- 12” LP with 2-page insert, A2 poster and download card. COLOR: Brown heavy vinyl w/ mustard splatters. First time on vinyl with its original front cover and fully endorsed by the band.
> BLUT AUS NORD as leaders of their field. Essential! (Angry Metal Guy)
> BLUT AUS NORD remain unrivaled in this realm! (Pitchfork)
> BLUT AUS NORD brightens black metal from the inside out while never once forsaking its savage origins. (Rolling Stones)
The legendary "Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers of the Icy Age" captures BLUT AUS NORD in the remarkable embryonic phase of an evolutionary process that would culminate in one of Black Metal's great enigmas.
Nearly 25 years since its genesis, the sinister surrealism contained herein remains frozen in time; chilling, breathtaking and awe-inspiring. Universally hailed as a trailblazing classic of the genre, MVI is steeped in the tumultuous youthful passion threaded-red through the very best second-wave Black Metal – a mystical synthesis of soaring melodicism and avant-experimentation which protagonists Vindsval and W.D. Feld have exemplified throughout their storied career.
Finally available again with its original front cover, "Memoria Vetusta I - Fathers of the Icy Age" is canonical primeval Black Metal from another age. Essential.
Recommended if you like: early EMPEROR, early SATYRICON, early ARCTURUS…
TRACKLIST:
01. Slaughterday (The Heathen Blood Of Ours) 6:50
02. On The Path Of Wolf... Towards Dwarfhill 5:46
03. Sons Of Wisdom, Master Of Elements 6:07
04. The Forsaken Voices Of The Ghostwood's Shadowy Realm 6:01
05. The Territory Of Witches / Guardians Of The Dark Lake 8:12
06. Day Of Revenge (The Impure Blood Of Theirs) 5:16
07. Fathers Of The Icy Age 7:00