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Black Metal ist Krieg

by NARGAROTH

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E. P. Howard A timeless classic. Favorite track: The day Burzum killed Mayhem.
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Wolf Bro's. Very misunderstood album,very misunderstood artist. If you don't get it,that's your problem. Glad to have this in our collection. Favorite track: Black Metal ist Krieg.
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Introduction 02:14
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Seven Tears are flowing to the river And six of 'em are mine Und ich kostete den fremden Saft, der sich mit meinigem vermengte. Um zu deuten in ihm jene Kraft, die an so viele ich verschenkte. Und fremd war er in meinen Mund, und ich stürzt' in tiefe See'. Und es schmerzt die alte Wunde, die geifernd lacht in all dem Weh'. Doch als die Flut sein Leichnam barg, Nachdem er Trän' verlor, sechs an der Zahl. Das Wasser ward zu seinem Sarg, Eine sieb'te sich ergoß,... aus Qual. Und als der Fluß die Trän' geleitet, Hin zu ew'gen Meer, Ward ihm endlich Lieb' bereitet. Doch das er weiß wohl nimmer mehr. Und könnt die Zeit verkehrt nun fließen Und sei nur Traum der ganze Schmerz, Wird er um sie die Arme schließen Und Liebe sei um beider Herz... Seven Tears are flowing to the river And six of 'em are mine And I tasted the strange sap, mingling with my own. To construe in it that force I gave to so many. And strange it was in my mouth, and I plunged into a deep sea. And there hurts this old wound, with its drooling laughter amidst all woes. But when the tide concealed his body, after he had lost tears, six in number. The waters became his coffin, a seventh one poured forth… from agony. And when the river had guided the tear, towards the infinite sea. Love was finally afforded to him, but that he probably will never know. And could time now flow withershins, and was but a dream all the pain He will embrace her in his arms and love shall surround both their hearts...
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1993, a year of misery. Darkness fills the sky, I hear the warriors cry. The legend tells a story, from a Viking from the north, who met a Death Warrior and Black Metal never been the same. The legend call it murder and the Viking had survived. But the eyes of Death Warrior never saw again the sun upon the sky... And the quintessence: Everyone recognized war. That Black Metal isn’t just Entertainment anymore. I can still remember, my emotions so confused. My soul was seeking answers, no knife I let unused. So many questions, I had to satisfy. My young soul under torture, but I knew my way was right... I see a cemetery falls asleep under fog and I know the old days will never come again. 1993 – the year of misery, was the knife which split the Black metal scene apart! Since that mighty day, black metal split his way and the unity here, was never the same again. Lies, rumours and hate, money making, sadness and shame. And all this by the Day Burzum killed Mayhem... Remember this day, Remember this way. That you never betray, what leads you on your way. And I never will forget, the day this both warriors met. The Sun was black the Moon was red, and Black Metal creates his own grave... And I dream from days before, Black Metal maniacs, no whore in the legions of war the demons in our heads the law. So I summon you once again, we never should forget the pain, from older days in our veins we now cut off that it can flow like (red) rain. This was the legend from the Day (argh) Burzum killed Mayhem...
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I have seen the wrath of the lamb, as I wandered like a wolf among the sheep. I was a part of the wrath of the lamb, so I am a part of the wolf. Oh I am the wolf, oh I am the lamb. so I am Satan and I’m God. Call me now Judas or call me insane. I am what I am, I’m just a man. Call me now Judas or call me insane. I am what I am, a fucking man. Fuck you I am a man.
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Brothers fall day by day. DEAD was first “and all others followed”. But now another warrior has gone into the raven realm of darkness. Erik, did you found what you lost, your own god? Erik, did you make your own realm and your peace ? Erik, was it time, was it time ach’ to die? I could hear the demons cry upon the place where demons fly... And when I hallucinate the older days I hear you. And when I hallucinate the older times I see you. And when I will go on, I will keep you in my mind. You will be forever in and forever around my heart... Erik, may you rape the angles! Erik, may you be your own tragedy! Erik, may I die to get up so high to be with you where the demons fly. To walk the shadows, to walk the night, to run the hills in a Slipnir ride. I’ve never seen the lonely stars shine so bright since you died. And if you hear my cry run spheres, you know you'll be in my heart. Remember Grim
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Once upon a time as Black Metal ruled, the blood was hot, the heart was strong the future seemed to be ours... But nothing more remained, because Black Metal died. Gone days of pure underground, of Spirit, Pain and Fire. So listen to your heart, what Black Metal means to you. If you’re weak - destroy yourself, if you’re from old days remember his corpse. So I summon the old warriors, that we shall begin to kill the false and hated ones to satisfy our hate!!! I’m possessed by Black fucking Metal!

about

This provoking and multi controversial album was the result of the desolate state of the German Black Metal scene at the turn of the millennium. The “old days” were gone and many of the once respected bands had wimped out, had crossed a commercial Rubicon and weren't worth following. I think it was the time the third generation in Black Metal had to set course and define their new goals – and such never comes easy and without blood spilling. Just as it is said in the outro of my first album: “the future is always born in pain”. In my memories, these times were marked with musically and ideologically emptiness, so called “trueness” discussions as well as petty wars between bands. I considered this album as 'soundtrack' of this period in German Black Metal and as an opposed outcry against this deterioration, even though I, myself was not the most constructive element in those times.
I recorded this album over a long period in the Czech Republic and in an extremely cold former BND/FIS Bunker in Germany and I finished it on the 30th of December in 2000. For a long time people intended to misinterpret the concept of this album and were more interested into discussing or gossiping over eventual and non existing political contents or about melody similarities to other songs. And although I wish I would have written some of the explanatory notes to every song in a less provoking and adolescent manner, what suffered most from this behavior of the German Scene of that time, was the only thing that should have always mattered: the music and the art. In the end, this album has it's legacy and became for many people the first touch with Black Metal and a worldwide known example for the sound of German Black Metal style.

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released January 1, 2001

Kanwulf: Vocals, all String Instruments

Butcher from MANIAC BUTCHER & AVENGER and Occulta Mors from
MOONBLOOD: Drums


The background pictures in the original CD booklet from 2001 showed, beside several collages, the scorched club "Chicago" in Annaberg/East Germany, which in my opinion wrote quite a piece
of German Black Metal history. Unfortunately, due to the lack of access to the original photos, they could not be included as anew background design. Most of the actual artwork made by Jenglot Hitam.

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