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Now available in my webshop:

– raison d’être – The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice 2CD (expanded edition).
– raison d’être – The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice 3CD (expanded edition, special, limited to 100x).

http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/the-stains-of-the-embodied-sacrifice

From the press release:
Play it loud if you want to become the martyr. Play it quiet if you are
the innocent victim. There are no levels in-between. Violent and
intense, it is a hell of an ordeal, but withstand and you are promised
bliss. This re-release of ‘The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice’ studio
album from 2009 has been expanded with an extra disc with 60 minutes of
previously unreleased early versions of the original album tracks. There
is even an ultra-limited special edition containing a third disc: a
recording of the live performance in Moscow on the 12th of October 2012,
available for the first time on CD.

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raison d’être – Prospectus I – 2CD (redux) is now available in my webshop:

http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/prospectus-i-redux

Orders made via my webshop also includes 11 tracks of bonus material (available for download only)!

From the press release:
A stunning blend of the modern soft gothic sound and the timeless chants
of Catholic rituals. It is at once a beautiful sound, yet also filled
with melancholy. Archaic layers of string sounds, bells and choirs are
intermingling with heavy drums and industrial loops creating an
unsettling and threatening background atmoshere whilst spleen and
sweetness forms the foreground. Now available as a reduxed 2CD album,
all tracks has been restored, re-recorded and carefully mixed to
maintain the true atmosphere of the original album but with the modern
standards for high quality audio.

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The new Bocksholm album ‘Caged Inside the Beast of the Forge’ is now released on CD and available in my webshop:

http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/caged-inside-the-beast-of-the-forge-2

From the press release:
The two drunken bastards from Bocksholm (Peter Andersson of raison
d’être and Lina Baby Doll of Deutsch Nepal are finally back with a new
album and this time they have unleashed the Beast. Any mythological idea
that Boxholm has become a great peaceful Eden is from now on eternally
disproved. No one is safe anymore, not even the horror of Kisa. Birath –
the Beast of the forge – is back and we are all captives inside his
devilish mind, at least for 60 minutes after pressing play. Enjoy with a
bottle of moonshine.

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The Expanded edition of The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice has now been released on Ewers Tonkunst (Russia).

It’s available in two versions:

– raison d’être – The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice 2CD (expanded edition).

– raison d’être – The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice 3CD (expanded edition, special, limited to 100x).

From the press release:
Play it loud if you want to become the martyr. Play it quiet if you are
the innocent victim. There are no levels in-between. Violent and
intense, it is a hell of an ordeal, but withstand and you are promised
bliss. This re-release of ‘The Stains of the Embodied Sacrifice’ studio
album from 2009 has been expanded with an extra disc with 60 minutes of
previously unreleased early versions of the original album tracks. There
is even an ultra-limited special edition containing a third disc: a
recording of the live performance in Moscow on the 12th of October 2012,
available for the first time on CD.

Both editions can be purchased here (expected to be in stock mid-january):
http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/the-stains-of-the-embodied-sacrifice

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The new and last Stratvm Terror album ‘Aged Fractures and Dead Ends’ is now available in my webshop:
http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/aged-fractures-and-dead-ends

Press release:
Is it really dead? Yes, this release marks the end of Stratvm Terror.
But what an end! Massive sounds of drowning liquids, mechanized
background noises, brain mangler soundscapes and harsh abrasive
amplifications. Playing this loud will probably make you deaf, but what
else is there to listen to after experiencing this. ‘Aged Fractures and
Dead Ends’ is a vast collection of various archive material produced by
the Stratvm Terror constellation Peter Andersson (raison d’être) and
Tobias Larsson (Ocean Chief). Lost pieces, sketches, live material,
cassette and compilation tracks between 1993 and 1999. 150 minutes in
total and most of it has previously never been released. Comes in a
6-panel digipak with photos by Henrik Stolt.

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raison d’être will do two live performances in Russia in October:

– 12 October 2012 / 8PM / DOM Club /Moscow / Russia.

– 14 October 2012 / Sankt Petersburg / Russia.

More info. soon. Check here for updates:

http://www.facebook.com/raisondetreofficial/events

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Free download of the pre-Stratvm Terror project S.I.B. – ‘Swelling Itching Brain’.

This album consists of a collection of (demo) tracks from the
pre-Stratvm Terror project S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain), active in
Mjölby, Sweden between 1991-1993. The band name was taken from a Devo
track from 1979. S.I.B. did never release
anything officially but did a number of live shows in the Mjölby
region. First S.I.B played a synth-EBM mixture but later in 1993 S.I.B.
embraced a more harsh style which would beceome the seed of Stratvm
Terror. Some of the last S.I.B. tracks were even used for Stratvm
Terror.

Download here:
http://webshop.raison-detre.info/album/swelling-itching-brain

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The Panzar album ‘Human Degeneration’ is now available as digital download in my webshop. One extra track included.
http://webshop.raison-detre.info

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