Five track EP containing two live tracks, three tracks from the Abhorrence Veil EP and a the new title track, "A Vessel Forlorn". Released ahead of the band's US west coast dates with Mortiferum. Track 1 "A Vessel Forlorn" was recorded by the band at various locations during late 2018 and early 2019. Mixed and mastered Lasse at Ballade Studio. Track 2-3 was recorded live in Istanbul on December 1st 2018. Live engineered and recorded by Rammy and re-worked by Tuna. Mixed and mastered by Lasse in Ballade Studio. Track 4-6 was originally released as the "Abhorrence Veil" single in 2017 and was recorded by the band at various locations. Mixed and mastered by Tuna in Djævlesound Studio.
CD $9.50
08/23/2019
Decades in the making, technical death / thrash pioneers Insanity have finally returned with a follow-up to their cult classic Death After Death album. The new Visions Of Apocalypse shows that time and tragedy has not diminished the anger or speed of this band. Comes with digital download card.
LP $19.00
08/23/2019
Compilation CD-digipack including the Open The Crypt demo, Krypts 7-inch EP and a rehearsal track.
CD $9.50
08/23/2019
Vircolac came into being in Dublin, Ireland, during the dying embers of 2013 with the intention of creating a timeless take on death metal replete with actual songs, riffs and atmosphere, removed in its own right from some of the contemporaneous styles within death metal that almost sought to unwrite what the essence of a song is. Steeped firmly in the '80s and subsequent early '90s death metal scenes, influences are wide and varied, but never used as a barometer for reference, rather as parts of the whole that have obsessed our collective minds from a young age and are now present in our newest endeavour, The Cursed Travails Of The Demeter EP. So, for now, we bid you welcome on board this cursed ship and join our voyage into damnation.
CD $9.50
08/23/2019
*** Now available! "Formed right after Alex Bouks (guitar), Matt Medeiros (guitar & vocals) and Shawn Eldridge (drums) all stepped out of their duties with Funebrarum to form their own band, Ruinous perfectly embodies everything those guys have been up until now while forging a sound on its own. While Medeiros brings on the table the brutal, ominous vibe that made Funebrarum's The Sleep Of Morbid Dreams such an amazing experience, Bouks' more classic metal background adds more layers. "Powered by a supra-guttural growl and a very ripping approach, Graves Of Ceaseless Death also draws inspiration from grindcore, thrash and even doom (check out 'Procession of Ceaseless Sorrows' or the epic, 10-minute long 'Through Stygian Catacombs' for proofs on the latter!). "Yet death metal remains their favorite playground and as a matter of fact, their debut sits nicely somewhere in between the old and the new school. Never afraid of brutally wielding the axe, yet with a clear and powerful sound, with one of the fattest and most crushing guitar sounds you can imagine on the top of that." –Olivier "Zoltar" Badin
LP $19.00
08/22/2019
CD $9.50
08/23/2019
With a certain maturity and poise, a sense of deep-set misery almost pushes the record into death-doom territory. Almost...but not quite. The sound remains tensely energetic, albeit with a sense of space, time and songcraft which is more impressive than ever. Gruesomely textured wraith-like melodies intertwine monstrously hammering double-bass rhythms, the delicate interplay of guitar harmonies threading a perfect line between devious subtlety and straight-ahead bludgeon. Perhaps above all else, the gasping tortured vocals imbue a horrific terror upon the listener. It is the sum of all parts which so masterfully elevate Ataraxy above their peers. Few others have scaled such heights; in this timeless classic we witness a band enter the pantheon of death metal royalty.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
MC $9.25
08/16/2019
