Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen
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Bitter Ist's Dem Tod Zu Dienen (translation: It's Bitter to Serve the Death) is the second album by the Austrian
black metal
band Dornenreich
. The album was originally released by CCP Records on June 25, 1999. The album was re-released by Prophecy Productions
in 2003, and included the full, uncut booklet.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Dornenreich
Dornenreich
Dornenreich is an ambient music band from Austria, founded in 1996. They initially played melodic black metal and changed to neofolk-influenced ambient with Her von welken Nächten...
. The album was originally released by CCP Records on June 25, 1999. The album was re-released by Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions is a German record label located in Zeltingen-Rachtig, founded by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims being a "label for eerie emotional music", which roughly comprises artists with a dark metal, black metal, or neofolk background, but a unique and unconventional approach to...
in 2003, and included the full, uncut booklet.
Track listing
- Nächtlich Liebend (translation: Nightly Loving) - 9:09
- Wundenküssen (translation: Kissing Wounds) - 13:42
- Reime Faucht Der Märchensarg (translation: The Fairy Tales Coffin Hisses Rhymes)- 12:21
- Federstrich In Grabesnähe (translation: Stroke of the Pen Near the Grave)- 5:01
- Leben lechzend Herzgeflüster (Eines Gedanken karge Silbensaat) (translation: Life Lusts For Heart Whisper (A Thought's Barren Syllable Seed)) - 9:34
- Woran Erkennt Mich Deine Sehnsucht Morgen?(translation: Whereby Will Your Longing Recognize Me Tomorrow?) - 7:50
Line-up
- Eviga - guitar, bass, vocals
- Dragomir - drums, percussion
- Dunklekind - keyboards, vocals