Dark Essence Records
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DOOMSTERS DWAAL REVEAL DETAILS AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Having welcomed Norwegian Doomsters DWAAL into the fold two years ago, Dark Essence Records have revealed that the band’s debut…
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COSTIN CHIOREANU BRINGS GUIDED VIRTUAL REALITY TOUR TO INFERNO METAL FESTIVAL
Romanian artist and musician COSTIN CHIOREANU is set to debut “Midnight Cemetery”, a guided Virtual Reality tour, at 2020’s Inferno…
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TAAKE AND KAMPFAR ANNOUNCE CO-HEADLINING EUROPEAN TOUR
TAAKE and KAMPFAR have today announced that they will be joining forces to undertake a co-headlining European tour during March…
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NEW VIDEO AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING T.O.M.B ALBUM REVEALED
Dark Essence Records have today revealed a new single from “Thin The Veil”, the upcoming sixth full-length album from Total…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS INKS DEAL WITH ICELANDIC BLACK METALLERS NYRST
Dark Essence Records have announced today that they have welcomed NYRST onto their roster and will be releasing the debut…
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DEATH METALLERS RATTENFÄNGER REVEAL DETAILS AND NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
After a seven-year wait since the release of RATTENFÄNGER ‘s debut album, Dark Essence Records have today revealed details of…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS REVEALS ALBUM DETAILS, VIDEO & SINGLE FROM T.O.M.B
Today’s reveal of a new video and single taken from “Thin The Veil”, the upcoming sixth full-length album from Total…
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CODE INKS DEAL WITH DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
Dark Essence Records announced today that they have inked a deal with the UK’s CODE and will release the band’s…
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DEATH METALLERS RATTENFÄNGER REVEAL NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Taking their name from the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin (Rattenfänger von Hameln), RATTENFÄNGER’s lineup of Thurios on…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS TO RE-RELEASE VINYL VERSIONS OF TWO TAAKE ALBUMS
Good news for fans of TAAKE who have long been clamouring for the re-release of the long-sold out vinyl versions…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS INKS DEAL WITH TOTAL OCCULTIC MECHANICAL BLASPHEMERS T.O.M.B
Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B, and are set to release “Thin The…
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MADDER MORTEM’S ANNIVERSARY ALBUM REVEALED AND NEW SINGLE RELEASED
First released on Misanthropy Records back in 1999, and unavailable for many years, MADDER MORTEM’s debut full-length album “Mercury” is…
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MADDER MORTEM DEBUT VIDEO FOR TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM AND ANNOUNCE NEW DOCUMENTARY
On the 6th September MADDER MORTEM will be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their debut full-length album “Mercury” with its…
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FIRST VIDEO AND SINGLE FROM COSTIN CHIOREANU AND SOFIA SARRI ALBUM REVEALED
Dark Essence Records have announced details of the much-anticipated album “Afterlife Romance” from Romanian artist COSTIN CHIOREANU and Greek singer…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS REVEALS SINGLE & VIDEO FROM UPCOMING DARKEND ALBUM
With “Spiritual Resonance”, the fourth full-length album from Italian Extreme Rituallers DARKEND, set for release on the 13th September, Dark…
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MADDER MORTEM CELEBRATE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST ALBUM RELEASE WITH SPECIAL SHOW & A PLANNED RE-RELEASE VIA DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
With seven full-length albums under their belts, Alternative Metallers MADDER MORTEM intend to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of their 1999…
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HELHEIM REVEAL NEW VIDEO FOR TRACK FROM LATEST ALBUM
HELHEIM, whose recently released album “Rignir” has been receiving plaudits from fans and reviewers alike, have just released a video…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS WELCOMES COSTIN CHIOREANU AND SOFIA SARRI TO ITS ROSTER
Fans of Dark Essence Records will be familiar with the name of Romanian artist COSTIN CHIOREANU whose artwork has frequently…
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VULTURE INDUSTRIES DEBUT NEW SINGLE AHEAD OF EUROPEAN TOUR
Norway’s VULTURE INDUSTRIES are set to release a new single, titled “Deeper”, On Dark Essence Records. A video for the…
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HELHEIM RELEASES NEW SINGLE & COMES FACE TO FACE WITH VULTURE INDUSTRIES IN NEW VIDEO TO DISCUSS UPCOMING TOUR
