BOTANIST · Encyclopedia Botanica, Vol. 1: The Rise Of Azalea | 5CD BOXSET
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Hardcover artbook in 5-CD plus DVD format. 28x28cm artbook with 48 pages featuring lyrics, extended liner notes, and enhanced artwork.
Background information about 'Encyclopedia Botanica, Vol. 1: The Rise Of Azalea'
What a magnificent beast Botanist have unleashed with "Encyclopedia Botanica, Vol. 1: The Rise Of Azalea"! This mammoth collection serves as the ultimate testament to one of metal's most innovative and botanically obsessed projects. Spanning five CDs and a bonus DVD, this artbook edition chronicles the early flowering of Otrebor's green metal revolution, from the haunting debut double-album through the doom-laden "III: Doom In Bloom". The sheer audacity of replacing traditional guitars with distorted hammered dulcimers creates a sound that's both ancient and futuristic, like discovering some forgotten druidic ritual in a post-apocalyptic greenhouse.
The collection blooms with rarities and collaborations that showcase the fertile ground Botanist cultivated within the underground scene. From the raw rehearsal demos to the electrifying live performance captured on DVD, every track pulses with the project's signature blend of scientific nomenclature and romantic poetry. The inclusion of allied artists like Lotus Thief and Ophidian Forest demonstrates how Botanist's unique vision spawned an entire ecosystem of like-minded botanical extremists. This isn't just a compilation – it's a complete botanical field guide to the darkest corners of nature-worship in metal.
For fans of:
Agalloch, Wolves In The Throne Room, Blut Aus Nord, Paysage D'Hiver, Panopticon
Track listing
CD 1:
I: The Suicide Tree
- Dragocephalum
- Invoke The Throne Of Velthemia
- Helleborus Niger
- Whorl
- Forgotten In Nepenthes
- Aldrovanda Ascendant
- Chaining The Catechin
- Dionaea Muscipula
- Clematopsis
- Rhododendoom
- Gorechid
- Cerbera Odollam
- Bromeliad
- Lepidoptera
- Euonymous In Darkness
- Dactylorhiza Elata
- Glycyrrhiza
CD 2:
II: A Rose From The Dead
- Convolvulus Althaeoides
- Dioscoria
- Megaskepasma
- In The Hall Of Chamaerops
- Quercus Lamellosa
- Echinocereus
- Sparaxis Of Perdition
- Feast Of Saussurea
- Wings Of Antichrys
- Monstera's Lair
- Chiranthodendron
- Koeleria
- Sanguinaria
- Dodecatheon
- Summon Xanthostemon
- Asclepias Curassavica
- Strelitzia Reginae
- Trillium Recurvatum
- Cypripedum
- Nephrolepsis
- Abrus Precatorius
- A Rose From The Dead
- La Fin
CD 3:
III: Doom In Bloom
- Quoth Azalea, The Demon (Rhododendoom II)
- Deathcap
- Ganoderma Lucidum
- Vriesea
- Ocimum Sanctum
- Amanita Virosa
- Panax
CD 4:
Allies
- Matrushka - The Ejaculate On The Petals Of The Femme Orchid Part 1
- Cult Of Linnaeus - The War Of All Against All
- Ophidian Forest - Cordyceps
- Arborist - Total Entarchy
- Lotus Thief - Nymphaea Carulea
- Bestiary - It Lives Again
- Matrushka - The Ejaculate On The Petals Of The Femme Orchid Part 2
CD 5:
Rehearsal Demo 2013
- Gorechid
- Nightshade
- Nourishing the Fetus
- Arboreal Gallows
- Quoth Azalea, the Demon (Rhododendoom II)
DVD:
El Rio - Live in San Francisco 2013
- Praise Azalea, The Advesary
- Gorechid
- Arboreal Gallows
- Nightshade
- In The Hall Of Chamaerops
- Nourishing the Fetus
- Glycyrrhiza
- Mandrake Legion
- Quoth Azale, the Demon
- Rose From The Dead
Manufacturer: ProMedia GmbH, Im Gartenfeld 1, 54516 Flußbach, Germany, Contact: prophecy.de
| Artist: | Botanist |
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| Label/Manufacturer: | Prophecy Productions |
| Genre: | Black Metal, Post Metal, Progressive Metal |