Atlantean Kodex is a German heavy metal band from

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. The band is under contract with

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and has released three studio albums so far.

History

Early years (2005–2010)

The band was founded in 2005 by Manuel Trummer (guitar) and Florian Kreuzer (bass). The further members Markus Becker (vocals), Michael Koch (guitar) and Mario White (drums) joined two years later. In 2007, they released the demo ''The Pnakotic Demos'', followed by the EPs ''A Prophet in the Forest'' and ''The Pnakotic Vinyls'' two years later. The band has performed at renowned underground festivals, including the 2009 , the , the Up the Hammers in

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, the

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Doom Day and the Doom Metal Inquisition in Bradford.

The Golden Bough and The White Goddess (2010–present)

Atlantean Kodex signed to the Italian label Cruz del Sur Music. In 2010, the debut album ''The Golden Bough'' was released. The title comes from the book '' The Golden Bough'' of the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer, who believed that all European religions evolved from the magical thinking of the Stone Age people. He considered magic to be the root of religions. The album became album of the month in the magazine '' Rock Hard'', as well as in the ''Heavy oder was?'' magazine and in the Greek ''

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''. In the annual polls of the online communities of ''Sacred Metal'' and ''Rock Hard'', ''The Golden Bough'' won in the category "Album of the Year". In 2011, Atlantean Kodex played at the

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, in 2012 they were confirmed for the Bang Your Head!!! festival, but had to cancel their performance; however, in 2014 they played the festival. The second album ''The White Goddess'' was published on 4 October 2013 and received positive reviews again in the press. It entered the German charts at number 65.

Musical style

Atlantean Kodex was founded by Manuel Trummer to create an alternative to modern metal. Key influences were old Manowar and Bathory. The band plays epic heavy metal based on doom metal, which was described as a mixture of Candlemass and

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with Manowar,

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, Bathory or

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. Another influence is the hard rock of the 1970s, like Uriah Heep or

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. For the lyrics Trummer was inspired by ancient European mythology, writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard or Carl Amery as well as

n culture. The musicians are considered to be advocates of analogue recording techniques and have spoken out repeatedly in interviews accordingly.

Discography

Studio albums

* 2010: ''The Golden Bough'' * 2013: ''The White Goddess'' * 2019: ''The Course of Empire''

EPs

* 2008: ''A Prophet in the Forest'' * 2009: ''The Pnakotic Vinyls''

Other

* 2006: ''The Hidden Folk'' (split with Vestal Claret) * 2007: ''The Pnakotic Demos'' (demo) * 2009: ''The Annihilation of Königshofen'' (live) * 2010: ''The Pnakotic Demos + Fragments of Yuggoth'' * 2010: ''The Annihilation of Nürnberg'' (live) * 2017: ''The Annihilation of Bavaria'' (live) * 2020: ''The Annihilation of Tyrol'' (live) * 2021: ''The Annihilation of Vienna'' (live)

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control German heavy metal musical groups German doom metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2005