HELHEIM’s V’gandr and VULTURE INDUSTRIES’ Bjornar E. Nilsen come face to face with each other in a new video to…
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NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING HELHEIM ALBUM REVEALED. NEW TOUR DATES ADDED
Dark Essence Records have today released a second single from HELHEIM’s upcoming album “Rignir”. As can probably have been guessed…
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UNDERGROUND METAL LEGENDS BLACK MAGIC SIGN WITH BOTH DARK ESSENCE AND KARISMA RECORDS
It’s not often that you get one signing announcement from two separate labels, but in this case it’s not so…
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NEW TRACK FROM DOOMSTERS SUPERLYNX REVEALED
With the release date of the 15th March approaching, Dark Essence Records have revealed the title track from SUPERLYNX’s upcoming…
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HELHEIM ALBUM DETAILS, NEW SINGLE AND TOUR DATES REVEALED
At the end of last year HELHEIM announced the completion of their new album and teased fans with the statement…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS RELEASES NEW SINGLE FROM DOOMSTERS SUPERLYNX
Dark Essence Records have kicked off 2019 with the release of a new single taken from “New Moon, the upcoming…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS SIGNS ITALIAN EXTREME RITUALLERS DARKEND
Norway’s Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with Italian Extreme Ritual Artists DARKEND, and will be releasing the band’s…
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DETAILS OF UPCOMING SUPERLYNX ALBUM REVEALED. VIDEO & SINGLE RELEASED
Dark Essence Records have set the 15th March 2019 as the release date for “New Moon”, the upcoming full-length album…
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MADDER MORTEM ANNOUNCE HEADLINING EUROPEAN DATES
With their seventh full-length album “Marrow” having been released on Dark Essence Records in September, MADDER MORTEM are set to…
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ATROX ANNOUNCE NEW GUITARIST AND PORTUGUESE DATES
Norway’s ATROX, whose sixth full-length album “Monocle” was released on Dark Essence Records last year, have announced that they will…
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BLACKGAZERS AVAST RELEASE VIDEO AND SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Norwegian Blackgazers AVAST, whose debut full-length album “Mother Culture” is set to hit the streets on Dark Essence Records on…
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BLACKGAZERS AVAST PREMIER NEW VIDEO
With their debut full-length album “Mother Culture” having hit the streets on Dark Essence Records last month, Norwegian blackgazers AVAST…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS SIGNS SUPERLYNX TO ITS ROSTER
Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with the Norwegian doom/psych trio SUPERLYNX and are set to release what will…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS CELEBRATES TAAKE’S 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A LIMITED EDITION PICTURE DISC BOX SET CONTAINING ALL THE BAND’S FULL-LENGTH ALBUMS
If there is one thing that Hoest, the iconic leader and frontman of Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE, has demonstrated with…
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SLEGEST REVEAL A SECOND TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
“Introvert”, the third studio album from Norway’s SLEGEST, is brimming over with the kind of tasty riffs and catchy hooks…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS ORKAN REVEAL DETAILS AND DEBUT A TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
The period between the 2015 release of their album “Livlaus”, and the upcoming release of their third full-length album “Element”,…
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MADDER MORTEM RELEASE NEW VIDEO FROM LATEST ALBUM
“Liberator” is the declaration of intent from “Marrow” – it’s our call to arms. It’s a reminder to not make…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS ORKAN RELEASE VIDEO OF TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Without a doubt, ORKAN’s lineup, comprised of founder members Gjermund Fredheim (TAAKE’s live guitarist notorious for having created Black Metal’s…
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NEW TRACK FROM UPCOMING MADDER MORTEM ALBUM RELEASED
Dark Essence Records are today making available one more track from “Marrow”, the upcoming opus from Alternative Metallers MADDER MORTEM…
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NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING SLEGEST FULL-LENGTH REVEALED AND NEW TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
“Introvert”, the upcoming third studio album from SLEGEST, sees the Norwegians well and truly solidifying that bone crunching mix of…
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ALBUM DETAILS FROM BLACKGAZERS AVAST REVEALED – SINGLE RELEASED
Skillfully fusing the aesthetics of black metal with the atmospherics of post-rock in order to create a soundscape that is…
