Dark Essence Records

  • Koldbrann

    New Koldbrann album out in August

    Norwegian black metal band Koldbrann is back and their new album, Ingen Skånsel will be out on August 23rd, via Dark Essence Records… Indeed, the band’s fourth album sounds rawer and harsher. After an almost decade-long period of dwelling in the shadows, Koldbrann returned… With a series of select...
  • Bismarck- Photo Credit: Tomas Osland

    Bismarck will drop their third album in May

    Stoner/doom metal band Bismarck from Norway will release their third full-length, on May 3rd, via Dark Essence Records. Vourukasha is the third album from Bergen-based doom metal band Bismarck. Furthermore, it is a work born from curiosity, hard work, and sheer determination. Four years in the making, Vourukasha will...
  • Nyrst

    Nyrst will release their second album, Völd

    From the depth of Iceland’s Reykjavik Nyrst has forged a new blackened creation by the name Völd. It’s an album that pays homage to the immense volcanoes of Iceland. With Völd which roughly translates to force, power or might, Nyrst conjures forth music with the unrelenting and unforgiving harshness...