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This would have been highly impressive as a full length debut but Tiamtü was released first. But who cares? I'm just glad that this gem of orthodox black metal with its great bleak and occult feel and energy finally was remastered and released.
Favorite track: The Birth of a Man God.
2nd pressing black&white cover (2nd pressing on red vinyl limited to 70 copies)!!
Double LP (red vinyl)
LP 1 features the full album with Moloch on vocals.
LP 2 bonus LP alternative album version with Belfagor on vocals.
Includes:
-350gsm LP sleeve (black flood inside) with 6mm spine
-2x12" LP(140g) red vinyl (limited to 70 copies)
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2nd pressing without gold hot-foil cover (500 copies)!!
Double LP version in black vinyl!!
LP 1 features the full album with Moloch on vocals.
LP 2 bonus LP alternative album version with Belfagor on vocals.
Includes:
-350gsm LP sleeve (black flood inside) with 6mm spine
-2x12" LP(140g) black vinyl
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Exclusive 6 panel digipak double CD version.
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We managed to get hold of a limited amount of this "official bootleg" version released by The Devils Advocate Records (ltd edition of 300 on black vinyl) and will keep on seling them for as long as they last. This is the unmastered rough mix from 2005, a must for every Ofermod collector.
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Music Cassette
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Cassette version limited edition of 150 copies (75 black / 75 white).
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Pentagrammaton was recorded under miserable conditions in genuine affliction, torment and chaos above all in Necromorbus Studio anno 2005. Mixed and mastered originally & remixed and remastered in 2020 by Tore Stjerna. Track 3 written by Atum. Track 7 written by Chivah. All other tracks written by Belfagor. All lyrics written by Belfagor, except “Unfolding Paradox in Final Redemption” which was written by Moloch.
On this recording session Ofermod was:
Belfagor: Guitars
Moloch: Vocals
Tehom: Bass
Chivah: Drums
Pentagrammaton is released in honor of Belial as a product of Shadow Records in 2020, 15 years after it was recorded. All rights reserved.
Tracklisting:
1. Persisting to Die in Thee
2. Tiamtu
3. Unfolding Paradow in Final Redemption
4. The Becoming of Pentagrammaton
5. Birth of a Man-God
6. Foamborn Kytheria
7. A Likeness to Yah
SHADOW RECORDS (distributed & marketed by REGAIN RECORDS) is proud to present OFERMOD’s long-rumored Pentagrammaton on double-CD and double-LP vinyl formats.
By now, OFERMOD should require no introduction. Formed back in the dark days of 1996, the band released their debut EP, Mystérion Tés Anomias, in 1998. Although a mere two songs, OFERMOD’s opening salvo sowed the seeds for the orthodox black metal movement that would begin to blossom in the new millennium, alongside fellow SHADOW RECORDS alumni FUNERAL MIST and MALIGN. Crime and chaos followed mainman Belfagor everywhere he went, and the band’s momentum remained halted. But that EP was reissued in 2005, just as Belfagor was putting together a new lineup to at last record OFERMOD’s long-awaited debut album, the news of which he revealed in a couple interviews during that time. Mind you, this was back when information about black metal on the internet was sparse at best, and rumors and mysticism still ruled the scene…
Although the lineup Belfagor had assembled featured a number of luminaries in their early stages – Moloch of Teitanblood and also then of Proclamation on vocals, and Atum of Dödfödd and Reverorum ib Malacht also on guitar – misfortune struck OFERMOD again as Belfagor went to prison in 2006 despite work on that long-rumored debut album having been done. That lineup dissolved, and when Belfagor eventually become a free man again, he recorded 2008’s Tiamtü almost entirely himself, save for the vocals, which were handled by MALIGN’s Nord. From there, OFERMOD would continue to release equally mighty works, but the tantalizing fruits of what was intended to be the band’s full-length debut were never to be tasted…
Until now, as SHADOW RECORDS has the esteemed privilege of releasing that album, Pentagrammaton, in a suitably deluxe edition: the original recording featuring Moloch on vocals, and then a second recording feature Belfagor on vocals. Momentous to say the very least, Pentagrammaton contains all the gnarly-yet-graceful black metal glory OFERMOD perfected so early on, here distilled to arguably its most potent essence. It’s everything you’d expect from the band’s long-rumored long-form debut, and yet so much more…the obsidian gleam is almost too much to behold. Then and now, OFERMOD are eternal.
And as tempting/interesting as it’d be to speculate how the black metal scene would’ve been affected had OFERMOD released Pentagrammaton when they originally intended, allow these words from Belfagor to be the final punctuation on the matter:
"I have nothing to teach my fellow man which he cannot learn by himself. I can but smile welcomingly for each decision made by man to plunge into the depths of the infernal regions where my mind feels most at home. About the recording session of Pentagrammaton could be written stories about initiation into the ugly reality of black metal taken to the extremes where it belongs, about naive eyes being opened, about how a creative process is indeed able to take place under the most destructive of conditions. This is a recording spawned through real pain and misery, magic and mystery, and now, many years later, results in victory, as a version that pleases the participants of the recording session is finally released. I choose to stay silent about the details surrounding Pentagrammaton, and let the recording speak for itself. Fortunately, Necromorbus Studios had already decided to change their location when the shit hit the fan in the classic dungeon that Ofermod in a way so fitting for black metal took farewell from in the most Dionysian of ways. Welcome to the dungeon of darkness that is the sonic side of the recording session from Hell."
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Chaotic, whirling extreme metal thick with atmosphere. You can see how more recent releases like Coscradh's Nahanagan Stadial drew inspiration from Teitanblood here. This is one of those albums you wanna strap in for the whole ride from start to finish to fully get. Camelus Dromedarius
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Tout est une question de perspective.
En regardant la pochette d'Algleymi, on se dira : "c'est un constat d'échec de l'humanité face aux puissances cosmiques". Mais le gigantisme de cette silhouette est un signe que Misþyrming veut plutôt s'emparer de cette puissance et le black metal le confirmera très vite. Il est plus maîtrisé, massif et épique. Si le chant est déjà impressionnant, dégageant plus de haine, les guitares sont de leur côté absolument monumentales. Un chef-d'œuvre du genre ! Jordan Vauvert
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The first 30 seconds of "Revenge by Fire" convinced me to get the whole album! It is a face-melting blend of speed and black metal, reminiscent of Hellripper! KVAEN is a Swedish solo project much like Hellripper but many known guest musicians helped J. Björnfot in his endeavor. Altogether it is really a solid debut album, I loved the melodies and the pace changes in the second half too, ending with a "calm" instrumental one. Well-done!! sachavonkarl74