WMMS RECORDS
Epic Metal with mystic fantasy lyrics. This sentence alone will create an image in your mind of MANILLA ROAD, CIRITH UNGOL or SLOUGH FEG.
ASGARD originally hail from Italy (Treviso - near Venecia) but now live in Germany.
They are totally ignored or overlooked by the mainstream metal media. But from the beginning: ASGARD released their first CD in 1991 on the touching WMMS label from Germany. It was called "Götterdämmerung" and was a great piece of Epic Mystic Prog Metal/Rock, from the very beginning they had a totally unique style that can not be compared with any other band. Some tracks are very long, maybe kind of "progressive" music, but always with amazing and chilling melodies. In 1992 "Esoteric Poem" was released, their second full-length. Also a very good one, but the whole album features only one track, so it is a little more difficult to get into it. The follow-up was called "Arkana" and came in the same year (1992). It is the darkest, most threating ASGARD album until today, real intense with fantastic tracks as for example the insane "Olaf Stonehand", the enchanting "A Gathering of Faries" or the fast and furious "Wulfstan". One year later, in 1993, the best ASGARD full-length "Imago Mundi"! I will not try to describe this piece of epic metal/rock, I am not able to find words that can express my feelings for this masterpiece! Great cover, fantastic magical lyrics, melodies just not from this world and unbelievable tracks as "Justice - Land of the Silver Drakkar", the tranquil "Virtue - Land of the eternal snows" or the crushing "Disharmony - Land of the Chasms" will take you on a journey you will never forget!!!
TRACKS:
01. Transmigration - On A Blow Of Immense (6:28)
02. Justice - Land Of The Silver Drakkar (4:11)
03. Violence 1 - Land Of Brutality (2:06)
04. Violence 2 - Land Of Ulfhedwar And Berserkir (4:30)
05. Virtue - Land Of The Eternal Snows (4:31)
06. Fortitude - Land Of The Waves (4:26)
07. Serenity - Land Of The Green Flowers (5:04)
08. Disharmony - Land Of The Chasms (5:18)
09. Courage - Land Of The Dark Wood (4:36)
10. Imagination - Land Of The Thule And Tir-N-N"Og (6:26)
11. Vulgarity - Land Of The Slimes (3:35)
12. Nobility - Land Of The Borealis Auroras (5:39)
13. Egoism - Land Of The Burning Sands (9:31)
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