After terrorizing your ear drums with 2011's The Dagger And The Chalice and 2012's self-titled 7-inch, Finland's Corpsessed are poised to thoroughly decimate what's left of your auditory senses. The band's debut full-length, Abysmal Thresholds is over 47 minutes (ten tracks) of death metal the way you've come to expect from this hard-hitting Finnish band.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Originally released in 1996 on Radiation Records (a Nuclear Blast label), Purgatory's Reign is a brilliant death / doom album now available on CD format once again. Used prices of this album can fetch a nice sum and rightfully so. Songs from this album were originally intended for the Divine Eve debut full-length after Xan Hammack relocated to California from Texas. He enlisted the help of Rhett Davis (Gravehill, Morgion) to complete the lineup on drums. The output is a pure, underrated classic. A true must-own. Vinyl version will be coming soon via Dark Descent Records. Layout carefully recreated from the original and the material has been carefully remastered by Ted Tringo at The Ancient Way Mastering.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
After staying relatively quiet for six years (only a split and compilation to speak of), Chile's Diabolical Messiah returns with their sophomore album and follow-up to 2010's Satan Tottendemon Victory!!!. Demonic Weapons Against The Sacred packs a tremendous, true death metal punch with ten, riff-filled hymns. Out March 31st on Dark Descent Records.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Compilation of Ellorsith's EP material to-date. First time on CD. Includes the band's 2014 EP 1959, their side of 2016's split with Mannveira and 2018's EP Orbhais.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
Entrails' 2010 debut album is available once again in jewel case format, this time on Dark Descent Records. New layout and cover art.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
The Crypt and Dark Descent Records are proud to announce our partnering with Poland's Hazael to unleash their mighty 1994 album Thor. We are honored to give this overlooked death metal jewel new life. Having been long out-of-print for years and fetching outrageous prices online, we are proud to offer this amazing piece of history once again. Features the original cover artwork, classic band photos and lyrics.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
Dark Descent Records is honored and privileged to announce our cooperation with legendary thrash kings Holy Terror! One of the most underrated bands from the late '80s, Holy Terror had a unique sound unlike any of their peers. Led by ex-Agent Steel's Kurt Kilfelt and his unconventional, complex and catchy guitar melodies, and Keith Deen's amazing and original vocal style, Holy Terror had forged their own innovative and distinct sound! Sadly Keith lost his battle with cancer in 2012 and we offer this release as tribute to him. The CD features the band's amazing 1986 demo, carefully mastered from the original analog source as well as two complete, unreleased live soundboard recordings from the band's extensive touring days! Featuring cover artwork from Rick Araluce, who painted both covers for the band's two full length albums Terror And Submission and Mind Wars as well as their El Revengo compilation.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
Following 2011's demo and 2013's highly-acclaimed EP, Into the Brazen Bull, House Of Atreus strikes back with their eight-song, 42 minute debut full-length.
LP $19.00
08/16/2019
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
After four demos and a 2017 EP, Copenhagen's Sulphurous's Dolorous Death Knell marks the band's debut full-length release.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
The highly anticipated full-length debut from Canadian black metal trio, Thantifaxath. Thantifaxath expands their twisted landscape on Sacred White Noise, the follow-up to their acclaimed 2011 self-titled EP.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
MP3 $7.99
08/16/2019
FLAC $8.99
08/16/2019
The Swedish masters of aversion and forlorn Vanhelgd returns with an even darker aspect of death metal surpassing what is deemed traditional and into the realms of blackened doom metal with Temple Of Phobos. While still firmly locked into that unmistakable Vanhelgd sound, it is clear that on Temple Of Phobos they have steered into a much more despondent territory; very reminiscent of the early '90s doom. Vanhelgd have managed to capture the essence and vibe with such perfection on this album that perhaps this will go down in the band's history as one of their heaviest, gloomiest and blackest records ever. Recorded and mixed at Studio Underjord with Joona Hassinen (Year Of The Goat, Saturnalia Temple, Ocean Chief, etc) and mastering duties by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Watain, Repugnant, Desultory, etc) and once again gracing the ominous artwork by Vanhelgd frontman Mattias "Flesh" Frisk (Ghost, Entrapment, Vampire, etc).
