Dark Essence Records
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NEOCLASSICAL ARTIST ANTINOË SET TO RELEASE FIRST SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM
From the mountains of Madrid comes Antinoë, the haunting one-woman project of pianist and vocalist Teresa Marraco. With her ethereal…
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HELHEIM UNVEILS SPLIT ALBUM WITH THEMSELVES – FIRST SINGLE AND VIDEO RELEASED
Norwegian Viking/black metal legends Helheim return with their 12th studio album — a groundbreaking release where the band does the…
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“Until it Goes Away” – a scream of agony from Feversea
Man was meant to replace God as the universal measure. The events of the 20th and 21st centuries, however, have…
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SUNKINDLING: FEVERSEA’S HYMN FOR A WORLD IN COLLAPSE
Man was meant to replace God as the universal measure. The events of the 20th and 21st centuries, however, have…
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VULTURE INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCE THE TOWER RE-ISSUE
Renowned for their captivating stage presence and theatrical performances, Vulture Industries are proud to announce the anniversary reissue of their acclaimed 2013…
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KOLDBRANN NOMINATED FOR NORWEGIAN GRAMMY
KOLDBRANN’s latest album «Ingen Skånsel» has been nominated for the prestigious Spellemannprisen, aka the Norwegian Grammy, in the metal/hard rock…
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KOLDBRANN RELEASE ‘ELEVERT HINSIDES TILSTAND’ ON STREAMING
Dedicated to the memory of Trånn Ciekals (1978-2025), mastermind of DJEVEL, and a long-time close friend of the band, KOLDBRANN…
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DEATH GRUNGERS WRATH SET TO JOIN DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
Originating from the heart of Haugalandet, Norway, WRATH fuses the brooding intensity of prog metal with the raw, unrefined energy…
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NEOCLASSICAL ARTIST ANTINOË SET TO JOIN DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
Dark Essence Records have never been afraid to venture into the outskirts of the metalscene and work with bands and…
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Dark Essence Records release new single from upcoming Madder Mortem album.
With the release date of MADDER MORTEM “Old Eyes, New Heart”, fast approaching, Dark Essence Records have today revealed a new…
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POST METALLERS FEVERSEA SET TO JOIN DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
With a world-wide reputation for being able to find some of the best newcomers on the Extreme Metal scene, whilst…
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BLACK METAL VETERANS KOLDBRANN RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Fans of Norwegian Black Metal know that if you mention the name KOLDBRANN you are going to get a band…
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BLACK METAL VETERANS KOLDBRANN RELEASE VIDEO AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Norwegian Black Metal veterans KOLDBRANN ended 2023 very much on their own terms, releasing a stand-alone, limited edition, 7″ vinyl…
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BLACK METAL VETERANS KOLDBRANN REVEAL DETAILS OF UPCOMING ALBUM
When Dark Essence Records announced that Norwegian Black Metal veterans KOLDBRANN would be joining the label for the release of…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS REVEALS ALBUM DETAILS AND NEW SINGLE FROM HARD ROCKERS VESTINDIEN
When you name your band after the last known brothel (now a museum) in your home town, you’d better be…
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GENRE-DEFYING DUO LETHE RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
When they first got together in 2012, Tor-Helge Skei (MANES, MANII etc.) and Anna Murphy (CELLAR DARLING, ex-ELUVEITIE) had it…
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DOOM METALLERS BISMARCK REVEAL DETAILS AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With a trademark sound that is an uncompromising mix of sludgy riffs and psychedelic nuances, BISMARCK’s lineup of Torstein Tveiten on…
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Genre-defying duo Lethe reveal album details, new single & video.
Following the inevitable delays that the past few years have wrought on new releases, LETHE are finally back with their…
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Dark Essence Records releases new track from upcoming Alfahanne album.
Sweden’s ALFAHANNE, whose ability both on and off stage to produce their own infectious, crowd-pleasing “Alfapocalyptic Rock” has endeared the…
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Madder Mortem release new single from upcoming album.
Five years after the release of “Marrow” MADDER MORTEM will be back on the 26th January 2024 with their 8th…
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Dark Essence Records reveals first single from upcoming Vestindien album.
As work on VESTINDIEN’s sophomore full-length album “Verdande” nears completion, Dark Essence Records has managed to give fans of the…
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Icelandic black metallers Nyrst debut new single from upcoming album.
Nobody watching the news could have failed to have noticed that the people of Iceland are on tenterhooks, wondering if…
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Alfahanne reveals details of upcoming album and new single.
Having announced their return to Dark Essence Records after a one-album absence, Swedish Rockers ALFAHANNE are ready to (rock n)…
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Madder Mortem reveal details of upcoming 8th album, new single & video.