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NEW VIDEO FROM ALTERNATIVE METALLERS MADDER MORTEM
With their seventh full-length album “Marrow” set to be released on Dark Essence Records on the 21 September, Norwegian Alternative…
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AETERNUS ALBUM DETAILS AND TRACK PREMIER REVEALED
With the 12 October having been set as the release date for “Heathen”, the eighth full-length album from veteran Norwegian…
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ALTERNATIVE METALLERS MADDER MORTEM REVEAL DETAILS AND TRACK FROM UPCOMING SEVENTH FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Norwegian Alternative Metallers MADDER MORTEM have today not only announced the details of their upcoming seventh full-length album “Marrow”, they…
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ALTERNATIVE METALLERS MADDER MORTEM ANNOUNCE LINEUP CHANGE
MADDER MORTEM have today announced that guitarist Richard Wikstrand, who has been with the band since the release of “Red…
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OCCULT HARD ROCKERS ACÂRASH STREAM ENTIRE ALBUM AHEAD OF RELEASE
With a couple of days to go before its release on June 8th, Dark Essence Records are streaming the debut…
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DARK METALLERS AETERNUS COMPLETE WORK ON EIGHTH FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Veteran Norwegian Dark Metallers AETERNUS have completed work on what will be the band’s eighth full-length album. Titled “Heathen”, the…
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NEW VIDEO FROM OCCULT HARD ROCKERS ACÂRASH AHEAD OF ALBUM RELEASE
With the 8th June set for the release of “In Chaos Becrowned”, the debut full-length album from Norwegian Occult Hard…
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COR SCORPII RELEASE SECOND TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
In exactly one month, on the 15th June, “Ruin”, the sophomore full-length album from Norwegian Extreme Melodic Metallers COR SCORPII…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS INKS DEAL WITH BLACKGAZERS AVAST
Dark Essence Records has inked a deal with Blackgazers AVAST, which will see the label release the band’s debut full-length…
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OCCULT HARD ROCKERS ACÂRASH DEBUT A TRACK FROM THEIR UPCOMING ALBUM
With the 8th June set for the release of “In Chaos Becrowned”, the debut full-length album from Norwegian Occult Hard…
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COR SCORPII RELEASE SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With “Ruin” their long-awaited sophomore full-length album set for release on Dark Essence Records on the 15th June, Norwegian Extreme…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS TAAKE ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE will continue to celebrate their 25th Anniversary with a European tour in October of this year…
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COR SCORPII ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF UPCOMING SOPHOMORE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Fans of the Norwegian Extreme Melodic genre in general, and of COR SCORPII in particular, have waited eight long years…
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FIVE THE HIEROPHANT REVEAL NEW VIDEO. NEW LIVE DATES ANNOUNCED
FIVE THE HIEROPHANT, whose debut full length album “Over Phlegethon” was released on Dark Essence Records at the end of…
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PSYCHEDELIC PROG BLACK METALLERS HAIL SPIRIT NOIR ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
Psychedelic Prog Black Metaller HAIL SPIRIT NOIR, whose third full-length album “Mayhem in Blue” was released on Dark Essence Records…
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OCCULT HARD ROCKERS ACÂRASH REVEAL DETAILS OF DEBUT FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Dark Essence Records have set the 8th of June as the date for the release of the debut full-length album…
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SLEGEST HINT AT WHAT TO EXPECT FROM NEW ALBUM AND RELEASE LIMITED EDITION DOUBLE 7″
Norway’s SLEGEST are shortly to head to the studio to record what will be the band’s third full-length album. All…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS TAAKE SET TO TOUR JAPAN
Having just celebrated their 25th Anniversary with a show in their home town of Bergen, Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE will…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS SIGNS OCCULT HARD ROCKERS ACÂRASH
Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with Norwegian Occult Hard Rockers ACÂRASH, and will release their debut full-length album…
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RATTENFÄNGER BEGINS WORK ON SOPHOMORE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Having remained fairly quiet since the release of their 2012 debut album “Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum”, RATTENFÄNGER, whose lineup is comprised…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS TAAKE ANNOUNCE US TOUR DATES
