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22 aug

Date: augustus 22, 2026

Some collaborations just make sense...Today we're joining forces with MACHUKHA

A NEW COLLABORATION: We’re incredibly excited to announce that MACHUKHA and Lay Bare Recordings are joining forces.

Hailing from Berlin, MACHUKHA create something that refuses to sit neatly inside a genre: visceral post-black metal colliding with dark hardcore and punk, delivered with an intensity that feels less like a performance and more like an emotional confrontation. Their music is rooted in the experience of trying to retain humanity in a harsh and fractured world. With Natalya singing exclusively in Ukrainian, every scream, every silence and every shift in atmosphere carries weight. Their debut Mochari was one of those records that immediately made us stop and listen. It's raw, uncompromising and deeply alive. (Machukha⁠)

And if you’ve witnessed MACHUKHA live, you know. The room changes and the intensity is palpable. Their Roadburn 2026 performance even had the Hall of Fame overflowing, with the band being hailed as one of the festival’s revelations. (Rocking⁠)

This is exactly the kind of music Lay Bare exists for. No boxes or formulas. Just music with something to say. We’re honoured to be part of what comes next. Welcome to the Lay Bare family, MACHUKHA. 

21 aug

Date: augustus 21, 2026

Some bands leave behind more than just music. We salute RATS and DAGGERS!

Some bands leave behind more than just music.

Thank you, Rats and Daggers for the energy, the creativity, the friendship, and all the great memories over the years.

And thank you for this thoughtful gift and your incredibly kind words.

Thank you for believing in Lay Bare Recordings and for being part of so many memorable moments. Playing Lay Bare Fest in London will always be one of the highlights.

Wishing you all the best in your new adventures. This may be the end of Rats and Daggers, but I’m sure our paths will cross again. 

21 aug

Date: augustus 21, 2026

EU shipping is currently suspended! 

Dear Lay Bare Devotees!

Due to the new “PPWR” regulations for the EU, we are forced to temporarily shut down all EU sales. We hope to keep this disruption as short as possible. If you've never heard of these regulations before, that's shockingly normal. These sweeping changes to how direct-to-customer businesses can sell their products, along with the consequences for consumers, were not communicated well if at all to the public.

The Netherlands and non-EU sales can continue as normal. 

While we welcome sensible recycling laws to decrease the flood of cardboard and plastic, the new compliance laws makes it unfeasible to continue as usual until sensible changes are made. The EU parliament will be discussing exemptions for small businesses in October, so hopefully we can get back to normal business then.

You can help small DIY record labels like Lay Bare Recordings by signing this petition:

https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees

Thanks for your support and your understanding.

14 mei

Date: mei 14, 2026

Modder - The Great Liberation Through Hearing - repress on PINK VINYL!

The long sold out sophomore album of Modder is available once again on pink vinyl!

After suffering significant personal losses across the board for two and a half years, Modder, among other sources, looked towards ‘The Bardo Thodol’ (The Tibetan Book of the Dead) for inspiration and as one of the guides to complete the work that has resulted into the record ‘The Great Liberation Through Hearing'.

 Repress available on pink vinyl! 

 In co-release with Consouling Sounds (BE):  Order @ Consouling Sounds

 Order at Lay Bare Recordings via: https://laybarerecordings.com/release/by-modder-lbr051

Songwriting wise this new record also saw all five members significantly bringing their musical ideas to the table. And in doing so, taking the music of Modder to the so called ‘next level’. Alongside that what Modder already does very well, the band has not feared to implement an even wider variety of styles, ranging from grind- & thrash-metal to elements of psytrance/electronic music.

For the recording of this record, the band joined forces with engineers Jonas Everaert & Jannes Van Rossom (Brussels Philharmonic, STAKE, Brutus & Russian Circles a.o. ) for two recording sessions at Dunk!studios in the Belgian city of Zottegem.

While drums and guitars were (partially) recorded at Dunk!studios, additional recordings and the rest of the instruments were self recorded/produced in the members’ home studios. Modder guitarist Mathlovsky signed up once again as mixing and postproduction engineer at his own House Of Lov studio. And finally, Brad Boatright (Audiosiege mastering studio, Portland, OR) mastered the album. Which evolved in a staggering end result!

The distinguished UK-based graphic artist 'Throne' collaborated closely with the band to deliver the artwork and design for 'The Great Liberation Through Hearing’.

11 apr

Date: april 11, 2026

A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS DEBUT EP IS COMING SOON!

For fans who dig a disturbed lovechild between OM, Sumac, Swans, Miles Davis and Pandit Pran Naath!

A Plague Of Lighthouse Keepers (NL) blends sludge, post- and doom metal into long, menacing compositions with room for improvisation. On May 9th, 2026 they will release their debut EP 'Towers of Silence' through Lay Bare Recordings. The release will be available digitally and on 10' black vinyl, limited to 250 copies worldwide.

