At long last, German black metal tyrants ASCENSION unveil their highly anticipated second album, The Dead of the World. Previewed by the Deathless Light EP, ASCENSION's The Dead of the World is a grandiose work of bold creativity and boundless imagination, of brilliant illumination and obsidian depth, all under the banner of orthodox black metal. The band's debut album, 2010's Consolamentum, became a classic in the underground not long after its release; it evinced a wealth of maturity in composition and execution for such a new band. Here, the quintet eclipse that accomplishment with a seven-song salvo that's the epitome of Album Experience. Every part is where it needs to be; every song flows from the other; there is a whole, and it is a black HOLE. From its innermost depths, ASCENSION drive onward and outward, their control of dynamics startling for mere "black metal," their passion, fervor, and professionalism far beyond those who supposedly uphold that genre. Joining ASCENSION in their peerless endeavor here are The Magus (Necromantia, Thou Art Lord, Principality of Hell) and Mors Dalos Ra (Necros Christos), who both respectively provide guest vocals on The Dead of the World. Black metal may be dead for all intents and purposes, but not for ASCENSION, for they show you The Dead of the World. 

The Dark Tomb Shines

Black Ember

Lineup
ACHERONTAS V.PRIEST: Six Strings,Chants & Spells of Drakkonian Sorcery & Philosophy
SAEVUS H: Six Bladed Scythe of Thantifaxath
SCORPIOS ANDROCTONUS: Summerian Echoes,Mantras.
THORNS: Ερεβος Pulses.
HIEROPHANT: Four Strings Evocations of the Desert Tempests

Special Participations by:

ar-Ra’d al Iblis(Nightbringer)
Nebiros(ex Ofermod,Malign)
TT(Abigor)
Indra (Naer Mataron/ Tatir/Goatvomit)
Edgar Kerval(Emme Ya)
Jhon Longshaw Azrvan Amam Akarana (Black Seas Of Infinity)

Tracklist
01.Fires Of Prometheus
02.Nereid Tide Of Neptune´s Rudra
03.Convolut-ion, Manifestat-ion, Secret-ion, Karma-lravatl The Thunders Emerged
04.Ma-Ion ´Formulas Of Reptilian Unification´
05.Permutation In The Aetheric Void (Ma-Ion Sacred Seal)
06.Shaman And The Waning Moon
07.Lunar Transcendence & The Secret Kiss Of Nut
08.The Awakening Of Astral Orphic Mysteries - Behind The Eyes Of Irida
09.Copper Arcana
10.Therionic Transformation
11.Orgiastic Feast Of Flesh, Beheld Thine Vicissitude

The Awakening Of Astral Orphic Mysteries - Behind The Eyes Of Irida

taken from the "Trapped In The Pentagram" 7"EP

Spite - Trapped In The Pentagram

taken from the "Omniscient Veil" Demo-Tape

Veiled - Omniscient Veil I

taken from the "Eviscerated Divinity" 7"EP

Resuscitation - Eviscerated Divinity

taken from the "Casket Dream Veneration" album.
To be released in cooperation with Altare Productions.

Onirik - Reverent To The Flames

taken from the "NIHL" debut full lenght 12"LP

Altarage - Batherex

"ILL OMEN - Decrepit Heart of the Shadow-Sun" from the debut full-length album "Divinity Through Un-creation" released by: www.adverseordermusic.com

ILL OMEN - Decrepit Heart of the Shadow-Sun

From "Philosophy Of Self-Flagellation: Being and Nothing", out now through Daemon Worship Prod.

LASHBLOOD, influenced by the likes of Sartre and Burgess, dives into the grey, nauseous apathy of the urban socium. Offering a bit of an avantgarde approach to the genre, the band freely utilizes saxophone and clean, sorrowful vocals, which reach the apotheosis on "Gospel Of Death". All this routine, this meaningless emptiness of the ever-repeating cycles.... It lives within all of us and drags us deeper and deeper through the helix of the mundane existence. Verily, it is Death reaching for us from beyond the veil of illusion, can you see her bony hand?

Resuscitation - Eviscerated Divinity

Iron BoneHead Productions