Regardless of whether they take place in an intimate club setting, or large festival arenas, TAAKE’s shows, like TAAKE’s albums,…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS THE 3RD ATTEMPT REVEAL SECOND PART OF TRACK BY TRACK CONCEPT VIDEO
It’s been well over two months since The 3rd ATTEMPT promised that the second instalment of their track-by-track concept video…
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HELHEIM NOMINATED FOR SPELLEMANN AWARD & HAVE TRACK FEATURED IN CBS DRAMA SERIES
With a genuine pride and belief in their Norse heritage, HELHEIM have spent over 25 years honing their craft, and…
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DARK METALLERS AETERNUS TO MARK THEIR 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH A NEW ALBUM
It’s almost five years now since AETERNUS released their last album “…and the seventh his soul detesteth” on Dark Essence…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS THE 3RD ATTEMPT REVEAL PROMO VIDEO WITH A DIFFERENCE FOR UPCOMING ALBUM
Whilst it has become fairly standard these for bands to release promo videos that feature excerpts of tracks from their…
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TAAKE DEBUTS TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With the release of TAAKE’s “Kong Vinter” less than three weeks away, Dark Essence Records have today debuted a track…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS THE 3RD ATTEMPT DEBUT VIDEO OF TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With the release of their second full-length album, “Egocidal Path” on Dark Essence Records, a month away, the 3RD ATTEMPT…
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ATROX ANNOUNCE LINEUP CHANGE WITH ARRIVAL OF NEW DRUMMER
With their long-awaited sixth full-length album “Monocle” having hit the streets on Dark Essence Records last month, Norway’s ATROX have…
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THE 3RD ATTEMPT ANNOUNCE DETAILS OF SOPHOMORE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Leaving a long-established, and very successful, band in order to scratch the creative itch and get out of a rut…
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TAAKE REVEALS DETAILS OF SEVENTH FULL-LENGTH ALBUM
Nestled within the looming embrace of seven mountains, the rugged, rain-swept coastline of Bjoergvin has spawned many extreme bands and…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS SIGN NORWEGIAN DOOMSTERS DWAAL
Whilst Dark Essence Records’ impressive band roster has never been short of Black and Extreme Metal, the slow, heavy tones…
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ATROX DEBUTS VIDEO OF TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
With *Monocle”, their first album for over a decade set for release on Dark Essence Records on the 8th September,…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS REVEAL DETAILS OF UPCOMING ALBUM FROM FIVE THE HIEROPHANT
Dark Essence Records have set the 22nd September as the release date for “Over Phlegethon”, the debut full-length album from…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF NEW ALBUM FROM ATROX
Dark Essence Records have today announced details of the upcoming album from one of their latest signings, ATROX. Set for…
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS INKS DEAL WITH FIVE THE HIEROPHANT
Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with the UK trio FIVE THE HIEROPHANT, whose instrumental music is composed of…
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THE 3RD ATTEMPT BEGIN WORK ON SOPHOMORE FULL-LENGTH ALBUM. FIRST STUDIO PHOTOS RELEASED
With their debut album “Born in Thorns” having hit the streets on Dark Essence Records in the Autumn of 2015,…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS TAAKE TO BE JOINED BY GOST AND LABEL-MATES HELHEIM ON UPCOMING NORTH AMERICAN TOUR. ADDITIONAL DATES ADDED
Norse Black Metallers HELHEIM are set to join Dark Essence Records label-mates TAAKE for a number of dates on the…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS SARKOM REVEAL VIDEO AHEAD OF SPECIAL SHOW FOR INFERNO FESTIVAL APPEARANCE
Norwegian Black Metallers SARKOM, whose fourth full-length album “Anti-Cosmic Art” was released on Dark Essence Records at the end of…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS TAAKE ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES
True to their word Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE are set to return to North America to play some parts of…
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NORWEGIAN POST ROCKERS KRAKOW RELEASE LIVE ALBUM
When KRAKOW announced that they would be performing a special show for their Dark Essence Records Label Night appearance at…
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TAAKE ANNOUNCES UK DATES WITH FEN AND DE PROFUNDIS
With their appearance in London at the end of last year having sold out almost immediately, Norwegian Black Metallers TAAKE…