One of Norway’s most interesting bands, MADDER MORTEM, has always defied any attempt at genre-labeling. Fronted by Agnete M. Kirkevaag’s…
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Dark Essence Records welcomes doom metallers Bismarck to its roster.
Dark Essence Records have announced that Norwegian Doom Metallers BISMARCK will be joining the label, bringing with them a well-deserved…
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Dark Essence Records to release original demo from Norwegian black metallers Tilintetgjort.
When a label adds an artist to its roster there could be any number of reasons why that particular artist…
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Icelandic black metallers Nyrst debut single and video from upcoming album.
Black Metallers NYRST are a band whose pride in their native Iceland is obvious in all that they do. The…
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Details of upcoming sophomore album from Icelandic black metallers Nyrst.
When NYRST released their debut full-length album “Orsök” in 2020, the Icelandic Black Metallers demonstrated a ferocious musical ability that…
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BLACK METAL VETERANS KOLDBRANN INK DEAL WITH DARK ESSENCE RECORDS. LTD ED VINYL KICKS OFF COLLABORATION.
Dark Essence Records have welcomed Norwegian Black Metal veterans KOLDBRANN to their roster, and are ready to release the band’s…
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Taake announce details of European Tour
Norwegian Black Metal veterans TAAKE, headed by iconic founder Hoest, will hit the road in March 2024 on a series…
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Dark Essence Records reveals details of upcoming album from doomsters Dwaal and debuts new single.
When DWAAL released their debut full-length album “Gospel of the Vile” in July of 2020, things were definitely looking up…
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Taake reveals details of eight full-length album, plus new single.
It has been thirty years since Hoest, nowadays a figure of near-legendary status on the Norwegian Black Metal scene, brought…
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Thrash metal veterans Nocturnal Breed release new single from upcoming album.
When S.A. Destroyer (aka Svartalv – ex. GEHENNA, SATYRICON) formed NOCTURNAL BREED in 1996 he had two intentions. One was…
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Thrash Metal veterans Nocturnal Breed reveal new video and single from upcoming album.
Norway’s NOCTURNAL BREED is a band that has never been afraid to show its influences and wears them proudly on…
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Vulture Industries release new video and single from upcoming album.
With VULTURE INDUSTRIES’ fifth full-length album “Ghosts from the Past” set to hit the streets on the 16th June, Dark Essence Records…
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Dark Essence Records reveals new track from upcoming Vulture Industries album.
Inspired by what I consider one of the most disturbing paintings ever made, the track deals with power-hungry old men…
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Dark Essence Records announces details of new album from thrash metal veterans Nocturnal Breed.
When S.A. Destroyer (aka Svartalv – ex. GEHENNA, SATYRICON) formed NOCTURNAL BREED in 1996 he saw the band as both an…
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New double single from folk prog rockers Lumsk upcoming album revealed.
“Fremmede Toner” from Norwegian Folk Prog Rockers LUMSK is a long way from being your average album because all its…
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Thrash veterans Nocturnal Breed ink deal with Dark Essence Records.
After a long search to find a label to suit their exacting requirements, Norwegian Thrashers NOCTURNAL BREED have described their…
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Vulture Industries return to Dark Essence Records for fifth full-length album.
Dark Essence Records have announced that VULTURE INDUSTRIES will be making a very welcome return back to the label’s roster,…
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Details of upcoming Vulture Industries album revealed along with new single and video.
Embracing a sound that was once described by a fan as “This is how Nick Cave would sound like if…
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Dark Essence Records reveals double single from folk prog rockers Lumsk upcoming album.
When Dark Essence Records recently announced the details of “Fremmede Toner”, the upcoming release from Norwegian Folk Prog Rockers LUMSK, it was…
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Dark Essence Records inks deal with genre-defying duo Lethe
You can try and define LETHE and their music, but the probability that you will fall wide of the mark…
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Norwegian black metallers Tilintetgjort reveal new single from upcoming album.
“With glass-shattering riffs and chants for death, ancient rites come to life with Hex” is how Black Metallers TILINTETGJORT describe…
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Dark Essence Records announces details of upcoming album folk prog rockers Lumsk
Sixteen years have passed since Folk Prog Rockers LUMSK last released an album, but there’s good news for the band’s…
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Details of upcoming album & single from Norwegian black metallers Tilintetgjort.
On the 31st March, Dark Essence Records will be releasing the debut full-length album from TILINTETGJORT, one of the most…
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Slegest reveals new single and video from upcoming album.
Dark Essence Records will kick off 2023 with the release of “Avstand”, the fourth full-length album from Norwegian Heavy Rockers…
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New video and single from upcoming Slegest album revealed
Having recently announced the much-anticipated new album from SLEGEST, Dark Essence Records have revealed a first glimpse into the kind…
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Dark Essence Records reveals details of new Slegest album.
