Wasting no time with this enviable momentum, GRABUNHOLD return little more than a year later with more medieval madness: Heldentod, their full-length debut. Just as spellbinding as the preceding EP but even more expansive, Heldentod immediately creates a compelling canvas that’s simultaneously tied to tradition and pushing that tradition further. Its songwriting and attendant soundfield suggest strong second-wave vibes – silent citadels, sequestered keeps, dark dungeons – but never whiff of retro posturing or ham-fisted revisionism; rather, their invocation runs parallel to the Old Ways, fluently speaking the ancient dialect instead of stunted pidgin. In other, more telling ways, Heldentod strikes upon braver and less-travelled territory, bristling with a sparkling sort of production that’s palatable in its almost-crystalline sheen and befitting the album’s contents. Here, GRABUNHOLD maintain a more solemn aspect – more “pagan,” if you will – that’s given spectral flight through cascading melodicism and an integration of choral vocals, perhaps most stirringly encapsulated in the Spartan hymn “Trommeln in der Tiefe.” Elsewhere, the fire of old burns hotter than ever, with the band’s bravado amplified by the powerful ‘n’ pro production.

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Hailing from Germany, GRABUNHOLD are ’90s black metal classicism incarnate. The quartet showed boundless promise with their first demo, Auf den Hügelgräberhöhen, in 2017, but it’s with their debut EP, Unter dem Banner der Toten, where GRABUNHOLD really come into their own – and quickly. Comprising three central black metal tracks and a solemn instrumental, this swift ‘n’ spellbinding short-length references a whole host of timeless influences – beyond the wandering moon, an arising realm upon a shadowthrone, dark waters stirring at the dawn of the dying sun – but processes them in such an undeniably Teutonic, swords-drawn way that’s wholly their own, and wholly refreshing. It’s medieval madness run riot, and it’s riotously compelling.

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Tracks 1-1 to 1-5 are taken from the “Goat Of A Thousand Young” Demo, recorded in Gehenna on April 12th, 1992.
Track 1-6 is an alternative intro, which after all was not used for the “Goat Of A Thousand Young” Demo.
Track 1-7 is the first ever instrumental version of the track “Goat Of A Thousand Young”.
Tracks 1-8 to 1-12 are taken from the “Triumph of the Hordes” Demo, recorded summer solstice 1994 at The Dungeon, Arlington, Virginia, USA and originally released on December 13th, 1994

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3rd album of epic & symphonic Hellenic Black Metal from the Netherlands.

The band’s Magnum Opus laced in atmospheric keyboards.

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2d album of epic & symphonic Hellenic Black Metal from the Netherlands.

The band’s Magnum Opus laced in atmospheric keyboards.

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The quintessence of Graveland ‘s work brought together in this new limited edition of “1050 years of pagan cult”! A collection of rearranged Graveland classics taken from the band’s early discography. Frost-bitten Black Metal and Majestic Pagan hymns, the true strength of Graveland’s melody and spirit…

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Deluxe sleeve with silver-foil print. Comes with inlay.

Limited to 400 copies on black vinyl.

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Originally released in 1992, here the demo available again on LP.

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Sharing elements with early-90’s Bathory, “Immortal Pride” pushes the symphonic dimensions to the next level: in short, this album is more than just a missing link connecting two periods of Graveland’s career, it is where those two periods combine, taking the best elements from each to create something truly magical and Graveland’s crowning moment. 2022 Drakkar productions release

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This reissue contains the complete recordings from 1993, including rare rehearsal tracks of the demo songs.

Housed in a gatefold cover sleeve. Includes an A4-sized 8-page booklet with lyrics and pictures printed inside.

Side D comes with silkscreen print.

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The killer demo from 1993 is available again on LP.