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
"All this rambling about the genre bending ability of ZOM is to say that while some disbanded acts or perennial favorites are returning to their roots in 2014 and 2015, and while denim and leather clad old-schoolers nod in approval, people should be looking out for the new shit that is clawing up from the underground in scenes that no one even knew existed. Don’t be the poseur who can’t stop bitching about how there aren’t any decent metal bands anymore. With 'Flesh Assimilation', ZOM have wrangled the distinctive chaos of both death and black metal to create one of the best records of this year." – The Sludge Lord
LP $19.00
08/16/2019
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
After the highly acclaimed 2018 comeback release The Origin Of Sleep CD EP, Autumn Tears returns with their first full length album in eleven years, Colors Hidden Within The Gray. The album features a full orchestral ensemble including ethnic instruments such as bagpipes, kamancheh and bansuri, as well as the amazing lead vocal talents of Irish singer / songwriter Brona McVittie, and former Rain Fell Within (USA) lead vocalist Dawn Desiree Smith, known for her powerful, intense operatic vocal style. Among the 30+ talented musicians featured will be again be veteran French horn player John Clark, harpist Tom Moth from Florence And The Machine, original Autumn Tears members (vocalist Jennifer Judd and woodwind player Terran Olson), and percussionist Matthias Borgh from Arcana (Swe). The album will be mastered by renowned German film composer Olaf Parusel, best known for his legendary neoclassical act sToa (Ger). NOTE: The CD version features a 16-page lyric booklet lavishly illustrated with paintings by Graszka Paulska. This album is dedicated to the late Jóhann Jóhannsson—composer, artist and visionary.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
The third album from Edmonton-based death / black / thrash legion, Begrime Exemious. The most focused work to date. Forty-eight minute attack featuring an Incantation cover. Cover art by Mike Riddick.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Finnish death metal trio Desolate Shrine will release new album Deliverance From The Godless Void November 10 on Dark Descent Records. It may be their fourth album (third on Dark Descent Records) in six years, but the band shows no sign of fatigue on their newest opus. The band continues to erase the already thin line existing between black, death and doom and once again come out of the abyss with their own instantly recognizable style. Recorded during 2016 with the same core trio since 2011's debut Tenebrous Towers, this new beast, while no less epic than its predecessors (three of the seven songs featured here are at over eight minutes long) is even more textured and tortured while at the same time highly atmospheric. And while a track like "Unmask The Face Of False" may be the heaviest and slowest they've ever done, that doesn't prevent "Demonic Evocation Prayer" from being transfigured by hellish blast beats either. Still, as with each of their albums, Desolate Shrine's latest full-length is to be considered like one big entity, almost like a ceremony if you will, one that demands to be experienced from beginning to end without interruption.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
2XLP $24.00
08/16/2019
"All things pass from Obscurity to Manifestation, inspired harmoniously by the Breath of the Void." The borders of worlds are broken: Antihedron is a three song EP interpreting the relation between the world obscure and our physical presence. From the Breath of the Void unto manifestation, through a life of ordeal into the maws of Death. Solve Et Coagula. Digital Download included. Includes eight page booklet.
LP $19.00
08/16/2019
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Brooding and venomous, progressive and blackened, Emptiness's Error is a journey into descending madness. Forward-thinking black-doom insanity wrapped in a groove-laden burl of off-kilter rhythms and disharmonic melody collide with a poisonous tongue; Phorgath's agonizing spoken rasp claws at the mind and fuels the nightmare within. Embrace sorrowed oblivion. Eight new tracks of killer death / black noise. This is the third full-length from this Belgian group featuring members of Enthroned. The layout features a four-panel digipak on upgraded matte finish card stock with an eight page booklet. Layout by Blackout Multimedia, Brussels.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
A CD compilation of split, EP and live material spanning the band's ten year history of death metal darkness.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Legendary east coast death metal! This is the long-awaited vinyl version of the Goreaphobia compilation, originally released by Necroharmonic on CD in 2007. We have removed the live tracks from the compilation and the music has been mastered for vinyl at The War Room by John Litchko. New cover art by Drew Elliott.
LP $19.00
08/16/2019
“Those who flee the hammer, shall abide the forge…” New Zealand’s Heresiarch return with their long-awaited debut album Death Ordinance, a dominant forty-minute statement of savagery, chaos and death. Following 2011’s Hammer Of Intransigence” and 2014’s Waelwulf, Heresiarch have further sharpened their weapons to deliver the bands most evolved, complete and forceful release to date. Misanthropic-Art adorns the release with deranged exultance of annihilation, further marking Death Ordinance as an oppressive force of BlackDeath Metal.
