If progression and technical nuance is what you seek, steer clear, for this is a sub-30-minute slab of pure butchery that is not for the self-proclaimed audio genius (read: pretentious), this is violent, visceral and somehow stinks of rotting meat. With a production that allows seeping guitar wounds in the thick, tarry bass lines while retaining the snappy drums and not allowing the bellowed vocals to overshadow anything, this is a dense and swampy cut of morbid Death Metal that will puke itself forth into your ears, defiling and degrading all it comes into contact with. If you can withstand the putrefied sonic fruits bared by Fleshrot, then commend your stomach and ears’ strength because most will falter before the mighty and malicious blows landed by their debut LP “Unburied Corpse” in all of its lurking, squelching and squalid splendour.

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Truly titled, Putrescence is a vast landscape of rot and dread. COPROLITH illustrate this landscape with a bounty of the very best sounds of the very early ’90s: DEATH METAL, tried and true, but stirring within their cauldron is the tank-like bludgeon of ​Grave, the monolith pulse of Demigod, and the sepulchral tendrils of ​Incantation. That the Canadians splice & sluice those ingredients to their diabolical design shows both a lifer’s understanding of these foundational sounds and, more so, a will to honor this tradition ​with fiercely focused personality – keenly knowing what’s ​between the slimy exoskeleton and its rotten underbelly, so to speak. And the fact that all but one of the ​album’s six tracks stretch well beyond the five-minute mark shows that there’s charred, ​challenging vistas being explored along the way…

Lurk within the sewers long enough and, with COPROLITH as your ​guide, you’ll find exactly where the Putrescence is.

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Despite its title, Atavistic Unraveling shows ASTRIFEROUS at their tightest and sharpest, with chops and execution meeting at a nexus of impossibly horrific proportions. Duly armed, the quartet take their songwriting to strange, skronking lengths, rendering their angularity both an unsettling and utterly attacking thing. Likewise, the slight cleaning-up of production has paid dividends, allowing these malformed ruminations to fully seep into the listener’s psyche – mangling the mind, wracking the body – whilst emerging with just enough linear propulsion to land the record on the right side of art rather than riff salad.

Collectively, these changes have made ASTRIFEROUS even more world-eating than before, further cementing their homeland’s death metal scene as one of the most potent around. Atavistic Unraveling awaits those who dare…

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For the first time on vinyl, The CRYPT is proud to announce a true classic of downtuned death/doom metal from Netherlands act SPINA BIFIDA, presenting their classic debut album “Ziyadah”. Featuring members of Acrostichon and Disembowel, “SPINA BIFIDA” offers some of the heaviest and most bludgeoning doom/death metal ever recorded!
This amazing LP features the original cover and layout as well as with, exclusive band photos, and new liner notes by guitarrist Rob Kesselaar.

200 copies on black vinyl, 150 copies on yellow vinyl and 150 copies on purple vinyl.

Stay away from BOOTLEGS! Support the band and official releases!!

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Black Ice variant is a Dark Descent Records exclusive

The Crypt and Dark Descent Records are proud to announce a pact with one of New York’s finest, Morpheus Descends. Formed in 1990 under the Morpheus moniker, Morpheus Descends was well known for its vicious death metal attack. Most of the band’s back catalog is highly priced and very difficult to find, so it is with our pleasure that we are able to bring this material to the darkness once more! All audio for these releases was transferred from the original analog masters for optimal sound.

The Debut album from MORPHEUS DESCENDS. This long overdue release will be presented in a sturdy 350 gram jacket featuring the original artwork and layout complete with with lyrics and liner notes.The cover artwork for “Ritual of Infinity” was painted by noted underground and surrealist Brad Moore who went on to do hundreds of horror comic books, museum designs, tile murals, film and commercial work, an exhibit with master H.R.Giger.

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Dark Descent Records presents a monstrous album-length split release between Brazilian legends MYSTIFIER and venomous black thrashers CRAVEN IDOL. Boasting forty minutes of blistering ire, Demystification of the Fallen Idols is an unholy fusion of two kindred forces bound by fire, blood, and blasphemy.

“After completing two European Tours with these fallen souls from the Divided Kingdom, we made a pact to forge our alliance on the Fire of Darkness and take over the whole world with our Unholy Musick!” Exclaims legendary axeman Beelzeebubth, eluding to the two joint European tours undertaken by the bands.

The split is a true testament to MYSTIFIER’s longevity across five decades of blasphemic death metal. Salvador Bahía’s infamous sons remain among black metal’s true architects, and the rituals featured within Demystification of the Fallen Idols stand tall beside their classic material.

