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. 

Mortui Mundi

The Dark Tomb Shines

Deathless Light

Unlocking Tiamat

The Silence of Abel

Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed Leviaxxis demo, released earlier this year by W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS, fast-rising German black metal cult DYSANGELIUM unleash their highly anticipated debut album, Thánatos Áskēsis . As prefaced by Leviaxxis, the sound of Thánatos Áskēsis  can rightfully be described as tyrannical: swift and strategic, roiling and rumbling, surging and striking, DYSANGELIUM exude a startling confidence and authority beyond their young years as a band. The nine songs here righteously uphold the banner of orthodox black metal, but the Teutonic quintet work in a dazzling array of dynamics and nuance, especially in the unique, authoritative throat of vocalist Sektarist 0: it's literally the mouth of HELL, and his bandmates follow suit with incendiary performances and muscular execution. Even the song titles - among them, "Gateways to Necromancy," "I Am the Witness, I Am the Servant," and "Words Like Flames" - back up these claims. Soon enough, DYSANGELIUM's Thánatos Áskēsis  will be spoken of as a momentous record in the pantheon of pure-and-proud black metal.

I Am The Witness, I Am The Servant

Aries

Feed the lie

black waters

Recorded at NeKroKult Studio, mixed and mastered at Endarker Studio by Magnus Devo Andersson.

New track featured on the annual ANTIChristmas compilation by Misantrof ANTIRecords. Download the full compilation here: antichristmas2012.misantrof.net

MOURNING SOUL - Death Comes from the Sky

Track is taken from split album with finnish Witchcraft.
"Dead Christ Prayer" split CD released by: Bestial Burst
Cassette by: Narbentage Produktionen

Kurnugia

Taken from "Black Mass for a Mass Grave" album out now on Agonia Records. For more news on the album, music videos, limited edition formats and more visit: https://unholyinquisition.com/.

Black Mass for a Mass Grave

INQUISITION - Luciferian Rays

Independent Black / Death Metal Label & Distribution, located in Germany

www.w-t-c.org

Deathless Light

W.T.C. Productions

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