Ascend 2LP testing SW Forewords from main discaholic Mats

Forewords from main discaholic Mats Gustafsson

Illustrations by Sathyan Rizzo

‘Lung Slide’ produced by james K

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Ascend 2LP testing SW Forewords from main discaholic MatsASCEND 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: