[DD13089] Dustrializer – Destination Underground

With Dustrializer, Dark. Descent. presents a young talent – and with young we mean actually too young to buy booze in his country of residence, the USA. But no doubt he cooks up industrial awesomeness like an old hand: Three tracks that get the balance of sturdy kicks, distortion and sparsely used vocal samples spot-on right. Dustrializer surely takes no detour on his way to the industrial dance floor, the natural habitat of these three fine tunes, which have been branded with a nice signature flavor in the shape of a unique bass wobble. A confident player for the underground waits to be discovered!

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD13089
Artist: Dustrializer
Format: EP, 3 x File, Digital
Released: 20 October 2017
Written & Produced by Dustin Langley
Mastering by Musicmastering
Designed by R23 / Room 23 Music

1. Destination Underground – 5:38
2. Futuristic Realm – 5:10
3. Core of Destruction – 5:09

[DD14081] The Fallen – Collapsed World

After a number of EP releases on Dark. Descent. and some other labels, it’s high time for The Fallen’s debut full length. The Hungarian producer presents 14 tracks that remain below the 160bpm mark, including a couple of collaborations and a remix work, all high quality material that the industrial punters will get bang into.
Following a clear concept and an intelligible storyline, “Collapsed World” is all about devastating rhythms, garnished with just the right dose of samples and a trademark use of eerie choirs.
The first half of the album remains considerably slower, dominated by techno influences, especially on tracks like “The Truth” or the remix for X-Core, while others display a tendency towards rhythmic noise (The Experiment”) or simply hypnotic hit potential (“A Darkness Grew Inside Me”).
The collaboration with Canada’s Razor Edge is a madcap piece of body music and a kind of watershed for the more “-core” second half of the album, which applies the bass-heavy rhythmic approach to a faster tempo. The excitement level never drops, so the listener gets riveted until the collage-style outro proclaims a bleak world view.
Only a very limited run of hardcopies will be available, so be fast!

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD14081
Artist: The Fallen
Format: Album, 14 x File, Digital
Released: 23 December 2016
Written & Produced by Tamás Bencsik
Mastered by Enrico Stade
Designed & Marketed by R23 / Room 23 Music

01. The Fallen – Collapsed World – 2:30
02. The Fallen – A Darkness Grew Inside Me – 6:35
03. The Fallen – International Conflict Of Interest – 5:58
04. The Fallen – The Truth – 5:25
05. The Fallen – The Experiment – 5:23
06. X-Core – At The Gates (The Fallen Remix) – 6:59
07. The Fallen & Razor Edge – Influence On The Body – 8:20
08. The Fallen – Faith In God – 5:54
09. The Fallen & Dark Blast – War Of Dreams – 5:57
10. The Fallen – The Beginning Of A War – 6:38
11. The Fallen – Awakening – 4:44
12. The Fallen – Light At The End Of The Tunnel – 5:12
13. The Fallen – You Are The Cause Of Death – 4:50
14. The Fallen – Impacts Of Humans – 4:48

[DD13079] Hypoxic – Alone In The Forest

After two strong EPs on Traumatic, Australian producer Hypoxic delivers four tracks that will give the Dark. Descent. following the creeps: Encountering his very unique, maverick doomcore sound, it comes as no surprise he hails from Perth, known as one of the most isolated major cities in the world.
DD13079 starts with „Sombre“, a perfectly self-referential title for a soundtrack-ish tune with lush piano lines, followed by the equally introvert, but considerably darker „ The Forest“. Hypoxic also sees to the physical aspects of his art with the crushing industrial beats of „You are not alone“ and the irresistible EBM-style saw tooth sounds of „Nothingness“. “Alone in the Forest” works as perfect background music for reading Thoreau just as well as on the underground dance floor.

