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The Celtic Winter
''The Celtic Winter'' is the first EP by the black metal band Graveland. It originally was planned as an EP for ''Hammer of Damnation Records'', but this release failed due to financial reasons. So it was released as the 6th demo tape in 1994 on ''Melissa Productions''. It was re-released on MCD format in 1994 with only three songs, and then re-released again on CD format in 1996 by No Colours Records. It was rereleased several times by different labels. It was indexed by the German Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons in September 2008,BAnz. no. 148, 30. September 2011. so it appears under the name ''Evarg - TCW'' at the No Colours Catalogue. Track listing # ''Intro'' - 3:16 # ''Call of the Black Forest'' - 4:22 # ''Hordes of Empire'' - 4:38 # ''The Night of Fullmoon'' - 5:32 # ''The Gates to the Kingdom of Darkness'' - 6:42 # ''The Return of Funeral Winds'' - 8:25 # ''Outro'' - 3:17 Style The songs are written in middle tempo. Darken's vocals contain a lot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graveland
Graveland are a Polish pagan black metal band which was formed in 1991 by Rob Darken (born Robert Fudali). They began as a black metal band before adopting a pagan and Viking metal style. The lyrics and imagery of Graveland are strongly inspired by European mythology, nature, winter and war. Their early work focused on Celtic and Slavic mythology, while their later work focuses on Norse mythology and Wotanism. History Beginning Darken, who started Graveland as a solo project in 1991, was influenced by bands such as Bathory and Emperor. He recorded the first demos, ''Necromanteion'' and ''Drunemeton'', working alone. In 1993, drummer Maciej "Capricornus" Dąbrowski joined the band, which then recorded '' In the Glare of Burning Churches''. In 1994 the two were joined by Grzegorz "Karcharoth" Jurgielewicz (previously of Infernum) and recorded '' The Celtic Winter'', which was released as an EP by the German label No Colours Records. No Colours currently releases the ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |