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 Silence of Abel

Swarth - I

shifty keys test 2 may 24 60 bpm

taken from the "Descend... into Nothingness" 12"LP

Dalkhu - Accepting The Buried Signs

Always the vanguard of purist-yet-boundless black metal, W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the debut album of SHRINE OF INSANABILIS, Disciples of the Void. Although literally emerging from nothingness earlier this year, SHRINE OF INSANABILIS are no mere acolytes, instead evincing a master's knowledge across their debut album. Never more aptly titled, Disciples of the Void comprises six testimonies to the fiery aspiration for enlightenment through inconceivable nothingness. These testimonies are also manifested into this world by their corresponding sigils. SHRINE OF INSANABILIS vividly portray these visions through a heaving mass of obsidian black metal, forever rising and falling, surging and merging, offering glimpses of glory and valleys of despair in equal measure. Like most W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS, Disciples of the Void is impeccably recorded - bold, full-bodied, even Technicolor - with mixing & mastering done by Patrick Engel at Temple of Disharmony, and finished off with David Glomba (Teitanarts) cover art truly deserving of its malefic contents. Blinding darkness, unbearable silence, and incureable madness, all displayed for everyone to experience: this is a raging beginning on a path through the Void.

Format: CD, LP (at a later point in 2015, in co-operation with Fallen Empire), Digital
Genre: black metal
Catalogue Nr.: W.T.C.136

Tracklist
1.End All
2.Ruina
3.Acausal Paths
4.(...........)
5.Invocation
6.Still Of This Earth
7.Cycles And Circles
8.Acerbus
9.Omega

Credits
All songs summoned from the void by Shrine of Insanabilis.
All artwork by David Glomba. Mixed and Mastered by Patrick W. Engel
at Temple of Disharmony in February 2015.

Shrine of Insanabilis - Ruina

shifty 4 60 bpm august 17 take 1

shifty 50 bpm 111124 take 2

Demise Rites – Side B:
I – Gates Of Doom
II – Demise Rites

taken from the "Demise Rites" 12"LP

Mörmoo - Angoisses Funèbres

Tksräa M.

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