Tag: Dark Descent Records

Review: “Diabolica Blasphemiae” by Demoncy

One of the oldest Black Metal outfits in the history of the genre in the US, the thirty four long year reign of terror that Demoncy began in 1989 has continued in eerie silence over the eleven years since their last confession in 2012’s “Enthroned Is the Night”. How long they have been working in

Review: “Foreordained” by Phobocosm

“When we wrote Deprived, we decided that our first three albums would be a trilogy, so Foreordained is the last chapter of that trilogy. We made a conscious effort to pace all three albums in a similar manner since we wanted them to be linked – starting with a slow, crushing doom song and concluding

Review: “Black Star Gnosis” by Demoncy

It has been eleven years since “Enthroned Is the Night” the last confession of Demoncy but one should never mistake silence for weakness as multi instrumentalist, founder and mastermind Ixithra has been plotting their return to the throne ever since. He is joined by guitarist and drummer VJS (Adaestuo, Nightbringer, Sargeist) who recorded and mixed

NEWS: Sovereign addicted to hallucinogenics?

Three years in the making, the time has finally come for the debut album “Altered Realities” of Oslo Death Thrash outfit Sovereign to rear its ugly head in follow up to 2020 EP “Neurotic“. The band features both Tommy Jacobsen and Vidar Fineidet, a pair you may know as the axe wielding duo of Nocturnal Breed

NEWS: Phobocosm love a little Creedence?

Said to be an amalgamation of everything that came before it, a perfectly balanced fusion of the murky Death Metal depravity of debut “Deprived“, blended with the devastating doom of “Bringer Of Drought“, the upcoming new album “Foreordained” from Montreal Quebec Canadians Phobocosm completes a trilogy. Wrapped in artwork by the inimitable Lauri Laaksonen of

NEWS: Demoncy get cursed by the cosmos?

Demoncy, one of the oldest Black Metal bands in US history have been defrosted after eleven years in stasis with a new album titled “Black Star Gnosis” set for a 1st December release via Dark Descent Records. Intriguingly the new record has been described as being sonically akin to the bands sophomore album, 1999’s “Joined

NEWS: Demoncy warn of Black Star Gnosis!

Trapped in stasis for eleven long years, one of the eldest Black Metal act known to have emerged from the US scene has been allowed to thaw for a triumphant return. Formed in 1989, Demoncy last darkened our horizons with the exquisite “Enthroned Is the Night” and led by illustrious founder Ixithra will unveil their

NEWS: Phobocosm begin the decent to madness…

Shrouded in artwork by the inimitable Lauri Laaksonen of Desolate Shrine, Convocation, and Pestilent Hex fame, “Foreordained” will complete a trilogy of albums from Montréal Death Metal force Phobocosm as they continue their career-spanning collaboration with Dark Descent Records. A concept album about death, as well as the futility of denying one’s inherent mortality, predestined

Review: “Corrupting the Entempled Plane” by Ageless Summoning

“Ageless Summoning was inspired by the otherworldly death metal of Steve Tucker era Morbid Angel and the discord of Immolation. We try to emulate the sludgy malevolence and desolate atmospheres of the likes of Gateways to Annihilation and Here In After. We felt that the unique atmosphere and mythos conjured by that slower-paced, brutal, and