Runemagick
| Runemagick | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Death Doom |
| founding | 1990 |
| Website | http://www.runemagick.se/ |
| Founding members | |
| Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson | |
| Current occupation | |
Vocals, guitar |
Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson |
bass |
Emma Karlsson |
| Daniel Moilanen | |
| former members | |
Vocals, guitar |
Robert "Reaper" Pehrsson |
guitar |
Johan Norman |
guitar |
Fredrik Johnsson |
guitar |
Tomas Eriksson |
bass |
Alex Losbäck |
bass |
Peter Palmdahl |
Drums |
Jonas Blom |
Runemagick ( rune magic , see also Magick ) is a Swedish Death Doom band.
history
Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson founded Runemagick in 1990 as a one-man project. After a few months and the first recordings, he was reinforced by Robert "Reaper" Pehrsson. Together they recorded their first demos in 1991/92 , followed by their first concerts with guest musicians such as Johan Norman (later with Dissection and Soulreaper ) and Alex Losbäck (later with Cardinal Sin) in 1992/93. After a record deal had broken in 1993 and Rudolfsson had problems finding permanent members in addition to losing the rehearsal room, he put the band on hold. In the meantime, Rudolfsson played with Sacramentum , Swordmaster and Deathwitch .
In 1997 he brought the band back to life, this time with Fredrik Johnsson and Peter Palmdahl (Ex-Dissection). Another demo was recorded and sent to the record label Century Media , from which they got a contract for three albums. After many changes in the line-up, they finally separated from Century Media and in 2001 went to the Norwegian label Aftermath Music .
Music genre
According to Eduardo Rivadavia from Allmusic, Runemagick moves between Death , Doom , Dark and Thrash Metal . According to him, countless Scandinavian bands mix elements of fast death thrash and slow death doom , but few as consistently and successfully as Runemagick.
Nicklas "Terror" Rudolfsson was initially inspired by bands like Bathory , Treblinka / Tiamat , Celtic Frost , Nihilist / Entombed and Candlemass . With the entry of Robert "Reaper" Pehrsson and his vocal style, the band approached Bathory stylistically. Her debut The Supreme Force of Eternity from 1998, with its musical roots in Thrash Metal and Black Metal of the 1980s, differed greatly from Melodic Death Metal, which then dominated the Swedish scene . The first title on it, At the Horizons End , according to Rivadavia, has almost every aspect of Runemagick's style; it is “filled with everything from thrash-like bursts of speed to terribly slow Doom chords, with every riff tempo in between, as well as characteristic guitar harmonies and minor melody lines - always rounded off with guttural death metal vocals”. However, many of her songs lack an easily recognizable identity, For You, My Death, for example, only seems half-finished. According to Frank Albrecht from Rock Hard "it is hardly surprising that the songs sound pretty old school , but on the other hand you are surprisingly seldom reminded of the classic Swedish death bands of the pioneering days". Their “powerful, mostly medium-fast death mortar” sounds “quite independent, although of course certain parallels to acts like Grave , Sacramentum or Deicide cannot be dismissed”. Martin Wickler from Hard Rock & Metal Hammer wrote that the material contained on the debut sounded “by no means old-fashioned”, to which the good production by Studio Fredman certainly contributed. This is "[e] astonishing, since the disc was recorded and recorded in just five days. Some other bands are only able to tune the guitars during this time. With Runemagick it was enough for a complete Death Metal album worth listening to, without the songs appearing clumsy or hastily recorded. ”In the review of the successor Enter the Realm of Death , he wrote that the debut was“ quite nice (well, more als das) ”, with Enter the Realm of Death the band“ achieved a stroke of genius ”. The band combines "the best elements of groove- oriented bands like Unleashed or Asphyx (RI.P.) with the aesthetics of Black and American Death Metal". The disc sounds perfect. Albrecht wrote that the album was “again an absolute hit, on which there were almost no failures to report”, the quality of Rudolfsson's publications did not suffer from his “constant load” by “at least four or five bands [...], of which the most of them go on tour relatively regularly ”. The band is celebrating "[e] once more [...] classic, Swedish old-school death", which this time was "enriched with a good load of Thrash and some bombastic elements". In addition, the band found “the optimal mix between D-Zug-Gebolze and powerful mid-tempo steamrollers, the latter being reminiscent of the slower works by Hypocrisy ”.
