KARPATIA CD / LP / 7'' / MP3


Special LP: sold out LP: 180g + thick gatefold sleeve + thick printed inner sleeves, repressed in two new colours! 7'': contains title song + a remix CD: handprinted triple gatefold digipaks + booklet


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You can check out three songs below. You can stream & download GEISTERSTADT further below.




This is maybe the most awaited (instrumental) metal record of the year. Founded in 2006, OMEGA MASSIF quickly seized the attention and interest of listeners from several genres (metal to doom to sludge to instrumental postrock) through the years – and that’s a result of just 2 records in 5 years: their demo KALT and the first full length GEISTERSTADT. OMEGA MASSIF are a convincing studio and live band. These aspects and the fact that they have a keen sense of sophisticated song structures are maybe the main reasons why OMEGA MASSIF filled bigger venues step by step – while having started with local squat, they have by now played festivals like ROADBURN, HELLFEST, SWINGFEST etc.!

Their new and 2 nd album KARPATIA, a result of two years songwriting, again unites the well known calm melodic components with an immense dynamic and dark feeling in the monolithic heavy parts. In contrast to other instrumental bands, OMEGA MASSIF invent their own sound and are able to maintain the tension throughout the whole record without the usage of cheap climax ideas. We could continue to tell you how apocalyptic and intense this record is – but it’s maybe better to push the start button and to judge by your own if OMEGA MASSIF created another masterpiece after GEISTERSTADT.









GEISTERSTADT 2xLP
GEISTERSTADT + KALT 2xCD


Vinyl finally repressed with new artwork and deluxe packaging! LP: heavy 180g vinyl, heavy gatefold covers, and heavy printed inner sleeves. Available on silver vinyl with black haze (150 pcs) and brown vinyl with black splatter (350 pcs)! CD: comes with heavy triple gatefold cardboard covers and includes the demo KALT as a second bonus CD!! You can stream the full album below or download it here for free!


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The sounds of this album may remind you of the good old records of PELICAN and ISIS, but OMEGA MASSIF go much further. The spiralling melodies overlaying the rolling riffs and pummeling basses make the songs of GEISTERSTADT sound celestial and infernal at the same time. The diversity and ingenuity of OMEGA MASSIF is maybe best seen in the 10 minute monster ‘Nebelwand’ - starting with fragile drums and melodies, the tension slowly increases by including an accordion (!!), followed by short outbursts of massive sound walls. However, OMEGA MASSIF are not in a hurry, and so it takes 6 minutes until the powerful sound storms interweaved with the elevated melodies typical for the band finally take the lead and dominate the song until the end. This is not the usual silent start/big climax thing well-known from postrock records - this is one of the best instrumental/metal/doomcore records in the past years! And remember that this is only OMEGA MASSIF’s debut, one can only vaguely guess what is to be expected in the future.