Mütiilation - Rattenkönig (2005)

 

 Rattenkönig is the fifth full-length album by French black metal band Mütiilation. The title is a Germanic folkloric tale of rats being attached by the ends of their tails.

 Mütiilation was founded in 1991 by Meyhna'ch, drummer Dark Wizard of Silence and bassist David. They recorded a few demos as a trio until 1993, when David left due to Mütiilation becoming the first band of the Black Legions. At this time, Mütiilation released an EP to honor the circle titled Hail Satanas We Are the Black Legions.

Shortly after, Dark Wizzard of Silence was replaced by Krissagrazabeth, who recorded with the band up to Vampires of Black Imperial Blood. Once again, he left due to disagreements with the Black Legions. On the contrary, Mørdrëd, who played bass, was properly admitted into the circle; this line-up was featured in The Black Plague – First Chapter.

 

 

 

 OS-CD007

 

 -Tracklist:

1. That Night When I Died     06:45
2. Testimony of a Sick Brain     04:57
3. The Bitter Taste of Emotional Void     07:33
4. Black Coma     04:17
5. The Pact (The Eye of the Jackal)     06:49
6. The Ecstatic Spiral to Hell     04:35
7. I, Satan's Carrion     05:24
8. Rattenkönig     07:22

47:42

 

-Lineup:

⛧Meyhna'ch : Vocals, guitars, bass, drum programming, songwriting, lyrics.

 

 

 

Label: Ordealis Records.

Rattenkönig is an introverted journey to a claustrophobic heavy atmosphere. 

This album sounds a bit less aggressive than the previous one as it's more based on paranoia feelings, isolation and mental downfall.

 Artwork: Meyhna'ch.

 

 

 

 

 

Mütiilation - Majestas Leprosus (2003) LP [2005]

 

Mütiilation, one of the main representatives of the French underground Black Metal, is born during year 1991 in Montpellier around Jean-Luc, Meyhnach and David, respectively drummer, singer/guitar player, bass player.
Just after the release of their first demo, "Rites Through the Twilight of Hell " in 1992, the band is rapidly under the aegis of Black Legions. The music of Mütiilation is extremely black and tortured, with also some strange atmosphere. After the release of the maxi "Hail Sathanas, we are the Black Legions" in 1993, Jean-Luc and David leave the band. Jean-Luc is replaced by Kriss, the bass is put aside for a while. For the following release the band signs with Warmaster productions to give birth to its first album, ' Evil - the gestalt of loathing ' which will finally never come out to life.

During year 1995, Kriss leaves Mütiilation, claiming to be scared by the events and the drastically dark orientation of music. Mørdrëd takes the vacant post of bass player and the band will keep the drums tracks of Kriss for the recording of its first album "Vampires of black imperial blood" released in 1996 on Drakkar Production. Mørdrëd finally leaves the band shortly afterwards.

In 1999, Mütiilation releases a new album "Remains of a Ruined, Dead, Cursed Soul", which is more a compilation of unreleased pieces that an proper album, containing besides the titles of their unreleased disc of 1993 as well as two titles dating from a recording session of 1997. This album was supposed to announce the death of Mütiilation and its world 'its reluctance for orientation of the black metal scene'.

In 2001, Meyhnach, alone and determined, decides to re-form Mütiilation to show to the world that Black did not die (see the text of ''Black Millenium (Grimly Reborn)'' third album of the band released this year there). At this time Mütiilation wants to strike back and do things big definitely assuming its condition of solo project.

The band played two shows in 2001, one in Marseille and one at Under the Black Sun Festival in Germendorf. Both were bootlegged by Wargeist Productions under the title Desecrate Jesus' Name (CD + DVD, in DVD case), limited to 100 handnumbered copies with no extras.

Out in 2003, ''Majestas Leprosus'' , fourth official album, certainly the darkest of all career of Mütiilation.

Despite the one-shot live performance at the Hellfest (France) 2015 that saw Mütiilation rise again, Meyhna'ch declared fall 2017 this project to be "definitely dead".

-Tracklist:

    From The Evil Vortex...
A-I     Introducing The Plague
A-II     Tormenting My Nights
A-III     Destroy Your Life For Satan
   
   Predominance Of Belzebuth
A-IV     Bitterness Bloodred
A-V     Majestas Leprosus
B-VI     Beyond The Decay Of Time And Flies
   
  ...To The Suicidal Void
B-VII     The Ugliness Inside
B-VIII     If These Walls Could Speak
B-IX     Words Of Evil.

 

-Line up:

⛧Meyhna'ch: Vocals, Guitars, bass, drum programming.

 

Label: Ordealis Records.

 

 Limited to 666 copies.

Recorded and Mixed by Meyhna'ch during the long depressive winter 2002-2003. 

 Co-released with Battlesk'rs Productions.

Gatefold cover with black glossy printed inner sleeve.
Tracks numbered sequentially in Roman numerals on back cover.