Acheron - Rites of the Black Mass double cassette boxset
Kenyon Records release
The landmark 1991 debut from cult legends Acheron — true pioneers of Satanic death metal. Rites of the Black Mass is an essential album, and Gurgling Gore is honored to carry this impeccable reissue in our distro.
Limited Edition of 100
Hand numbered slipcover
Cassette 1 features the remastered 1992 album
Cassette 2 contains the remastered 1991 demo
Each cassette includes its own 6-panel J-card with exclusive layouts, all housed together in a butterfly double cassette case with slipcover.
Released at the height of Florida death metal’s golden era, Rites Of The Black Mass stands as a cornerstone of underground extremity. Tracked at the legendary Morrisound Studios with genre-defining engineer Scott Burns, the debut from Acheron fused blasphemous atmosphere with savage riffcraft, helping shape the darker edge of early ’90s death metal.
Fronted by founder and vocalist Vincent Crowley, alongside guitarist Pete Slate (Druid Lord) and drummer James Strauss (Sathanas), the album also features backing vocals from Mike Browning (Nocturnus) and infamous keyboard interludes by Peter H. Gilmore of the Church of Satan.
More than just a debut, Rites Of The Black Mass is a historical monument — a record that captured a moment when Florida death metal was at its most feral, fearless, and influential.
Kenyon Records presents: the definitive vinyl reissue of Acheron – Rites of the Black Mass — the cult 1992 Satanic death metal classic, fully remastered and reborn via a double cassette boxset.
The Satanic Death Metal classic returns—reborn on double cassette.
This deluxe set features Acheron’s blasphemous 1992 debut Rites of the Black Mass, newly remastered in 2025 by Joe Viers of Sonic Lounge Studios, delivering crushing clarity while preserving every ounce of infernal power.
Cassette I contains the full 1992 album in its definitive 2025 remaster.
Cassette II resurrects the legendary 1991 Rites of the Black Mass demo, meticulously restored and remastered—a historic document of the band’s earliest Satanic rituals.
Each cassette includes its own 6-panel J-card with exclusive layouts, all housed together in a butterfly double cassette case with a custom slipcover. Completing the presentation are brand-new liner notes by Vincent Crowley himself.
🔥 Limited to only 100 hand-numbered copies.
Once these are gone, the flames die out forever.