Prophecy Productions is an international record label, founded in Germany by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims promoting "transcendental ..captivating music".Prophecy Productions homepage
Retrieved 8 December 2020. Its artists perform genres like dark rock,

black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with t ...

, and

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History

Since 1993, Martin Koller used the moniker Prophecy for his small, self-operated mail-order business. According to him, the actual birth of Prophecy Productions as a label was the release of the album '' A Wintersunset...'' by

Empyrium Empyrium is a German symphonic folk/ doom metal and (later) neofolk/ dark folk band. History Empyrium was founded in 1994 by Markus Stock (mostly using the pseudonym Ulf Theodor Schwadorf) and Andreas Bach, but later many other musicians pa ...

. While this record was intended to be the sole release under the name of Prophecy, the success of it encouraged Koller to continue the label.metal.de
Article on occasion of Prophecy's tenth anniversary
(in German). Retrieved 13 July 2010. Even in the early days, it was obvious that Prophecy took interest in single musicians' entire work and that some of the label's artists felt attached the label. In 1998, for example, Autumnblaze were signed, a new band with musicians from Paragon of Beauty, as well as Sun of the Sleepless, the side project of Markus Stock from Empyrium. Throughout Prophecy's history, there are many more collaborations of that kind between the label and new projects or bands. Also in 1998, the place of business was moved from

Wittlich The town of Wittlich (; Moselle Franconian: ''Wittlech'') is the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its historic town centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside make the town a centre for tourism in ...

to nearby

Zeltingen-Rachtig Zeltingen-Rachtig is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality l ...

,volksfreund.de
"Geburtstag in der 'Plattenfirma'" from Trierischer Volksfreund
(in German). Retrieved 13 July 2010. and a long-term cooperation was decided on with Markus Stock and his recording studio Klangschmiede Studio E to ensure a continuous high standard for Prophecy's music productions. In the same year, Prophecy put out ''Hallavedet'', the first official release by progressive Folk band Tenhi. The Finnish group quickly became one of the most popular artists on Prophecy and is currently (as of December 2014) still signed to the label. In 1999, Prophecy announced contracts with the established and renowned bands In the Woods... and

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...

. Those were two A&r-coups which put significantly more attention on the label and heightened its status. The next groundbreaking signing was that of Dornenreich in 2000, whose label-debut '' Her von welken Nächten'' (2001) ranks amongst the most successful releases in Prophecy's history.The album has been awarded with an Impala Silver Award in 2012, see vut.de
Impala Sales Award-Preisträger 2012
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014. Likewise, Dornenreich have stayed loyal ever since and belong to the label's figureheads. The year 2002 saw Prophecy emerge as a book publisher as well, the first release being the German translation of the book '' Lords of Chaos'' by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Søderlind. In 2005, they released the book ''Looking for Europe'', a history of

Apocalyptic Folk Neofolk, also known as apocalyptic folk, is a form of experimental music blending elements of folk and industrial music, which emerged in punk rock circles in the 1980s. Neofolk may either be solely acoustic or combine acoustic folk instrument ...

by Andreas Diesel and Dieter Gerten. In the meantime, Index Verlag continues the book-publishing business. In 2003,

The Vision Bleak The Vision Bleak is a German gothic metal duo comprising Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (famous for his work with Empyrium and Noekk) and Allen B. Konstanz. The group's lyrics are noted for their horror themes and heavily allude to works of classic wr ...

were signed, who have played a major role in the label's history. For their debut '' The Deathship Has a New Captain'', Prophecy succeeded in convincing renowned German actor and voice actor Otto Mellies of a collaboration. The band's second album '' Carpathia - A Dramatic Poem'' became one of the biggest sellers for the label. With their third record '' The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey'', the group entered German

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charts for the first time.musicline.de
Chart trace The Vision Bleak
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014. The following albums

Set Sail to Mystery ''Set Sail to Mystery'' is the fourth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 2 April 2010 through Prophecy Productions. A digipak edition containing seven bonus tracks was also released. It counted with a guest app ...

and ''Witching Hour'' did this as well. In 2007,

Alcest Alcest is a French post-black metal band from Bagnols-sur-Cèze, founded and led by Neige (Stéphane Paut). It began in 2000 as a black metal solo project by Neige, soon a trio, but following the release of their first demo in 2001, band membe ...

were signed, who developed into Prophecy's most successful band as years went by. Alcest's ambitious fourth album

Shelter Shelter is a small building giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger. Shelter may also refer to: Places * Port Shelter, Hong Kong * Shelter Bay (disambiguation), various locations * Shelter Cove (disambiguation), various locatio ...

was recorded on Iceland with

Sigur Rós Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band from Reykjavík, active since 1994. The band comprises singer and guitarist Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson, bassist Georg Hólm, and keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson. Known for their ethereal sound, fron ...

