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AETERNUS TEAMS UP WITH THE MYTHOLOGY AGENCY

Posted: June 12, 2012 in AETERNUS, DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES
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Dark Metallers AETERNUS, who are currently in the studio with producer Bjornar E. Nilsen recording what will be their seventh full-length album,  have joined forces with the UK based Mythology Agency who will represent the band’s booking interests world-wide outside of their home country of Norway.  Mythology ‘s Mark Lewis stated: “For many years AETERNUS have been a driving force in the Norwegian underground, quite possibly one of the first (second wave) bands to understand the limitations of the term “Black Metal” whilst retaining their destructive heaviness and dark aesthetic with authenticity. This is a criminally underrated band despite having an incredible back catalogue and dedicated fans throughout the world. There can be no doubt that a re-appreciation of their work by the metal press is long overdue – and as a result this is exactly the type of band that excites me personally. With a refreshed line-up and much anticipated new album being recorded Mythology are extremely proud and excited to being working with the band. “With wisdom we walk, with might we slay!“

AETERNUS was formed in Bergen in 1993 by guitarist and frontman Ares and is one of the pioneers of what the band calls “Dark Metal”, which meshes the sounds of Black Metal and Death Metal with superlative guitar playing and occasional haunting, melodic interludes.  With seven years between the release of the band’s last album “Hexaeon” and the upcoming “And the Seventh His Soul Detesteth”,  which is set for release later this year on Dark Essence Records, AETERNUS re-emerged recently with a new lineup that includes GRAVDAL members Phobos on drums and Specter on guitars.  Following a stunning live comeback performance at the Hub and Huey festival in the Netherlands last month Ares commented, “Talking to Mark convinced us that he understood exactly what AETERNUS was all about, and the collaboration with Mythology couldn’t have come at a better time because AETERNUS is back with a vengeance and ready not only to remind our old fans of what they have been missing, but also show a whole generation of new fans the intensity and power that AETERNUS brings to everything we do.”   More information about AETERNUS can be found on the band’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/Aeternusofficial


Fan-filmed footage of AETERNUS at the Hub & Huey Festival in May 2012 can be seen below

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/Aeternusofficial
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/AeternusNorway
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/aeternusnorway
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/aeternusnor
Dark Essence Records: http://www.darkessencerecords.no/ email post@karismarecords.no
Band Booking: info@mythology-live.com
Band Contact and Booking Norway: areslives@hotmail.com
Press & PR: patriciathomas@btinternet.com or post@karismarecords.no

DARK ESSENCE RECORDS SIGNS POST METALLERS KRAKOW

Posted: March 27, 2012 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES
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Norway’s Dark Essence Records have today announced the signing of Bergen-based post-metal crew KRAKOW who have just recorded their 2nd full-length album, “diin”, with producer Iver Sandøy (TRINACRIA, MANNGARD). Commenting on the signing, label head Martin Kvam said “KRAKOW have taken a huge step forward and upwards with this beast of an album, creating a unique sound and atmosphere that is entirely their own, and we are very proud to have them on our label”. “diin” is scheduled for release in September of this year.

Formed in 2005 by Frode Kilvik (bass, vocals), Kjartan Grønhaug (guitar) and René Misje (guitar, vocals) KRAKOW recorded their first three-track demo within a couple of months of being together and went on to release their “Dusty Roads” EP in 2007.  The band’s debut album “Monolith” appeared in 2009.   Initially drawing their inspiration from bands such as ISIS, NEUROSIS, IRON MAIDEN and MASTODON, KRAKOW have gone their own way, producing a sound that is at times dark, evocative and beautiful, at other times fast and aggressive or heavy and mesmerizing. It’s with difficulty that anyone can pin a genre on KRAKOW but the names most mentioned when talking about the band are post-rock, metal and stoner rock.  KRAKOW’s line up was recently expanded to include drummer Ask Ty Arctander of KAMPFAR and MONDVOLLAND.  More information about KRAKOW can be found at http://www.facebook.com/krakowband

Below you can see fan-filmed footage of KRAKOW performing the track “Mound” live at the Nouveau Casino in Paris in 2011.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Dark Essence Records Contact: post@karismarecords.no
Dark Essence Records: http://www.darkessencerecords.no/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/krakowband
Website: http://www.krakowofficial.com/
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/krakow_band
Band Contact: krakowband@gmail.com

 

VULTURE INDUSTRIES TO PERFORM TWO SPECIAL SHOWS WITH GUEST APPEARANCE BY TAAKE’S HOEST

Posted: December 31, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES, TAAKE, VULTURE INDUSTRIES
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VULTURE INDUSTRIES will play two shows in February, which will see the Norwegian Progressive Extreme Metallers perform a set which will include some unexpected material that the band is rehearsing especially for these two performances. Also making a guest appearance for some of the set will be TAAKE front man Hoest.