CD $12.00
08/16/2019
MP3 $7.99
08/16/2019
FLAC $8.99
08/16/2019
Hailing from Texas, Imprecation have been firmly entrenched in death metal's underground since their inception in 1991. The early '90s saw the band release a couple of acclaimed demos and an EP (Drowned Records) followed by a compilation of material in 1995 titled Theurgia Goetia Summa on Repulse Records (later reissued several times). Not long after this essential death metal compilation, the band went on hiatus until its resurrection in 2009. Cited as highly influential by many death metal bands today, Imprecation's long-awaited debut full-length, Satanae Tenebris Infinita is Imprecation in top form. Definitely not a departure from Imprecation's earlier style but a continuation of the destiny that was interrupted due to the band's break back in 1998. This is forty minutes of pure, unadulterated death metal the way it was meant to be played complete with cover art from long-time ally, Mr. Chris Moyen. This is one not to be missed.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Swedish chainsaw-cadavers Interment once again unravel the hellish mausoleum with the group’s latest scorcher Scent Of The Buried! Six years and a few line-up changes later, Interment came back more savage than ever at the peak of the current Swedish death metal scene, with hints of the band showing maturity and dynamism but without ever losing their integrity as a no-holds-barred primal beast. In murderous HM-2 SweDeathmachine we trust. Recorded and mixed by the legendary Tomas Skogsberg at Sunlight Studio, Stockholm (Nihilist, Entombed, Dismember, Grave, Desultory, etc) and mastering duties handled by Demonical frontman Sverker "Widda" Widgren at Wing Studio (Centinex, Demonical, Nidsang, Setherial, etc). Featuring the extremely frightful artwork of Juan Castellano (Portrait, Revel In Flesh, Avulsed, etc).
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
The long-awaited follow-up to 2013's Eon Of Cycling Death. Twenty-four minute death metal EP featuring members/ex-members of Sonne Adam, Har and more.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Brand new 28-minute EP from Finland's Lie In Ruins. Demise is the first release from this four-piece since 2014's Toward Divine Death. Technically one track, this EP showcases the band's growth. Top no-nonsense death metal as you'd come to expect from one of Finland's best.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Emerging from Sweden's underground in 2007, Miasmal instantly rose to the top of the crowded scene. Combining old school death metal with punkish riffs and a heap of d-beat, Miasmal released their demo in 2008 on Detest Records. This demo was an instant classic which led them to once again hit the studio to record a 7-inch EP in 2010. Shortly after its release, that 7-inch sold out, leading Miasmal to take their show on the road, playing such fests such as NWN! Fest and Kill Town Death Fest. Dark Descent Records is proud to announce the release of Miasmal's best work to date. Their self-titled debut full-length features eight brand new hymns clocking in at over 36 minutes. Fans of true death metal will not be disappointed as the CD version also contains the sold out 2008 demo tracks and the two tracks from the 2010 7inch EP. In all, fourteen tracks are contained on this release amounting to all of Miasmal's work to date.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Known for their undying adoration for everything sleazy, macabre and genuinely disturbing, the Necrovorous ghouls have risen from their crypt after years of hibernation and are staring at you with bloodshot eyes while brandishing scepters made of human bones. The world's best attempts to keep from waking the beast have failed miserably. Proceed with caution, as the death metal equivalent of the Jörg Buttgereit flick "Plains Of Decay" is coming to melt with your brain. To avoid fainting, keep on repeating ..."It's only a record... It's only a record... It's only a record..."
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Nox Formulae is the brother band of Serpent Noir, emerging from the Well of NOX: the darkest principle of the Draconian Tradition and the formula of XONOX. The theme of the so-called Shadow Allies (also named: Shadow Chiefs, the Allies of OD, The Council of Shadow etc) was approached for the first time in the song ''Allies From The Black Sun Universe'', the opening track of the album of Serpent Noir's Seeing Through The Shadow Consciousness: Open Up The Shells. In the lyrics (written in 2010) one may read: ''...They emerge from the portals of the World's Unconscious. Floating into the layers of perception, in the deserted fields of existence and the zone of XON. The dwellers of the forgotten realms of existence are your Initiators / Initiatrices. They are your guides towards the core of the Black Sun and the power of Becoming. Evoke forth the Allies for they are the escorts of transcendental power in the form of Ecstasy and the Vril force...'' As it is understood by now, the Allies have a purely magical, initiatory and metaphysical character. Now, the first full length album of Nox Formulae ,The Hidden Paths To Black Ecstasy, deals extensively with those Entities and serves its purpose as a sonic grimoire (with an actual publication on Dark Magic to follow later in the years), revealing the Dark Traditions as well as subtle methods through which one may come in contact with the Dark Beings. Includes digital download card, printed inner sleeve, black...
