NEGURA BUNGET · Maiestrit | 2CD ARTBOOK

Limited artbook double CD, 28x28 cm, 56 pages, including the original "Maiastru Sfetnic" album on a bonus CD. Limited to 1.000 copies.

Background information about 'Maiestrit'

There are re-recordings, and then there is "Maiestrit" — a ritual rebuilt from the ground up by Negura Bunget, who went back to their own 2000 milestone "Maiastru Sfetnic" and gave it a second, sharper life. This is the purest black metal the band ever committed to tape, and hearing it re-forged with such care is like watching an old photograph suddenly breathe. The guitars bite, the drums roll like distant thunder over the Carpathians, and the atmosphere is thick enough to walk through. What makes it hit harder is the history: these are the last studio recordings of the classic line-up of Hupogrammos, Sol Faur and Negru, finished after the split, yet somehow still speaking with one voice.

The two bonus tracks were composed and reshaped specifically for this release, and they slot in beautifully — not as leftovers, but as the final brushstrokes on a painting the band had been circling for years. Hupogrammos speaks of re-embodying the album "in an impeccable manner, as black metal requires impeccability," and you can hear that intent in every tremolo line and every cavernous howl. Negru calls it the final legacy of the band's past, the end of an era and the beginning of a new one, and that weight is audible. It is reverent without being nostalgic, ferocious without being noisy for its own sake.

For fans of: Negura Bunget, Dordeduh, Enslaved, Agalloch, Drudkh

Other Versions

DIGIPAK CD · 12,99 €

Track listing

CD 1: Măiestrit

1. Vremea Locului Sortit
2. În-zvîcnirea Apusului
3. A-vînt În Abis
4. Al Locului
5. Bruiestru
6. Plecăciunea Morții
7. A-vînt În Abis (Acoustic Version)
8. Plecăciunea Morții (Acoustic Version)

CD 2: Măiastru Sfetnic

1. Vremea Locului Sortit
2. În-zvîcnirea Apusului
3. A-vînt În Abis
4. Al Locului
5. Bruiestru
6. Plecăciunea Morții

Manufacturer: ProMedia GmbH, Im Gartenfeld 1, 54516 Flußbach, Germany, Contact: spkr.media