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- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

founded in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) 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 ...

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 t ...

. DSP supported the black metal revival 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 N ...

, 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 ''

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''). 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

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. Aarseth was considering signing

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, Masacre (Colombia) and Hadez (Peru) before his death. Before the label's demise in 1994, it was planned to release

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's debut album ''In Absentia Christi''.

Darkthrone Darkthrone is a Norwegian extreme metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leadin ...

had threatened to release their second album ''

A Blaze in the Northern Sky ''A Blaze in the Northern Sky'' is the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was recorded at Creative Studios in August 1991 and released on 26 February 1992 by Peaceville Records. It contained the band's first black m ...

'' through Deathlike Silence when

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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 (; ) was a Norwegian music project founded by Varg Vikernes in 1991. Although Burzum never played live performances, it became a part of the early Norwegian black metal scene and is considered one of the most influential acts in black m ...

– ''

'' (1992) * Anti-Mosh 003: Mayhem – ''

Deathcrush ''Deathcrush'' is the debut EP and overall first commercial release by Norwegian black metal band Mayhem. It was released on 16 August 1987 by Posercorpse Music. Background Though influential to black metal, its lyrics and sound were largely i ...

'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 004:

Abruptum Abruptum is a Swedish black metal and dark ambient solo side-project band. It is run by Evil (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) of Marduk, but the band was formed in 1989 by IT (a.k.a. Tony Särkkä). All (a.k.a. Jim Berger), Ext and Evil joined th ...

– ''Obscuritatem Advoco Amplectére Me'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 005:

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

De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas ''De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas'' is the first 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 r ...

'' (1994) * Anti-Mosh 007:

– ''

Scorn Defeat ''Scorn Defeat'' is the first full-length album by the Japanese black metal band Sigh, released in 1993 by Deathlike Silence Productions. It is the band's most traditional black metal album, taking on a formula lyrically compared to their Scan ...

'' (1993) * Anti-Mosh 008: Enslaved – ''

Vikingligr Veldi ''Vikingligr Veldi'' ( Norse meaning roughly ''In the Veld of the Vikings'' or "In the Viking Veld") is the debut studio album by Norwegian heavy metal band Enslaved. It was released in 1994, through Deathlike Silence Productions, the record la ...

'' (1994) * Anti-Mosh 009:

– ''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

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