LP $19.00
08/16/2019
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Highly-awaited debut full-length from this Portland-based death metal band. After their demo assault on our eardrums with their 2012 attack, Sempiternal Dusk makes their presence known on a five track, forty-seven minute affair. If you like doom in your death metal, Sempiternal Dusk will be most pleasing to your taste.
LP $19.00
08/16/2019
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Reissue of Solstice's fantastic 2013 EP. Epic heavy metal at its finest. Added as a bonus to this already spectacular CD is a demo version of White Horse Hill, a track scheduled to be found on their upcoming album.
CD $9.50
08/16/2019
Rising from the depths of "The Windy City"; Chicago's finest death / doom threesome Cianide delivered its first death blow to the underground in 1992. After some initial praise from 1992's Dying Truth, Cianide assaulted eardrums with what many consider their finest hour, A Descent Into Hell. Pure, unadulterated death metal and almost twenty years after its initial issue; 1994's A Descent Into Hell is finally available on CD once again. Almost 80 minutes (includes 1993's Kills demo and two unreleased tracks) of true death metal that Cianide have been delivering for almost a quarter of a century. Don't miss your chance to grab this essential piece of U.S. death metal complete with original artwork. "Cianide plays TRUE death metal exclusively!"
CD $12.00
08/02/2019
London’s premium metal force Craven Idol unleash their second album of ruthless first wave blackened thrash in the vein of early Bathory, Gospel Of The Horns, Manilla Road, and Inquisiton. After four years of toil, the U.K. four-piece present: The Shackles Of Mammon, an uncompromising and unique blend of tag-less extreme metal from the early days of horrible hellnoise. Inspirations are many; be it heavy metal gods such as Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Sortilege or Manilla Road; early pioneers like Poison (Ger), Samael, Razor, Bathory, Venom; pretenders to the throne like Gospel Of The Horns, D666, Inquisiton…but don’t be fooled—this is no tribute act. Recorded at Birmingham’s Priority Studios and engineered by Esoteric’s Greg Chandler (and mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound), The Shackles Of Mammon boasts an old school production as well as Craven Idol’s most fierce and varied songs to date. The album boasts artwork by the extraordinarily twisted Daniel Corcuera. The artist’s powerful take on Sascha Schneider’s 1896 wood carving Mammon und sein Sklave is a striking work of art. Lyrically the album deals with the vices of man, the plagues they unleashed upon themselves, and the rationalization of its own actions—be it in tragedy or ruin—through the creation of deities and cults. Mammon, the Demon of Avarice, reigns above all, whilst the black arts and countless religions seek to justify human failure. ON BLACK / ORANGE MERGED COLORED VINYL WITH GATEFOLD AND POSTER.
LP $20.25
08/02/2019
MP3 $7.92
08/02/2019
FLAC $8.99
08/02/2019
After letting the dust of their acknowledged 2011 EP settle, Finland's Lantern have returned to deliver a new, far more epic slab of dark and atmospheric death metal performed in the ancient vein. Lantern's debut album Below is a relentless plunge into the unfathomable darkness these compositions are born of, presented in the band's unique style of carefully crafted yet filthy and morbid metal. Compiling seven strongly distinct macabre tales and covering thirty-eight minutes, Below is a definitive statement of a band in top form and demonstrates that death's not dead.
CD $9.50
08/02/2019
MP3 $5.99
08/02/2019
FLAC $6.99
08/02/2019
After releasing their debut album, The Calling Depths, in 2011, Lvcifyre set out on a path of darkness and returned with the brilliant new album, Svn Eater. Based out of the United Kingdom, Svn Eater spans nine tracks clocking in at almost 50 minutes and will no doubt be one of the best, if not the best, releases of 2014. HDHM!
LP $19.00
08/02/2019
CD $9.50
08/02/2019
Montreal's Phobocosm has returned from the abyss with another offering of oppressive and ambient death metal. The band's newest album, Bringer Of Drought, is an exploration into uncharted darkness. A deeper and more intense experience than its 2014 predecessor, Deprived, Bringer Of Drought features 35 minutes of soul-reaping, doom-infused death. Mixed and mastered by Colin Marston. Bringer Of Drought was unleashed May 13 on Dark Descent Records.
CD $12.00
08/02/2019