'Towers of Silence' marks some of the first compositions the band worked on and sees them experimenting with a mixture of filthy sludge metal, doom metal, free improvisation and minimalist music with a hint of black metal.

The EP was recorded at White Noise Studio in Winterswijk and mixed and produced by Marlon Wolterink.

PRE-ORDER is set on April 17th!

16 mrt

Date: maart 16, 2026

NON SERVIAM (FR) - La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine in pre-order on March 19th

FFO: Anaal Nathrakh · Atari Teenage Riot · Igorrr · Venetian Snares · Pg 99

By lunar rite, we bring forth a new collaboration between Non Serviam (FR) and Lay Bare Recordings. On 3 March, beneath the Worm Moon and its Total Lunar Eclipse, this pact was sealed.

Five years after Le Cœur Bat, NON SERVIAM return with their third full-length album, La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine — a symbolist concept album inspired by the myth of Diana and Actaeon.

A radical fusion of industrial experimentation and blackened rawness unfolds into Baroque maximalism, cybergrind, sludge, and darkwave — uncompromising, avant-garde, absolute.

THIS TOTAL SONIC CONFRONTATION GOES IN PRE-ORDER ON MARCH 19 

La Lune Dont Mon Âme Est Pleine will be released on:

- 125x heavyweight half/half (black/crystal clear) vinyl w/ 2pp full-color insert

- 125x heavyweight marble (aqua blue/black) vinyl w/ 2pp full-color insert

05 mrt

Date: maart 05, 2026

DARKNESS APPROACHES. Prepare thyselves for GHOROT's upcoming album OBSIDIAN

From the depths of Boise’s blackened doom comes OBSIDIAN, the third full-length from GHOROT (US). 

PRE-ORDERS begin March 6, 2026 via Lay Bare Recordings, King of the Monsters Records, and GHOROT.

Following the critical acclaim of Loss of Light (2021) and Wound (2023), GHOROT returns with their most crushing and atmospheric work to date. Forged in the depths of blackened doom, OBSIDIAN continues the band’s descent into bleak sonic territory.

Limited pressings:
125× heavyweight Oxblood vinyl
125× heavyweight Black vinyl

Cassette and CD available in the USA via King of the Monsters & GHOROT. New GHOROT T-shirt and long sleeve designs will surface alongside the OBSIDIAN pre-orders.

PREPARE THYSELVES.

06 feb

Date: februari 06, 2026

Belgium’s LINTWORM Deliver 21 Minutes of Cheerful Violence!

Extreme Music, Zero Subtlety, Maximum Glitter!

Belgium's LINTWORM  proudly presents their second album “Everything Was Still Covered In Glitter”. A cheerful yet violent, colourful yet dark 21-minute onslaught of grindcore, powerviolence, noise and other invasive sounds brought to you by Belgium’s nicest boys with a heart for peace and love. Extreme heavy music at its most unhinged, invasive and strangely attractive.

FANS OF Agriculture, Portrayal of Guilt, Converge, Full Of Hell: YOU CAN PRE-ORDER ON FEBRUARY 6 !

The album, produced by Tim De Gieter (Doodseskader, ex-Amenra), explores themes like armpits, bubbles and political violence

Labels: GENET RECORDS (BE), BEST LIFE RECORDS (UK) & LAY BARE RECORDINGS (NL)

06 jan

Date: januari 06, 2026

NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT from Boise's blackened doom-metal trio GHOROT!

The devastating third full-length record from Boise’s blackened doom-metal trio GHOROT has taken form, and we’re extremely pleased to announce its release upon the masses this April 2026 on Vinyl/Cassette/CD/Digital formats!!

We are deeply honored to take up arms once again with our battle-hardened comrades in King Of The Monsters Records (US) and Lay Bare Recordings (NL) to give this record the proper worldwide release it deserves.

Soon and very soon we will be dropping Singles, Music Videos, Album Name & Artwork, Exclusive Merch Items, and much more!!

Keep watch over our socials for upcoming news and releases, we can’t wait to share what we have in store with you all!

Photo by: photograph_jared

30 okt

Date: oktober 30, 2025

kariti's new album 'Still Life' will be released on november 7th

'an existential liturgy for the lost, the disillusioned and the questioning. these songs are the aftermath of being galvanized into a disillusioned reflection on human life and the way it is lived by most of us in the world in its current state'
 

KARITI (карити) – meaning “to mourn the dead” in church Slavonic – is the emotional and creative outlet of Ekaterina, a Russian-born poet and songwriter based in Italy. On November 7th, KARITI will release her latest full-length, still life, through Lay Bare Recordings.