Chariots of the Gods (album)
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Chariots of the Gods is the next album by Latvia
n black metal
band Dark Domination that will be released somewhere in 2010.
. During that time, Eligor quit the band, and a new member Dethecrator joined Dark Domination on bass and backing vocals.
Prior the recording of this album, Dark Domination toured Baltic states
in 2009; however, only one new song, "Blizzard King", was tested during the shows, because arrangements and texts of other songs were not completed. Titles include "Temptation of Mankind", "Shining of the Saturn Era", "Nero", "Malleus Maleficarum", and others. The band also are planning to record a cover of Immortal
classics "Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)" from their 1995 album Battles in the North
.
On this album, almost all the songs will be written in polyphony
— both guitars and bass will have completely different arrangements for each song.
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
n black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Dark Domination that will be released somewhere in 2010.
Songwriting
Most of the songs were written during 2008 and 2009, after the release of the band's previous EP Reign of the Fallen OneReign of the Fallen One
Reign of the Fallen One is currently the latest release by Latvian black metal band Dark Domination. It is an EP written in collaboration with Austrian black ambient mastermind Hugin of his one-man project Uruk-Hai...
. During that time, Eligor quit the band, and a new member Dethecrator joined Dark Domination on bass and backing vocals.
Prior the recording of this album, Dark Domination toured Baltic states
Baltic states
The term Baltic states refers to the Baltic territories which gained independence from the Russian Empire in the wake of World War I: primarily the contiguous trio of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania ; Finland also fell within the scope of the term after initially gaining independence in the 1920s.The...
in 2009; however, only one new song, "Blizzard King", was tested during the shows, because arrangements and texts of other songs were not completed. Titles include "Temptation of Mankind", "Shining of the Saturn Era", "Nero", "Malleus Maleficarum", and others. The band also are planning to record a cover of Immortal
Immortal (band)
Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway, founded in 1990 by current frontman/guitarist Abbath Doom Occulta and former guitarist Demonaz Doom Occulta...
classics "Blashyrkh (Mighty Ravendark)" from their 1995 album Battles in the North
Battles in the North
- Misprint :On some editions of this album, most notably on iTunes, many tracks are mislabelled. The songs play in the order shown above, but the song titles are given as follows:# Battles in the North# At the Stormy Gates of Mist# Through the Halls of Eternity...
.
On this album, almost all the songs will be written in polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
— both guitars and bass will have completely different arrangements for each song.
Personnel
- Lord Messir — vocals, guitarsElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, samplesSampling (music)In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically... - Halpas — lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
- Dethecrator — bass, background vocals
- Midgard — drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Antonin Delas — artwork