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Ritual (Master's Hammer Album)
''Ritual.'' is the debut album by Czech black metal band Master's Hammer, initially released through independent label Monitor in 1991. It was later distributed elsewhere and re-released in CD format by Osmose Productions in 1994; Osmose's version contains two bonus tracks. Many tracks of the album were re-recorded from their 1990 Demo (music), demo tape ''The Fall of Idol''. The track "Jáma pekel" would eventually be re-recorded for Master's Hammer's 2009 album ''Mantras (album), Mantras''. Music videos were made for the tracks "Černá svatozář" and "Géniové". The track "Útok" was dedicated to Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey. Covers Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth (band), Behemoth covered "Jáma pekel" on their 2008 EP ''Ezkaton''. Their version counted with a guest appearance by Root (band), Root vocalist Big Boss (musician), Jiří "Big Boss" Valter. Critical reception The band once claimed that ''Ritual.'' sold over 25,000 copies in the Czech Republic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master's Hammer
Master's Hammer are a black metal band from the Czech Republic. The band has remained active with several lineup changes between 1987 and 1995, with a reunion from 2009 to the present. It is considered one of the most representative groups of its kind in the country, in interpreting their songs entirely in Czech. In addition, it is one of the precursors to incorporate symphonic metal elements. To a lesser extent, they have experimented with electronic sounds or avant-garde metal. History They were founded in 1987 and produced several demos, before releasing their debut album ''Ritual'' in 1991, which sold more than 25,000 copies in the Czech Republic according to the band.Götz Kühnemund''MASTER´S HAMMER''. ''The Jilemnice Occultist'' In: ''Rock Hard'', no. 73. Two years later they completed '' The Jilemnice Occultist'' (often misspelt as ''The Filemnice Occultist'' due to a typo on the booklet). Their third album (''Šlágry'' in 1995) was a drift away from the previous wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ezkaton
''Ezkaton'' is the sixth EP by Polish extreme metal band Behemoth. It was released in North America through Metal Blade Records on 11 November 2008, and in Europe through Regain Records on 20 November 2008. The EP features seven tracks, including one new song titled "Qadosh", a live recording and new studio version to "Chant for Ezkaton 2000 e.v.", live versions of "From the Pagan Vastlands" and "Decade ov Therion", along with covers of Master's Hammer's "Jáma pekel" (lead vocal BigBoss-Root) and Ramones' "I'm Not Jesus". The first four tracks were recorded during ''The Apostasy'' studio sessions at the Radio Gdańsk Studios from November 2006 till March 2007. The other three live tracks were recorded in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands in October 2007 the during the ''European Apostasy'' tour. ''Ezkaton'' has also been released as a limited edition box set, that includes four 7-inch picture discs. The set also comes with a bonus track, "Devilock" (Misfits cover) on the third pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timpani
Timpani (; ) or kettledrums (also informally called timps) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum categorised as a hemispherical drum, they consist of a membrane called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper. Thus timpani are an example of kettle drums, also known as vessel drums and semispherical drums, whose body is similar to a section of a sphere whose cut conforms the head. Most modern timpani are ''pedal timpani'' and can be tuned quickly and accurately to specific pitches by skilled players through the use of a movable foot-pedal. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick called a ''timpani stick'' or ''timpani mallet''. Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical orchestra by the last third of the 18th century. Today, they are used in many types of ensembles, including concert bands, marching bands, orchestras, and even in some rock bands. ''Timpani'' is an Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Štorm
František "Franta" Štorm (born 3 July 1966) is a Czech musician, photographer, typographer, writer, teacher, artist, illustrator and record producer, famous for being the vocalist and a founding member of the black metal band Master's Hammer. Biography Štorm was born in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia, on 3 July 1966; he is the son of painter Dana Puchnarová, and grandson of architect and heraldist Břetislav Štorm. From 1981 to 1985 he studied at the Secondary School of Arts in Prague, and later went to the AAAD, where he graduated in 1991 under the guidance of Milan Hegar and Jan Solpera. After serving as Solpera's assistant for some years, from 2003 to 2008 Štorm was the headmaster of the AAAD's Department of Typography. In 1993 Štorm founded his own type foundry, which has, so far, produced more than sixty font families. In 2005 Štorm won the Revolver Revue prize, and in 2009 he published his first book, ''Eseje o typografii'' (''Essays on Typography'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkthrone
