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Alunah's 2010 Debut Album Call Of Avernus Gets A Re-Release

29/4/2014

We released our debut CD album "Call of Avernus" back in 2010 on Catacomb Records. It has since sold out, and we have been approached by various labels regarding getting it re-released. Until now we have declined for various reasons. Canadian label and massive doom heads PRC Music Worldwide contacted us, and after lengthy talks felt that they would do the album justice. Currently the deal is for a CD release, but it may also be making it's way onto vinyl. The release date is still to be agreed. Don't forget, it is also being released on tape cassette by Cosmic Tomb. We will have copies for sale online, and on our upcoming May tour.

"We are completely ecstatic to announce our collaboration with one of the best UK doom metal band ALUNAH! This awesome band is now signed to NAPALM RECORDS but [we] will be re-issuing their jaw-dropping debut full length "Call of Avernus" through PRC MUSIC worldwide. Sophie (Guitar/Vocals/Front Goddess!) is redesigning the whole package for this essential reissue. I have been a fan of doom metal ever since I have discovered Black Sabbath in 1978... fast forward 36 years later, it's an honour to be working with such a great band, ALUNAH being one of my favourite bands for the last few years! I want to thank Sophie for the opportunity and for believing in us for that mandatory re-issue! ALUNAH is addictive, be warned! If you are a die hard fanatic of CATHEDRAL and WITCH MOUNTAIN, do yourself a favor and check the band on Facebook and bandcamp" - Rémi Coté, PRC Label Owner

Those in need of a fix of psychedelic blues doom need look no further - Kerrang! Magazine
Serious heavy doom riffs perfectly combined with distinctive wondrous female vocals - Time Magazine
This is female magick - Terrorizer Magazine
A band that is equally all about catchiness as it is heaviness and grooves - Doomantia
The gates of occultism have just opened - Metal Kaos
The fucking perfect mix of doom and stoner rock - The Soda Shop
One of the UK’s best exponents of the genre - Midlands Rocks
If you like bands like Goatsnake, Down, The Lunachicks & Candlemass you’ll love Alunah - Uber Rock
Lack of adherence to the current trends in underground heavy rock makes Alunah stand out on the international scene - The Obelisk
Alunah have an extra something that has them standing out a little - Organart
The sheer immensity of the bands sound is best described as…well, lets call it majestically heavy - Heavy Planet

PRC Website: www.prcmusic.com
PRC Webstore: www.prcmusic.com/store
PRC E-mail: prc_label@hotmail.com
Cosmic Tomb Facebook: www.facebook.com/CosmicTomb
Cosmic Tomb Store: cosmictombrecords.bigcartel.com

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Alunah Live Review by Midlands Rocks (supporting Windhand) - The Asylum2, Birmingham, 13/04/14

25/4/2014

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"When you go out for a night of dark deep depressing doom the last thing you want to see is the sun beaming down on you with a smile wider than Cheddar Gorge. That was the case at the Asylum though when it was very difficult to adopt the customary gloomy exterior on such a cheerful pleasant evening in Birmingham.

When local favourites Alunah took the stage they even had to contend with the flickering sun penetrating the high Asylum windows enabling us to see a little bit more of Soph and the band than we have become accustomed. Alunah have been firm favourites of the Birmingham underground scene for a while now, but like an exceptionally good pint of real ale, it’s time for others to be let into the secret.

Alunah have been a fixture on these doomy Asylum nights for a while but the good news is that the band have a tour of their own in the pipeline along with a further jaunt around these isles in support of a yet-to-be-named headline act. They were only able to squeeze in a four-song set but quality over quantity is an approach that usually works and Alunah have that in spades.

The grinding disparate pounding signalled the familiar intro to ‘Demeter’s Grief’, a chilling necro nightmare of a song delivered as always with polish and gentle persuasion by vocalist Soph. Alunah conjure up majestic wispy harmonies but while laced with the essential sorrowful doom ingredients ‘Demeter’s Grief’ has the capacity to ignite, with a frenzied mid-song escapade. The band have a new album out later in the year, via Napalm Records, and we got a taste of what to expect with a new track in ‘Bricket Wood Coven’ before finishing with two angst filled Alunah classics. ‘White Hoarhound’ has a kind of purity running through it with Soph’s haunting cries setting hairs on end but as always with Alunah the sense of evil and the hand of darkness is always within reach. With the Asylum now bewitched by the spells being cast on stage, Alunah closed with the compelling ‘Belials Fjord’. They are back at the Asylum next month along with headliners Purson, on a bill creaking with doom."

- Paul Castles

Read full review: http://www.themidlandsrocks.com/windhand-inter-arma-alunah-asylum-2-birmingham-sunday-13th-april-2014#.U1oKTFVdWE4

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Alunah's 2010 Debut Album Call Of Avernus Gets A Re-Release

Alunah Live Review by Midlands Rocks (supporting Windhand) - The Asylum2, Birmingham, 13/04/14

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