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

Blue/mint marbled vinyl in gatefold cover with padded inner sleeves and protection sleeve. Limited to 500 copies.

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 plant seeds in the metal underground – they cultivated an entirely new ecosystem of sound. "I: The Suicide Tree / II: A Rose From The Dead" stands as one of the most audacious and innovative releases in extreme metal history, introducing the world to Otrebor's visionary concept of "green metal" where distorted hammered dulcimers replace traditional guitars in a botanical symphony of darkness.

This isn't your typical black metal fare. Each track reads like entries from a mad botanist's journal, with song titles like "Cerbera Odollam" and "Aldrovanda Ascendant" revealing the project's scientific nomenclature obsession. The dual-album structure mirrors the duality of nature itself – life and death, growth and decay, beauty and toxicity. Otrebor's hammered dulcimers create an otherworldly atmosphere that's simultaneously organic and mechanical, like hearing the forest itself scream through amplified roots and branches. The vocals range from tortured shrieks to ritualistic chants, perfectly embodying the character of The Botanist – a misanthropic scientist who has retreated to his verdant realm to plot humanity's botanical demise.

For fans of:
Blut Aus Nord, Paysage d'Hiver, Agalloch, Ulver, Darkthrone

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

Manufacturer: ProMedia GmbH, Im Gartenfeld 1, 54516 Flußbach, Germany, Contact: prophecy.de