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
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
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
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
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
“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
Featuring members known for prior convictions in Of Spire & Throne, Haar, Úir, Scordatura and Abyssal in their ranks, 21st July will see Dark Descent Records unleashing “Corrupting the Entempled Plane” from Ageless Summoning. Wrapped in artwork from Paolo Girardi, the debut offering from a band which has several combined decades of desecration under their belts has
In premiering an audio stream of new cut “Epoch Of Souls” Death Metal horde Ageless Summoning have announced they have inked a deal in blood with Dark Descent Records for distribution of their long awaited full length debut album “Corrupting the Entempled Plane“. Wrapped in one of the most stunning and sinister Paolo Girardi artworks in
An unholy Canadian grail of contemporary Black Metal is due out via Dark Descent Records on 2nd June in “Hive Mind Narcosis” from Thantifaxath. Previously dubbed avant-garde black metal, the trio conjure forth an expansive, discordant and mind-altering brew that’s never just black, thrash, death or doom metal psychedelia and have recorded the seven track
Shrouded in a cloak of anonymity the return of Canadian Avant-Garde Black Metal trio Thantifaxath with “Hive Mind Narcosis” will mark a dark new dawn on 2nd June via Dark Descent Records. Recorded entirely in-house by the band, the promise is of an album that expands the horizons into Extreme Metal with an expansive, discordant