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD13079
Artist: Hypoxic
Format: EP, 4 x File, Digital
Released: 01 October 2016
Written & Produced by Richard Holmes
Mastered by Enrico Stade
Designed & Marketed by R23 / Room 23 Music

1. Sombre – 4:53
2. The Forest – 9:07
3. You Are Not Alone – 7:02
4. Nothingness – 5:43

[DD13077] Stan Grewzell – Following Signals

German artist Stan Grewzell returns two years after his last EP for Dark. Descent. – which still frequently features in various playlists, hence a lot of people should be expecting this. Again, his production defies genre boundaries and trends and instead goes for a unique, tripping combination of dark hardcore sounds with energetic techno drive.

The sci-fi themed “Mutantenmaschine” bangs the drums of doom, while “Voltage” echoes with a subtle EBM sequence, the thumping “Bot” outspeeds the bpm range of the rest of the tracks and “Array of Gates” makes for a superbly melodic finale. Industrial techno and hardcore in an unorthodox balance, following these signals is highly recommended!

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD13055
Artist: Stan Grewzell
Format: EP, 4 x File, Digital
Released: 06 June 2016
Written & Produced by Stephan Wagner
Mastering by Dark. Descent. Media
Designed & Marketed by Room 23 Music

1. Mutantenmaschine – 4:59
2. Voltage – 4:14
3. Bot – 4:39
4. Array Of Gates – 4:04

[DD13076] Cyberstruct – We Carry The Burden Of Our Existential Thoughts

Following his EP on Traumatic, and a series of well-received DJ mixes, Australian doomhead Cyberstruct joins Dark.Descent. for an EP of very physical doomcore: You will keep wondering how something so slow can sound so massive?
No ready-made sounds on this one, all four tracks on DD13076 are charged with distortion and melodic hooks, with “A Fork In The Road Between Two Dead Ends” the most obvious choice for the industrial dance floor (while all tracks qualify for that use). The kicks crash and shatter relentlessly, the sparsely used vocal samples proclaim the end of the world – while you’re still twitching to this.

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD13076
Artist: Cyberstruct
Format: EP, 4 x File, Digital
Written & Produced by Christopher John Brown
Mastering by Enrico Stade
Designed & Marketed by Room 23 Music

1. We Carry The Burden Of Our Existential Thoughts – 4:58
2. A Fork In The Road Between Two Dead Ends – 5:20
3. End Of The World – 5:12
4. What Is It You’re Afraid Of – 6:15

[DD15075] Various Artists – Collected: Into The Dark Lands "Origin"

2016 shall be the beginning of a new era for Dark. Descent., now operating independently, forging its way into the future – and a perfect time to take a deep breath and look back on a history of ten years, pushing dark and industrial hardcore and techno forward.
“Into The Dark Lands – Origin” collects no less than 50 tracks by prolific artists like The Relic, Embrionyc, Cubic Nomad, Sei2ure, Ragnarok, Sound Abuse, Starving Insect, Sidephex and many more, lots of classic tracks as well as previews of what is up and coming and some exclusive material as well, so this serves as a perfect introduction to the Dark.Descent. sound as well as a welcome addition to the devotee’s collection.
Label boss Maurice Pinkster, who is known as industrial hardcore pioneer The Relic, and also as a producer of many electronic styles under the Cubic Nomad moniker, has been operating Dark. Descent. to enormous acclaim since 2006. From industrial hardcore to a wider scope of sounds and influences from techno, trance, IDM and ambient, all have found their way into the Dark.Descent. family: Along with the parent label, the offspring consists of the distinctly defined Spirit of Progress (dark techno), ZUUR (acid), Dark Industry (leftfield experimental) and Blacklight Sessions (techno trance).
Named after the label’s party concept, which has gone into eight editions so far, “Into The Dark Lands – Origin” showcases what the international Dark. Descent. label roster is all about, from classic tracks like Zanthrax’ “Dark By Nature” over more recent hit tracks from Dep Affect or Moleculez to excerpts from the praised albums by Sidephex, Starving Insect or Mindwalker, from techno darkness by Energetic X (aka Embrionyc) to acid madness by 2Junxion, this is simply excellent value for little money. (Re)discover the dark lands!

