news 2003

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news 2005

26 Dec 2004 — Until midnight on 25 January 2005, "Full Cold Moon", a compilation of tribute tracks for Jhonn Balance and the musick of Coil, is available for free MP3 download from Dark Winter.

"Jhonn Balance was in an accident (which occured at home) on Nov 13th 2004. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services he did not regain consciousness, and died later that day. Coil was Jhonn and Jhonn was Coil, so for obvious reasons Coil cannot continue."

-- Threshold House

We have contributed a track titled "The Hills Are Alive" to this compilation, which can be downloaded as a entire album in one zip file or track by track. 36 artists total have contributed to this tribute. We hope you will all take the time to give a gander. Thanks for listening, and Rest In Peace Geoff/John/Jhonn.

25 Dec 2004 — We have broken down and added a photo gallery of various imagery and photography. Some are logos, album artwork and other examples of our packaging & design, others are art and live performance photos, and the last is artwork that others have given us, inspired by our musick, without doubt the kindest gift of all.

23 Dec 2004 — We are extremely pleased to announce the formal release of what we feel our finest work to date, Remittance is now available exclusively through Hypnos Online Order for a very reasonable price, considering the cost and packaging, wethinks.

13 Dec 2004 — We're happy to announce the release of Dark Duck Records'  " The Drone Download Project MP3 CD - Year 2", an MP3 CD containing 198Kbs files of almost 7 hours of drone music, masterminded by Stephen Phillips, originator of the Dark Duck Drone Download Project. It contains one exclusive Austere guitar-only track called Tea-Totalled.

10 Dec 2004 — We are pleased to announce that "Remission" has been retired, and is now out-of-print. Our re-issue re-release called "Remittance" will soon be available through the Hypnos Online Store. Those who have already purchased or received "Remission" are entitled to a free copy of our "Remission > Remittance" upgrade kit. Simply email us at austere@austere.org with your mailing address and we'll get a copy out as soon as we can.

13 Nov 2004 — John Balance (nee Geoff Rush, aka Jhonn) has passed away and Coil is no more.

25 Oct 2004 — We are deeply honored and flattered to announce that most of our releases, aside from some limited editions and those non-standard packaging, are now available exclusively through Hypnos Online Order. Thanks to Mike for his encouragement and support!