The Temple in the Underworld
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The Temple in the Underworld is the third full length album by the Czech black metal
band Root
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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 Root
Root (band)
Root is a Czech black metal band. It was one of the bands that sparked the increasing black metal movement in the Czech Republic. It was formed in 1987.-Current members:* Jiří "Big Boss" Valter - vocals...
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Track listing
- All Lyrics By Big Boss, except where noted. All Music As Noted.
- "Intro" 1:38
- "Casilda's Song" 4:43 (Lyrics: Robert William Chambers; Music: Big Boss)
- "The Temple in the Underworld" 5:04 (Music: Big Boss, Petr Hošek)
- "Aposiopesis" 5:07 (Music: Petr Hošek)
- "The Solitude" 3:38 (Music: Big Boss)
- "Voices from..." 1:28
- "The Wall" 7:51 (Music: Petr Hošek)
- "The Old Ones" 4:48 (Music: Petr Hošek, Big Boss)
- "Message" 4:23 (Music: Petr Hošek, René Kostelňák)
- "My Name ..." 5:15 (Music: Petr Hošek)
- "My Deep Mystery" 4:55 (Music: Petr Hošek)
- "Freebee" 1:18
Personnel
- Jiří "Big Boss" ValterBig Boss (musician)Jiří "Big Boss" Valter is the vocalist for the Czech black metal band Root and the progressive metal Equirhodont .- Biography :Big Boss was born in Czech Republic in 1952 to pianist Milan Valter. In 1987, when playing in band Vega, he met guitarist Petr Hošek, with whom he later founded the black...
- Vocals, Keyboards, Special Effects - Petr "Blackosh" Hošek - ElectricElectric 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...
, AcousticAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
& Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
s - Dan "Mr. D.A.N." Janáček - Guitars
- René "Evil" Kostelňák - Drums