Dark Fortress – Tales From Eternal Dusk (2001/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:33:03 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Black Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Century Media
With their debut “Tales from eternal Dusk”, the guys from Dark Fortress from Bavarian Landshut have outdone themselves. The 11 songs on their CD line up in their perfection and show the listeners that there are other bands that can do Black Metal like Dissection, Naglfar or Dimmu Borgir of the older school. They do not sound like a cheap copy or copy of this known scene sizes. They convey the very feeling that is supposed to be conveyed with this music. Without commercial and other superfluous peculiarities, “Tales from eternal Dusk” should appeal to everyone who likes rough, yet very melodic Black Metal. In short, Dark Fortress is just that kind of band that needs the sucked-out, fully commercialized Black Metal scene. The disc was well produced and you know that Dark Fortress is a band that just stands behind their roots and does not go along with the typical Black Metal hype move. For my part, I can only say one last thing. This re-issue original album and bonus CD.
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Dark Fortress – Profane Genocidal Creations (2003/2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:07 minutes | 971 MB | Genre: Black Metal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Century Media
Musically, Dark Fortress were still under heavy influence from 90’s greats such as Emperor, Satyricon, Dissection, and Enslaved at that time, so feel invited to discover a chapter of German black metal history in its ultimate form. This is the third release of black metal outfit Dark Fortress, and the first album of theirs I have heard. Though it usually takes me a listen or so to actually get into a lot of black metal, “Profane Genocidal Creations” hit me immediately, and from the first time I heard it, it went on heavy rotation in my CD player. With this release, they combine the acoustic passages in the vein of Dissection, with black metal in the style of mid-years Emperor and early Satyricon. And for a black metal album, it is produced very well, with production most similar to Dissection’s. The tone of the acoustic production is set very well, and works very well with the songs with the way the passages are arranged. They accomplish the same with the keyboard sections, as opposed to the keyboards taking over as the primary instrument, and laying down nothing but a simplistic classical composition (tonic subdominant dominant tonic), rather they write very well, and pay attention to its overall place in the mix itself.
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