The first of the two dates will take place on the 3rd February at Dirty Skunks, in the Kino Siska, an old movie theatre in Ljubljana, Slovenia.  Entrance to this show will be free, as the venue will be celebrating its tenth anniversary.  The second date will be on the 4th February at Blue Hell in Budapest, and will mark VULTURE INDUSTRIES’ first ever appearance in Hungary.

Based in Bergen, and with two critically acclaimed releases on DARK ESSENCE RECORDS under their belts, VULTURE INDUSTRIES’ line up is composed of Bjornar Nilsen (BLACK HOLE GENERATOR) on vocals, keys and programming,  guitarists Øyvind Madsen (SULPHUR, ex-ENSLAVED) and Eivind Huse (SULPHUR), Kyrre Teigen on bass and Tor Helge Gjengedal (ex-TAAKE) on drums.   Nilsen, who also happens to be TAAKE’s producer, is known for his highly theatrical on-stage performances, and the additional appearance of Hoest, one of Black Metal’s most focussed and dynamic front men, is an indication that these two shows promise to be something very special.

More information about VULTURE INDUSTRIES can be found on the band’s website at http://www.vulture-industries.net

Below you can see fan-filmed footage of VULTURE INDUSTRIES performing “Hangman’s Hatch” at MetalCamp in July 2011

 

VULTURE INDUSTRIES INFO:

Band Contact: bjornar@vulture-industries.net
Management & Booking: Propulsion Music:  http://www.propulsionmusic.no/
Vulture Industries Website: http://www.vulture-industries.net
Vulture Industries on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/vultureindustries
Vulture Industries on SoundCloud:  http://soundcloud.com/vulture-industries
Vulture Industries WebShop: http://vultureindustries.bigcartel.com/
Vulture Industries on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/vultureindustries
Vulture Industries on ReverbNation:  http://www.reverbnation.com/vultureindustries
Dark Essence Records: http://www.darkessencerecords.no,
Dark Essence Records info: post@karismarecords.no

NEW MUSIC VIDEO FROM NORWEGIAN BLACK METALLERS TAAKE

Posted: September 27, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES, TAAKE
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With the MCD “Kveld” released in April as a taster for the band’s fifth full-length album “Noregs Vaapen”, and with the album itself hitting the streets on DARK ESSENCE RECORDS on the 20th September in Europe, and a release date set for the 1st November in the USA, TAAKE has today released a music video for a track from the album. Directed by Torgeir Ness Sundli, the video, for song “Nordbundet”, is a mix of live footage of the band interspersed with scenes of the countryside around TAAKE’s home town of Bergen, which have been filmed by founder and front man Hoest, who also produced the video.   Audio production is by Bjornar E. Nilsen and the video can be seen below.

“Noregs Vaapen” was a much anticipated release from the band that is now seen as one of the leaders of the Norwegian Black Metal scene.  Whilst never losing TAAKE’s traditional sound and atmosphere with its icy riffs, its melodies redolent of Norway’s history, and distinctive vocals, Hoest has not hesitated to add a few twists that have taken everyone by surprise and kept the music fresh and original, including the use of the banjo on one track.  The addition of guest appearances by some of Black Metal’s elite including Nocturno Culto (DARKTHRONE), Attila Csihar (MAYHEM), Demonaz (IMMORTAL) and Skagg (GAAHLSKAGG, DEATHCULT) as well as producer and VULTURE INDUSTRIES front man Bjørnar E. Nilsen have added a further dimension to “Noregs Vaapen”.