Fans of Norway’s SLEGEST have been waiting a while for a new dose of the band’s Black Metal-tinged Heavy Rock,…
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New single from upcoming T.O.M.B. album released.
Fans of US Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B, have today been given the chance to hear a second track from…
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Dark Essence Records announce new album and single from Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B.
US Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B, are back with their seventh full-length album which is due to hit the streets on…
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Dark Essence Records reveals new single from upcoming Blodhemn album.
On the 7th October, Dark Essence Records will release the album “Sverger Hemn” from BLODHEMN, the project from multi-instrumentalist Invisus…
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Norwegian black metallers Blodhemn reveal album details and new single.
Whilst Norway is, without a doubt, the spiritual home of Black Metal bands, when applying the term “bands” it is very…
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Dark Essence Records welcomes Alfahanne back into the fold.
Dark Essence Records, the label that gave the Swedish Rockers their recording start back in 2014, have welcomed ALFAHANNE back to…
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Norwegian black metallers Blodhemn join Dark Essence Records.
Since first appearing on the Norwegian scene in 2004, BLODHEMN founder Invisus has worked tirelessly to further Black Metal’s iconic…
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Dark Essence Records inks deal with Norwegian black metallers Tilintetgjort.
Dark Essence Records have welcomed Norwegian Black Metallers TILINTETGJORT to their roster, and will release the band’s debut full-length album…
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NEW BANDCAMP PAGE & DISCOUNT OFFER
Launch of Dark Essence Records Bandcamp label page celebrated with dicount campaign.
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Superlynx set to release six-track digital EP.
Following on from the completion of their third full-length album “Electric Temple” Norway’s SUPERLYNX, whose sound is a distinctive combination of doom, psychedelic…
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Dark Essence Records inks deal with folk prog rockers Lumsk
Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with Folk Prog Rockers, LUMSK, a band that describes itself as: A seven…
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Avantgarde metallers If Nothing Is reveal new single from upcoming album.
Dark Essence Records have today revealed a new single, taken from the much-anticipated re-release of the 2015 self-titled debut full-length…
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New single from upcoming Helheim album revealed.
On the 29th October, HELHEIM will be back again with “WoduridaR”, the band’s eleventh full-length album, and one that harks back to the…
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Helheim return to their roots with upcoming album. Single and video revealed.
Known the world-over for their authenticity and integrity when it comes to portraying their Norse heritage, Norway’s HELHEIM will be…
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NEW TAAKE ALBUM “AVVIK” OUT NOW!
New album by TAAKE out now! “Avvik” is available as limited edition digipack (3000 ex, one pressing only) and in…
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Madder Mortem documentary, “Howl of the Underdogs” to be released digitally, worldwide on June 26th.
HOWL OF THE UNDERDOGS Howl of the Underdogs is the story of the Norwegian metal band Madder Mortem and their…
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Avantgarde metallers If Nothing Is debut track from upcoming album.
Having recently added Avantgarde Metallers IF NOTHING is to its roster, Dark Essence Records have wasted no time in planning…
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Dark Essence Records set to release CD version of TAAKE tracks from recent 10″ split series.
TAAKE have released a series of 10″ splits with three different bands (WHOREDOM RIFE, DEATHCULT and HELHEIM), on three different…
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Avantgarde metallers IF NOTHING IS sign to Dark Essence Records – debut album details revealed.
Avantgarde Metallers IF NOTHING IS, have inked a deal with Dark Essence Records which will see the label release the…
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CODE debut a track from their upcoming album.
As the release date of CODE’s fifth full-length album “Flyblown Prince” edges closer, Dark Essence Records have today revealed a…
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Superlynx reveal new single and video from upcoming album.
Not long to go now before SUPERLYNX’s third full-length album “Electric Temple” hits the streets, and in anticipation if its…
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CODE debut a track from their upcoming album.
Fans of CODE don’t need to wait until the 4th June to find out what the band’s fifth full-length release…
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Superlynx release new single and video from upcoming album.
Norway’s SUPERLYNX are very clear about what music means to them when they quote Jimi Hendrix who described his own…
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Details and video teaser of upcoming fifth full length album from CODE revealed.
After a long, and for some, an impatient, wait, CODE are back with “Flyblown Prince” the fifth full-length album from…
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Superlynx reveal details, video and new single from upcoming album.
Dark Essence Records have announced that the 16th April has been set for the release of “Electric Temple”, the third…
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Vulture Industries stream concert
Norway’s VULTURE INDUSTRIES have announced their second streaming digital live show! This time, the event will take place from the…
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New single revealed from upcoming Vestindien album.
With the release the of the single “Meldrøye”, taken from VESTINDIEN’s debut full-length album “Null” , Dark Essence Records have revealed another tantalising…
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Five The Hierophant release single from upcoming album.