' producer

Birgir Jón Birgisson Sundlaugin (, ''the swimming pool'') is a recording studio located near Álafoss in the town of Mosfellsbær in Iceland known for being the recording and rehearsal location of post-rock band Sigur Rós. The location was originally a swimming pool ...

and features

Neil Halstead Neil Halstead (born 7 October 1970) is an English musician, widely known as singer, primary lyricist, and guitarist of shoegaze band Slowdive. He has been hailed by AllMusic as "one of Britain's most respected songwriters", and '' Time Out'' as ...

, leader of

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-veterans

Slowdive Slowdive is a British rock band that formed in Reading, Berkshire, in 1989. The band consists of Rachel Goswell on vocals and guitar, Neil Halstead on vocals and guitar, Christian Savill on guitar, Nick Chaplin on bass and Simon Scott on drum ...

, as guest musician. ''Shelter'' marked the so-far highest chart entry of a Prophecy-artist (#28), surpassed to years later by '' Kodama.musicline.de
Chart trace Alcest
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014.'' Amongst multiple entries in Germany, USA, Finland and Norway,en.prophecy.de
Chart successes of Prophecy releases
Retrieved 5 December 2014. Alcest are the only band on the label who not only tour Europe and North America, but also South America, Asia and Australia. Alcest belong to the most prominent representers of

Shoegaze metal Post-metal is a music genre rooted in heavy metal but exploring approaches beyond metal conventions. It emerged in the 1990s with bands such as Neurosis and Godflesh, who transformed metal texture through experimental composition. In a way simil ...

. Due to their ongoing work with Alcest and groups such as

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or Lantlôs, Prophecy play a crucial role in this scene. 2010 saw the release of the compilation ''

Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings ''Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings'' is a compilation album by various neofolk and metal artists. It was released through Prophecy Productions on October 29, 2010. Artists featured on the compilation album include Ulver, Nest, Syven, Les Disc ...

'' on Prophecy's

sublabel A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

Auerbach Tonträger as a double album putting together many established and new artists from the field of nature-related

Folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

with exclusive songs. This sampler also announced the reunion of Empyrium, who were on temporary hiatus, in the shape of the track ''The Days Before the Fall''. Eventually, Empyrium put Prophecy into public awareness for the first time due to the label's economic success: In 2011, it was awarded with the so-called Silver Award by European independent label association

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for the first three Empyrium-albums, meaning that they have sold 20.000 copies within Europe each.impalamusic.org
IMPALA announces Europe's best selling independent artists
Retrieved 5 December 2014. One year later, Prophecy also received Impala Silver Awards for albums by Dornenreich, The Vision Bleak, Alcest and

Sol Invictus Sol Invictus (, "Unconquered Sun"), sometimes simply known as Helios, was long considered to be the official sun god of the later Roman Empire. In recent years, however, the scholarly community has become divided on Sol between traditionalists a ...

.vut.de
Impala Sales Award-Preisträger 2012
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014. 2014 was the first time Prophecy were featured with two releases simultaneously in the Media Control charts: Empyrium's ''The Turn of the Tides'' and ''1994 – 2014'', a vinyl boxset.en.prophecy.de

Retrieved 5 December 2014. In 2017, founder Martin Koller adopted Los Angeles as his second home and today uses the City of Angels as the epicenter for Prophecy's foray into America. Metal industry veteran Rayshele Teige, who is based in L.A., works alongside Koller in California.noisey.vice.com

Retrieved 15 January 2019. In 2020, ''Summerland'' by Dutch rock band Dool marked the first top-ten entry of a Prophecy act in Germany at #9 and #5 (vinyl). in 2021, Prophecy started its 25th anniversary celebration by collaborating with Venus Principle, Magma (band), Magma and

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(in collaboration with Magnetic Eye Records) as well as several other acts while further cultivating its roster.