TAAKE will celebrate the release of the album with a special live set at Det Akademiske Kvarter in Bergen on the 30th September, and will then head out for a European tour in October with fellow Bergen Blackened Metallers BYFROST and the UK’s DONN THE PHILOSOPHY.  Tour itinerary, including newly confirmed dates as follows:

October
14 –  The Rock, Copenhagen (DK)
15 – Die Werkstatt, Koln (DE)
16 – Baroeg, Rotterdam (NL)
17 – Gloppe, Leeuwarden (NL)
18 – Biebob, Vosselaar (BE)
19 – Underworld, London (UK)
20 – Glazart, Paris (FR)
21 – Club 45, Zug (CH)
22 – Hellraiser, Leipzig (DE)
23 – Melodka, Brno (CZ)

More information about TAAKE can be found on the band’s website at http://taake.svartekunst.no/

The video for “Nordbundet” from the album “Noregs Vaapen” can be seen below

 

Below you can hear “Hordalands Doedskvad 1” from the “Kveld” MCD

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Taake Website: http://taake.svartekunst.no/
Taake on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taakeofficial
Taake on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/taakeofficial
Taake WebShop: http://svartekunst.bigcartel.com/
Dark Essence Records: http://www.karismarecords.no
Svartekunst Produksjoner: http://svartekunst.no
Taake Management & Booking: Propulsion Music http://www.propulsionmusic.no/
email: bjornar.erevik.nilsen@gmail.com

TAAKE AND BYFROST JOIN FORCES FOR EUROPEAN TOUR

Posted: August 29, 2011 in BYFROST, DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES, TAAKE
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Two generations of Bergen bands are set to tour Europe in October, bringing with them the blackened sounds and performances that makes Norway’s second largest city one of the foremost producers of extreme metal.   Headlining will be TAAKE, formed in 1993 by Hoest, one of the most dynamic front men in Black Metal.  With a plethora of releases and a wealth of stage experience behind them TAAKE has become one of the leading Black Metal bands playing today.  Supporting will be BYFROST who already have two full length albums to their credit, and whose aggressive black ‘n roll, combined with elements of thrash, have earned them a large fan base following recent appearances at some of the top European festivals.  Also on the tour will be the UK’s DONN THE PHILOSOPHY.  Tour dates as follows:

October
Fri 14 – The Rock, Copenhagen (DK)
Sat 15 – TBA
Sun 16 – Baroeg, Rotterdam (NL)
Mon 17 – Werkstat, Cologne (DE)
Tue 18 – Biebob, Vosselaar (BE)
Wed 19 – Underworld, London (UK)
Thu 20 – Glazart, Paris (FR)
Fri 21 – Club 45, Zug (CH)
Sat 22 – Init, Rome (IT)
Sun 23 – Rock Planet, Ravenna (IT)

Both bands will be touring with new releases.  TAAKE’s “Noregs Vaapen” is due for release on Dark Essence Records in mid September, whilst BYFROST’s “Of Death” was released on AFM records in June of this year.  More information about TAAKE can be found at http://taake.svartekunst.no/ and BYFROST at http://www.myspace.com/byfrostmetal

Below you can see the official video for TAAKE’s “Umenneske”

 

Below you can see fan-filmed footage of BYFROST performing “Horns to the Sky” live at the Bloodstock Festival this year.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – TAAKE
Website: http://taake.svartekunst.no
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taakeofficial
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/taakeofficial
Svartekunst Produksjoner: http://svartekunst.no
Management & Booking: Propulsion Music http://www.propulsionmusic.no
email: bjornar.erevik.nilsen@gmail.com

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION – BYFROST
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/byfrostmetal
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BYFROST
SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/byfrost
Twitter: www.twitter.com/byfrostmetal
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/byfrost
Management & Booking: Patricia Thomas Band Management http://patriciathomasmanagement.com
email: patriciathomas@btinternet.com

HOEST ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF UPCOMING TAAKE ALBUM. COVER ART REVEALED

Posted: July 4, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, TAAKE
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The following information regarding the new album from TAAKE has been revealed directly by Hoest.

Sons & daughters of bitches,

Your favourite asshole has just completed the new Taake album entitled “Noregs Vaapen”.

It will be released as limited digipak through Dark Essence Records and double LP through Svartekunst Produksjoner in September.

Right now I’m too sick of working on the album to make any promotional statement. But I can quite humbly assure y’all that it’s beyond what any of you deserve..

