Umbrtka is a metal band from
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
,
Czech Republic. The band describe their music, which incorporates
black,
doom,
industrial metal
Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine In ...
elements and is influenced by
Czech underground, as 'grey' metal. The main themes of their lyrics are deserted industrial areas, factories, power plants, railways, dirty streets, trains, and other industrial elements.
'Umbrtka' is a name for a '
deity
A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...
' which rules the grey industrial world. It is based on a working-class man called Ivo Krátký, formerly employed in Skart, Plzeň's scrapyard which, within the band's lyrics, is considered a 'temple of labor'.
Discography
Full albums
*''Zašpinit slunce'' (To Pollute the Sun) (2000)
*''Dělnický a bezdomovecký šedý metal'' (Worker's and Homeless Gray Metal ) (2001)
*''Kladivo pracuje na 110%'' (The Hammer Works at 110%) (2001)
*''Kovostroj plzeňských pánů práce'' (Metalmachine of Plzeň's Labour Lords) (2001)
*''Hymny šedé síly'' (Hymns of the Grey Force) (2002)
*''Ozvěny špíny'' (Echoes of Dirt) (2002)
*''Betonová opona'' (The Concrete Curtain) (2002)
*''Nad propastí dne'' (Above the Abyss of the Day) (2003)
*''Melša - Frank Zappa meets Darkthrone'' (2003)
*''Paměti špinavé lávky'' (Memories of the Dirty Footbridge) (2004)
*''Lití podzimního asfaltu'' (The Casting of Autumn Asphalt) (2005)
*''Páně & Uhelná pánev'' (The Lord & The Coal Basin) (2 cd,2008)
*''Úplná demontáž lidstva'' (The Complete Disassembly of Mankind) (2009)
*''Kovový háj'' (The Metal Grove) (2010)
*''IVO - Industriální Velké Obrození'' (The Great Industrial Renaissance) (2010)
*''Spočinutí'' (Resting) (2011)
*''KKW'' (2012)
*''Selement'' (2012)
*''V dešti mech'' (Moss in the Rain) (2014)
*''Hlavní stroj'' (The Master Machine) (2016)
*''Komíny Smrti'' (The Chimneys of Death) (2019)
*''Přesazování strejců'' (The Reseating of Uncles) (2022)
EPs
*''Jaro nevidět'' (2011, ''digital download'')
LPs
*''Kovový háj'' (2012)
*''Úplná demontáž lidstva'' (2013)
Demos
*''The Hand of Nothingness'' (2003)
External links
facebook.com/umbrtka - official Facebook pageGenerální úřad pro tmu (The General Office for the Dark) - videoVezeme bábu (We Carry the Beldame) - videoKraftvarg (Burzum/Kraftwerk cover) - videoŠedesátiny (60th Birthday) - videoStroje zůstanou (The Machines Shall Prevail) - videoNabídka (Menu) - videoTransplzeňský hangár (Transpilsener Hangar; Darkthrone cover) - videoTeplárenský okruh (The Heat-station Circle) - videoSmrt v železe (Death in Iron) - video
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Czech heavy metal musical groups
Musical quartets
Musical groups established in 1999
1999 establishments in the Czech Republic