The split also marks CRAVEN IDOL’s 20th anniversary. Born in the choking smoke of London, the Finno-British underground veterans swear allegiance to the first wave of extreme metal, carrying the fire of Forked Tongues across European and North American stages.

“It is a rare privilege to mark our twentieth anniversary alongside our idols and Brazilian brothers, the mighty Mystifier. Two European tours cemented our pact, and this split on Dark Descent Records is its enduring monument.”

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Nordic death metal heavyweights Lie in Ruins (Finland) and Strychnos (Denmark) clash heads on a new split release on Dark Descent Records.

Emerging from the ‘90s underground, both acts have remained devoted to death metal’s original gnarly spirit and uncompromising ethos – a conviction that defines this release! Having crossed paths repeatedly in the scene and on tour, including 2018 dates with Undergang and Corpsessed, the connection between the two camps runs deep.

“We recorded 11 songs for our third album Floating in Timeless Streams and felt that two of them worked especially well together, so we decided to reserve those for a split,” explains Tuomas K. of Lie in Ruins

It was Strychnos vocalist Martin Leth Andersen who set things in motion: “I like their back catalogue and know Tuomas very well from touring, so it was a no-brainer for me to reach out.”

Strychnos also contribute two tracks – recorded in 2023 during the Armageddon Patronage sessions. “The songs were left off the album not because they lacked quality, but because they didn’t quite fit the overall puzzle of the record,” Andersen explains. “‘Carnival of Tragedies’ and ‘Materiens Palads’ (Palace of Matter) explore a complete reversal of mankind’s dominance and the horrors of the material world, alongside a yearning to transcend into the otherworld.”

The Lie in Ruins side of the split was produced by trusted engineer Henri at Trollhouse Audio. Strychnos enlisted Lasse Ballade of Ballade Studios for recording and mixing duties, with mastering completed by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studios.

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Dark Descent Records presents a monstrous album-length split release between Brazilian legends MYSTIFIER and venomous black thrashers CRAVEN IDOL. Boasting forty minutes of blistering ire, Demystification of the Fallen Idols is an unholy fusion of two kindred forces bound by fire, blood, and blasphemy.

“After completing two European Tours with these fallen souls from the Divided Kingdom, we made a pact to forge our alliance on the Fire of Darkness and take over the whole world with our Unholy Musick!” Exclaims legendary axeman Beelzeebubth, eluding to the two joint European tours undertaken by the bands.

The split is a true testament to MYSTIFIER’s longevity across five decades of blasphemic death metal. Salvador Bahía’s infamous sons remain among black metal’s true architects, and the rituals featured within Demystification of the Fallen Idols stand tall beside their classic material.

The split also marks CRAVEN IDOL’s 20th anniversary. Born in the choking smoke of London, the Finno-British underground veterans swear allegiance to the first wave of extreme metal, carrying the fire of Forked Tongues across European and North American stages.

“It is a rare privilege to mark our twentieth anniversary alongside our idols and Brazilian brothers, the mighty Mystifier. Two European tours cemented our pact, and this split on Dark Descent Records is its enduring monument.”

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Nordic death metal heavyweights Lie in Ruins (Finland) and Strychnos (Denmark) clash heads on a new split release on Dark Descent Records.

Emerging from the ‘90s underground, both acts have remained devoted to death metal’s original gnarly spirit and uncompromising ethos – a conviction that defines this release! Having crossed paths repeatedly in the scene and on tour, including 2018 dates with Undergang and Corpsessed, the connection between the two camps runs deep.

“We recorded 11 songs for our third album Floating in Timeless Streams and felt that two of them worked especially well together, so we decided to reserve those for a split,” explains Tuomas K. of Lie in Ruins

It was Strychnos vocalist Martin Leth Andersen who set things in motion: “I like their back catalogue and know Tuomas very well from touring, so it was a no-brainer for me to reach out.”

Strychnos also contribute two tracks – recorded in 2023 during the Armageddon Patronage sessions. “The songs were left off the album not because they lacked quality, but because they didn’t quite fit the overall puzzle of the record,” Andersen explains. “‘Carnival of Tragedies’ and ‘Materiens Palads’ (Palace of Matter) explore a complete reversal of mankind’s dominance and the horrors of the material world, alongside a yearning to transcend into the otherworld.”

The Lie in Ruins side of the split was produced by trusted engineer Henri at Trollhouse Audio. Strychnos enlisted Lasse Ballade of Ballade Studios for recording and mixing duties, with mastering completed by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studios.

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