Guest performers include Nocturno Culto, Attila Csihar and Demonaz, among others.

While you wait, the “Kveld” maxi single will be released on vinyl, limited to 300 copies..

Look out!

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Taake on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taakeofficial
Taake on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/taakeofficial
Taake Website: http://taake.svartekunst.no/
Svartekunst Produksjoner: http://svartekunst.no
Taake Management & Booking: Propulsion Music http://www.propulsionmusic.no/
email: bjornar.erevik.nilsen@gmail.com
Dark Essence Records: http://www.karismarecords.no

LIVE VIDEO OF TAAKE AT SWR BARROSELAS FESTIVAL APRIL 30 2011

Posted: May 2, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS
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TAAKE’s appearance at the SWR Barroselas Festival on the 30th April was streamed live.  For those who missed it, you can watch it below.

TAAKE SET TO RELEASE MCD AS PRELUDE TO FULL-LENGTH. TRACK PREMIERED.

Posted: April 20, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES
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TAAKE, one of Norway’s leading Black Metal bands, is set to release an MCD on the 26th of April which will serve as a taster for the new full-length album later in the year.  “Kveld” contains five tracks, four of which are classic TAAKE songs which have been especially recorded live in the studio with the band’s current live line up, and a new track, “Nordbundet”, which will also feature on the upcoming fifth full-length album “Noregs Vaapen”, which is due for release in September of this year.  Track listing for “Kveld” as follows:

1. Nordbundet
2. Motpol
3. Hordalands Doedskvad 1
4. Over Bjoergvin graater Himmerik 4
5. Nattestid ser Porten vid 1

“Kveld” will be released in Digipack format and limited to 500 copies on founder and front man Hoest’s own label Svartekunst Produksjoner.  The digital version of the MCD will be available through Dark Essence Records, who will also release “Noregs Vaapen” later in the year.  “Kveld” was recorded at the Conclave and Earshot Studios in Bergen with producer Bjornar E. Nilsen, and the track “Hordalands Doedskvad 1” can be heard at http://soundcloud.com/patriciathomas/taake-hordalands-doedskvad-1 or below:

TAAKE is due to play several festivals this year, including Party.San Open Air in Germany, Metal Camp in Sloveina and the SWR Barroselas Metal Fest in Portugal.  Additionally, the band will hit the road on the 21st of April for a short tour with fellow Dark Essence Records label mates, Extreme Prog Metallers VULTURE INDUSTRIES, where fans will be able to get hold of the MCD, which is not being distributed through normal channels, in advance of the release date.  Tour dates as follows:

Thur 21 – K17, Berlin (DE)
Fri 22 – Festung, Bitterfield (DE)
Sat 23 – Heidens Geweld, Dynamo, Eindhoven (NL)
Sun 24 – Le Menhir Chevelu, Brest (FR)
Mon 25 – VULTURE INDUSTRIES only (+ ENSLAVED & NEGURA BUNGET), Nouveau Casino, Paris (FR)
Sat 30 – TAAKE only, SWR Barroselas MetalFest, (PT)

More information about TAAKE can be found at http://taake.svartekunst.no

Below you can see the official video for the track “Umenneske” from the album “Taake”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Taake on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/taakeofficial
Taake Website: http://taake.svartekunst.no/
Svartekunst Produksjoner: http://svartekunst.no
Taake Management & Booking: Propulsion Music http://www.propulsionmusic.no/
Dark Essence Records: http://www.karismarecords.no

BLACK-FOLK METALLERS GALAR ANNOUNCE LIVE DEBUT

Posted: April 10, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, GRAVDAL, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES
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Since the release of their second full-length album “Til Alle Heimsens Endar” last year, Norwegian Black-Folk Metallers GALAR have been recruiting live members and preparing to take the band live.  With founders M. Kristiansen (screams and rhythm guitar) and A. B. Lauritzen (clean vocals and bassoon) now having been joined by Specter (GRAVDAL, AETERNUS) on lead guitar,  Phobos (GRAVDAL, AETERNUS, MALSAIN) on drums and Simon Futterlieb on bass, GALAR will make its live debut on the 19th April at the legendary Elm Street Rock Cafe’ in Oslo.  Also appearing will be Dark Essence Records label-mates SULPHUR and the Oslo band FORCEFED HORSEHEAD.

