Hades Almighty/Drudkh "Той, хто говорить з імлою (One Who Talks with the Fog) / Pyre Era, Black! (Split)"

Той, хто говорить з імлою (One Who Talks with the Fog) / Pyre Era, Black! is a split album from Norwegian band Hades Almighty and Ukrainian band Drudkh, released June 3rd 2016.

Track list:

1. Drudkh - Золотий кінь (Golden Horse) 08:49
2. Drudkh - Вогняний змій (Fiery Serpent) 08:46   
3. Hades Almighty - Pyre Era, Black! 04:18   
4. Hades Almighty - Funeral Storm 06:37
5. Hades Almighty - Bound 08:53   

Total time:   37:23

Lyrics of Ukrainian poet Володимир Свідзинський were used on this album:

- Tracks 1-2: "Темними ріками (балада III)", 1932.

Cover illustration by Эдуард Новиков from the book "Вий", 2009.

Recording information:

Drudkh tracks:

Recorded in December 2015 at ViTeR Music, Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Hades Almighty tracks:

Drums recorded in Subsunflow Studios.

Vocals recorded in Arkivet.

Guitars & bass recorded in The Horde Studio.

Additional recordings done in Soundsuite Studios.

Hades Almighty "The Pulse Of Decay"

The Pulse Of Decay is Hades Almighty's last studio album.

Sputnik Music writes in a review:

"On their early albums Hades Almighty played Viking black metal similar to bands like Enslaved or early Satyricon. With this release they completely change their style to where they sound nothing like they used to. On The Pulse of Decay, the band plays experimental black metal. They mix their usual black metal style with elements of industrial, ambient, and doom metal. The guitarists play a couple different styles. They're either playing the fast black metal tremolo picking, slow doom riffs, or very technical riffs. Not tech death style technical, but technical enough for a black metal album. The bass is surprisinly audible on this album as well. This is obviously very odd for black metal and to tell you the truth I really don't know how to describe the bass very well because it's usually inaudible on most albums I listen to. Drumming on this album is handled by a man named Remi Andersen and his style of drumming also not your typical black metal style. There are almost no blast beats on this album and while they are present, they're not the main style like on most black metal albums. The drumming is pretty fast, but not in the form of blast beats. While the more slow, doomy parts are going the drummer does a great job of keeping the pace of the song. This is album is also kind of melodic. Keyboards are present throughout the album, and while they're not a main focus, you can tell they are there and they keep this album feeling very melodic and not just like another black metal album."

Track listing

1. 216 / Cataclysmic - 1:26
2. Submission Equals Suicide - 4:26
3. The Pulse of Decay - 5:35
4. Antichrist Inside - 4:21
5. Vendetta Assassination - 4:09
6. Apocalypse - 6:42
7. Razor - 6:25

Recording information:

Recorded in march 2000 at SoundSuite Studio.

Co-produced by Hades Almighty.

Hades Almighty "Millenium Nocturne"

Millenium Nocturne is the first album by Norwegian Experimental Black Metal band Hades, under their new name Hades Almighty, released May 10th, 1999.

Track list:

1. Millenium Overture 02:15   
2. Dream Traveller 07:16   
3. Carnival Blaspheme 06:13   
4. Nemesis 04:45  
5. To Reach Devine Fullfillment 06:58   
6. Gardens of Chaos 07:11   
7. A Ballad of Death and Obsession 07:59   
8. Nighttime Endurance 09:43   
9. Warcry 06:22   

Total time:   58:42  

Released under licence from Nuclear Blast.

Recording information:

Recorded at Prolog Studios.

Remixed at Grieghallen Studios.

Hades (Norway) "Alone Walkyng"

Hades Almighty is a black metal band hailing from Bergen, Norway. They were formed in 1992, originally under the moniker Hades. They were forced to change their name to Hades Almighty in 1998, following complaints from an American band with a prior claim to the name.

Hades were formed in Bergen, Norway in 1992 by former Immortal guitarist Jørn Inge Tunsberg and ex-Dark drummer Remi Andersen; they were later joined by Janto Garmanslund on bass and second guitarist Wilhelm Nagel. Their first demo, Alone Walkyng, was recorded in June 1993 at Grieghallen and produced by Pytten; this demo was later to be re-released on CD through the Italian label Wounded Love in 1996.

Hades (Norway) "...Again Shall Be"

Hades Almighty is a black metal band hailing from Bergen, Norway. They were formed in 1992, originally under the moniker Hades. They were forced to change their name to Hades Almighty in 1998, following complaints from an American band with a prior claim to the name.

Hades were formed in Bergen, Norway in 1992 by former Immortal guitarist Jørn Inge Tunsberg and ex-Dark drummer Remi Andersen; they were later joined by Janto Garmanslund on bass and second guitarist Wilhelm Nagel. Their first demo, Alone Walkyng, was recorded in June 1993 at Grieghallen and produced by Pytten; this demo was later to be re-released on CD through the Italian label Wounded Love in 1996. In 1993, Tunsberg was convicted, along with fellow black metal musician Varg Vikernes (of Burzum), for the burning of a Norwegian church in Åsane, which led to a prison sentence. Following the release of the demo, the band signed with Full Moon Productions and recorded their first album; ...Again Shall Be, again at Grieghallen, in June/July 1994. Around this time, they also replaced Nagel with Stig Hagenes on second guitar.

The tracklist on the back-cover is incorrect (tracks 7 & 8 are switched), the one here is correct.

Re-released by Displeased Records in September 2010 featuring the 3 songs from the "Alone Walkyng" demo as bonus and expanded booklet with liner notes.

Reissued in 2010 by Witching Hour Productions as 2xLP vinyl limited to 533 copies, remastered & with the 3 tracks from the "Alone Walkyng" demo.

Recording information:


Recorded at Grieghallen, June / July 1994.