Dark Adversary Productions

20/08/2025

Nidernes - "The Abyss Beckons" is now streaming in full on the Dark Adversary youtube channel!

Band: NidernesRelease: "The Abyss Beckons"Track list:"Vengeance, Herald of My Despite" 1. Bounded by Magick and Nature - 0:002. The Silence that Rises from R...

13/08/2025

The next set of 4 x Drowning the Light tapes is up for pre-order now!!
ORDER HERE: https://darkadversary.bigcartel.com/

This tape bundle includes these 4x Drowning the Light cassette tapes:
*"A Wandering Haunted Soul"
*"The Masters Call"
*"Vampyric Winter"
*"06/06/06 - It Begins Here..."

"The Masters Call" is the second DTL album recorded and initially was released as a promotional CDr limited to around 6 copies that was sent out to labels. This tape version is the same track listing as the original CDr. Later this material was used for the split with Sabnack and then when released on its own had its title changed to "The Masters Empire".
This tape is it in its original form. Pure Black Metal cruelty!

"A Wandering Haunted Soul" is material from a CDr that was never publicly released and limited to 5 copies and sent out as a promo to labels in 2006.
This demo was initially 4 tracks recorded between 2004-2006 of all synth material. One of these tracks was taken from the "Drowned" recordings, one was released later on "The Masters Empire" and one was even used for a different project from that period of time. All of these tracks went by different names to what they are known as now, however it felt important to release these tracks under the names they had on this release to try and keep this as close to the original as possible. The fourth track has never been released publicly until now.
For this tape version there is also 3 bonus tracks. One from 2004 and two from 2007.
Melancholic and sorrowful synth material.
I don't think this will get any other kind of a pressing in the future.

"06/06/06 - It Begins Here..." was originally a self released lathe cut 7", written and record on the 06/06/06 after the first DTL live ritual was played on the occult mountain at 12:01am. After this show was finished, this EP was recorded before the dawn. This date and EP was to mark when DTL became all encompassing and the main focus for Azgorh - an outlet and shadow of the soul and nothing short of pure dedication. It holds a special significance to the band. This is the first time it has been released as a stand alone tape. Occult Black Metal!

"Vampyric Winter" is an EP that was recorded in 2007 and this is the first time it has had a stand alone tape release. It is melancholic Vampyric Black metal!
This tape version includes 3 bonus tracks from the same recording session.

Once again I am doing these tape releases in bundles of four to make it more manageable than say a box-set all at once, since the DTL discography is so vast.
These tapes are limited.

02/08/2025

The Helrune self titled EP is now streaming in full on the Dark Adversary youtube channel!

Band: HelruneRelease: "Helrune"Track list:1. Ymir's Legacy - 0:002. R**e of the Huldra - 5:513. Wavespawn Sentinel - 8:294. Cursed by Flesh and Bone - 13:09C...

21/07/2025

The new Drowning the Light EP "Viscera of the Gods" is now streaming in full on the Dark Adversary youtube channel:

Band: Drowning the LightRelease: "Viscera of the Gods"Track list:1. Viscera of the Gods - 0:002. Sinister Visions within the Smoke - 11:43CD released by Dark...

14/07/2025

Five new CDs are out NOW!
ORDER HERE: https://darkadversary.bigcartel.com/

These include:
*Helrune - "Helrune" (limited to 200)
*Nidernes - "The Abyss Beckons" (limited to 200)
*Spectral Chain - "Purified By The Everlasting Fire" (limited to 150)
*Akhtya - "Nightscapes of Lilith" (limited to 300)
*Drowning the Light - "Viscera of the Gods" (limited to 200)

A limited amount of the Akhtya CD (including those who get the bundle of five), include a special Lilith-oriented talismanic pendant for free with their order - there are still some of these available.

11/07/2025

The first preview track from the debut self titled Helrune EP can be heard on the Dark Adversary youtube channel!

Band: HelruneEP: "Helrune"Song: "Ymir's Legacy"Released on CD by Dark Adversary Productions: https://darkadversary.bigcartel.com/This debut EP from Helrune i...

10/07/2025

Five new CDs and four tapes are out NOW through Dark Adversary Productions!!
ORDER HERE: https://darkadversary.bigcartel.com/

The CD releases include:
*Helrune - "Helrune" (limited to 200)
*Nidernes - "The Abyss Beckons" (limited to 200)
*Spectral Chain - "Purified By The Everlasting Fire" (limited to 150)
*Akhtya - "Nightscapes of Lilith" (limited to 300)
*Drowning the Light - "Viscera of the Gods" (limited to 200)

The tape releases come in a bundle of four, limited to 66 and include:
*Drowning the Light - "Securing Your Future for Satan"
*Drowning the Light - "The Haunting of the Black Aristocracy"
*Drowning the Light - "Howling Forests of Desolation"
*Drowning the Light - "Dark Winter Depression"

08/07/2025

The first four Drowning the Light demo tapes from 2003 will be released soon through Dark Adversary Productions in their original tape form!

