Totenheer writes history.... More precisely: Totenheer set the novella "The Black Spider" by Jeremias Gotthelf from 1842 to music with 14 songs. The story tells of farmers in slavery in the 13th century in the Emmental. Under the threat of death, the tyrannical bailiff forces them to plant a hundred full-grown beech trees on the castle hill in no time at all. In their distress, they gave the order to the devil. As a reward, the devil desires nothing much, nothing more and nothing less than an unbaptized child. In a wild and stormy night, the devil fulfills the order. The peasants, however, try to trick him and cheat him out of his wages. But his revenge is terrible: the devil sends them the black spider, a symbol of the plague. The 74-minute concept album begins with dulcimer sounds that underline the scene as unison. This finally changes the mood ominously. The album offers powerful, brute and dark sounds to a primal human fear. Old legends of the past are transformed into a parable-like narrative about Christian-humanistic ideas of good and evil.
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Totenheer writes history.... More precisely: Totenheer set the novella "The Black Spider" by Jeremias Gotthelf from 1842 to music with 14 songs. The story tells of farmers in slavery in the 13th century in the Emmental. Under the threat of death, the tyrannical bailiff forces them to plant a hundred full-grown beech trees on the castle hill in no time at all. In their distress, they gave the order to the devil. As a reward, the devil desires nothing much, nothing more and nothing less than an unbaptized child. In a wild and stormy night, the devil fulfills the order. The peasants, however, try to trick him and cheat him out of his wages. But his revenge is terrible: the devil sends them the black spider, a symbol of the plague. The 74-minute concept album begins with dulcimer sounds that underline the scene as unison. This finally changes the mood ominously. The album offers powerful, brute and dark sounds to a primal human fear. Old legends of the past are transformed into a parable-like narrative about Christian-humanistic ideas of good and evil.
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lyrics
Wie sie da so ratlos weinten,
stund plötzlich vor ihnen,
sie wussten nicht woher,
lang und dürre ein grüner Jägersmann.
„Was gibt es, ihr guten Leute,
dass ihr da sitzet und heulet,
dass es Steine aus dem Boden sprengt
und Äste ab den Bäumen.“
Da ward noch schwärzer des Grünen Gesicht,
noch röter das rote Bärtchen,
es schien darin zu knistern,
wie Feuer im Tannenholz.
„Ich bin nur ein Jägersmann, wer weiss,
ob ich nicht daheim ein tüchtiges Gespann habe,
Holz und Steine oder Buchen und Tannen zu führen.“
- Sie wüssten nicht, wie das vollbringen in dieser Frist
mit ihrem abgekarrten Vieh.
- Des Grünen Gespann solle vom Kilchstalden weg,
ihnen alle Buchen auf Bärhegen führen,
- ihnen zu lieb und den Rittern zum trotz
und um geringem Lohn.
- „Wie ich gesagt, ich begehre nicht viel,
nicht mehr als ein ungetauftes Kind.“
Da musste jeder Mann seinem Weibe erzählen,
was sie im Schloss vernommen,
das hörten sie - mit Wut und Fluch;
sie mussten erzählen, wer ihnen begegnet,
was er ihnen angetragen.
Namenlose Angst ergriff die Weiber,
ein Wehgeschrei
ertönte über Berg und Tal,
einer jeder ward,
als hätte ihr eigen Kind
der Ruchlose begehrt.
Ein Weib schrie nicht den anderen gleich.
Christine, eine Lindauerin,
das war ein grausam handlich Weib und ward recht böse
und schalt die Männer über ihre Feigheit.
Sie rüsteten die Werkzeuge und sammelten sich
am Münneberg und begannen mit gefasstem Mute die Arbeit.
Ein Missgeschick nach dem anderen traf sie:
die Geschirre zerrissen, die Wagen brachen,
Pferde und Ochsen fielen.
Eine fürchterliche Mutlosigkeit erfasste sie,
in zwei Tagen nicht drei Buchen zur Stelle gebracht.
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Swiss dark and melancholic black metal band Hån showcasing in their sophomore album well-crafted, raw, blasphemic melodies reminiscent of many Finnish acts that I like so much. This is a bit more repetitive than their latest release, but fans of trad raw Finnish BM should find themselves at home here. Vocals and all instruments are crystal clear, like the water and snow of our Swiss Alps. A great band I really like! sachavonkarl74
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The atmosphere of this album is fantastic. Makes you feel like you're knee-deep in the trenches drenched in mud, filth, sweat, and blood. Truly encapsulates the horrors of World War I, and the fact that the lyrics of some of the songs are taken from old war letters really adds to the authenticity.
Favorite Track(s): Die Feuertaufe, Grabenlieder edoerfler
Featuring members of Noothgrush, Graves at Sea, and more, the Oakland metal band juxtapose cavernous doom with spaced-out shoegaze. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2024
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What an impressive piece of black metal. This one-man hurricane is pure art. Sgah‘gahsowáh creates an haunting atmosphere. He puts so much soul in his music. Sælzer Bub