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to be just another Death Metal band among thousands

A seemingly simple goal

A riveting excursion into dreamy soundscapes of haunting female vocal oration driven by pop power percussion and hypnotic post punk melody

Limited to 149 copies on Black vinyl

ASCEND 2LP Hardcore " src="https://bandcampASCEND is an NTS compilation that explores dark ambient and atmospheric black metal productions from the 1990s, and the roots of the dungeon synth scene. In the early 1990s, a handful of black metal artists were enticed by the possibility of conjuring new fantastical worlds from the deep isolation of their home setups. Rather than the dense metal sound of their existing projects, this new direction would be centred around intimate synth soundscapes: