Various Artists "Czech Assault (US, Relapse Underground Series, RR 6519-2)"

Czech Assault is a Grindcore/Death Metal compilation, released January 21st, 2002.

Tracklist:

1. Imperial Foeticide - Intro
2. Imperial Foeticide - Feature
3. Imperial Foeticide - The Story Continues
4. Imperial Foeticide - Two Different Ways
5. Imperial Foeticide - The Seat 0f Waves Of Lownes$
6. Imperial Foeticide - Outro
7. Negligent Collateral Collapse - Energy Of Nucleus
8. Negligent Collateral Collapse - Runtime Error
9. Negligent Collateral Collapse - Chain Reactions Domino AKA Termic Firer
10. Negligent Collateral Collapse - Blue & White
11. Negligent Collateral Collapse - On the Return Trip Home
12. Contrastic - Liars Are Winners
13. Contrastic - I.O.O.-Multilateral Agreement On Investment
14. Contrastic - Radical$
15. Contrastic - Acid Feelings
16. Contrastic - Dissolving Of Reality
17. Intervalle Bizarre - Intro
18. Intervalle Bizarre - Glimpses Into The Flesh Soul
19. Intervalle Bizarre - Blood Psalm
20. Intervalle Bizarre - Past Blossom Flesh
21. Intervalle Bizarre - After World Obliteration (Terrorizer)
22. Fleshless - Where Mine Resurrection
23. Fleshless - Defy The Fear
24. Fleshless - Slaughterhouse (Mortician)
25. Fleshless - A Dank Smell Of Rotting Ovulation

Tracks 1 to 6 recorded & mixed at studio Shark in May 2001.

Tracks 7 to 9 from Homologated Recycled 4 D Hippies / S/T promo summer of 1999.

Tracks 10 to 11 recorded May 2001.

Tracks 12 to 16 recorded & mixed at studio Shaark in May 2001.

Tracks 17 to 21 recorded at studio Hostivař during the 11th & 12th of June 2000.

Tracks 22 to 25 recorded, mixed & mastered at studio Hostivař in May 2001.

Mastered at Sonorous Mastering Inc., Tempe, Arizona.

Presented By Rockový Magazín Spark

℗ & © 2001 Relapse Records, Inc.

(printed on rear cover).

Release dates:

Europe: January 21

US: January 22

Root "The Book"

Root is a Czech black metal band.

Root was one of the original pre-second-wave black metal bands, following in the footsteps of Bathory and Venom, while taking the genre in a more refined, less savage direction. Their style has since progressed towards a more epic, dark metal sound with a clean-sung vocal approach, but their music can still be recognized as black metal at its core due to the unchanged ideology of the band.

Before forming Root, Big Boss, Blackosh and Mr. Zet played in a band called Vega. They recorded a demo called "Deep in Hell" in 1987, but it was never released.

The Book is the fifth studio album by Czech black/heavy metal band Root, released on 24 June 1999 through Redblack Productions. It was the band's first album with guitarists Marek "Ashok" Šmerda and Aleš "Alesh A.D." Dostál (even though the latter left the band after the album's release, and only returned in 2014), and their second of four albums to be recorded at the Shaark Studio in South Moravia, the others being Kärgeräs, its sequel Kärgeräs – Return from Oblivion and Black Seal.

The track "Lykorian", included in this album, is different from the eponymous track present in their previous album Kärgeräs.

The Book was very positively received upon its release. MetalUnderground.com gave it a 4 out of 5, stating: "The Book seems more focused overall than The Temple in the Underworld, keeping up the unique style but not going nearly as eclectic. The sound is based in doom and a constant mid-tempo pace, and is overall a bit more mature and advanced than the earlier albums. Unlike with its predecessors, almost none of the album can even be remotely considered black metal anymore, as Root went a far different direction than the infamous second wave. Vocally, the disc usually sticks to a deep and clean baritone singing that can't really be heard anywhere else". MetalReviews.com praised it as "excellent and highly recommended", saying that "the band sound[s] like a cross between Iced Earth and Grand Magus, with plenty of experimentation and a singer that sounds like Roy Orbison" and ultimately rating it with an 89 out of 100.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Big Boss.

1. "The Book" 5:54
2. "The Mystical Words of the Wise" 6:09
3. "The Curse/Durron" 6:24
4. "Why?" 3:22
5. "Corabeu (Part I)" 4:09
6. "Corabeu (Part II)" 5:06
7. "The Birth" 4:40
8. "Lykorian" 3:50
9. "The Message of the Time" 7:48
10. "Remember Me!" 3:43
11. "Darkoutro (Toccata – Prestissimo molto)" 5:19

Recording information:

Recorded at Studio SHAARK (CZ) in 1999 in three sessions: 18.-25.3. / 10.-14.4. / 20.-23.4.

Quercus "Verferum"

Verferum es el cuarto álbum de la banda checa de Funeral Doom Metal, Quercus, editado el 1 de enero de 2019.

Tracklist:

1. Ceremony of the Night 14:27   
2. Journey of the Eyes 13:11  
3. The Pu-erh Exhumed 10:58
4. Passacaglia D minor, White and Black Darkness 23:19   

Time:   01:01:55  

Quercus "Heart With Bread (Limited Edition)"

Heart With Bread es el tercer larga duración de la banda checa de Funeral Doom Metal, Quercus, editado el 25 de abril de 2016.

Tracklist:

1. A Canticle for the Pipe Organ 22:13
2. Illegible Tree Name 10:55  
3. Bread and Locomotive 11:09  
4. Silvery Morning 06:49
5. My Heart's in the Highlands 10:22

Time:   01:01:28  

Includes 8-page booklet.

Released in cooperation with MFL Records.

"My Heart's in the Highlands" is a 1789 song and poem by Robert Burns (Scotland, 1759-1796).

Quercus "Sfumato"

Sfumato es el segundo larga duración de la banda checa de Funeral Doom Metal Quercus, editado el 30 de julio de 2014.

Tracklist:

1. Barbarian Nostalgia 12:19  
2. The Flute in the Sink 10:38   
3. ...Which Is Lacking 12:39  
4. Night Bathing 05:35  
5. Mother’s Wordfall 09:35   

Time:  50:46

Contains an 8-page booklet.

Quercus "Postvorta"

Postvorta es el primer larga duracion de la banda checa de Funeral Doom/Avant-Garde Metal, Quercus, editado el 1 de diciembre de 2007.

Tracklist:

1. Poles 20:37
2. Die schwarze Sonne 19:49  
3. Postvorta 11:06  
4. Prophets, Letters, Memories 15:41

Time:   01:07:13

 Meowing sounds on track on 1 are from Čudlik the cat.

Recording information:

Recorded 2005-2006