| Deathlike Silence Productions | |
| Founded: | 1987 (as Posercorpse Music) |
| Founder: | Euronymous |
| Defunct: | 1994 |
| Distributor: | Voices of Wonder |
| Genre: | Black metal |
| Country: | Norway |
| Location: | Oslo |
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]
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]