Limited bundle incl. Gatefold LP (gold vinyl), CD hardcover book, logo patch and hand-signed/numbered certificate of authenticity, packed in a The Vision Bleak cloth bag (250 copies available).
THE VISION BLEAK return in grand style: The German duo's seventh full-length "Weird Tales" constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The album consists of a single track that is divided into internal chapters, which are each inspired by weird tales, poems, and other literature of horror and the macabre. On "Weird Tales", THE VISION BLEAK are referring to eminent writers of the legendary magazine such as H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but also allude to authors that were never featured in the magazine, for example Edgar Allen Poe and Lafcadio Hearn, whose "Fantastics and Other Fancies" was very influential for this album. THE VISION BLEAK are pulling every register of their enormous musical prowess. The chapters range stylistically from flamboyant gothic rock via dark doom to harsh black and death metal parts – and about everything in between. All the thrilling elements that the following of the duo has come to expect and love is present on this record: the dramatic and theatrical, the harsh and heavy, the melancholic and eerie, and also catchy and symphonic moments. All of this is woven into a dense sonic tapestry, which is held together by a recurring ebb and flow that is reminiscent of classical composition. THE VISION BLEAK were born out of the friendship between guitarist, bass-player and harsh vocalist Markus Stock aka Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and drummer and singer Tobias Schönemann alias Allen B. Konstanz. After first experimenting with a more gothic rock formula, THE VISION BLEAK shaped up when the duo began to involve their mutual love for the horror genre. Already their debut album, "The Deathship Has a New Captain" (2004) became an instant success in both gothic and metal circles and is by now regarded as a classic. As the debut album's theme was based on classical horror movies, the Germans aptly dubbed their style: horror metal. With the following albums, THE VISION BLEAK cemented their reputation as purveyors of classy and quality music. Each full-length revolves around themes from the horror genre that can easily be deduced from their respective titles. "Carpathia" (2005) was followed by "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) and "Set Sail to Mystery (2010), "Witching Hour" (2013), and "The Unknown" (2016). THE VISION BLEAK, the masters of horror metal, are finally ready to gift the world their most ambitious song so far: "Weird Tales" is a beautiful and heartfelt homage to a poetic golden age of horror and mystery literature. Listen with care, but always be wary of the eldritch and forbidding sounds that lurk within this song!
Tracklist:
1. Weird Tales
- Chapter I: Introduction
- Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
- Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
- Chapter IV: Once I was a Flower
- Chapter V: The Premature Burial
- Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
- Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
- Chapter VIII: The Undying One
- Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
- Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
- Chapter XI: Canticle
- Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe
Gatefold LP (gold vinyl) with padded inner sleeves and protection sleeve (500 copies available).
THE VISION BLEAK return in grand style: The German duo's seventh full-length "Weird Tales" constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The album consists of a single track that is divided into internal chapters, which are each inspired by weird tales, poems, and other literature of horror and the macabre. On "Weird Tales", THE VISION BLEAK are referring to eminent writers of the legendary magazine such as H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but also allude to authors that were never featured in the magazine, for example Edgar Allen Poe and Lafcadio Hearn, whose "Fantastics and Other Fancies" was very influential for this album. THE VISION BLEAK are pulling every register of their enormous musical prowess. The chapters range stylistically from flamboyant gothic rock via dark doom to harsh black and death metal parts – and about everything in between. All the thrilling elements that the following of the duo has come to expect and love is present on this record: the dramatic and theatrical, the harsh and heavy, the melancholic and eerie, and also catchy and symphonic moments. All of this is woven into a dense sonic tapestry, which is held together by a recurring ebb and flow that is reminiscent of classical composition. THE VISION BLEAK were born out of the friendship between guitarist, bass-player and harsh vocalist Markus Stock aka Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and drummer and singer Tobias Schönemann alias Allen B. Konstanz. After first experimenting with a more gothic rock formula, THE VISION BLEAK shaped up when the duo began to involve their mutual love for the horror genre. Already their debut album, "The Deathship Has a New Captain" (2004) became an instant success in both gothic and metal circles and is by now regarded as a classic. As the debut album's theme was based on classical horror movies, the Germans aptly dubbed their style: horror metal. With the following albums, THE VISION BLEAK cemented their reputation as purveyors of classy and quality music. Each full-length revolves around themes from the horror genre that can easily be deduced from their respective titles. "Carpathia" (2005) was followed by "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) and "Set Sail to Mystery (2010), "Witching Hour" (2013), and "The Unknown" (2016). THE VISION BLEAK, the masters of horror metal, are finally ready to gift the world their most ambitious song so far: "Weird Tales" is a beautiful and heartfelt homage to a poetic golden age of horror and mystery literature. Listen with care, but always be wary of the eldritch and forbidding sounds that lurk within this song!
Tracklist:
1. Weird Tales
- Chapter I: Introduction
- Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
- Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
- Chapter IV: Once I was a Flower
- Chapter V: The Premature Burial
- Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
- Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
- Chapter VIII: The Undying One
- Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
- Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
- Chapter XI: Canticle
- Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe
Gatefold LP (black vinyl) with padded inner sleeves and protection sleeve.
