Kampen (album)
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Publication |
1998 |
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| Label (s) | Necropolis Records | |||
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CD |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
01:13:16 |
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Niklas Bäckar, Shamaatae |
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Studio (s) |
High Tech Trinity studio, Mora |
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Kampen is the third album by the Swedish black metal project Arckanum . It was released in 1998 by Necropolis Records .
Emergence
The album was recorded in the High Tech Trinity Studio in Mora and mixed and produced by Niklas Bäckar and Shamaatae. Lena Klarström contributed clear vocals to the songs Kamps tekn , Pa gruvstiigher vandrum , Minir natz fughlir , Skipu vidit Dunkel and þær vindanir dvælies , while Sataros from the band Sataros Grief was the second singer and second guitarist in Sangin kaos . The album was released in 1998 as a double CD limited to 3000 copies.
Track list
- Intro - 04:41
- Kamps tekn - 05:59
- Frana - 06:50
- Tronan yvir þusand landskaps mark - 04:17
- Pa gruvstiigher vandrum - 06:50
- Minir natz fughlir - 06:40
- Trulfylket, raþz ok os - 08:42
- þe hæmpndlystnir fran dimban - 04:15
- Nær ok fiær - 03:59
- Skipu vidit dark - 05:37
- þær vindanir dvælies - 05:50
- Sangin Kaos - 08:59
Music style and lyrics
Musically, Kampen is comparable to Bathory and Norwegian black metal bands.
In the first three albums treated Arckanum trolls and the deity Pan , while later releases the Chaos - Gnosticism or anti-cosmic Satanism treat. Shamaatae explained, however, that "trolls are a certain type of demonic giant figure who, according to Norse mythology , have their home in Jötunheim ". He “mixed the themes of 'trolls' and 'pan' because they have a lot in common - not the mythological origin and background, but nonetheless. For me, Pan was always something like a symbol for Loki 's [sic!] Work and his essence. Therefore there is a connection between the trolls and the god Pan. And I've always been very fond of Gnosticism . Arckanum has dealt with this topic from the start and even when I was still active as a drummer with Disenterment, I wrote song texts like 'Astral-Arcanum' and 'Gnosticism', which I was inspired to do by our ' magical and musical machinations' of those days. ”Still the album was also perceived as pagan .
reception
Arlette Huguenin from the E-Zine Vampster described the joint re-release of the first three Arckanum albums as "[e] ine a history lesson in black metal made in Sweden that is over and over with the word 'kvlt'." Roberto Martinelli from Maelstrom -E-Zine said it was a shame that Arckanum no longer used clear vocals after Kampen and that the guttural vocals also changed, which is why later albums such as Antikosmos and ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ are less interesting. Kampen is one of the best black metal albums ever. The clear vocals in particular are special on this album and an even more characteristic element than the rhythm. The use of samples is exaggerated, especially since he always uses the same sample from an owl.
Individual evidence
- ↑ "KAMPEN" - Necropolis Records. ( Memento of May 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ a b Arlette Huguenin: ARCKANUM: Fran Marder / Kostogher / Kampen [3CD] [re-release]. Vampster , January 4, 2010, accessed January 19, 2015 .
- ↑ Blood Baptism: Arckanum - The Anticosmische Chaos (Interview 2008). Schwermetall, 2008, accessed January 19, 2015 .
- ↑ a b Roberto Martinelli: ARCKANUM - Kampen (re-issue). Maelstrom, archived from the original on February 22, 2013 ; accessed on December 19, 2012 .
- ↑ Roberto Martinelli ARCKANUM - Kostogher (re-issue). ( Memento of March 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). On: Maelstrom.nu. English.