Stumbled upon this a few days ago as I have a soft spot for WWI themed black/death metal (1914, Minenfeld, Minenwerfer) and I am still spinning this at least twice a day. Awesome blend of death and black with a healthy dosage of doom, a pinch of post-rock, tasty riffs, delicious samples and an unexpected but very welcome acoustic surprise at the end.
This ticks all the right boxes. Great from start to finish.

I foresee this theme getting out of hand.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 05.04.2021 at 20:58

I foresee this theme getting out of hand.

Maybe because as a German band you can get away with making WWI-themed music, but add an extra "I" to that and things get out of hand.

Written by RaduP on 06.04.2021 at 09:25

Maybe because as a German band you can get away with making WWI-themed music, but add an extra "I" to that and things get out of hand.

Not necessarily.

Written by nikarg on 06.04.2021 at 12:46

Written by RaduP on 06.04.2021 at 09:25

Maybe because as a German band you can get away with making WWI-themed music, but add an extra "I" to that and things get out of hand.

Not necessarily.

Considering the need to add "We're not a fucking NSBM band!" in their bio, I think the point stands.

Written by RaduP on 06.04.2021 at 13:58

Considering the need to add "We're not a fucking NSBM band!" in their bio, I think the point stands.

Mmm, you do have a point there, now that I think of it.

Written by RaduP on 06.04.2021 at 09:25

Maybe because as a German band you can get away with making WWI-themed music, but add an extra "I" to that and things get out of hand.

I think the WWI (and even WWII) theme is cool, but I've already started to see a dozen or so bands using this theme playing black/death metal... It's going to get old fast at this rate.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 06.04.2021 at 16:28

I think the WWI (and even WWII) theme is cool, but I've already started to see a dozen or so bands using this theme playing black/death metal... It's going to get old fast at this rate.

Need me some Vietnam War black/death.

Or some Taiping Rebellion stuff.

Written by RaduP on 06.04.2021 at 16:36

Need me some Vietnam War black/death.

Or some Taiping Rebellion stuff.

Wild West Black Metal

Written by Boxcar Willy on 06.04.2021 at 16:40

Wild West Black Metal

Mongol invasion black metal?

We need British-Icelandic fishing wars themed bands

Bar Fight Metal. You open the gatefold and get a bottle thrown at your face.

A really fresh and solid Black/Death-Metal-Album !!
It reminds to Quorton and Bathory...
Grabenkampf, Ins Niemandsland and Unterstandsangst are my favorite Songs but this Album has no weakness.
I love It ! 10/10

What a tasty album!

This is a good album, very powerful and heavy. I always imagine a feeling of great emotional sadness from bands like this and 1914, when they make albums that are World War themed, they do it so well. The sound and production is pretty much spot on, the style is very much like that of Mgła, with a slight death metal influence.

That artwork looks like:

Edit: This album becomes a 10 for me

Written by ChapuLviz on 12.11.2022 at 18:46

That artwork looks like:

Quote:

The cover art is taken from an anti-war propaganda poster by the Social Democratic Party of Hungary from around 1918 by Mihaly Biro.

I've heard a bit about Biro; apparently he's one of the originators of the whole war propaganda poster style.

Here's the full piece:



Translation:
"The working people of Budapest will be holding a demonstration and a popular assembly against the horrors of war in the Tattersall* on Sunday afternoon. Every worker must raise voice against the massacre. By the Social Democratic Party of Hungary."

This sounds very much like 1914, and like 1914 it is fucking brilliant. I really wish there were English translation of the lyrics though