Thy Darkened Shade - For Sinister Might

Absolutely mesmerizing and hypnotizing melancholia from Norway. Remastered demo to be re-released on vinyl through TERRATUR POSSESSIONS this winter. 

KNOKKELKLANG - Ned I Den Tørstende Jorden

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

taken from the "Omniscient Veil" Demo-Tape

Veiled - Omniscient Veil I

taken from the "Whores, Booze & Black Metal" 12"LP

Blackosh - Peklo nás baví

Entitée

With timeless devotion to the Satanic arts, W.T.C. PRODUCTIONS raises a new chalice from which many will soon find sustenance: KVLTIST's debut album, Catechesis. Hailing from Germany, which has a deep-seated history of black metal, KVLTIST create coruscating hymns of obsidian strength and boundless occult energy. Across Catechesis, the duo weave 'n' wend the listener down myriad corridors, be they spiritual, mental, physical, or otherwise; their potency is writ large across the surging, heavy mass of gnarled (and gnarling) frequencies. Orthodox black metal Catechesis may be, but KVLTIST are sonic alchemists, tempering their enrapturing potions with startling dynamics, high drama, and haunting melody like true adepts despite their novice years as a band. The song titles themselves - from "The Devil's Catechumen" and "Darkest Light From Glaring Shadows" to "Eucharisty of Death Divine" and "Oblation" - evince the same timeless devotion to the Satanic arts on which W.T.C. has made its formidable name, and with Catechesis as the latest acrid sacrament to offer a starving congregation, KVLTIST are set to lead the flock to liberation and illumination.

Format: CD, LP (at a later point), Digital
Genre: black metal
Catalogue Nr.: W.T.C.138

Tracklist
1. The Devil's Catechumen
2. Devotion
3. Darkest Light From Glaring Shadows
4. Eucharisty Of Death Divine
5. Oblation
6. Doxologia Eosphoros
7. Ite Ad Ignis

Lineup
MZI: Instruments, backing vocals
Amon Xul: Main vocals

Biography
KVLTIST was formed in early 2013 as the manifestation of a vision carried along by MZI since almost a decade before: to create black metal which is rooted deep in its devil-worshipping traditions yet contemporary in its feverish, multi-layered expression. The writing and immediate recording for the first opus began in December 2013. Shortly after, Amon Xul joined KVLTIST as permanent main vocalist. In September 2015, the work finally was complete and the utterly adversarial sonic incarnation called Catechesis was fully materialized: a swathing, ecstatic, and filthy Black Metal Liturgy of utter Luciferian devotion and worship was dragged from the Abyss, accompanied by guest vocalists such as Hellchrist Xul of Funeral Winds and Necrosodom of Azarath / Deus Mortem and organically mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony.

Credits
Recorded by MZI from December 2013 to June 2015
Mixed by Alexander Schiborr in July 2015
Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at Temple Of Disharmony in September 2015
Frontcover-Art by Ceethava.

Guest vocals in "Devotion" & "Darkest Light From Glaring Shadows" by Hellchrist Xul;
Guest vocals in "Eucharisty Of Death Divine" by S. Deathcurse;
Guest vocals in "Oblation" by Necrosodom & S. Deathcurse;
Guest vocals in "Ite Ad Ignis" by Hekte Zaren.

Kvltist - Ite Ad Ignis

Full album stream of Barshasketh's latest full length album, Ophidian Henosis.

CD version is out now via Blut&Eisen Prod., the vinyl version will be released in February, 2016, in collaboration of W.T.C.Productions and Blut&Eisen Prod.
 
Tracklist

1. Ophidian Henosis - I
2. Ophidian Henosis - II
3. Ophidian Henosis - III
4. Ophidian Henosis - IV
5. Ophidian Henosis - V
6. Ophidian Henosis - VI
7. Ophidian Henosis - VII

From Blut&Eisen Productions announcement:

BLUT & EISEN PRODUCTIONS is proud to present the third album from one of black metal's brightest/darkest hopes, BARSHASKETH's Ophidian Henonis. Originally hailing from New Zealand but later relocating to Scotland, BARSHASKETH have been patiently perfecting their bewitching craft these past five years, away from prying eyes but with sights set on diabolical fullmoon mysticism. Theirs is a sound that resonates with the stripped-bare, nightsky purity of second-wave black metal, from the ancient days when black metal was truly a cult for criminals and diehards. Ophidian Henosis is BARSHASKETH's grandest distillation of these eldritch energies yet. At once familiar and foreign, Ophidian Henosis explodes forth with cryogenic violence and fog-drenched atmosphere, arcing about with subtle shifts in texture and twists in composition, maintaining a headspace of otherworldly splendour whilst never lingering too long in a monochromatic mire. For however committed to purist black metal BARSHASKETH may be, their journey across Ophidian Henosis is a multi-hued one, recalling the early days of Sacramentum, Kvist, Setherial, and Isvind among others - in other words, the spectral darkness of the mid-1990s - and brimming with a passion and poignancy that can only come from the most obsidian of souls. Ophidian Henosis marks the beginning of BARSHASKETH's ascent...

http://www.facebook.com/Barshasketh

Barshasketh Biography

BARSHASKETH was formed in 2007 as a solo-project by Krigeist with the intention of creating pure black metal, intentionally free of genre cross-pollination: second-wave blasphemy re-imagined and reinterpreted through extensive use of layering and counterpoint. After two well-received demos via Wolfsvuur Records, the debut album Defying the Bonds of Cosmic Thralldom emerged in 2010. Following the release of the first full-length, Krigeist relocated to Scotland after travelling through southeast Asia. After settling there, he went about piecing together a live lineup, and a series of live performances followed, culminating with a show in support of Negative Plane. Out of this live lineup, GM (guitars and vocals) was made a permanent member and BH was recruited on drums. This trio recorded the second full-length, Sitra Achra, released in 2013 through Todestrieb Records. After recruiting bassist BB on bass, the lineup was complete, and BARSHASKETH recorded two split EPs in quick succession. The band went on to record a third full-length, Ophidian Henosis, at the infamous Necromorbus Studio in Stockholm. This most recent full-length undoubtedly presents the band’s finest work to date and showcases a new level of musical and lyrical maturity. Extolling an adversarial spirituality, these seven hymns of darkness evangelize the impure and the obscene.

Discography
2009 - As Flesh Becomes Earth - Demo          
2009 - Barshasketh - Demo  
2010 - Defying the Bonds of Cosmic Thraldom - Full-length  
2013 - Sitra Achra - Full-length  
2014 - Krawwl ​ / ​Barshasketh - Split Tape    
2015 - Barshasketh / Void Ritual - Split Tape
2015 - Ophidian Henosis - Full-length 

Barshasketh - Ophidian Henosis - IV

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

Altarage - Batherex

The Eternal Eclipse - 15 Years of Satanic Black Metal

Guds Fortapelse - Apenbaring Av Dommedag

Al Burzukh

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

www.w-t-c.org

Kvltist - Ite Ad Ignis

W.T.C. Productions