BOTANIST · I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead | BLACK 2LP

Black vinyl in gatefold cover with padded inner sleeves and protection sleeve.

Background information about 'I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead'

When Botanist unleashed this groundbreaking double-album debut in 2011, they didn't just create music – they birthed an entirely new ecosystem of sound. "I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead" stands as a monumental achievement that redefined what extreme music could be, replacing traditional metal instrumentation with distorted hammered dulcimers to create something genuinely unprecedented. Otrebor's visionary concept centers around "The Botanist," a mad scientist protagonist who has retreated from humanity's destruction of nature, finding solace in his "Verdant Realm" while plotting mankind's botanical demise.

This isn't your typical black metal fare – it's "green metal" that breathes with organic life while maintaining the genre's misanthropic intensity. Each track represents a different plant species, creating a sprawling botanical encyclopedia told through crushing riffs and haunting melodies. The dual-album structure allows for an epic journey through both albums, with "The Suicide Tree" delivering relentless botanical warfare while "A Rose From The Dead" explores more nuanced territories of floral resurrection. The result is 40 tracks of pure botanical brutality that feels both ancient and futuristic.

For fans of:
Agalloch, Wolves In The Throne Room, Blut Aus Nord, Ulver, Alcest

Track listing

LP 1:
I: The Suicide Tree
A1. Dragocephalum
A2. Invoke The Throne Of Velthemia
A3. Helleborus Niger
A4. Whorl
A5. Forgotten In Nepenthes
A6. Aldrovanda Ascendant
A7. Chaining The Catechin
A8. Dionaea Muscipula
A9. Clematopsis
B1. Rhododendoom
B2. Gorechid
B3. Cerbera Odollam
B4. Bromeliad
B5. Lepidoptera
B6. Euonymous In Darkness
B7. Dactylorhiza Elata
B8. Glycyrrhiza

LP 2:
II: A Rose From The Dead
C1. Convolvulus Althaeoides
C2. Dioscoria
C3. Megaskepasma
C4. In The Hall Of Chamaerops
C5. Quercus Lamellosa
C6. Echinocereus
C7. Sparaxis Of Perdition
C8. Feast Of Saussurea
C9. Wings Of Antichrys
C10. Monstera's Lair
C11. Chiranthodendron
D1. Koeleria
D2. Sanguinaria
D3. Dodecatheon
D4. Summon Xanthostemon
D5. Asclepias Curassavica
D6. Strelitzia Reginae
D7. Trillium Recurvatum
D8. Cypripedum
D9. Nephrolepsis
D10. Abrus Precatorius
D11. A Rose From The Dead
D12. La Fin

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