LIMITED GREEN VINYL EDITION MARKING 25 YEARS OF THE SECOND ALBUM OF HYPER-SPEED NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL, FEATURING FORMER SATYRICON LIVE GUITARIST OBSIDIAN C.
Following on from the band’s 1997 debut, ‘Through Times Of War’, Keep of Kalessin’s sophomore release, ‘Agnen’, presented eight tracks of hyper-speed dark & epic black metal at its best, incorporating elements of thrash along with eerie discordant riffing in a relentless storm of brutality. The band’s themes were inspired by The Earthsea Quartet, the fantasy created by respected American writer Ursula K. Le Guin; an ancient world of magic & conflict between darkness & light.
Keep Of Kalessin was originally formed by Obsidian C. (also known for his work with Satyricon) & Ghash in Trondheim, Norway in 1994, with the band achieving significant success in the black & extreme metal scene throughout their thirty-year existence. Agnen was recorded at Brygga Studios, Trondheim (The 3rd & The Mortal) in October/November 1998.
This edition of ‘Agnen: A Journey Through The Dark’ marks twenty-five years since its original release & is presented on limited green vinyl.
Side A
1. Pain Humanised (04:33)
2. As Mist Lay Silent Beneath (05:40)
3. I Deny (05:05)
4. Dryland (05:19)
5. Orb Of Man (05:52)
Side B
1. Dragonlord (05:44)
2. Towards I Roam (07:18)
3. Agnen (11:35)
