Arkona (Polish band)
| Arkona | |
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_-_2.JPG) Arkona at the Hell Fast Attack Festival, 2015. |
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| General information | |
| origin | Syców , Poland |
| Genre (s) | Pagan metal , black metal |
| founding | 1993 |
| Website | www.arkonahorde.pl |
| Current occupation | |
| Thomasz "Khorzon" Kubica | |
Electric guitar |
Nechrist |
Electric bass , vocals |
Dariusz "Drac" Rauer |
| Krysztof "Zaala" Zalewski | |
| former members | |
| Pitzer (1993-1995) | |
Electric guitar |
Jerzy "Triumphator" Rataj (2005–2015) |
| Messiah (1993-2001) | |
singing |
Nuclear (2005-2006) |
| Baphomet (1994) | |
Electric bass |
Conqueror (2005-2012) |
Electric bass, vocals |
Amagog (2012-2016) |
| Lewy (1994-1996) | |
| Sylvian (1994-1996) | |
Drums |
Witchlord (1996-2004) |
Drums |
Namtar (2005) |
Drums |
Stanislaw "Witches" Malanowicz (2006) |
Drums |
Hades (2011-2012) |
Drums |
Tzargath (2012-2015) |
Drums |
DQ (2015-2016) |
Arkona is a pagan and black metal band founded in 1993 in Syców , Poland .
history
Arkona was founded in 1993 in Syców, Poland, by guitarists Thomasz "Khorzon" Kubica and Pitzer, as well as by singer Messiah. After a few changes in the line-up, the group consists of founding member Khorzon, as well as bassist Dariusz "Drac" Rauer, second guitarist Nechrist and Krysztof "Zaala" Zalewski. Khorzon and Drac also act as singers in the band.
Arkona has released six full studio albums so far, some of which have been reissued. The 1999 self-distributed album Zeta Reticuli: A Tale About Hatred and Total Enslavement was reissued several times; 2001 through Eclipse Productions and 2017 with the Chinese label Pest Productions . The sixth studio album Lunaris , released in 2016 and produced by M. von Mgła , was released on the French label Debemur Morti . A 1997 compilation called An Eternal Curse of the Pagan Godz , which was previously released as a demo, on Folter Records .
ideology
The band is suspected of spreading right-wing extremist ideas. This suspicion is confirmed by the facts that the former band members Jerzy "Triumphator" Rataj and Namtar are or were active in other politically questionable bands. Triumphator played in the right-wing extremist bands Infernal War and Thunderbolt , while Namtar was active in mass murder.
Cover versions of the songs In the Glare of Burning Churches by the right-wing metal band Graveland , A Dark Dream by Veles and Triumf Nowej Ery by the Polish RAC band Honor - all of which can be found on the 2008 compilation Wszechzlodowacenie - also help to intensify suspicions. In addition , the compilation Raw Years 1993-95 was released on the Polish label Blutreinheit Productions , which is considered to be neo-Nazi and where NSBM groups such as Hate Forest and Kriegsmaschine occasionally released their albums .
Discography
- 1994: Bogowie Zapomnienia (demo, self-distribution, reissued in 2005 by Warkult Productions )
- 1994: An Eternal Curse of the Pagan Godz (Demo, Kassandra Promotion )
- 1996: Imperium (album, Astral Wings Records , reissued in 2005 via Long Ago Records , 2008 via Hellfire Records )
- 1997: An Eternal Curse of the Pagan Godz (compilation, Folter Records )
- 1999: Zeta Reticuli: A Tale About Hatred and Total Enslavement (album, self-distributed, reissued in 2001 via Eclipse Productions , Pussy God Records and Czerni Blask Productions, 2017 via Pest Productions )
- 2002: Nokturnal Arkonian Hordes (Album, Eclipse Productions, Hell is Here Productions )
- 2003: Konstelacja Lodu (Album, Eclipse Productions, Hell is Here Productions)
- 2004: Zrodzony Z Ognia I Lodu - Mankind's Funeral (Split EP with Szron , Under the Sign of Garazael Productions )
- 2005: Raw Years 1993-95 (Compilation, Blutreinheit Productions , Under the Sign of Garazael Productions, Hell is Here Productions)
- 2005: Holokaust Zniewolonych Mas - Diabolus Perfectus - Raise the Blasphemer (Split with Besatt and Thirst , Alles Stenar )
- 2006: W Szponach Wojennej Bestii (split with Moontower , Long Ago Records, reissued in 2007 via Werewolf Promotion and Hell is Here, 2011 via Act of Hate Records )
- 2008: Wszechzlodowacenie (compilation, Hell is Here Productions)
- 2013: Jesienne Krakowskie Zgliszcza (Split with Aragon , Putrid Cult )
- 2013: Chaos.Ice.Fire (Album, Hellfire Records)
- 2014: Arkona - Illness (Split with Illness , Godz ov War Productions )
- 2015: Two Decades - Live in Wrocław (live album, shadow cult productions )
- 2016: Lunaris (Album, Debemur Morti Productions )
- 2019: Age of Capricorn (Album, Debemur Morti Productions )
Web links
- official homepage
- Arkona at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AIMILIANOSIDERIS: Zero Tolerance Magazine : Arkona sign to Debemur Morti Productions
- ↑ Discography by Blutreinheit Productions