VARG – zeichen DigiDCD

Mediabook 2-CD (CD2: the entire album + guests

On their authentic masterpiece Zeichen, the Wolves from VARG return to their roots and embark on a journey further down a new road. Forget anything you have seen or heard about them in the past few years and embrace the new album as a reboot of a band that never ceased to evolve and has gotten rid of everything superfluous. This seventh full length release marks a new era for the Wolves, haunted by wild battles, death and bloodlust – a resurrection from the fields of pagan metal, pairing razor-sharp melodic death riffs with Freki’s furious vocals. Within the first seconds of the album opener breaking loose, VARG pulls the listener into the year “793” that heralded the ferocious era of the Vikings.

In contrast, “Fara Til Ranar”, including additional female vocals, is a melancholic, captivating saga about the Nordic sea goddess Rán, who pulls wandering sailors down into her wet grave. “Verräter”, on the other hand, emphasizes the suffering and vengeance towards former allies with rapid guitar leads and ultimately the album culminates in the mighty title hymn “Zeichen”. In addition to the ten new tracks, the mediabook contains a bonus CD featuring alternative versions of each song the band recorded with renowned guest musicians from Eluveitie, Nachtblut and Equilibrium among others. Looking at the final opus, it’s not surprising why VARG took four years after the publication of Das Ende Aller Lügen (which hit number 17 on the German charts) to regather their forces, and today, Zeichen shows that Freki, Fenrier, Morkai and Garm consciously took their time to realign their inner compass and are not afraid of musical and intellectual freedom.

Tracks:

1. CD1: 793
2. Schildwall
3. Auf die Götter
4. Rán
5. Fara til ránar
6. Wildes Heer
7. Feld der Ehre
8. Wanderer
9. Verräter
10. Zeichen
11. CD1: 793
12. Schildwall
13. Auf die Götter
14. Rán
15. Fara til ránar
16. Wildes Heer
17. Feld der Ehre
18. Wanderer
19. Verräter
20. Zeichen

Genres: Pagan Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal

Label: Napalm Records

Erscheinungsjahr: 2020

Künstler: VARG

Spieldauer: 01:22:32

Format: CD

EAN: 0840588136117