Havnatt's Spor I Snø releases on June 1st

We're really happy to announce that Havnatt will be releasing a new single from their upcoming album, on June 1st. The single named Spor I Snø has been named after Tormod Skagestad’s poem with the same name, first published in the collection of poems entitled Havdøgn.

Havnatt is Cecilie Langlie and Tom Simonsen.

Musicians on Spor I Snø:
Cecilie Langlie: Vocals.
Tom Simonsen: Guitars, percussion and programming.
Rosamund Brown: Lots of cello overdubs.
SQV Wind Ensemble: Wind instruments.
Pär Küsjoun: Various percussion.

Composed by Havnatt.
Arranged and produced by Tom Simonsen.
Lyrics by Tormod Skagestad.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Simonsen at the Secret Quarters studios.
Released by Secret Quarters Records.
Photo and artwork by Tom Simonsen.

Made available through:
24-7, 7digital, 8tracks, Akazoo, Amazon MP3, Apple iTunes, CD Baby, Deezer, eMusic, Google Music Store, GreatIndieMusic, Groove, iHeartRadio, Inprodicon, Kdigital, MediaNet, Omnifone, Rhapsody, Shazam, Slacker Radio, SoundExchange, Spotify, Tidal, Tradebit, Yandex, YouTube Music.

Skumring's De Glemte Tider (Remastered) has been released!

"Ten years have passed since the release of Skumring’s debut album De Glemte Tider on Aftermath records. Here at Secret Quarters Records, we still get a lot of questions about this release, and since it has been sold out for years, we figured that it was about time to do a re-release of this doom metal gem. And why not give it a remaster while we’re at it, just to subtly fix some of the audio issues with the original low budget version.

Kjetil Ottersen took on the task of doing the remaster, and I think the result sounds quite a lot better than the release from 2005. I hope you’ll enjoy listening to it."

- Cecilie Langlie, September 2015

All music composed and performed by Skumring.
Original recordings made in 2004. © 2004 Skumring. All rights reserved.

Remastered by Kjetil Ottersen at the Secret Quarters Studios, August 2015.
Photos and artwork by Tom Simonsen, August 2015.
The CD version comes with a 12 page booklet.

Released by Secret Quarters Records.

The album is being made available through the following sites and services:
CD Baby, 24-7, 7digital, 8tracks, Akazoo, Amazon MP3, Apple iTunes, Beyond Oblivion, Deezer, eMusic, Google Music Store, GreatIndieMusic, Groove, iHeartRadio, Inprodicon, JB Hi-Fi. MediaNet, MixRadio, Omnifone, Rdio, Rhapsody, Shazam, Slacker Radio, SoundExchange, Spotify, Tidal, Tradebit, Yandex, YouTube Music.

The copies have arrived!

Here's a little taste of what they look like. The CD version comes with a 12 page booklet.

The remastered version of Skumring's De Glemte Tider album releases worldwide on 11.11.2015!

Skumring's De Glemte Tider (Remastered) album releases 11.11.2015!

We just set the release date for a remastered version of Skumring's legendary De Glemter Tider album.

This album was originally released back in 2005, now ten years ago. As such, this release celebrates this album's ten year anniversary by releasing a version of the album with better sonics, as well as making it available for sale again. The previous print sold out a long time ago. In addition, the album has never been (legally) available through any of the streaming/download services out there.

De Glemte Tider (Remastered) releases through all major streaming/download services (and then some) as well as being available in CD format.

We're including a photo from our test printing process to go along with this post. Making high quality test prints is essential when you want to make sure that the artwork turns out as intended.

Reduced price on the Havnatt Double Pack!

Get Havnatt's Etterlatte album and Havdøgn EP for the price of just €9.99 including shipping costs! (That's €17 off the regular price!) It does not matter where on the planet you're located. Make your order by heading to the Secret Quaters Records web shop, or make your order through PayPal by clicking this link.

Omit's Medusa Truth Part 1 album has been released worldwide

Head to your favorite site or service to give Omit's new album a listen, or order the CD version from Secret Quarters Records, omitmusic.com, CD Baby or amazon.com.

