Krieg - The Black Plague (2001) Limited edition [2007]

 

 Originally forming in New Jersey in 1994 under the moniker of Imperial by what was a then 15 year old Neil Jameson.
Before changing their name to Krieg during the 'Battlegod' & 'Endless Path' demos Imperial outputted three demos before giving the Underground the first full lenght from Jameson in the form of Krieg's 'Rise of the Imperial Hordes' in 1998.
ROFTIH firmly routed Krieg a position within the vast array of styles of USBM at the time, drawing on multiple influences a still young Jameson clearly showing he could hold his own against an already established array of acts that would include the likes of Absu, Black Funeral, Havohej, Judas Iscariot, among others.

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 Disc 1

Side A
1. The Church     02:06
2. My Wanderings Through the Ancient Mists     02:50
3. Snowfall     04:30
4. Alarum (Victory Marches Eternal)     04:48
5. Call of the Primitives/Battle At Creation's End     06:19

Side B
6. An Endless Path     03:15
7. Reanimation of the Long Departed     02:35
8. The Mirror Reflects?     05:40
9. Battlegod     03:44
10. Fallen Ones     01:57

37:44

Disc 2

Side A
1. A Crumbling Shrine     05:19
2. Ruin Under the Burning Skies     06:28
3. Maelstrom     03:13
4. Intro     00:55
5. ColdWindFlame     04:33

Side B
6. Arising Warkult     05:03
7. The Withering of Eve     05:25

30:56

 Label:  Zerstörungs Produktionen.

Limited to 666 copies hand-numbered.

 The artwork depicts Gustave Doré's The Vision of Ezequiel original published on "The Holy Bible" illustrated by Doré in 1873.

A1: Unreleased (2000)
A2-A3: Imperial demo #1 (1993)
A4-B3: Imperial "Endless Path" (1996)
B4-B5: "BattleGod" promo (1998)
C1: taken from "A Crumbling Shrine" (1998)
C2-C3: taken from "Sono Il Scherno" (1998)
C4-D2: "Tormenting Necrometal" (1999)

 Dedicated to C. Beaumont (Profanation Records) for assistance over the last six years of Krieg.