Concept

On their admission, it is Prophecy's underlying idea to release "wayside atmospheric music which defies categorization."en.prophecy.de
Prophecy label profile
Retrieved 5 December 2014. Furthermore, the label is grounded on the three pillars constancy (long term collaborations with its artists, close relations to clients and fans), quality (lush editions with special production, layout and design) and community (multiple cooperations among Prophecy-artists, intimate relationship with fans). Due to their eye on musical talent and business ethos relying on constancy, Prophecy accompany many of their artists from their first records on and release the musicians' entire work.

Stylistic direction and sub-labels

Even with their first releases, Prophecy displayed an extraordinary amount of stylistical diversity. Empyrium's ''A Wintersunset...'' offered tuneful, romantic Metal with Folk influences, Nox Mortis' ''Im Schatten des Hasses'' obscure

doom metal Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...

, Penitent's ''Melancholia'' a combination of

dark wave Dark wave (also typeset as darkwave) is a music genre that emerged from the new wave and post-punk movement of the late 1970s. Dark wave compositions are largely based on minor key tonality and introspective lyrics and have been perceived as be ...

and

neoclassical dark wave Neoclassical dark wave is a subgenre of dark wave music that is characterized by an ethereal atmosphere and soprano vocals as well as strong influences from classical music. Historical context In the middle of the 1980s, the bands Dead Can Dan ...

, Oberon's ''Oberon'' avantgardistic Pop, and Nærvær's ''Nærvær''

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acoustic music. This diversity and unpredictability have always been cherished by the label and became its trademark. Thanks to its unconventional and selective approach when it comes to signing artists as well as the resulting originality of the music published, Prophecy have grown to be a "quality label"lordsofmetal.nl
V/A: Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings (review)
Retrieved 5 December 2014.musikreviews.de
Klimt1918: Just In Case We’ll Never Meet Again (review)
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014.amazon.de
Elend: Winds Devouring Men (customer review)
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014.amazon.de
Nucleus Torn: Nihil (customer review)
(in German). Retrieved 5 December 2014. among media and fans alike. To help customers, press and distribution partners to classify Prophecy's stylistically diverse repertoire, the sub-labels Lupus Lounge and Auerbach Tonträger were founded in 2003. While Lupus Lounge primarily is a platform for cooperation with musicians rooted in extreme metal, Auerbach Tonträger is principally devoted to styles of music that, because of predominantly acoustic arrangements and a more tranquil nature, can be described as contemporary folk in the widest sense of the word. Even though one can see a focus on unconventional, atmospheric Metal and melancholic, nature-related acoustic music in Prophecy's artist roster, the label's palette encompasses genres such as

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

, pop,

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

shoegaze Shoegaze (originally called shoegazing and sometimes conflated with "dream pop") is a subgenre of indie and alternative rock characterized by its ethereal mixture of obscured vocals, guitar distortion and effects, feedback, and overwhelming volu ...

, singer-songwriter,

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that started in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mostly used to r ...

, ambient or neoclassic.

''Prophecy Konzertnächte'' and further live activities

In 1999, Prophecy Productions organised their first label festival under the name "Prophecy Konzertnacht" ("concert night"). It took place on 20 November in Leiwen at the river

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and featured concerts by Paragon of Beauty, Nox Mortis and the so-far only one by Sun of the Sleepless. In May 2001, another batch of concert nights followed in

Zweibrücken Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river. Name The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; olde ...

Bielefeld Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...

and

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

, where Dornenreich, Blazing Eternity and Mysterium played. In 2006, a Prophecy concert night coincided with the label's tenth anniversary and took place in Zeltingen-Rachtig. There, Dornenreich gave their first concert in four years, and The Vision Bleak offered one of their rare performances with the classical ensemble The Shadow Philharmonics. Balve-BalverHoehle1-Asio

Nine years passed, and in 2015 an edition titled ''Prophecy Fest'' followed which took place in a natural cave from Old Stone Age located in

Balve Balve is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in ''Hönnetal'', a narrow valley created by the river Hönne, which is near the Sorpe Dam, formerly part of Balve, and at the north end of the Sauer ...