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BLACK METALLERS LUCIFER’S CHILD POST NEW VIDEO
Fans and festival goers who were hoping to see LUCIFER’s CHILD in Bergen at the cancelled Blastfest can at least…
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NEW VIDEO FROM NORWEGIAN VIKING METALLERS HELHEIM REVEALED
With their ninth full-length album “landwarijaR” earning huge plaudits for Norwegian Viking Metallers HELHEIM, the band have now released a…
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NORWEGIAN VIKING METALLERS HELHEIM STREAM FULL ALBUM AHEAD OF RELEASE DATE
HELEHIEM’s much anticipated ninth full-length album “landawarijaR” is set to hit the streets on the 20th January on Dark Essence…
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NORWEGIAN VIKING METALLERS HELHEIM RELEASE VIDEO OF TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Norwegian Viking Metallers HELHEIM are launching the year by giving fans the first taste of their upcoming ninth full-length album…
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NORWEGIAN EXPERIMENTAL POST METALLERS KRAKOW STREAM VIDEO OF THEIR BLASTFEST SHOW
At the beginning of 2016 Norwegian Experimental Post Metallers KRAKOW announced that their appearance at the Dark Essence Records Label…
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BLACK HOLE GENERATOR REVEALS NEW VIDEO
BLACK HOLE GENERTOR, the project of VULTURE INDUSTRIES frontman Bjornar E. Nilsen, has today debuted a video for the track…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS SARKOM STREAM NEW ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AHEAD OF RELEASE DATE
“Anti-Cosmic Art”, the new album from veteran Norwegian Black Metallers SARKOM is streaming in its entirety ahead of its 2nd…
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DETAILS OF UPCOMING ALBUM FROM NORWEGIAN VIKING METALLERS HELHEIM REVEALED
Dark Essence Records have announced that the 20th January has been set for the release of “landawarijaR” the much-anticipated ninth…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS SARKOM REVEAL SECOND TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
December can’t come fast enough for the legions of SARKOM fans who have been waiting for the release of the…
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BLACK HOLE GENERATOR REVEALS SECOND TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALUM
With four days remaining to the release of BLACK HOLE GENERATOR’s “A Requiem for Terra” Dark Essence Records have revealed…
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NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS SARKOM DEBUT TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM FEATURING SHINING’S PETER HUSS
With the release of “Anti Cosmic Art”, the fourth full-length album from Norwegian Black Metallers SARKOM, a month away, Dark…
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SLEGEST REVEALS VIDEO FOR TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Norway’s SLEGEST, whose unmistakable, swaggering, heavy rock sound is filled with infectious riffs, distinctive melodies, and vocals that owe their…
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NORWEGIAN VIKING METALLERS HELHEIM COMPLETE WORK ON NEW ALBUM & POST STILLS FROM UPCOMING VIDEO
Norwegian Viking Metallers HELHEIM have completed work on what will be the band’s ninth full-length album, which is set for…
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PSYCHEDELIC PROG BLACK METALLERS HAIL SPIRIT NOIR STREAM NEW ALBUM IN ITS ENTIRETY AHEAD OF RELEASE DATE
“Mayhem in Blue” the third full-length album from psychedelic Prog Black Metallers HAIL SPIRIT NOIR is streaming in its entirely…
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PSYCHEDELIC PROG BLACK METALLERS HAIL SPIRIT NOIR TAKE TO YOUTUBE AND BANDCAMP TO REVEAL SECOND TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
In exactly one week today Dark Essence Records will release the long-awaited third full-length album from Psychedelic Prog Black Metallers…
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BLACK HOLE GENERATOR DEBUTS TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
“A Requiem for Terra”, the title track from BLACK HOLE GENERATOR’s upcoming album, is the first taste of the new…
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ATROX INKS DEAL WITH DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
Norway’s Dark Essence Records have added another string to their rapidly growing bow by inking a deal with Norwegian veterans…
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STORMING NEW VIDEO FROM ALTERNATIVE METALLERS MADDER MORTEM MAKES ITS DEBUT
Having recently debuted the opening track from their upcoming release “Red In Tooth and Claw”, Norway’s MADDER MORTEM have revealed…
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SLEGEST DEBUTS TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM
Dark Essence Records have debuted a track from “Vidsyn”, the sophomore full-length album from Norway’s SLEGEST. The track, titled “Wolf”…
