Deathlike Silence Productions (DSP) was a Norwegian independent record label founded in Oslo in 1987 (initially as Posercorpse Music) that focused on black metal. DSP supported the Norwegian black metal scene in the early 1990s.^[1] Helvete was the headquarters of DSP.^[2]

History

The label was founded in 1987^[3] by Øystein Aarseth, also known as Euronymous, who operated the label until his murder in 1993.^[4] The name was derived from the Sodom song "Deathlike Silence" (from their 1986 release Obsessed by Cruelty).^[5]

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 Marduk, and towards its final years its also released an album by Japanese artist Sigh.^[6] Aarseth was considering signing Rotting Christ, Masacre (Colombia)^[7] and Hadez (Peru) before his death.^[8]

Before the label's demise in 1994, it was planned to release Monumentum's debut album In Absentia Christi.^[9] Darkthrone 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.^[10] Voices of Wonder "took over Deathlike Silence Productions after the death of Euronymous."^[11]

Releases on DSP

• Anti-Mosh 001: Merciless – The Awakening (1990)
• Anti-Mosh 002: Burzum – Burzum (1992)
• Anti-Mosh 003: Mayhem – Deathcrush (1993)^{[nb 1]}
• Anti-Mosh 004: Abruptum – Obscuritatem Advoco Amplectére Me (1993)^{[nb 2]}
• Anti-Mosh 005: Burzum – Aske (1993)
• Anti-Mosh 006: Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas (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)^{[nb 3]}

See also

• Lists of record labels

Notes

References

External links

• Deathlike Silence Productions discography