Welterwerk is the 2006 full-length first album by the Norwegian extreme metal band Drottnar

Drottnar

Drottnar is a Christian extreme metal band from Fredrikstad, Norway. They formed in 1996. Drottnar has played at notable festivals such as Sweden's Endtime Fest, Norway's Nordic Fest, Switzerland's Elements of Rock, Finland's Immortal Metal Fest and United Kingdom's Destruction Fest and they...

, released on Endtime Productions

Endtime Productions

Endtime Productions is an independent record label based in Scandinavia. The label focuses on extreme metal music and helped notable groups such as Norway's Extol to gain fame and get a record deal with Century Media Records. Notable groups on the label's roster include Antestor, Drottnar and...

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Recording

Welterwerk was recorded at Subsonic Sudios, Norway, in 2005, and it was produced by Lars Klokkerhaug and Drottnar.

Musically Welterwerk is technical and progressive extreme metal with elements from death and black metal styles. Welterwerk is characterized by experimental, technical guitar playing and plenty of tempo changes.

The concept of the album can be described as militant, as it introduces vocal effects such as megaphone, Czech speaking vocals, and instruments such as trumpet and mandolin. "Victor Comrade", "Niemand Geht Vorbei" and "Vulgo Vesper" are instrumental pieces that concentrate on creating the album's atmosphere with the aforementioned elements as well as samples reminiscent of war time radio communication. The album's concept is supported by the booklet's pictures of old industrial machinery and the band's members in military uniforms reminiscent of those of Soviet, Czech or DDR style. "Rullett" is sung in Norwegian. Welterwerks lyrics have a political vibe, containing Latin phrases such as ad hoc

Ad hoc

Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "for this". It generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. Compare A priori....

 and sine qua non

Sine qua non

Sine qua non or condicio sine qua non refers to an indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient...

. "Niemand Geht Vorbei" is German for "None Shall Pass".

The album's reception was positive and it achieved good reviews from magazines such as Terrorizer.

Track listing

1. "Ad Hoc Revolt
   Ad Hoc Revolt
   "Ad Hoc Revolt" is a 7-inch single by the Norwegian unblack metal band Drottnar. It was limited to 100 vinyl copies.The record contains the songs "Ad Hoc Revolt" and "Victor Comrade", two of the songs featured on Welterwerk. "Ad Hoc Revolt" begins with a sample of and old film projector starting...
   
   " - 5:52
2. "The Kakistocracy Catacombs" - 8:52
3. "Autonomic Self-Schism" - 5:29
4. "Niemand Geht Vorbei" - 2:12
5. "Victor Comrade" - 4:15
6. "Stardom In Darkness" - 6:08
7. "Rullett" - 5:20
8. "Destructions's Czar" - 8:03
9. "Vulgo Vesper" - 5:54

Singles

Ad Hoc Revolt

Ad Hoc Revolt

"Ad Hoc Revolt" is a 7-inch single by the Norwegian unblack metal band Drottnar. It was limited to 100 vinyl copies.The record contains the songs "Ad Hoc Revolt" and "Victor Comrade", two of the songs featured on Welterwerk. "Ad Hoc Revolt" begins with a sample of and old film projector starting...

(10:07), 2006 Endtime Productions
A 7-inch vinyl record single, published as a limited 100 copies edition teaser before the album's release. The record contains the songs "Ad Hoc Revolt" and "Victor Comrade", also found in the Welterwerk album. "Ad Hoc Revolt" begins with a sample of an old film projector starting up, and then features the band's technical and progressive extreme metal output. "Victor Comrade" is an instrumental piece, containing mostly trumpet playing by session musician Jan-Espen S. Schildmann and Czech speaking vocals of Ondřej Valeš.

1. "Ad Hoc Revolt" (5:52)
2. "Victor Comrade" (4:15)

Personnel

• Sven-Erik Lind – vocals
• Karl Fredrik Lind – guitar
• Bengt Olsson – guitar
• Håvar Wormdahl – bass guitar
• Glenn-David Lind – drums

Guest musicians

• Jan-Espen S. Schildmann – trumpet on "Victor Comrade" and "Autonomic Self-Schism"
• Ondřej "Walcha" Valeš – Czech speaking vocals on "Victor Comrade" and "Vulgo Vesper".