Some information about this new album, taken from our press release:
Soon after the release of their debut album Omit started writing new material. The recording of this new material got started at the Secret Quarters Studios in the beginning of 2014 and, initially, resulted in a full length album with the title of Medusa Truth Part 1. Mixing and mastering of this album took place during the summer of the same year, and got completed in time to make Secret Quarters Records' autumn release window. Medusa Truth Part 1 was then announced to be released on November 26th, 2014.

As "Part 1" in the title suggests, the album is a part of a series of albums that will attempt to portray a sequence of events in the period of a person's life. Part 1 deals with a certain series of events, in three parts (or sub-parts or chapters, if you will) corresponding to the number of tracks on the album. The following album (or albums) will seek to musically describe other events in the life of the protagonist.

The title of the album was inspired by the following passage from The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London: "The profoundest instinct in man is to war against the truth; that is, against the Real. He shuns facts from his infancy. His life is a perpetual evasion. Miracle, chimera and to-morrow keep him alive. He lives on fiction and myth. It is the Lie that makes him free. Animals alone are given the privilege of lifting the veil of Isis; men dare not. The animal, awake, has no fictional escape from the Real because he has no imagination. Man, awake, is compelled to seek a perpetual escape into Hope, Belief, Fable, Art, God, Socialism, Immortality, Alcohol, Love. From Medusa-Truth he makes an appeal to Maya-Lie."

Omit members/musicians on Medusa Truth Part 1
Cecilie Langlie: Vocals
Kjetil Ottersen: Keyboards and programming
Tom Simonsen: Guitars, keyboards, bass and programming

All tracks composed and performed by Omit.
Orchestral arrangements and drums programming by Tom Simonsen.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Simonsen at the Secret Quarters Studios.
Artwork, designs and photos for Medusa Truth Part 1 by Tom Simonsen and Cecilie Langlie.

The Medusa Truth Part 1 album will be become available through all the following sites and services:
24-7, 7digital, Akazoo, Amazon MP3, Apple iTunes, Beyond Oblivion, CD Baby, Deezer, eMusic, Google Music Store, GreatIndieMusic, iHeartRadio, Inprodicon, JB Hi-Fi, MediaNet, Mondia Media, Muve Music, MySpace Music, Nokia, Omnifone, Rdio, Rhapsody, Samsung Music Hub, Shazam, Simfy, Slacker Radio, Spotify, Tradebit, WiMP, Xbox Music, Yandex.

Another clip from Omit's Medusa Truth Part 1

Omit just uploaded another YouTube video with an audio clip from the track entitled Deplore, the third track on the upcoming Medusa Truth Part 1 album.

Medusa Truth Part 1 releases on November 26th. Pre-orders are available from Secret Quarters Records and omitmusic.com.

Pre-orders available for Medusa Truth Part 1!

We just made it possible to pre-order the CD version of Omit's upcoming Medusa Truth Part 1 album.

Head on over to secretquarters.com or omitmusic.com to order your copy. It is also possible to make your pre-order of the album by simply clicking this link.

The Medusa Truth Part 1 album features three brand new tracks with a total playing time of about 49 minutes. It is the follow-up album to Omit's critically acclaimed debut double album, entitled Repose.

New video and first audio clip from Omit's Medusa Truth Part 1

Omit just published a video with the first audio clip from their upcoming Medusa Truth Part 1 album and a few tiny peeks into the recording process of the same album.

In addition to giving everyone a taste of the music on the album, the video also gives everyone a look behind the scenes of the production of the album. The video clips show the recording of guitars and pianos on the first parts of the track entitled Distrust. The Medusa Truth Part 1 album releases on November 26th, on Secret Quarters Records.

Pre-orders will be available very soon.

The CD version of Vestige of Virtue's Sophia is here!

As a response to notable demand among listeners, the limited CD edition of Vestige of Virtue's debut full-length album Sophia is now available for orders and shipping.

Vestige of Virtue would like to thank you all for your interest in this project!

The limited jewel case CD edition of the Sophia album can be ordered directly from the Secret Quarters Records online shop.