Main Releases: 

“Spew Forth Odium”


Full-length

Label: FDA Records (FDA158)

Release date: 10-29-2021

Format(s): CD, LP, MC, digital

Frontcover: Ole Fink

Producer: Oliver Carell, Jens Ballaschke, Ophis

Recorded at 3rd A. studio (drums) and Blastbeat Productions Studio

Tracklist:

-Default: Empty

-Of Stygian Descent

-Conflagration Eternal

-Temple of Scourges

-The Perennial Wound

-The Stagnant Room

Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Floris - guitar

Olly - Bass

Ole - drums

Trivia:

 LP-Version is printed in standard black and limited gold/clear/white editions. The tape-version was released by Bleeding Heart Nihilist Records and sold at BHN Webshop and live gigs exclusively. The album was nominated for "best extreme Doom Metal Award" by Metal Storm magazine. A video clip was filmed for the song "The Perennial Wound". 


 "The Dismal Circle"


Full-length

Label: FDA Records (FDA124)

Release-date: 10-20-2017

Format(s): CD, LP, digital

Frontcover: Evelyn Steinweg

Producer: Oliver Carell, Ophis

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Blastbeat Productions Studio

Tracklist:

-Carne Noir

-Engulfed In White Noise

-Dysmelian

-The Vermin Age

-Ephemeral

-Shrine of Humiliation

Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Simon - guitar

Olly - Bass

Steffen - drums

Trivia:

LP-version was released as a limited edition in clear-yellow-smoke vinyl (100 copies) and standard edition black vinyl. LP is gatefold. The album won 5th place in the annual "best extreme Doom Metal album of the year" award in Metalstorm magazine and # 5 soundcheck in Legacy magazine. A video clip was filmed for the song "Ephemeral".


 "Abhorrence In Opulence"

 

Full-length

 Label: Cyclone Empire (CYC 146-2)

Release-date: 09-05-2014

Format(s): CD (Digipak), CD (Jewelcase), LP, digital

Frontcover: Lenke Zander

Producer: Oliver Carell, Ophis

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Blastbeat Productions Studio

Tracklist:

-Disquisition of the Burning

-Among the Falling Stones

-A Waltz Perverse

-Somnolent Despondency

-Resurrectum

 Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Martin - guitar

Olly - bass

Nils - drums

 Trivia:

First 1000 copies (CD) were sold as digipak (now sold out). All following pressings of CD-version are jewelcase. LP is gatefold. # 9 in Legacy soundcheck. A video clip was filmed for "Among the Falling Stones". 


"Immersed"

Split-EP w/ OFFICIUM TRISTE

Label: Memento Mori (MEMENTOXII) / Archaic Curse (RITE043LP)

Release-date: 07-01-2012

Format(s): CD, LP, digital

Frontcover: Simone Vinke

Producer: Oliver Carell, Greg Chandler, Ophis

Recorded and mixed at Blastbeat Productions Studio, mastered at Priory Studio

 Tracklist (Ophis):

-Storm of Shards

-The Mirthless

 Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Martin - guitar

Olly - bass

Nils - drums

Trivia:

Original CD issue strictly limited to 500 copies. Is now pretty rare to find. Vinyl re-issue by Archaic Curse Records, in both standard black and blue/water splatter 12"


"Withered Shades"

Full-length

Label: Solitude Productions (SP.035-10) / Frontcore Records (no cat.#) / Meuse Music (MMR025LP)

 Release-date: 07-05-2010

Format(s): CD, LP, digital

Frontcover: Dusan Belohlavek

Producer: Jens Ballaschke, Ophis

Recorded, mixed and mastered at 3rd A. Studio

Tracklist:

-The Halls of Sorrow

-Suffering is a Virtue

-Earth Expired

-Necrotic Reflection

-Halo of Worms

Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Jan - guitar

Olly - bass

Nils - drums

Trivia:

Still the best selling Ophis-album to date. Won 2nd place in Metalstorm "Best extreme Doom Metal album award 2010" and was included in Deaf Forever's list "150 greatest Doom Metal albums of all time". CD-Version is out of print, but was re-released as Digipack version in 2021 (and sold out in 24 hours). LP version was released by Frontcore Records in 2015 in a limited edition of 100 with a multifold cover and a poster, wich is now pretty hard to find. Another LP-version as gatefold vinyl was released by Meuse Music.


 "Stream of Misery"

Full-length

Label: Imperium Productions (IMP008-2) / Disharmonie Records (DIS004)

Release-date: 10-05-2007

Format(s): CD (left), LP (right)

Frontcover: Kevin Pointer

Producer: Jens Ballaschke, Ophis, Peter Harenberg

Recorded and mixed at 3rd. A. Studio, mastered at at .ham. studio

Tracklist:

-Godforsaken

-Beneath Sardonic Skies

-Dead Inside

-Pazuzu

-Dolor Nil Finis

-Black Wish

-Thy Flesh Consumed

 Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Jan - guitar

Olli S. - bass

Nils - drums

 Trivia:

 LP-version was released in standard black vinyl and a limited edition in clear-smokey vinyl. CD version is out of print and very rare currently.


 "Nostrae Mortis Signaculum"

EP

Label: Cxxt Bxxcher Records (CBR-CD 002)

Release-date: 12-06-2004

Format: CD

Frontcover: Dusan Belohlavek

Producer: Jens Ballaschke

 Tracklist:

-Funeral

-Kennel of Estrangement

-Convert to Nihilism

-Nostrae Mortis Signaculum

 Line-up:

Phil - vocals, guitar

Jan - guitar

Olli S. - bass

Richard - drums

 Trivia:

Strictly limited to 1000 copies. Out of print, but re-released as part of "Effigies of Desolation" compilation.



Misc. Releases

"Effigies of Desolation"

Compilation / Re-Release

Label: Cyclone Empire (CYC124)

Release-date: 04-26-2013

Format: 2-CD

Frontcover: Martin Seibold Mühlbach

Disc 1: "Stream of Misery" album

Disc 2: "Nostrae Mortis Signaculum" EP

Bonustracks:

-Pazuzu (live)

-The Halls of Sorrow (demo)

-Suffering is a Virtue (demo)

-Caressing the Dead (rehearsal)

 

"Empty, Silent and Cold"

Demo

Label: -

Release-date: 12-12-2002 

Format(s): CD-R, tape

 Tracklist:

-Bereavement I: In Praise of Demise

-Sledgehammer Assfuck

-Pazuzu

Bereavement II: Solitude

-The Mirror Never Lies

-Caressing the Dead

-Bereavement III: Sepulture Raindrops

-Empty, Silent and Cold

-Foulmere

 Line-up:

Phil - everything

Trivia:

The demo was recorded during a period when Phil was the only remaining member of the band, thus all instruments were recorded by himself. The demo was re-released on tape by Karge Welten Kunstverlag in 2008 and features the bonus track "Where the Sea Demons Dwell", wich is an early demo-version of the song "Thy Flesh Consumed" featured on "Stream of Misery". There is a bootleg CD-R version which features an unknown bonus-track. It is not an Ophis-recording.


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