Black Metal ist Krieg is the second full-length album by the black metal

Black metal

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 band Nargaroth

Nargaroth (band)

Nargaroth is a German black metal band led by René "Ash" Wagner, formerly known as “Kanwulf”.- History :Wagner had earlier claimed that Nargaroth was formed in 1989, the seven track instrumental demo Orke was released in 1991, and the demo Herbstleyd in 1993...

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The album's full title is Black Metal ist Krieg: A Dedecation Monument, and it was intended to be a "tribute" to early black metal musicians. It includes four cover songs and much of its lyrics deal with events in the history of black metal.

The image on the cover, showing the only member René "Kanwulf" Wagner, very closely resembles a promotional photograph of infamous black metal musician Varg Vikernes

Varg Vikernes

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Songs

• ""Seven Tears Are Flowing to the River" includes a riff from the Strid song "End of Life" (1993).
• "The Day Burzum Killed Mayhem" is about the murder of Mayhem
  Mayhem (band)
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   guitarist Øystein Aarseth (aka Euronymous) by Burzum
  Burzum
  Burzum is a musical project by Varg Vikernes . It began during 1991 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene...
  
   frontman Varg Vikernes
  Varg Vikernes
  Varg Vikernes is a Norwegian black metal musician, writer, philosopher, religious and political activist, arsonist and convicted murderer.Vikernes was born near Bergen, Norway. In 1991, he founded the one-man music project Burzum, which quickly became popular within the early Norwegian black metal...
  
   (aka Count Grishnackh) in 1993. The beginning of the song is a recording of a news report about the murder.
• "Erik, May you Rape the Angels" is dedicated to Erik Brødreskift
  Erik Brødreskift
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   who played drums for Immortal
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  , Borknagar
  Borknagar
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   and Gorgoroth
  Gorgoroth
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   between 1993 and 1997. He committed suicide
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   in 1999.

Track listing

All music by Kanwulf unless noted.

1. "Introduction" – 2:13
2. "Black Metal ist Krieg" – 5:01
3. "Far Beyond the Stars" (Azhubham Haani cover) – 4:48
4. "Seven Tears are Flowing to the River" – 14:47
5. "I Burn for You" (Lord Foul cover) – 2:56
6. "The Day Burzum Killed Mayhem" – 9:20
7. "Píseň pro Satana" (Root
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    cover) – 2:40
8. "Amarok - Zorn des Lammes III" – 9:30
9. "Erik, May You Rape the Angels" – 6:58
10. "The Gates of Eternity" (Moonblood
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    cover) – 5:04
11. "Possessed by Black Fucking Metal" – 6:33