, Germany. After a successful one-day festival in the Balve Cave (german: link=no, Balver Höhle), Prophecy decided to extend the festival to last two days in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, for the first time, an edition of Prophecy Fest in the US featured Alcest, Völur and more in the Williamsburg neighborhood of New York City. 2019 saw another German edition, with a 25th anniversary edition to follow in September 2021. Prophecy has been organizing tours since 2001 (for Dornenreich,

The 3rd and the Mortal The Third and the Mortal were a Norwegian metal band from Trondheim, founded in 1992. The band started out as doom metal, mixing distorted guitars and heavy drumming with clean guitars and vocals from Kari Rueslåtten. The band went on to expe ...

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, The Vision Bleak and Bethlehem, among others), as well as conducting impressive one-off concerts by Empyrium in Christuskirche

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and Passionskirche

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Roster

Current Prophecy Productions bands

* 1476 *

Alternative 4 Alternative 4 is a band formed by Duncan Patterson, known for his work with Antimatter, Íon, and Anathema. The band's name is taken from the Anathema album '' Alternative 4'', an album written largely by Patterson, whose title in turn derive ...

Amber Asylum Amber Asylum is a highly variable San Francisco-based music group that serves as a platform for composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kris Force. The current lineup of Amber Asylum includes, in addition to Kris Force, Fern Lee Alberts (Death ...

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Coven A coven () is a group or gathering of witches. The word "coven" (from Anglo-Norman ''covent, cuvent'', from Old French ''covent'', from Latin ''conventum'' = convention) remained largely unused in English until 1921 when Margaret Murray promote ...

* Darkher *

Deine Lakaien Deine Lakaien is a German band project active since 1985. It is formed by the vocalist Alexander Veljanov and by the composer and multi-instrumentalist Ernst Horn. The group unites influences from dark wave with pop music and elements of avant- ...

* Disillusion * Dool * Dornenreich * Eight Bells * E-L-R *

* Eye Of Nix *

Falkenbach Falkenbach () is a viking metal group from Germany that is signed to Prophecy Productions. The name means "Falconbrook" in German. They are one of the first viking metal bands, starting in 1989, with their first release that same year. The one ...

* Fvnerals * Germ * GlerAkur * Illudium * Iron Mountain * Isenordal * Kall * Katla. * Kayo Dot *

Klimt 1918 Klimt 1918 is an indie rock, indie/alternative rock band from Rome, Italy. Founded in 1999 by brothers Marco and Paolo Soellner, the band is named for Gustav Klimt and the date of his death in 1918. The musical style is a melancholic alternative ...

* Lantlôs * Laster *

Lifelover Lifelover was a Swedish music group, formed in 2005 by Jonas Bergqvist and Kim Carlsson in Stockholm. Following six years of activity the group split up in September 2011 after the death of Bergqvist, as he was the lead composer and one of Lifel ...

* Lotus Thief * LowCityRain *

Magma Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and evidence of magmatism has also been discovered on other terrestrial planets and some natural sa ...

* Nochnoy Dozor * Noêta *

Novembers Doom Novembers Doom is an American death-doom band from Chicago, currently signed to Prophecy Productions. Along with Evoken and Rigor Sardonicous, Novembers Doom is one of the earliest American death-doom bands still active today. History Form ...

Nucleus Torn Nucleus Torn is an alternative metal/neofolk music band from Switzerland. History ''Nucleus Torn'' was founded in 1997 as a one-man band by Fredy Schnyder, a versatile musician playing a variety of instruments including acoustic and electric guit ...

* Pencey Sloe * Silence in the Snow * Soror Dolorosa * Sunset in the 12th House * Tengil * Tenhi * The Dark Red Seed * The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices feat. Lisa Gerrard *

* Thief * Unreqvited *

Vemod ''Vemod'' is the title of the first studio album released by the Swedish art rock band Anekdoten. According to the Trivia page of the Anektdoten website, the word "vemod" means in Swedish "(...)endersadness / ensivemelancholy." Track listing # ...

* Völur * Year of the Cobra

Current Lupus Lounge bands

* A Forest of Stars *

Aureole An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin ''aurea'', "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure. In Romance languages, the noun Aureola is usually more related to the d ...

* Dordeduh *

Drown Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer as ...

* Farsot *

Fauna Fauna is all of the animal life present in a particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is ''flora'', and for fungi, it is '' funga''. Flora, fauna, funga and other forms of life are collectively referred to as '' biota''. Zoo ...