On their third album Resurrection in Blood , according to Rivadavia, the band did with Death Doom what AC / DC did with Hard Rock and the Ramones did with Punk . According to Albrecht, “Nicklas Rudolfsson seems to have a few signs of wear and tear”, the album sounds “at least not nearly as compelling as its two predecessors”. The band sounds “a little undecided on the current long player. Most of the time the guys bob around in rather lame mid-tempo spheres, you are always waiting for something surprising to happen, but the guys rarely vary the speed of their songs and there are hardly any interesting breaks to be heard. So the bottom line is a handful of solid riffs and a few song pearls, but ultimately there's nothing on 'Resurrection In Blood' that Unleashed, Carnage or Grave couldn't have done better. "
Volkmar Weber from Rock Hard reminded Beyond Life on Requiem of the Apocalypse "in terms of sound and idiosyncratic style astonishingly of the Swedish freaks Pan-Thy-Monium ", especially the guitar playing was "outstanding". He described the style of the album as heavy, pitch black, "nasty creeping, dragging Death Metal" and Requiem of the Apocalypse as "the slowest, but at the same time most intense album in the band's history", which had "real classic potential". Rivadavia drew parallels between the percussion and vocals in The Secret Alliance and the Black Sabbath album, while the interludes reminded him of Candlemass. On this album, Runemagick found an admirable balance between songwriting, aggression and style. On Funeral Wings, in turn, he described as one of their rare disappointing and uninspired releases with few highlights such as the theme song and Emperor of the Underworld . Pieces like Dragon of Doom and The Doomsday Senthe, on the other hand, wallow in unnecessary repetition, which is why the normally effective instrumental interludes hardly fulfill their function of interrupting the tension in a well-placed manner. Songs like Ocean Demon and Riders of Endtime , which reminded him of Cathedral , only served to distract from any small semblance of cohesion that might have saved On Funeral Wings . In his review of Darkness Death Doom , Weber described Runemagick as “really incredible. From record to record, the Swedes RUNEMAGICK rediscover their passion for the very darkest Doom skirmishes, and every time the goosebumps creep up your body even more eerie. This sound is so damn dark and soaked in pitch. "
Discography
Demos
- 1991: Promo Demon ( Demo )
- 1991: Rehearsal (demo)
- 1992: Fullmoon Sodomy (Demo)
- 1992: Necrolive (demo)
- 1997: Dark Magick Promo (demo)
- 2001: Sepulchral Realms (Demo)
Albums
- 1998: The Supreme Force of Eternity ( Century Media )
- 1999: Enter the Realm of Death (Century Media)
- 2000: Resurrection in Blood (Century Media)
- 2002: Moon of the Chaos Eclipse ( Aftermath Music )
- 2002: Requiem of the Apocalypse (Aftermath Music)
- 2003: The Pentagram (Aftermath Music)
- 2003: Darkness Death Doom (Aftermath Music)
- 2004: On Funeral Wings (Aftermath Music)
- 2005: Envenom (Aftermath Music)
- 2006: Invocation of Magick (Aftermath Music)
- 2007: Dawn of the End (Aftermath Music)
- 2018: Evoked from Abysmal Sleep (Aftermath Music)
Others
- 2001: Ancient Incantations ( EP ) (Aftermath Music)
- 2001: Dark Live Magick ( live album ) (Bloodstone Entertainment)
- 2002: Worshipers of Death ( Split with Soulreaper ) (Bloodstone Entertainment)
- 2002: Doomed by Death (Split with Lord Belial ) (Aftermath Music)
- 2003: Darkness Death Doom ( DVD )
- 2005: Black Magick Sorceress (EP) (Aftermath Music)
- 2006: Realm of Living Dead - Live 2003 ( MP3 release)
- 2007: The Northern Lights (Split with Ocean Chief ) (Aftermath Music)
- 2008: Dark Dead Earth ( compilation ) (Century Media)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Biography. Updated January 2003. Runemagick, 2003, archived from the original on November 2, 2003 ; accessed on May 10, 2014 .
- ↑ sacramentum interview. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 14, 2014 ; accessed on May 10, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Eduardo Rivadavia: Biography. Allmusic , accessed on May 10, 2014 .
- ^ A b Eduardo Rivadavia: Requiem of the Apocalypse - Runemagick. Allmusic, accessed June 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia: The Supreme Force of Eternity - Runemagick. Allmusic, accessed June 7, 2014 .
- ^ Frank Albrecht: Runemagick . The Supreme Force Of Eternity. In: Rock Hard . No. 137 ( rockhard.de [accessed October 8, 2014]).
- ↑ Martin Wickler: Runemagick . The Supreme Force Of Eternity. In: Hard Rock & Metal Hammer . ZAG Zeitschriften-Verlag, Zug January 1999, p. 82 .
- ↑ Martin Wickler: Runemagick . Enter The Realm Of Death. In: Hard Rock & Metal Hammer . Marquard Media AG, Zug September 1999, p. 102 .
- ^ Frank Albrecht: Runemagick . Enter The Realm Of Death. In: Rock Hard . No. 148 ( rockhard.de [accessed October 8, 2014]).
- ^ Eduardo Rivadavia: Resurrection in Blood - Runemagick. Allmusic, accessed June 7, 2014 .
- ^ Frank Albrecht: Runemagick . Resurrection In Blood. In: Rock Hard . No. 161 ( rockhard.de [accessed October 8, 2014]).
- ^ Volkmar Weber: Runemagick . Requiem Of The Apocalypse. In: Rock Hard . No. 186 ( rockhard.de [accessed October 8, 2014]).
- ^ Eduardo Rivadavia: On Funeral Wings - Runemagick. Allmusic, accessed June 7, 2014 .
- ^ Volkmar Weber: Runemagick . Darkness Death Doom. In: Rock Hard . No. 197 ( rockhard.de [accessed October 8, 2014]).