With “Through Aureate Void” set to be released on the 25th February, Dark Essence Records have today released the single…
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New single and video from upcoming album by Norwegian Black Metallers Endezzma revealed
With less than a month to go to the release of “The Archer, Fjord and the Thunder”, the much-anticipated third…
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Five The Hierophant sophomore album details and video teaser revealed.
Dark Essence Records have announced the details of “Through Aureate Void”, the second full-length album from Britain’s FIVE THE HIEROPHANT,…
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Vulture Industries’ sophomore full-length set for release on vinyl for the first time
To celebrate the 11th Anniversary of its original release, Dark Essence Records is set to make “The Malefactor’s Bloody Register”,…
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Vestindien album details and new single revealed
Having created a substantial following for themselves, due in part to the release of the 2011 EP “We are the…
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Dark Essence Records to release split EP from Taake and Helheim
Norwegian Black Metal icon Hoest has cast some positivity into the hell that has been 2020, with the release of…
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DETAILS OF UPCOMING ALBUM FROM ENDEZZMA REVEALED
Having recently signed a two-album deal with ENDEZZMA, Dark Essence Records have today announced the details of “The Archer, Fjord…
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COSTIN CHIOREANU & SOFIA SARRI POST VIDEO OF LIVE PERFORMANCE OF 3 SONGS FROM “AFTERLIFE ROMANCE”
Following on from the release of “Afterlife Romance”, the debut full-length album from Romanian artist COSTIN CHIOREANU and Greek singer…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS ENDEZZMA RELEASE SINGLE AND VIDEO FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With their much-anticipated new album “The Archer, Fjord and the Thunder” set to launch Dark Essence Records 2021 releases, ENDEZZMA…
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Second single and video released by Norwegian Black Metallers Endezzma
Dark Essence Records have unleashed “The Name Of The Night Is A Strong Tower”, a devastating new single and video…
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VULTURE INDUSTRIES ANNOUNCE NORWEGIAN SHOWS
Progressive Metallers VULTURE INDUSTRIES are set to play four exclusive live shows in their native Norway in November of this…
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Sales Campaign – Doom and Vikings
THE LAST SALES CAMPAIGN FROM DARK ESSENCE RECORDS FOR A WHILE WILL FOCUS ON DOOM AND VIKINGS. From Wednesday the…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS ENDEZZMA DEBUT NEW VIDEO
Norwegian Black Metallers ENDEZZMA, who have just inked a two-album deal with Dark Essence Records, recently managed to recover some…
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Old School Metal. Sales Campaign + a lesson in metal history = win-win situation!
We hope you’ve had a nice Summer and maybe even a bit of vacation. September is upon us now, and…
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VESTINDIEN JOINS THE DARK ESSENCE RECORDS ROSTER
VESTINDIEN might not be a band that is immediately recognisable to most music fans, but that’s about to change, because…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS ENDEZZMA SIGN TO DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
Norwegian Black Metallers ENDEZZMA have signed a two-album deal with Dark Essence Records, joining a roster that includes some of…
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Black Metal sales campaign
We’re continuing our series of summer sale campaigns and this week we’ll focus on our Black Metal bands.
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LATEST ALBUM FROM OCCULT METALLERS ACÂRASH HITS THE STREETS
With their music imbued with esoteric poetry and ritualistic contemplation, Occult Metallers ACÂRASH have today released their second-full length album. …
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OCCULT METALLERS ACÂRASH RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
“This song is a beautiful two-headed beast. It’s a tribute to the initiated and wise, while at the same time…
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DETAILS OF SOPHOMORE ALBUM AND NEW SINGLE FROM OCCULT HARD ROCKERS ACÂRASH REVEALED
“A vessel for justice, strength and revenge” is how Occult Hard Rockers ACÂRASH describe their sophomore full-length album “Descend to…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS JOINS FORCES WITH FRUITS OF VENUS TO GIVE FANS A FREE-TO-DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
When this year’s Inferno Festival was cancelled due to the current Corona virus crisis also cancelled was the much-anticipated guided…
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ICELANDIC BLACK METALLERS NYRST RELEASE NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Icelandic Black Metallers NYRST have released a second track from their upcoming album “Orsök”, an album filled with incredibly cold,…
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ICELANDIC BLACK METALLERS NYRST REVEAL ALBUM DETAILS, NEW VIDEO & SINGLE
It is fitting that Black Metallers NYRST have chosen the title track to introduce their debut full-length album “Orsök”, because…
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DOOMSTERS DWAAL REVEAL NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With their debut full-length album “Gospel of the Vile” set for release on Dark Essence Records on the 6th March,…
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T.O.M.B REVEAL NEW VIDEO FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With the 24 January release of “Thin The Veil”, the sixth full-length album from Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B, merely…
