies of the same release on different colours / with alt covers? Extortion CDs, tapes and shirts not pictured but also present.

Open 10-6! Online over at www.blacksound.com.au.

Few gigs on this week! We’ve got a bunch of Metallica and Blood Incantation in stock at the moment, single copies only i...
05/11/2025

Few gigs on this week! We’ve got a bunch of Metallica and Blood Incantation in stock at the moment, single copies only in the rare / used section which is rather jam packed with 500+ new titles we’ve been adding at light speed.

Open 10-6 today, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

Open today! Reduced hours. We’ll be pottering about from 10 until 3, longer only if it’s really busy. We’ve got some cop...
03/11/2025

Open today! Reduced hours. We’ll be pottering about from 10 until 3, longer only if it’s really busy.

We’ve got some copies of the new Vile Apparition record on transparent red or classic black. Limited stock, once they’re gone they’re gone (CD and tapes to come a little later).

Be there or be square!

Around 400+ CDs added to stock over the last couple of days (and counting). We’ve temporarily turned our centre plinths ...
02/11/2025

Around 400+ CDs added to stock over the last couple of days (and counting). We’ve temporarily turned our centre plinths into a home for all our new CDs, so our existing CD rack can accomodate all the new rare and used items! We’ll be adding some more shelving as soon as possible to accomodate our entire CD section.

There are some absolute gem rarities amongst all of this. A lot of original 90s thrash and death, grunge, rock and more.

Come grab some copies of those things missing from your collection so we can continue to get more out into the racks!

Open 10-6 today, online via www.blacksound.com.au.

Address

Melbourne, VIC
3066

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+61391914764

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