Fen A fen is a type of peat-accumulating wetland fed by mineral-rich ground or surface water. It is one of the main types of wetlands along with marshes, swamps, and bogs. Bogs and fens, both peat-forming ecosystems, are also known as mires. T ...

* Fortíð * Helrunar * Imha Tarikat *

Nachtmystium Nachtmystium was an American psychedelic black metal band formed by Blake Judd, formerly known as Azentrius, and Pat McCormick. The band's name is derived from the German word '' Nacht'' meaning "night", and the made-up term ''mystium'' which re ...

Negură Bunget Negură Bunget was a black metal band from Timișoara, Romania whose atmospheric sound incorporated elements of progressive metal and Romanian folk music. Biography Negură Bunget originally formed at the end of 1994 under the name Wiccan Rede, ...

* Nhor * Perchta *

Secrets of the Moon Secrets of the Moon were a black metal band from Osnabrück, Germany, founded in 1995. Biography Secrets of the Moon were founded in 1995.Silencer * Strid * Sun of the Sleepless * Tchornobog *

Twilight Twilight is light produced by sunlight scattering in the upper atmosphere, when the Sun is below the horizon, which illuminates the lower atmosphere and the Earth's surface. The word twilight can also refer to the periods of time when this il ...

Valborg Walpurgis Night (), an abbreviation of Saint Walpurgis Night (from the German ), also known as Saint Walpurga's Eve (alternatively spelled Saint Walburga's Eve), is the eve of the Christian feast day of Saint Walpurga, an 8th-century abbess i ...

* Vuur & Zijde *

Xasthur Xasthur () is the project of American musician Scott "Malefic" Conner. Conner formed Xasthur in 1995 and released eight studio albums of black metal by 2010, when he announced the end of the project. However, he began using the name once again i ...

Current Auerbach Tonträger bands

Camerata Mediolanense __NOTOC__ Camerata Mediolanense is an ensemble of musicians established in Milan, Italy in 1994. Their music can be classified as darkwave/ neoclassical, with folk elements. Head of the project is diplomated classical composer Elena Previdi, o ...

* Fräkmündt * Hekate *

Ian Read Ian C. Read (born 1953) is a Scottish-born American business executive and a chartered accountant, serving as executive chairman of pharmaceutical company Pfizer. He was succeeded as CEO by Albert Bourla on 1 January 2019, becoming executive ch ...

* Moon Far Away * Orplid *

Spiritual Front Spiritual Front is a five-part neofolk act from Rome. Its members describe their music as "nihilism, nihilist suicide pop music, pop", although elements of neoclassical and rock music, melancholic folk, as well as tango are prevalent, along with ...

* St. Michael Front *

Stille Volk Stille Volk (meaning "The Silent People" in Dutch and German) is a folk band from the Pyrenees area of France. The band formed in 1994, and draws inspiration from Celtic and medieval music. The members play mostly, sometimes exclusively, traditi ...

* The Moon and the Nightspirit * Vàli * Vrîmuot * Wöljager

Past Prophecy Productions bands

* Arcane Art * Arctic Plateau * Autumnblaze *

* Blazing Eternity * Canaan * Crowhurst * Dark Suns * Din Brad * Drautran * Drawn * Duncan Evans * Eïs *

Elend Elend may refer to: * Elend, Saxony-Anhalt Elend is a district of the town of Oberharz am Brocken in the Harz District, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It lies in the Bode valley in the High Harz in central Germany, at a height of . This part of the ...

* Ewigheim * Finnr's Cane * Gae Bolg *

Green Carnation Green Carnation is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Kristiansand, formed in 1990. Green Carnation's trend of music has continuously changed on every release one by one; from straight forward death metal in their demo, to death-doom, th ...

* In the Woods... *

Kari Kari or KARI may refer to: Places *Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso *Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India * Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Kari-ye Bozorg ( ...

* Khôrada * Leakh * Mysterium * Nachtmahr * Naervaer * Nàttsòl * Neun Welten * Noekk * Nox Mortis *

Oberon Oberon () is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the Fair ...

* Of the Wand & the Moon * Paragon Of Beauty *

Penitent Penance is any act or a set of actions done out of repentance for sins committed, as well as an alternate name for the Catholic, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, and Oriental Orthodox sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession. It also plays a part i ...

* Sleeping Pulse * Sonnentau * Subaudition *

* The Loveless * Todesbonden

References

External links

Official website
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