The black multiplication table

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The black multiplication table
Studio album by Saltatio Mortis

Publication
(s)

August 16, 2013

Label (s) Napalm Records

Genre (s)

Medieval rock

Title (number)

13

running time

50 min

occupation

production

Thomas Heimann-Trosien

Studio (s)

Thommy Hein Studio (Berlin), SM Studio (Karlsruhe), Turnstyle Mastering Studio (Berlin)

chronology
Storming Paradise
(2011)
The black multiplication table Circus Zeitgeist
(2015)
Single release
12th of July 2013 Growth above everything
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
  DE 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 08/30/2013 (5 weeks)
  AT 25th 08/30/2013 (1 week)
  CH 44 09/01/2013 (1 week)

The black multiplication table is the thirteenth album by Saltatio Mortis and the seventh on which they play medieval rock . It was released on August 16, 2013 and entered the German album charts at number 1.

Artwork

The booklet for the album and the single Growth Above Everything was created by British comic artist Matt Dixon .

reception

The black multiplication table was received consistently positively in the trade press and as a worthy continuation of Storm on Paradise .

“Without atomizing the genre boundaries, the disc sweeps through the scene like a breath of fresh air. With this record Saltatio Mortis would have deserved exactly the success that the old masters In Extremo have enjoyed for years. If this type of music is supposed to be the typical dance of death, one can confidently look forward to being a zombie. "

- Ulf Kubanke - Laut.de

"Even if" The Black Book "shouldn't ignite immediately on the first run - you just have to let the plate work. It is possible that "Aus der Asche", "Wer Wind Saet" and "Sturm auf Paradies" were overall more catchy, but "The Black Times Tables" is a worthy successor and the hard-working minstrels show no signs of fatigue. "

- Ingo Nentwig - Metal.de

Single release

On July 12, 2013, the single Growth About Everything was released in advance . In addition to the album version of this title, the single also contains interpretations of the song by Omnia , Subway to Sally and Das Niv . The single also contains the song Lebensweg , which cannot be found on the album, and a classic-looking piano version of the title track.

Trivia

  • After the last three previous albums Sturm auf Paradies , Aus der Asche and Wer Wind sæt were recorded with a new line-up , there was also a change in the line-up for this album . So now Till Promill, who has been a member of the band since November 2012 , took part as a guitarist.
  • The text for My Bonnie Mary is a poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns .
  • The gallows ballad adapts a text by the late medieval French poet François Villon .
  • The title marginal note is a setting of the well-known Middle High German love poem Dû bist mîn, ich bin dîn , on which the Swedish musician Emma Härdelin is a guest singer.
  • The album was released in a total of seven editions, each of which offers various additions and, in addition to reinterpretations, also contains DVDs with bonus material.

Track list

  1. Everything used to be better - 3:57
  2. Growth above all - 3:41
  3. War has no winners - 3:47
  4. The kiss - 3:30
  5. My Bonnie Mary - 3:23
  6. Sandman - 4:11
  7. Satan's Fall - 3:58
  8. Idol - 4:25
  9. IX - 4:13
  10. Gallows Ballad - 4:10
  11. Abracadabra - 4:33
  12. Just a dream - 3:27
  13. Side note - 2:47
  14. Duwisib Castle ( bonus track ) - 3:20

Web links

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  1. a b Saltatio Mortis in the charts. Chartsurfer.de, accessed on December 14, 2013 .
  2. Saltatio Mortis - medieval band Saltatio Mortis storms to the top of the chart. Focus.de , August 27, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .
  3. Bianca Riessinger: Interview with Saltatio Mortis. Metal Inside, April 12, 2013, accessed January 21, 2017 .
  4. Ulf Kubanke: Saltatio Mortis - The black multiplication table. Laut.de , accessed on December 14, 2013 .
  5. Ingo Nentwig: Saltatio Mortis - "The black multiplication table". Metal.de, August 14, 2013, accessed December 14, 2013 .