Deathlike Silence Productions (DSP) was a Norwegian

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

founded in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

in 1987 (initially as Posercorpse Music) that focused on

black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tr ...

. DSP supported the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 1990s. Helvete was the headquarters of DSP.

History

The label was founded in 1987 by

Øystein Aarseth Øystein Aarseth (22 March 1968 – 10 August 1993), better known by his stage name Euronymous, was a Norwegian musician and a founder of and central figure in the early Norwegian black metal scene. He was a co-founder and guitarist of the No ...

, also known as Euronymous, who operated the label until his murder in 1993. The name was derived from the Sodom song "Deathlike Silence" (from their 1986 release '' Obsessed by Cruelty''). At first, the label mainly signed Norwegian acts, but as early as 1990 Aarseth had desired to establish a Swedish branch with Morgan Håkansson of

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, and towards its final years its also released an album by

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artist Sigh. Aarseth was considering signing Rotting Christ, Masacre (Colombia) and Hadez (Peru) before his death. Before the label's demise in 1994, it was planned to release Monumentum's debut album ''In Absentia Christi''.

Darkthrone Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band hailing from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991, Darkthrone transitioned to a black metal style influenced by Bathory (band), Bathory and Celtic Frost and ...

had threatened to release their second album '' A Blaze in the Northern Sky'' through Deathlike Silence when Peaceville Records would not due to their sudden change in genre.

Voices of Wonder Voices of Wonder a.k.a. Voice of Wonder Records was one of the most important rock record labels in Oslo, Norway in the early 1990s. The label was fronted by a small and intimate record store on Olaf Ryes plass, which in addition to the labels own ...

"took over Deathlike Silence Productions after the death of Euronymous."''Biography''
sighjapan.com, accessed on 10 June 2013.

Releases on DSP

* Anti-Mosh 001: Merciless – '' The Awakening'' (1990) * Anti-Mosh 002:

Burzum Burzum (; ) is a Norwegian music project founded by former Mayhem member Varg Vikernes in 1991. Although Burzum never played live performances, it became a staple of the early Norwegian black metal scene and is considered one of the most infl ...

– ''

'' (1992) * Anti-Mosh 003: Mayhem – '' Deathcrush'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 004: Abruptum – ''Obscuritatem Advoco Amplectére Me'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 005:

– '' Aske'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 006: Mayhem – ''

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas ''De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'' is the debut studio album by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. Songwriting began in 1987, but due to the suicide of vocalist Per "Dead" Ohlin and the murder of guitarist Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth, the album's ...

'' (1994) * Anti-Mosh 007: Sigh – '' Scorn Defeat'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 008: Enslaved – '' Vikingligr Veldi'' (1994) * Anti-Mosh 009: Abruptum – ''In Umbra Malitiae Ambulabo, in Aeternum in Triumpho Tenebraum'' (1994)

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Deathlike Silence Productions discography
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History

Releases on DSP

See also

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