NEW BANDCAMP PAGE & DISCOUNT OFFER
Launch of Dark Essence Records Bandcamp label page celebrated with dicount campaign.
NEW TAAKE ALBUM “AVVIK” OUT NOW!
New album by TAAKE out now!
“Avvik” is available as limited edition digipack (3000 ex, one pressing only) and in digital formats. All six songs from the recent split 10″ releases (some of them in new versions), plus an exclusive acoustic version of Nattestid ser Porten vid 1.
Sales Campaign – Doom and Vikings
THE LAST SALES CAMPAIGN FROM DARK ESSENCE RECORDS FOR A WHILE WILL FOCUS ON DOOM AND VIKINGS.
From Wednesday the 23rd of September till Tuesday 29th of September (at 23.59 CET), you will get selected items with a 40% discount in the Dark Essence Records Webshop.
Old School Metal. Sales Campaign + a lesson in metal history = win-win situation!
We hope you’ve had a nice Summer and maybe even a bit of vacation. September is upon us now, and we continue our sale campaign. This week, we will focus …
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Black Metal sales campaign
We’re continuing our series of summer sale campaigns and this week we’ll focus on our Black Metal bands.
DARK ESSENCE RECORDS RELEASES NEW TAAKE EP ‘KULDE’
DARK ESSENCE RECORDS RELEASES NEW TAAKE EP “KULDE” As a warm-up to the upcoming Taake fullenght studioalbum “Stridens Hus” – DARK ESSENCE RECORDS is happy to release a new TAAKE …
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DARK ESSENCE RECORDS is very happy to welcome SARKOM to its roster!
DARK ESSENCE RECORDS INKS DEAL WITH NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS SARKOM ” alt=”” width=”200″ height=”300″ /> DARK ESSENCE RECORDS is very happy to welcome SARKOM to its roster! Dark Essence Records …
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Details of upcoming album & single from Norwegian black metallers Tilintetgjort.
On the 31st March, Dark Essence Records will be releasing the debut full-length album from TILINTETGJORT, one of the most interesting of the new bands to have recently emerged on …
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Slegest reveals new single and video from upcoming album.
Dark Essence Records will kick off 2023 with the release of “Avstand”, the fourth full-length album from Norwegian Heavy Rockers SLEGEST, and, whilst fans are waiting for the 20th January …
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New video and single from upcoming Slegest album revealed
Having recently announced the much-anticipated new album from SLEGEST, Dark Essence Records have revealed a first glimpse into the kind of no-nonsense Heavy Rock that fans have come to expect …
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Dark Essence Records reveals details of new Slegest album.
Fans of Norway’s SLEGEST have been waiting a while for a new dose of the band’s Black Metal-tinged Heavy Rock, four years to be precise, but they need wait no …
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New single from upcoming T.O.M.B. album released.
Fans of US Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B, have today been given the chance to hear a second track from the band’s upcoming album “Terror Winds”, which is due for …
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Dark Essence Records announce new album and single from Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B.
US Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemers T.O.M.B, are back with their seventh full-length album which is due to hit the streets on the 2nd December. Titled “Terror Winds”, the album is a follow …
Dark Essence Records reveals new single from upcoming Blodhemn album.
On the 7th October, Dark Essence Records will release the album “Sverger Hemn” from BLODHEMN, the project from multi-instrumentalist Invisus that sees the Norwegian musician apply his trademark aggressive sound to …
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Norwegian black metallers Blodhemn reveal album details and new single.
Whilst Norway is, without a doubt, the spiritual home of Black Metal bands, when applying the term “bands” it is very easy to forget that some of those “bands” quite often …
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Dark Essence Records welcomes Alfahanne back into the fold.
Dark Essence Records, the label that gave the Swedish Rockers their recording start back in 2014, have welcomed ALFAHANNE back to the fold, something the band is more than happy about: …
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Norwegian black metallers Blodhemn join Dark Essence Records.
Since first appearing on the Norwegian scene in 2004, BLODHEMN founder Invisus has worked tirelessly to further Black Metal’s iconic sound with his distinctive and aggressive approach, releasing three full-length …
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Thrash veterans Nocturnal Breed ink deal with Dark Essence Records.
After a long search to find a label to suit their exacting requirements, Norwegian Thrashers NOCTURNAL BREED have described their upcoming collaboration with Dark Essence Records as “Monumental and Trench-Altering”, …
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Dark Essence Records inks deal with Norwegian black metallers Tilintetgjort.
Dark Essence Records have welcomed Norwegian Black Metallers TILINTETGJORT to their roster, and will release the band’s debut full-length album later this year. TILINTETGJORT, which translated means “Annihilated”, was formed …
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Superlynx set to release six-track digital EP.
Following on from the completion of their third full-length album “Electric Temple” Norway’s SUPERLYNX, whose sound is a distinctive combination of doom, psychedelic and meditative atmospheres suffused with heaviness and droning rock, found themselves …
Dark Essence Records inks deal with folk prog rockers Lumsk
Dark Essence Records have inked a deal with Folk Prog Rockers, LUMSK, a band that describes itself as: A seven headed “troll” that combines traditional or traditional-inspired elements from Norwegian …
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New single from upcoming Helheim album revealed.
On the 29th October, HELHEIM will be back again with “WoduridaR”, the band’s eleventh full-length album, and one that harks back to the very roots that the band laid down almost 30 years …
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Avantgarde metallers If Nothing Is reveal new single from upcoming album.
Dark Essence Records have today revealed a new single, taken from the much-anticipated re-release of the 2015 self-titled debut full-length album from IF NOTHING IS, the brainchild of DØDHEIMSGARD bassist …
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Helheim return to their roots with upcoming album. Single and video revealed.
Known the world-over for their authenticity and integrity when it comes to portraying their Norse heritage, Norway’s HELHEIM will be back this Autumn with their eleventh full-length album “WoduridaR”, which promises …
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Madder Mortem documentary, “Howl of the Underdogs” to be released digitally, worldwide on June 26th.
HOWL OF THE UNDERDOGS Howl of the Underdogs is the story of the Norwegian metal band Madder Mortem and their singer who, struggling with a life-long eating disorder in an …
Avantgarde metallers If Nothing Is debut track from upcoming album.
Having recently added Avantgarde Metallers IF NOTHING is to its roster, Dark Essence Records have wasted no time in planning the release of the band’s 2015 self-titled debut album, which …
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Dark Essence Records set to release CD version of TAAKE tracks from recent 10″ split series.
TAAKE have released a series of 10″ splits with three different bands (WHOREDOM RIFE, DEATHCULT and HELHEIM), on three different labels, and, as always happens in the case of vinyl releases, fans have been asking for a CD version. 2nd July, they will be releasing a limited edition Digipak CD, along with a Digital version, of the six TAAKE tracks from the series, along with a very special acoustic version of “Nattestid ser Porten vid I”, acknowledged by Black Metal fans the world-over as not only a classic TAAKE track, but a classic of the whole genre itself.
Avantgarde metallers IF NOTHING IS sign to Dark Essence Records – debut album details revealed.
Avantgarde Metallers IF NOTHING IS, have inked a deal with Dark Essence Records which will see the label release the band’s debut full-length album this year. The brainchild of DØDHEIMSGARD bassist Lars …
CODE debut a track from their upcoming album.
As the release date of CODE’s fifth full-length album “Flyblown Prince” edges closer, Dark Essence Records have today revealed a second track from the album. Titled “Rat King”, the track …