Starting out originally as a two-man studio Project in Bergen, GALAR used guest musicians from a variety of musical genres to record “Til Alle Heimsens Endar”, an album with the sound and feel of both black metal and folk metal.  The title can be translated as “Until the End of All Worlds” and is a concept album based around Snorri Sturluson’s history of Norwegian kings the “Heimskringla”.   As well as their live drummer Phobos, other guests on the album include Ricardo Odriozola on first and second violins, Hans Gunnar Hagen on viola, Siri Hilmen on cello, Morten Nome on double bass, and Cecile Langlie on female vox.

GALAR’s live debut in their home town of Bergen will take place on the 29th April at the Ungdomsklubben Bizarre supported by one of the new generation of local upcoming Black Metal bands HADENS and Hardcore Thrashers QUAVILA. More information about GALAR can be found on the band’s MySpace page at www.myspace.com/galarmetal

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Booking & Band Contact: galarmetal@gmail.com
GALAR on MySpace: www.myspace.com/galarmetal
GALAR on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Galar/161537332115
GALAR on ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/galarmetal
Dark Essence Records: www.darkessencerecords.no
Dark Essence on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/darkessencerecords
Dark Essence on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/darkessencerecords

HELHEIM TO DEBUT TRACK FROM UPCOMING ALBUM ON U.S. COMMUNITY RADIO – ALBUM DETAILS REVEALED

Posted: March 16, 2011 in DARK ESSENCE RECORDS, HELHEIM, OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASES
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Norwegian Viking Metallers HELHEIM are set to debut a track from their upcoming album “Heiðindómr ok Mótgangr” on Derek Rice’s “Raise the Dead” show on the US Community Radio station KDVS, Davis 90.3FM.  As well as debuting the track, titled “Viten og Mot (Stolthet)”, the show will feature an interview with HELHEIM vocalist/bassist V’gandr (TAAKE, AETERNUS).  “Raise the Dead” will air at midnight on Friday 18th March California time / 08:00 a.m. Saturday 19th Central European Time – and can be streamed live at http://www.kdvs.org/show-info/1466.  Following its airing on the show, the track will be available on the band’s MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/helheimnorway

“Heiðindómr ok Mótgangr” will be HELHEIM’s seventh full-length album, and it follows on last November’s release of the MCD “Åsgards Fall”, which served as an introduction to the new album.  Recorded at Conclave and Earshot Studio in Bergen with producer Bjørnar Nilsen (VULTURE INDUSTRIES, BLACK HOLE GENERATOR) at the helm and mastered by Herbrand Larsen (ENSLAVED), the nine-track album includes guest appearances from TAAKE’s Hoest, Gunnar Emmerhoff (EMMERHOFF & THE MELANCHONY BABIES), PV Staff and Trine Mjanger.  The first edition of  “Heiðindómr ok Mótgangr”  will include a bonus-DVD containing concerts from the 2009 With Full Force and Inferno Festivals, as well as the videos for ”Dualitet og Ulver”, ”Stones To The Burden” and ”Jernskogen”.

Due for release in Norway on the 1st of April and world-wide on the 23rd of May, “Heiðindómr ok Mótgangr”  will be the band’s first release to be sung entirely in Norwegian since ”Blod og ild” in 2000.  Commenting on the track that the band will debut, V’gandr explained:  “Viten og Mot (Stolthet)” means Knowledge and Courage (Pride).  It is one of four lyrics on the album that are based on the words of Odin (Håvamål).  Stolthet (Pride) is about preparing yourself to meet your enemies armed with both wisdom and skill.  It’s about looking your enemies straight in the eyes and showing them who you are, rather than looking towards the heavens for protection or guidance.  In the long run we are all alone and only through Knowledge, Courage and Pride can we achieve our goals”.

Below you can see the video of HELHEIM’s “Dualitet og Ulver” which features a guest appearance from TAAKE’s Hoest.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Helheim MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/helheimnorway
Helheim Website: http://www.helheim.com
Helheim Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/helheimnorway
Helheim  YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/frosjo
Band Contact: helheim@helheim.com
Promo & Additional Info: post@karismarecords.no

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