Witte Dood info

(Scroll down for the Witte Dood sub-label IJzig Rekords.)

Witte Dood focuses on dark music of nearly any kind. Founded in 2009, its releases are much more DIY than those of the latter. Home-printed artwork in a thin plastic sleeve, 3”CDR discs only. Nothing fancy, just great music. And because of the simple, yet nice packaging, we are able to keep the prices low: only € 2,00 each (excl. p&p).



Witte Dood rules

Drone, (dark) ambient, industrial, EBM, trance, black / doom metal or whatever's related; sorry, no noise /// Music is dark - we decide what is dark /// One track only - title is one word /// Track is 333, 666, 999 or 1332 seconds long (exactly - so 5:33, 11:06, 16:39 or 22:12) /// Patience is a virtue /// You get 3 copies for free /// We don't do any promotion, unless we want to /// If not 333, 666, 999 or 1332 seconds, then don't bother /// If not one track, then don't bother /// We make the sleeve, you provide a picture and other info /// Only b&w artwork /// Each band gets a max of 4 releases, them being the 4 different song lenghts



Upcoming on Witte Dood

21 Gramms, Aere Aeternus, Endometrium Cuntplow, The Ghost Between The Strings, Hjorten, Khel, +ko+ko+, Luciftias, Mikrodepresja, Nuoh, Secret Druid Society, Sublime Flagellation, Svart1, Tainted Corrosive Mist, taklamakan, Terra Engine, Le Vide.



Witte Dood catalogue

All are available for € 2,00, excl. shipping. The releases of bands that have completed the whole 333, 666, 999 and 1332 seconds set can be obtained for € 6,00, so that’s one release completely free. This currently applies for: Akoustik Timbre Frekuency and Ghosts Don’t Exist. All mp3 samples are 96 kbps and play the first 66 seconds of the release. Contact us here to order.

