ABIGOR · Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom) | GALAXY PURPLE/BLUE LP

Galaxy purple cyan blue vinyl in gatefold sleeve. Includes bonus CD with 1994/95 instrumental demo-rehearsals, 32 page booklet, poster and download card.

Background information about 'Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom)'

This 30th anniversary reissue of Abigor's most celebrated work stands as a monument to the peak of 90s black metal artistry. Originally released in 1995, "Nachthymnen (From The Twilight Kingdom)" emerged alongside Cradle Of Filth's debut as a defining moment in gothic black metal evolution. What makes this album truly remarkable is how it balances accessible elements like tasteful keyboard arrangements and well-implemented female vocals with an uncompromising backbone of radical Satanic black metal - a product of the underground's most fertile period when the genre was at its most unrestrained and authentic.

Created by the Austrian triumvirate when they were just 19 and 20 years old, this masterpiece perfectly captures the essence of black metal's turning point - that brief moment of complete creative freedom before mainstream corruption began to seep into the scene. The nine hymns contained within unite beauty with wickedness, melancholic longing with apocalyptic death drive, creating something that remains both majestic and terrifying three decades later. The album's significance lies not just in its musical content but in its historical importance as a document of black metal's most pure and extreme era.

For fans of: Emperor, Cradle Of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Satyricon and early Mayhem

Other Versions

BLACK LP · 31,99 €

Track listing

A1. Universe Of Black Divine
A2. Kingdom Of Darkness
A3. Beneath A Steel Sky
A4. Eye To Eye At Armageddon
B5. In Sin
B6. My Soft Vision In Blood
B7. Weeping Midwintertears
B8. Diabolic Unity
B9. A Frozen Soul In A Wintershadow

Manufacturer: Darkness Shall Rise Productions, Lengenfelder Straße 58, 08107 Kirchberg, Germany, Contact: darknessshallrise.de