Underground black metal legend Nargaroth are announcing the reissue of two albums from the band’s early catalogue. Both 2003’s Geliebte des Degens and 2011’s Unity (which includes Rasluka Part I and Part II) were tracked during the same recording session in June 2001. The music previously surfaced across three separate releases. Now, it all finally arrives together.
Geliebte des Regens and Unity (Rasluka Part I + Part II) come out October 23 on Season of Mist Underground Activists.
Pre-order: https://redirect.season-of-mist.com/NargarothReissues
Geliebte des Regens is built from long, repeating guitar figures and a rain motif that threads through the record as both a sound effect and lyrical symbol. Unity joins Rasluka Part II (2002) and Rasluka Part I (2004) into the single sequence frontman René “Ash” Wagner always intended in dedication to a former bandmate who died by suicide in 1995. Rasluka Part I sits angrier and more open in the mix; Part II moves toward a slower, more melodic desolation.
Nargaroth’s new album Apocalyptic Steel is out now on Season of Mist Underground Activists. Order & Stream: https://orcd.co/nargarothapocalypticsteel
Track list Unity (Rasluka Part I + II):
- Introduction – Trauermarsch (03:34)
- Rasluka (07:59)
- Wo Die Kraniche Ziehn’ (05:23)
- Tränen Eines Mannes (07:44)
- In Stillem Gedenken (01:16)
- …Und Ich Sah Sonn’ Nimmer Heben (10:24)
- Abschiedsbrief Des Prometheus (07:06)
- …Vom Freien Willen Eines Schwarzen Einhorns (05:25)
Full runtime: 00:48:51
Track list Geliebte des Regens:
- Intro – Calling The Rain (03:59)
- Manchmal Wenn Sie Schläft (17:42)
- Wenn Regen Liebt (Zwiegespräch Mit Mir) (11:59)
- Von Scherbengestalten Und Regenspaziergang (Vision Eines Realen Todes) (11:53)
- Manchmal Wenn Sie Schläft (In Musikalisch Differenter Und Kristalliner Lebensform) (17:18)
- Outro – Leb’ Wohl (10:20)
Full runtime: 01:13:11
NARGAROTH is the sole vision of Rene “Ash” Wagner, forged in Saxony in 1996 and driven by nearly three decades of raw, uncompromising German black metal.
Apocalyptic Steel is a record that refused to stay buried. Tracked in a single weekend at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California, in September of 2014, the album sat forgotten on a hard drive in the United States while Era of Threnody took priority. Years later, the recordings resurfaced. Drums were re-recorded in Las Vegas, vocals and mixing completed at AMP Studios in Duisburg, and twelve years after its first sessions, the album is finally here. This is not a vault curiosity. It is Nargaroth at its most direct: nine tracks of filthy, unadorned metal built on the attitude of old Judas Priest, Accept, Deicide and Obituary. From the predatory menace of “Twisted Steel” to the band-name-studded battle cry of “Metalheart”, from the unflinching historical weight of “Dresden” to the aching Germanic longing of “Requiem Germania”, this is an album that has nothing to prove and wastes nothing on pretence. Recorded fast, recorded dirty, and finished on its own terms.
Recording Line-up:
Ash — Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Mike Williams (Mummification) — Guitar, Bass
Phil Cancilla (Malevolent Creation, Hank Williams 3) — Drums
Current Line-up:
Ash — Vocals
Fernando Cortez (Hacavitz, Ash Nazg Burz, Through Torment) — Guitar
Julio Rodas — (Dreamlore, Tim-Ripper-Owens) — Guitar
Pavulon (Vader, Belphegor, Decapitated, VLTIMAS) — Drums
Production Credits:
Instruments recorded during a weekend session in September 2014 at Trident Studios in Pacheco, CA (Juan Urteaga).
Drums were re-recorded in July 2022 at Skeleton Key Studios in Las Vegas, NV, USA (Rylie Ellen Wechta from Sound Horizon Production).
Vocals recorded at AMP Studios in Duisburg, Germany, between February and April 2025 (Jens Förster).
Mixing, and mastering took place at AMP Studios in Duisburg, Germany, between February and April 2025 by Jens Förster.
Cover Art:
Cover artwork was hand-drawn and created by Felipe Mora.
CD artwork by Anne-Kristin G.
Additional artwork in the CD booklet are a homage to classic Metal album covers and was done by Jenglot Hitam.
Photography:
David Perga, photography in CD booklet.
Follow Nargaroth:
Bandcamp: https://nargaroth.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/officialnargaroth/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nargaroth.official/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NargarothChannel
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/artist/nargaroth/1087036045
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0aIcU4OHpKl7lpcRQp32Eo
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/12064
Tidal: https://stage.tidal.com/artist/7687559
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