WIT052 Ghosts Don’t Exist - Gravity (666 secs)
"This completes the GDE set! A minimalistic floating darkscape, composed using selected Mystified sounds."
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WIT051 Ghosts Don’t Exist - Electromagnetism (333 secs)
"Still in a league of its own we reckon. An ominous soundtrack for a short non-existent film."
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WIT050 PookiSlave - Słońce (333 secs)
"Mysterious USA claustrophobic drone project. Slightly reminiscent of Norss."
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WIT048 Terra Engine - Apaosha (333 secs)
"Aka. John Lithium from the USA. Stunning dark droning ambient! Like Aidan Baker."
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WIT047 The Other Salvation - Departure (333 secs)
"From Finland, a dark drone number with a slight twist of shimmering noise."
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WIT046 +ko+ko+ - Parasite (333 secs)
"Spooky brooding ambient from Portugal. Shivering stuff."
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WIT045 X-Bax - Afdaling (1332 secs)
"A beautiful, shimmering, long-form drone. Recommended!"
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WIT044 Secret Druid Society - Premonition (999 secs)
"Strangely soothing yet slightly discomforting ambient drone from Australia. Click here for a promo video."
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WIT043 Beltane - Evoking (333 secs)
"Magickal melodic black metal from New Zealand. Great single!"
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WIT042 Rhuith - Tombs (666 secs)
"Italy’s finest when it comes to deceptive darkness. Like an Urfaust / Gnaw Their Tongues blend."
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WIT041 ___dREàgänN|||||| - Opera (999 secs)
"From Belgium (Sarutra’s Music) comes this curious and enthralling mixture of eerie ambient and delicate noise."
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WIT040 21 Gramms - God (666 secs)
"Second release on this label. Seriously haunting ambient with a dash of noise."
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WIT039 Perkuno - Decay (333 secs)
"Misty, droning ambient. Mauler and Dodenrijk member."
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WIT038 Sunneater ((O)) - Legion (666 secs)
"Excellent heavy doom sludge in classic Sleep style. From the Netherlands."
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WIT037 Wolfsduister - Dodenakker (333 secs)
"Creepy dark ambient drone from one of Holland’s finest. Very nice!"
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WIT036 IOK-1 - Rost (1332 secs)
"Rumbling and droning darkness from Sweden."
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WIT035 Temple Music - Nothing (666 secs)
"Ritual ambient from the UK, akin to Hybryds. Recommended!"
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WIT034 Tainted Corrosive Mist - Neunundsechzig (333 secs)
"Tainted Corrosive Mist is delivering number three as well. This is as ambient as TCM gets. Very nice!"
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WIT033 Ulv - Mørket (999 secs)
"Part three in the Ulv series. Sounding ever so minimal and desolate."
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WIT032 Nuoh - Noc (666 secs)
"Polish ambient drone with some very slight noisy twitches. Sounds like the end of gaia."
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WIT031 Invisible Waves - Synti (1332 secs)
"Minimal ambient drone from Finland. High-tension stuff. It’s very fine indeed."
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WIT030 Merankorii - Leroi (1332 secs)
"Horror soundtrack from Portugal. Like the infamous and god-like Goblin."
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WIT029 Luciftias - CCCXXXIII (333 secs)
"Noisy mono-drone from the States. Very resonant."
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WIT028 De Wanhoopsdaad Nabij - Zelfmoordpoging (1332 secs)
"Depressive, monotonous and self-destructive dark ambient drone from the Netherlands. Ulv side-project."
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WIT027 Mystieke Grafstemming - Openbaring (1332 secs)
"Very minimal headphone drones from the Netherlands. Very captivating indeed."
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WIT026 Fukte - Ukjent (666 secs)
"Slowly noising drone from Italy."
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WIT025 Tainted Corrosive Mist - Fuenfundsechzig (999 secs)
"A delicate droning monster with intricate ambientesque sounds."
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WIT024 Ghosts Don’t Exist - Limbo (999 secs)
"Ominous and dark ambient from this TGBTS side-project. All are recommended!"
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WIT023 Ghosts Don’t Exist - Frozen (1332 secs)
"The companion piece to WIT022. You really need them both to fully appreciate the impact."
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WIT022 The Ghost Between The Strings - Freeze (666 secs)
"We are great TGBTS fans! Hypnotic, organic ambient. We like!"
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WIT021 Snowfade - Horizertical (1332 secs)
"Marco of Ouroboros fame goes all-out icy ambient. Possibly an aurora borealis soundtrack."
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WIT020 Hjorten - Bleak (1332 secs)
"From Sweden. A slighty noisy trance epic. Could’ve been an experimental Kristus Kut track, but it’s not."
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WIT019 Aspectee - Espe (333 secs)
"Beautifully delicate German ambient."
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WIT018 Endometrium Cuntplow - Hollowbeast (666 secs)
"Trance-inducing noisy drones from the USA."
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WIT017 Sauhu - Sisällyksetön (1332 secs)
"Thee definition of minimal drone, from Finland. Requires headphones to get hypnotised."
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WIT016 Ulv - Sase (666 secs)
"Part two from Ulv. A low frequency drone with a curious touch for adventure."
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WIT015 Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - Luna (999 secs)
"This completes the set. Continues from Choronzon: dark, droning, mystickal and hypnotic. A great finish to this quadrology."
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WIT014 Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - Choronzon (333 secs)
"Third part in ATF’s series for us. His most ambientesque one yet. A quiet start, a droning finish."
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WIT013 Bring Me The Head Of Orion - Rend (666 secs)
"Scorching drone from the USA. Could have been on the GrimmRobe release from Sunn O)))."
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WIT012 21 Gramms - Drown (333 secs)
"Droning soundtrack music from Poland. Though short, there’s a lot to capture."
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WIT011 Kwalijk - Stervensbegeleiding (1332 secs)
"Debut release of Kwalijk from the Netherlands. Brooding, dark experimental subdued dronescape."
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WIT010 Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - DCLXVI (666 secs)
"Slightly noisy, mystickal ambient from the UK. Second in his series on Witte Dood."
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WIT009 Saturn Form Essence - Abyss (666 secs)
"Mysterious Ukrainian project with a beautifully brooding, dark ambient soundscape."
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WIT008 Mister Vapor - Astral (999 secs)
"Side-project of the prolific Mystified. A great, cold ambient soundscape."
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WIT007 Kristus Kut - droomLicht (1332 secs)
"Quite emotional, repetitive droning noise. Amongst the highlights in Kristus Kut’s catalogue!"
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WIT006 The Mist Toggles - Skritt (333 secs)
"A delicate mixture of heavy postrock and experimental metal riffing from Norway."
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WIT005 Sunmoon - Core (1332 secs)
"A noisy Rumanian drone."
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WIT004 Tainted Corrosive Mist - Neunundfuenfzig (666 secs)
"Adventurous drone with a bit of flang from this prolific German."
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WIT003 KRV - Void (666 secs)
"From Italy, a curiously light and noisy drone."
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WIT002 Akoustik Timbre Frekuency - Invokation (1332 secs)
"Beautiful, dark and droning ambient soundscape. First offering of ATF for Witte Dood."
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WIT001 Ulv - Śnieg (333 secs)
"Second release from the new Norss. Mysteriously brooding drone."
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IJzig info

IJzig is a sub-label of Witte Dood, founded in 2010. The underground aesthetic of the parent label is continued in IJzig. But obviously, it can’t be the same thing... We wanted to take the 3”CDR concept a step further. And it will be of no surprise that there are certain rules, to keep things interesting, we hope. Still, they are 3”CDR discs with home-printed artwork, packaged in thin plastic sleeves. And again, because of the simple, yet nice packaging, we are able to keep the prices low: only € 2,00 each (excl. p&p).



IJzig rules

We invite you. Meaning: don’t send us any messages about wanting to release something on our label. We’ll invite you if we think you’re worthy of IJzig. /// We don’t limit ourselves to any style of music. We do however ask of you that it’s previously unreleased material. /// We only release 3”CDRs with home-printed black and white sleeves. The discs are unlabeled but hand-numbered and the whole thing is packaged in a simple see-through plastic sleeve. /// The front cover is designed by the artist and it needs to be hand-drawn! The artist scans the image and sends it over to us. We do the back cover, in a standardized design. /// We don’t care if you send us only 1 song or perhaps 101… But be reminded that a 3”CDR only holds about 23 minutes of music. /// Releases are limited to 101 copies, hand-numbered on the disc. /// Artists receive 8 copies of the release for free. /// We don’t want to make a profit. Hence prices are the same as for Witte Dood releases: € 2,00 per copy. /// We reserve the right to invite an artist multiple times...



Upcoming on IJzig

Ulv



IJzig catalogue

All are available for € 2,00, excl. shipping. All mp3 samples are 96 kbps and play one to several minutes of a selected track of the release. Contact us here to order.

IJS001 Mister Vapor - Spirit Stars (19:55)
"The man behind Mystified, delivering a spooky, eerie rhythmic ambient piece. One track."
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