THE VISION BLEAK return in grand style: The German duo's seventh full-length "Weird Tales" constitutes a monumental tribute to the eponymous American pulp magazine and other tales of mystery and dark imagination. The album consists of a single track that is divided into internal chapters, which are each inspired by weird tales, poems, and other literature of horror and the macabre. On "Weird Tales", THE VISION BLEAK are referring to eminent writers of the legendary magazine such as H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but also allude to authors that were never featured in the magazine, for example Edgar Allen Poe and Lafcadio Hearn, whose "Fantastics and Other Fancies" was very influential for this album. THE VISION BLEAK are pulling every register of their enormous musical prowess. The chapters range stylistically from flamboyant gothic rock via dark doom to harsh black and death metal parts – and about everything in between. All the thrilling elements that the following of the duo has come to expect and love is present on this record: the dramatic and theatrical, the harsh and heavy, the melancholic and eerie, and also catchy and symphonic moments. All of this is woven into a dense sonic tapestry, which is held together by a recurring ebb and flow that is reminiscent of classical composition. THE VISION BLEAK were born out of the friendship between guitarist, bass-player and harsh vocalist Markus Stock aka Ulf Theodor Schwadorf and drummer and singer Tobias Schönemann alias Allen B. Konstanz. After first experimenting with a more gothic rock formula, THE VISION BLEAK shaped up when the duo began to involve their mutual love for the horror genre. Already their debut album, "The Deathship Has a New Captain" (2004) became an instant success in both gothic and metal circles and is by now regarded as a classic. As the debut album's theme was based on classical horror movies, the Germans aptly dubbed their style: horror metal. With the following albums, THE VISION BLEAK cemented their reputation as purveyors of classy and quality music. Each full-length revolves around themes from the horror genre that can easily be deduced from their respective titles. "Carpathia" (2005) was followed by "The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey (2007) and "Set Sail to Mystery (2010), "Witching Hour" (2013), and "The Unknown" (2016). THE VISION BLEAK, the masters of horror metal, are finally ready to gift the world their most ambitious song so far: "Weird Tales" is a beautiful and heartfelt homage to a poetic golden age of horror and mystery literature. Listen with care, but always be wary of the eldritch and forbidding sounds that lurk within this song!
Tracklist:
1. Weird Tales
- Chapter I: Introduction
- Chapter II: In Rue d'Auseil
- Chapter III: In Gardens Red, Satanical
- Chapter IV: Once I was a Flower
- Chapter V: The Premature Burial
- Chapter VI: Mother of Toads
- Chapter VII: The Graveyard by Nyght in a Thunderstorm
- Chapter VIII: The Undying One
- Chapter IX: Evil Dreams Run Deep
- Chapter X: The Witch with Eyes of Amber
- Chapter XI: Canticle
- Chapter XII: To Drink from Lethe
Green/white split double-vinyl.
Tracklist:
LP 1:
01. Dead Again
02. Tripping A Blind Man
03. The Profit Of Doom
04. September Sun
05. Halloween In Heaven
LP 2:
01. These Three Things
02. She Burned Me Down
03. Some Stupid Tomorrow
04. An Ode To Locksmiths
05. Hail And Farewell To Britain
White double-vinyl.
Side A
1 Dead Again
2 Tripping A Blind Man
3 The Profit Of Doom
4 September Sun
5 Halloween In Heaven
Side B
6 These Three Things
7 She Burned Me Down
8 Some Stupid Tomorrow
9 An Ode to Locksmiths
10 Hail And Farewell To Britain
Marbled vinyl.
01. Into Infinity
02. Emptiness
03. Arms of Morpheus
04. Remembrance
05. My Sanctuary
06. Transmigration
07. If They Could Speak
08. Juggernaut
09. Breath of Life
10. Pain of Deception
Digipak CD.
01. Into Infinity
02. Emptiness
03. Arms of Morpheus
04. Remembrance
05. My Sanctuary
06. Transmigration
07. If They Could Speak
08. Juggernaut
09. Breath of Life
10. Pain of Deception
Bonus (Digipak)
11. The Search
12. As If You Never Existed
13. Broken
14. Until We Die
Amazing almost original tape design.
A1. Black Magic (live)
A2. Die by the Sword (live)
A3. Captor of Sin (live)
A4. The Antichrist (live)
B1. Evil Has No Boundaries (live)
B2. Show No Mercy (live)
B3. Aggressive Perfector (live)
Black tape & patch.
1. Our Dawn Of Glory
2. I'm An Other In The Night
3. So Far Beyond... (The Great Vastforest)
4. A Castle So Crystal Clear
5. As I Behold The Dying Sun
6. Vinterskogen
7. Still The Night Is Awake
8. A Vinter Breeze
9. Wings Of Sorrow
SIDE A:
1. Spirit The Earth Aflame 2:23
2. Gods To The Godless 7:47
3. The Soul Must Sleep 6:37
4. The Burning Season 8:42
Total side length – 25:29
SIDE B:
5. Glorious Dawn 7:22
6. The Cruel Sea 4:03
7. Children Of The Harvest 8:29
8. To Enter Pagan 5:41
Total side length – 25:35
Dark teal green melt with red splatter vinyl, limited to 200 copies.
Side A
Hammered
Unwandered Ways
Dragons Never Die
Row
Torkils Døtur
Side B
Vælkomnir Føroyingar
Hangman
Axes
Battle Ballad
Causa Latronum Normannorum
Purple double vinyl.
1. They Will Let You Down
2. Where Do I Begin?
3. A Lonely Path
4. Insidious
5. Ceremony Of Fire
6. Sounds Of The Forgotten (Connected)
7. Aftermath
8. When It All Falls Away
9. Opulent
10. What Have You Done?
White/black dust splatter double-vinyl, limited to 300 copies.
Side A
Summa Blasphemia
Eleonora
Side B
Reaching for Telos
Reliquary
Side C
Path of Dust
Sarmatae
Path of Ether
Abode of the Perfect Soul
Side D
Pleroma
Cobalt Sun Necropolis
€31.90*
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