''Formulæ'' is the seventh studio album by Czech

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, released on 30 May 2016 through the band's own record label, Jihosound Records, founded in 2013. The album was composed by Franta Štorm in

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in winter 2015–2016, and recorded between January and March 2016 at Biotech Studio in

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. ''Formulæ'' features the same experimental style of its immediate predecessors, with a mixture of

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and ambient sounds, in the middle of the Štorm's

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vocals. On 31 August 2016 the band uploaded a

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to the track "Maso z kosmu" on their official

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channel; it is the band's first music video since "Černá svatozář" and "Géniové" (both from 1991). The album won the

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2016 in the category Hard & Heavy; it is Master's Hammer second release to win the award, following ''

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'' from 2012. The track "Votava" is a tribute to Czech

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Track listing

Personnel

* František "Franta" Štorm – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, samples, production, cover art * Tomáš "Necrocock" Kohout – guitar * Jan "Honza" Kapák – drums (except tracks 2, 5 and 9) * Václav Matas –

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guitar (track 13) * Ecson Waldes – mastering

Notes

*Mixed in April 2016.

References

External links

''Formulæ'' at Discogs
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