Totten Korps ‎- Tharnheim: Athi-Land-Nhi; Ciclopean Crypts Of Citadels (2000)

 

Totten Korps, founded in 1989 in Santiago, Chile, is one of the extreme metal pioneer bands in Chile, as well as being an influential band for future generations of Chilean Death Metal. The band was born amidst the chaos arising from the military dictatorship ruling the country at the time, scenario that fueled the goal of recording their first demo “The King of Hell Reclaims his Throne” (1990) and subsequently their second demo “For the Infernal Resurrection” (1991). Through these two recordings, an obscure and morbid EP was born: “Our Almighty Lords” (1992). In 1993, the band signed their first record deal with Hellion Rec from Brazil, thus managing to cross the Chilean borders to disseminate their somber Death Metal throughout the globe.

In 2000, Totten Korps signed with Spanish label Repulse Records, which led to the release of the band’s first LP: “Tharnheim: -Ati-Land-Nhi; Ciclopean Crypts of Citadels”, an album marked by an occultist/transcendental philosophical structure that took the band to be released in Europe, North America and Asia.

Currently, Totten Korps holds a legendary status within the South American underground Death Metal scene. In October 2014, the band completed their second LP “Supreme Commanders of Darkness”, a dark, brutal and technical album, which also manages to preserve the old school roots.

 

 

-Tracklist:

 1. Intro     01:34
2. The Ancient Demoniac Celebration     03:31
3. Slaughter Nocturnal Butcher     04:30
4. Tharnheim: Athi-Land-Nhi, Ciclopean Crypts of Citadels  04:16
5. The Black Horde of the Surdic Gods     04:37
6. Our Almighty Lords     02:40
7. Imperator of the Black Abyss  04:12
8. Das schwarze Korps     03:40
9. Totten Korps     03:27
10. Avohej, the God-Dog of Nazareth     03:59
11. The 7th Blasphemies of Sacred Sacrament     03:25

 

 

-Line up:

• Cristián Soto: guitars
• Cristian Ortíz Von Martoq: bass, vocals
• Fernando Toro: guitars
• Sergio Aravena: drums.

 

 

Released by World War III on October 9th 2001 in the Usa with the Our Almighty Lords EP as bonus tracks.
Reissued by Blackend in 2003 as a 2 CD set with Imprecation's Theurgia Goetia Summa on disc 2.
Recorded and mixed by Claudio Torres at HYT Studios, in January 2000, Santiago, Chile.
Mastered by Joaquin Garcia at Clio Studios, Santiago, Chile.
 Label: Repulse Records.