Darkthrone is a Norwegian extreme metal band from Kolbotn, Akershus. Formed in 1986 as a death metal band named Black Death, in 1991 Darkthrone embraced a black metal style influenced by Bathory and Celtic Frost and became one of the leading bands in the Norwegian black metal scene. Their first three black metal albums—''A Blaze in the Northern Sky'' (1992), ''Under a Funeral Moon'' (1993) and ''Transilvanian Hunger'' (1994)—are sometimes dubbed the "Unholy Trinity". They are considered the peak of the band's career and to be among the most influential albums in black metal. Darkthrone has been a duo of Fenriz and Nocturno Culto since guitarist Zephyrous left the band in 1993. They have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. From 2006, their music strayed from the traditional black metal style and incorporated more elements of traditional heavy metal, punk, and speed metal, while more recent albums have also included doom metal. History Death metal years: 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenriz
Gylve Fenris Nagell (born Leif Nagell; 28 November 1971), known professionally as Fenriz, is a Norwegian musician, part-time music journalist and online radio host (with the show "Radio Fenriz")"Meet Fenriz, the black metal hero who is now an Oslo councillor" '''', 21 November 2016. who is best known as being one half of the extreme metal duo Darkthrone, alongside |
Maniac Butcher
Maniac (from Greek μανιακός, ''maniakos'') is a pejorative for an individual who experiences the mood known as mania. In common usage, it is also an insult for someone involved in reckless behavior. Maniac may also refer to: Film * ''Maniac'' (1934 film), an exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper * ''Maniac'' (1963 film), directed by Michael Carreras *''The Ransom'' (aka ''Maniac!''), 1977 film with Oliver Reed * ''Maniac'' (1980 film), directed by William Lustig * ''Maniac'' (2011 film), directed by Shia LaBeouf * ''Maniac'' (2012 film), a remake of the 1980 film Literature * ''Maniac'', a 1995 novel by John Peel Television * ''Maniac'' (Norwegian TV series), a Norwegian television series * ''Maniac'' (miniseries), an American TV series based on the Norwegian series Medicine *Melanocytic nevus with intraepidermal ascent of cells Games *''Ideal Maniac'', a handheld electronic LED game created by the Ideal Toy Company Music *Maniac (producer), grime producer f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zjevení
''Zjevení'' (English title: "''Revelation''") is the debut album by Czech black metal band Root, released in December 1990 through now-defunct record label Zeras. It is noticeably the only full-length album by the band to feature songs with lyrics in Czech, and is regarded for shaping the sonority of the early Czech black metal scene of the late 1980s/early to mid-1990s. The album's cover art and photography was responsible by František "Franta" Štorm, a long-time friend of Root's frontman Big Boss and founding member of yet another influential Czech black metal band, Master's Hammer. He also collaborated with Root on the cover art of their single "7 černých jezdců/666". The album was re-issued in CD format in 1991 with a different cover art (also by Franta Štorm) and the bonus track "Hřbitov". A music video was made for it. Sheer Records, another now-defunct Czech label, distributed the album outside the Czech Republic, re-releasing it in 1999 with its title transl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Boss (musician)
Jiří Valter,Christian Wachter''Root''. ''Hoffen auf eine rosigere Zukunft'' In: ''Legacy'', no. 76, p. 158f. (born 6 February 1952) better known as Big Boss, is the vocalist for the Czech black metal band Root, the progressive metal band Equirhodont, and Big Boss Band, which mainly performs ballads. Biography Valter was born in Czechoslovakia in 1952 to pianist and professor Milan Valter.Maciek''Roots Of Evil''. He started out as a blues vocalist before moving on to hard rock and eventually metal. According to him, " l these styles are mixed, either in some of my songs or singing. Mostly in my singing".Chris D.''Big Boss (Root) Interviewed'' 21 December 2011, accessed on 20 December 2012. In late 1987, he founded the black metal band Root together with guitarist Blackie.''Root biography'' , accessed on 16 December 2012. Big Boss lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Root (band)
Root is a Czech black metal band. Biography Root were formed by vocalist Big Boss and guitarist Blackie in late 1987.''Root biography'' Retrieved 16 December 2012. According to Big Boss, in the beginning, they knew no foreign bands and could do no tape trading. Although the first demo recording mentioned on their homepage's discography section is ''Deep in Hell'',''Discography'' Retrieved 16 December 2012. according to their biography, they recorded their first official demo tape ''Reap of Hell'' after a few rehearsals. Root played their first concert in September 1988. The next demo cassette, ''War of Rats'', was released in 1988, followed by ''Messengers from Darkness ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish extreme metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground. Until the late 1990s, the band played a traditional black metal style with heathen lyrical content, but soon changed to that of occult and thelemic themes written by their lead vocalist Nergal and Krzysztof Azarewicz. With the 1999 release of '' Satanica'', the band demonstrated their presence in the death metal scene, while retaining their own signature style characterized by the drum work of Inferno and multi-layered vocals. Despite Behemoth having been labeled as death metal or thrash metal-influenced, Nergal has mentioned that he does not like the band to be labeled. History Early career and first five albums (1991–2000) Behemoth was formed in 1991 as a trio, with Nergal on lead guitar and vocals, Baal on drums, and Desecrator on rhythm guitar. They started with the demos ''Endless Damnation'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
