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Over the years the German black metal outfit DARK FORTRESS have established themselves in the top ranks of the genre with intense live shows and fascinating, pitch black full-length masterpieces. Hailing from Landshut since 1994, they have released six studio albums, a split album and a demo album.
Their first musical sign of life was the 1996 released demo “Rebirth Of The Dark Age” which as a matter of fact was the hour of birth of a soon to become truly dark and mesmerizing band. In 1997 the original line-up consisting of band founder Asvargr (guitar), vocalist Azathoth, Njord on bass, drummer Charon established the band’s first live line-up with the addition of a second guitarist named Crom and keyboardist Thamuz. Debuting live in February 1997 the young horde soon shared the stage with such underground figureheads as Lunar Aurora, Desaster and Nagelfar. Dark Fortress’ first label release was the Split MCD with Barad Dür entitled “Towards Immortaliy” which featured two new tracks by the band and was released on Fog Of The Apocalypse Records. A third track was recorded during the same session and was used for the compilation CD “From The Mystic Forest - Part II”. The band kept busy composing material for the first full-length, but a studio date already scheduled for 1998 did not come into being and the recording did not take place until August 2000 when Dark Fortress entered Klangschmiede Studio E and with Markus Stock (of Empyrium fame) behind the knobs completed one of the strongest melodic yet viciously aggressive black/death metal debuts ever to emerge from Germany: “Tales From Eternal Dusk”.
Their first musical sign of life was the 1996 released demo “Rebirth Of The Dark Age” which as a matter of fact was the hour of birth of a soon to become truly dark and mesmerizing band. In 1997 the original line-up consisting of band founder Asvargr (guitar), vocalist Azathoth, Njord on bass, drummer Charon established the band’s first live line-up with the addition of a second guitarist named Crom and keyboardist Thamuz. Debuting live in February 1997 the young horde soon shared the stage with such underground figureheads as Lunar Aurora, Desaster and Nagelfar. Dark Fortress’ first label release was the Split MCD with Barad Dür entitled “Towards Immortaliy” which featured two new tracks by the band and was released on Fog Of The Apocalypse Records. A third track was recorded during the same session and was used for the compilation CD “From The Mystic Forest - Part II”. The band kept busy composing material for the first full-length, but a studio date already scheduled for 1998 did not come into being and the recording did not take place until August 2000 when Dark Fortress entered Klangschmiede Studio E and with Markus Stock (of Empyrium fame) behind the knobs completed one of the strongest melodic yet viciously aggressive black/death metal debuts ever to emerge from Germany: “Tales From Eternal Dusk”.
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cashmerestylz wrote:
Okay jesus doesn’t want you to listen to this type of music anymore.... in fact he said that if you do he will personally stick his dick in the mashed potato and then feed it to you, just before you go to hell. It’s your choice my friend. Is your favourite band really worth it? so what do yoo think
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Whispering_Wind wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/officialdarkfortress
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OBLIVIONxSPAWN wrote:
Their first album is definitely amazing. Probably my favorite of theirs. I like their other stuff too though.
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Wintersun89 wrote:
i have 800+ dark fortress scrobbles, 99% from their first album. to me it is like listening to music coming from a band that has quit long time ago and doesn't exist anymore. i wish i had a chance to see them live, the "dark fortress" that i adore(bandmembers from the first album)
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johngebreadman wrote:
ravensforest - even more so
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felanor wrote:
progressive black metal from italy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHjgCs8Iz-k
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RavensForest wrote:
Are the previous albums as melodic as the latest one?
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Hypnostradamus wrote:
Self mutilation!!!
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johngebreadman wrote:
Azathoth > Morean, even if the albums with him are good
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OBLIVIONxSPAWN wrote:
Ylem is an awesome album both musically and lyrically. The album's theme is great.
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UndeadMessiah wrote:
I never got into this band...
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Dezstruction78 wrote:
I'm drunk off my ass @ work right now listening to them, and I swear it is a beuatiful thing. Support this band whenever possible. Buy their shit, Like them, or see them live!!! ♥
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ICMCMXCII wrote:
Eidolon is the best black metal in the last 10 years along with ethica odini and Morbid Fascination of Death
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Gibbevex wrote:
Eidolon and Ylem are among the best albums out there in my opinion. Morean is a god amongst men.
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bartekowca666 wrote:
Like Dark Fortress on Facebook, then buy their music...
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profilemorbid83 wrote:
Fuck Facebook. Support Dark Fortress with buying their cds. (2)
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F-NEMESIS wrote:
stab wounds = masterpeice.one of the best MBM alnums ever.(95% of black metal is worse than horseshit!)
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AnZZzi wrote:
Sounds pretty good.
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TheFecundComing wrote:
Honestly, I'm starting to feel that Tales from Eternal Dusk and Stab Wounds are their only relevant albums. Profane Genocidal Creations has some pretty great tracks, but overall, most of their material is largely irrelevant in the black metal scene. Tales has its lead guitar melodies drenched in sweet, sombre melancholy and Stab Wounds straight up REEKS of despair and desperation. You don't get a guitar tone like that paired with vocals as excruciatingly anguished as Azathoth's without having truly suffered to express emotions like that. Quite simply, it doesn't get better than those two albums.
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Dezstruction78 wrote:
Just can't get enough of this. ❤
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Feb
19
Dark Fortress + Noneuclid + Diabolos Dust
Rocket Club Landshut, Landshut, Germany
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Apr
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Ragnarök Festival 9
Stadthalle, Lichtenfels, Germany
215 going
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Apr
17
NACHTMYSTIUM + DARK FORTRESS - exklusiv NRW
Werkstatt, Köln, Cologne, Germany
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DARK FORTRESS – launch video-clip for “Ylem”
7 Oct 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/darkfortress
Finally, the long-awaited video-clip for the title-track of
DARK FORTRESS’ current album, “Ylem”, is released. Witness a dark
ritual at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNloyxCofts The
cli...
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DARK FORTRESS – launch video-clip for “Ylem”
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10 May 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/darkfortress
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