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/::     Artist  :: Helrunar                                               ::\
  ::     Album   :: Niederkunfft                                           ::
  ::     Year    :: 2015                                                   ::
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  ::   . Genre   :: Black Metal                 Source  :: CDDA        .   ::
  ::     Label   :: Prophecy Productions        R.date  :: 27.02.2015      ::
 _::__   Cat.nr. :: WOLF057                     Size    :: 104,3 MB      __::_
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   .     Quality :: 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo                                   .
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         Website :: http://helrunar.com

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  ::      01. Niederkunfft                                       05:56     ::
  ::      02. Der Endchrist                                      06:54     ::
  ::      03. Totentanz                                          07:56     ::
  ::      04. Devils Devils Everywhere!                          07:02     ::
  ::      05. Magdeburg brennt                                   05:19     ::
  ::      06. Grimmig Tod                                        02:52     ::
  ::      07. Die Kirch ist umbgekehret                          09:06     ::
  ::      08. The Hiebner Prophecy                               11:22     ::
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  ::      With their so far five studio albums, Helrunar have              ::
  ::      established themselves as figureheads of serious Black           ::
  ::      Metal from Germany inspired by Northern mythology.               ::
  ::      "Niederkunfft" now marks the beginning of a new era for          ::
  ::      them - both musically and conceptually.                          ::
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  ::      On "Niederkunfft", Skald Draugir attends to a historical         ::
  ::      topic for the first time, namely European people on the          ::
  ::      threshold between the Middle Ages and modern times -             ::
  ::      surrounded by superstition and fear, torn between                ::
  ::      religion and the Enlightenment. The music follows this           ::
  ::      conceptual realignment: it is less furious than on the           ::
  ::      band's early works, yet more oppressive and bleak than           ::
  ::      ever. "Niederkunfft" is still based on elements from Black       ::
  ::      Metal inspired by Nordic themes and essentially shaped by        ::
  ::      Skald Draugir's darkly ominous, unique voice, but by             ::
  ::      integrating the destructive force of primal Swedish Death        ::
  ::      Metal and the heaviness of Doom, Helrunar gain a                 ::
  ::      surprising expressiveness that once more amounts to a            ::
  ::      perfect symbiosis of music and language. Never before have       ::
  ::      Helrunar sounded so nihilistic, and never has the band           ::
  ::      conveyed the intensive feel of threat, fear and looming          ::
  ::      doomsday in such a convincing manner.                            ::
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  ::      Those who have considered Helrunar a pure Pagan Black            ::
  ::      Metal band until now have underestimated the duo. With           ::
  ::      "Niederkunfft", Skald Draugir and Alsvartr impressively          ::
  ::      prove that they are not defined by tight conceptual              ::
  ::      corsets, but stand for atmospherically grasping extreme          ::
  ::      Metal with contentual depth.                                     ::
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