''Secession Makes Post-Modern Music'' is the first, self-produced demo by Italian band Klimt 1918. It was released in 2000. This first release features a heavy and layered

gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...

sound, very atmospheric yet melodic, drawing consistent influence from

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'' ...

and reminiscent of

Novembre Novembre (Italian language, Italian, 'November') is an Italian doom metal band, formed in Rome in 1990. Biography Starting out in 1990 as a death metal band (then called Catacomb), Novembre grew to develop a unique, atmospheric sound. Although ...

(whose members are featured on the recording) and mid-period Katatonia.

Track listing

# "Schmerzwerk 1976" – 5:46 # "Passive" – 5:41 # "Fever" – 5:17 # "Swallow's Supremacy" – 6:03 # "April" – 9:38

Personnel

Marco Soellner Marco may refer to: People * Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco * Marco (actor) (born 1977), South Korean model and actor * Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin * Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...

— vocals, guitar *Francesco Tumbarello — guitar *

Davide Pesola Davide is an Italian given name (common) and an Italian/Filipino surname (relatively rare), and may refer to: Given name * Davide Alviti (born 1996), Italian basketball player * Davide Ancilotto (1974–1997), Italian basketball player * Davide As ...

— bass *

Paolo Soellner Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American s ...

— drums * Giuseppe Orlando — clean vocals on track 4 * Carmelo Orlando — scream vocals *

Massimiliano Pagliuso Massimiliano is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Massimiliano Alajmo (born 1974), Italian chef * Massimiliano Allegri (born 1967), Italian footballer and manager *Massimiliano Ammendola (born 1990), Italian f ...

— backing vocals {{Authority control 2000 albums Klimt 1918 albums