This includes: "Securing Your Future for Satan", "The Haunting of the Black Aristocracy", "Howling Forests of Desolation" & "Dark Winter Depression".
Each tape is limited to 66 copies.
This is the first time these demos have been released publicly in their original form, with their original cover art (or as close as I could get to them, since some art was lost over the past 20+ years).
In 2003 the first demo "Securing..." was limited to 3 copies, and was not rereleased in any form until the CD in 2024.
The next three demos from 2003 were also extremely limited (under 5 copies of each). Later these were compiled together on "The Longing" (which has had various releases over the years, the first being in 2003 on CDr).
These four demos reflect that hatred and melancholy towards the world at the time, the primitive spark which ignited the flame that is DTL today.
After all these years I wanted to release them again in their original form, and original track order, also I wanted these to be the first four of an ongoing series of tapes I will release in batches/bundles through Dark Adversary Productions. Going through the entire DTL discography and eventually releasing everything on tape, so some of those who missed the original versions of old demos have an opportunity to get them again in their original tape form - also for those cassette maniacs out there who have been asking for years for certain albums to be on tape etc.
Rather than doing a boxset of the discography, which would be huge, I thought doing batches/bundles of four tapes at a time would be far more convenient, it also gives people a chance to take in the releases.
Maybe by the end of it I will release a giant box to put all of these tapes in, but I can't promise anything, as the shadow and madness that is DTL still continues to grow..
These will be released at the same time as the other five new CD releases through Dark Adversary later this week, which includes the new DTL EP. And if you would like an early warning email, sign up to the DTL mailing list (found at the bottom of the official site: https://drowningthelight.com/ ).

03/07/2025

I am proud to announce that Drowning the Light - "Viscera of the Gods" is currently in press and will be out soon on CD through Dark Adversary Productions.

"Viscera of the Gods" is an EP of majestic, melancholic, raw and synth filled hypnotic Black Metal from this cult of Oceania.
The Gods, those laws of nature that cannot be broken, yet through abyssic creation and this Setapophian Black Magick we can bend those very laws and tear through the veil.
Yet to spit in the face of those Gods comes with a price, and when their blood spills, and a great cataclysm falls upon us, we realize that price is flesh.
And as the world now opens up, as the stars fall down to us, as the earth returns to dust, as the golden age turns to rust, we taste the viscera of the Gods... to become a God.

CD limited to 200 copies.

02/07/2025

I am proud to announce that Spectral Chain - "Purified by the Everlasting Fire" is currently in press and will be out soon on CD through Dark Adversary Productions!

From a cursed past, behold the second offering from this mysterious, mystical, atmospheric and raw symphonic Black Metal entity!!
Spectral chain rejects the conformist tendencies of mainstream culture and embrace a darker, more primal aspect of human nature. A rebellion against the modern world and the shackles of perceived "human" limitations.
This album is a spiritual journey delving into realms of the unknown, embracing the enigmatic and esoteric.
And as you are immersed in the darkness, defiant till the end, stare into that everlasting fire and be purified...

CD limited to 150 copies.

01/07/2025

I am proud to announce that Akhtya - "Nightscapes of Lilith" is currently in press and will be out soon on CD through Dark Adversary Productions!

"Nightscapes of Lilith" is seven ritual dark ambient compositions that were carefully and methodically structured by underlying tonal layers, to act in the imaginal realm, accessed by the soundwaves to be a gateway into the Nightside. Each track in some way, some noticeable and others not, contains drones derived from field recordings such as winds, desert ruins, predatory birds such as the owl, vulture, and cacophonous screams and howling in both daylight and nocturnal settings. The aim of this was to provide a foundation for an almost unspoken ceremonial via sounds to invoke Lilith and her timeless and haunting brood of demonic wind, night, and storm spirits and phantoms.
The incantations, recorded by the Luciferian Priestess and devotee of Lilith, Sara Ballini, utilized a subtle and venomous Italian flair as almost disembodied incantations, both calling forth, and manifesting, spectral howling's from the Abyss. The Sitra Ahra may be touched herein with the right conditions, or simply, provide a dark ambience to ones’ work or meditations. The incantations are derived from spells from Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Islamic-Arab, Turkish, Armenian, Persian, Hebrew, and Syrian conjurations by Michael W. Ford (Akhtya).
This CD edition of the album is different from the previously released digital version (more nightmarish and intense).

Cover art by Fosco Culto.

CD limited to 300 copies.

01/07/2025

I am proud to announce that Nidernes - "The Abyss Beckons" is currently in press and will be out soon on CD through Dark Adversary Productions!

"The Abyss Beckons" is a compilation of two demos:
"Vengeance, Herald of My Despite" - Nidernes first demo of raw, melancholic yet majestic Black Metal darkness capturing the true spirit of the old!
The second demo on this compilation is "Dusk Befalls Our Hearts" - An almost 20 minute synth driven opus of dungeon dwelling dark soundscapes with mournful vocals and haunting melodies.

CD limited to 200 copies.