Nargaroth - Semper Fidelis CD

This album was recorded in a rehearsal style. Back then, I simply put one or two microphones above the drum kit, and, in addition, I took my old guitar amplifier from 1992 – one of those you get together with your guitar on purchase. In spite of having caught fire in the course of its life because it was forgotten by me when standing on the stove, and in spite of my frequently attacking it with the neck of my guitar or throwing it through the apartment out of anger at its poor sound, it had already served me well on the “Geliebte des Regens” album. After all those years, it appears to me to be the only alternative to the either frequently over-produced or effectboard-internal and synthetic sounds of many guitars, which can be heard everywhere on current releases. Repulsive. May I be called an everlasting nostalgic or grumbler, but by the sound of these guitars, the reverberating or echoing vocals, I am reminded of that to which I pledge allegiance in my heart even today. I am remembering... and it depresses me that everything is so long ago. Often, I feel driven and travel around restlessly, but every time I hear the intro, I have the impression to be at home ~ the sin forgiven.