Since their formation in 2007, MINENWERFER have pursued a proud 'n' pure vision of black metal idiosyncratically focused on World War I - idiosyncratic, in the sense that the band hail from America but mostly sing in German. What has resulted is a startlingly accomplished canon that has quietly built itself into prolific proportions, with their first album arriving in 2010, followed by albums in 2012 and 2019, and a slew of split releases and EPs in the interim.
Of those many short-length releases, Der Rote Kampfflieger is the oldest and perhaps most curious. Here, MINENWERFER offered the new track “Ace of Aces,” the reworked “Albatros in Flammen,” and two very surprising covers: deep martial industrial artist Striider's “Schüzengraben” and legendary shredder Yngwie J. Malmsteen's early scorcher “I am a Viking.” MINENWERFER for sure have their own identifiable sound, but they're not afraid to push it in strange directions from time to time.
398x black 12" (180g) in a black poly-lined innerbag, download card, gatefold full color on 350g, all assembled in a PVC overbag.
A/B side black/white 12" in a white poly-lined innersleeve, poster A2 one-sided full-color printed on 150gsm art-paper, download card, gatefold full-color printed on 350g carton with matt lamination + UV partial lacquer, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Wampyric Rites is evoked from his deep sleep in the anno MMXIX by three ghostly entities inside the desolate dungeons covered by the dust of time and drinking from the chalice the ecstasy of the ancient spirit of Black Metal and Old School Dungeon Synth resulting in his first work called Demo I.
2 x LP, 298 half blue, half yellow vinyl (180g), Side D with silkscreen, printed innersleeves full color x 2, gatefold, full-color on 350g uncoated (matte) with 3D UV SPOT print, all assembled in a PVC overbag.
Reprint, 598x bloodred with black marble effect 12" (180g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve on 220g, download card, full-color jacket, black flooded inside on 350g, all assembled in a PVC overbag.