Artist: ACHERON
Album: RITES OF THE BLACK MASS DELUXE REISSUE (2CD SLIPCASE)

Release date: 05.12.2025
EAN/UPS: 810096659545
Media type: CD

Kenyon Records, 2nd pressing European Edition double CD, jewelcase, 2025 remaster of the 1992 album and 1991 demo, 20 page booklet, hand numbered of 500 copies, housed in slipcase w/UV spot gloss on pentagram, hype sticker, Vincent Crowley liner notes, David E. Gehlke liner notes based off interviews with all 3 original members. The flames of the black mass rise once again. Fully authorized by the band, this definitive 2025 reissue of Rites of the Black Mass has been meticulously remastered by Joe Viers, breathing new life into Acheron’s blasphemous debut with vastly improved sonic depth and clarity.

CD 1 features the remastered 1992 album, produced by Scott Burns, now sounding more menacing than ever- each invocation, each riff, delivered with sharpened intensity.

CD 2 contains the legendary 1991 demo, showcasing a rawer incarnation of the material with Vincent Crowley channeling the grim vocal spirit of Bathory’s Quorthon, giving these early versions a uniquely chilling and primitive energy.

CD1: Rites of the Black Mass [Remastered]

1         Intro # 1     1:57
2         To Thee We Confess     2:08
3         Intro # 2     1:05
4         Thou Art Lord     4:09
5         Intro # 3     1:14
6         Ave Sathanas     3:40
7         Intro # 4     1:06
8         Summoning The Master     2:51
9         Intro # 5     0:45
10         One With Darkness     3:27
11         Intro # 6     0:39
12         Prayer Of Hell     2:25
13         Intro # 7     1:24
14         Unholy Praises     3:22
15         Intro # 8     1:05
16         Cursed Nazarene     4:17
17         Intro # 9     0:43
18         The Enochian Key     2:18
19         Intro # 10     0:49
20         Let Us Depart     4:59

CD2: Rites of the Black Mass 1991 Demo [Remastered]

        To Thee We Confess     2:02
        Thou Art Lord     2:09
        Ave Satanas     3:22
        Summoning The Master     2:42
        One With Darkness     3:17
        Prayer Of Hell     2:21
        Unholy Praises     3:10
        Cursed Nazarene     3:59
        The Enochian Key     2:11
        Let Us Depart     4:38