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.
That second album, Nihilistischen, took a moodier turn from MINENWERFER's throttling debut album, Volkslieder. But while a relative expansion of dynamics made their songs sound even more epic, the duo likewise upped the muscle to their attack, arriving at a thicker soundfield than that no-less-considerable predecessor. What results is a work equally steeped in the ugly underground and the yonder battlefields of professionalism.
Re-issue, 296x gold 12" (180g) in a black poly-lined bag, download card, gatefold jacket full color on 350g, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Across the album's 41 minute (fantastical) landscape are spread lyrics of splendorous mythology, swords & sorcery, vast forgotten realms brought to life through wily, wanderlusting black metal betraying a noble melodicism
Reprint 700x transparent purple in milky clear 12" (140g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve full-color on 220g, jacket full-color on 350g, all assembled in a PVC overbag.
Reprint, 500x graphite grey 12" 140g with a silkscreen on B side in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve full-color on 220g carton, jacket full-color printed on 350g carton, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Special reissue of the cult classic debut EP from Celestia. Original version released in 1999 on Drakkar Productions. Comes with one studio bonus track recorded during the same session.
Reprint, 400x gold in milky clear swirl 12" (140g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g; jacket, full-color printed on 350g, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Reprint, 300 x 2-color split - aqua blue/highlighter yellow 12" (140g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g, gatefold jacket, full-color + pms on 350g, all assembled in a PVC overbag.