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD15075
Format: V/A Compilation, 50 x File, Digital
Released: 25 January 2015
Compiled by The Relic
Design & Marketing by Room 23 Recordings

01. Starving insect & Omnicide – Allt Dör – 09:12
02. Threatening Developments – Fjellhamer – 05:18
03. Battling Anomaly – Murder In Motion – 05:18
04. Starving Insect – Dormant Storm – 08:33
05. Ragnarok & Starving Insect – Sunken (Ragnarok’s Dreamcore Version) – 08:16
06. Shatterling – A Different Meaning – 09:57
07. Cyberstruct – End Of The World – 05:12
08. Tonal Verges – Moved – 05:55
09. Low Entropy – Colorful Stars – 17:12
10. Raum 107 – Hass Kommt Von Innen – 10:47
11. Tonal Verges – Essit Rekket – 08:42
12. Threatening Developments – Lysformer – 06:30
13. Hidden Rooms – Lucifer – 05:54
14. The Relic & Razor Edge – The Shadow – 06:42
15. Billy S. – Harsh & Soft (Desolation Remix) – 06:25
16. Moleculez & Heroics – Loaded – 06:41
17. Energetic-X – The Moonless Midnight Of The Mind – 04:53
18. Cyclic Backwash – Tekno Draft 2 – 07:14
19. Threatening Developments – Intet Tre – 07:20
20. Mindwalker – A More Perceptive World (Electronic Mind Expansion Remix) – 06:09
21. Electronic Mind Expansion – The Multiverse – 05:54
22. Defiler – Perpetual Motion – 04:44
23. Stan Grewzell – Briefing – 04:49
24. Mindwalker & Embrionyc ft. Mi’A – We Cry In Music – 05:35
25. Energetic-X – After Midnight – 07:17
26. Cannibal7 – Mentally Agressive – 06:22
27. Dep Affect – Atomichron – 07:45
28. Zanthrax – Dark By Nature (Replica by Embrionyc) – 04:55
29. X-Core – Rovdyr (AnTraxid’s I Skyggen Remix) – 08:46
30. Dep Affect – Feel The Fire – 05:27
31. Electronic Mind Expansion – Mood Shifter – 04:46
32. The Relic & Mute. – 52 Hertz (A Lonely Heart) – 09:55
33. Rawbots – Gouen Ryuuga – 05:20
34. Sidephex – War On Demand – 05:38
35. 2Junxion – Back In Rehab – 07:22
36. Cubic Nomad – Paradox Lost (Shatterling Remix) – 06:07
37. Sidephex – Turn It Up A Little – 05:36
38. Stan Grewzell – The Machine – 04:11
39. Sidephex – MK225 – 05:51
40. Sidephex – You Know What – 03:10
41. Sidephex & Juno – Great San Fransico Acid Wave – 06:14
42. The Fallen – Sinister Signals – 05:57
43. Sidephex – Voicemail – 04:57
44. Densha Crisis – Dark Behaviour – 06:31
45. Amok & Stormtrooper – Cleansing The Sphere (Reconstruction by Thomas Nordmann) – 06:28
46. Ragnarok & Nu-Phase – Noise Appeal – 04:54
47. The Relic – Lady Sinner – 05:36
48. Sound Abuse – The Portal – 05:29
49. Sei2ure – Opposition (175 VIP) – 06:15
50. Sound Abuse – Doomsday – 04:55

[DD14069] Starving Insect – The Great Nothing

Label: Dark. Descent.
Cat#: DD14069
Artist: Starving Insect
Format: Album, 8 x File, Digital / CD
Released: 30 April 2015
Written, Produced & Mastered by Alexander Kassberg
Track 2 & 8 made in collaboration with Robin Ålander aka Omnicide
Mastering of loud versions mastered by Enrico Stade
Design by Dark. Descent. Media
Marketed by NoisJ

1. Overhead, Without Any Fuss, The Stars Were Going Out – 10:08
2. Breeding The Threnodies – 05:53
3. Sleep Is Death – 08:02
4. There Are No Doors – 05:39
5. IDDQD – 06:28
6. Dormant Storm – 08:32
7. Visions Of The Blind Dead – 06:57
8. Allt Dör – 09:12