Virus West Explained

Virus West
Type:studio
Artist:Nagelfar
Cover:Virus West.jpg
Recorded:June 2000
Genre:Black metal
Label:Ars Metalli
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Virus West is German black metal band Nagelfar's third and last album before they broke up.[1] [2] The album was recorded in June 2000 in Andy Classen's Stage-One-Studio.[1] The track "Hellebarn" contains a sample from the 1982 film The Thing.

Cover art

The album's cover displays the Westwall, which, according to drummer Alexander von Meilenwald, is not supposed to be interpreted politically but "is the dark side of the Western German landscape and supposed to support the musical scenario. 'Virus West' is a pathogen coming from the west—that's us."[3]

Sound

Virus West is more inspired by traditional black metal than the first two albums, except the production.[3] Meilenwald "think[s] 'Virus West' already indicated that Nagelfar were departing from the shores of all-too dreamy, melodic and 'beautiful' Black Metal. The development to the point of founding The Ruins of Beverast merely strengthened me in my decision to create music of immense gloom and trepidation, surreal and dark."[4]

Reception

Virus West was featured on Rock Hard magazine's list 250 Black-Metal-Alben, die man kennen sollte ('250 black metal albums you should know').[5]

Track listing

  1. "Hellebarn" (Hellchild)  - 10:23
  2. "Sturm der Katharsis" (Storm of Catharsis)  - 8:43
  3. "Hetzjagd in Palästina" (Manhunt in Palestine)  - 11:54
  4. "Westwall" (Western Wall)  - 1:57
  5. "Fäden des Schicksals" (Threads of Fate)  - 6:58
  6. "Protokoll einer Folter" (Protocol of a Torture)  - 10:28
  7. "Meuterei" (Mutiny)  - 11:38

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographie . 2009-11-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020202174813/http://www.nagelfar.de/biographie.htm . 2 February 2002 ., retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. Johannes Paul Köhler: Web site: Der WÒD-VÁN aus Aachen. NAGELFAR: In jeder Hinsicht Black Metal . 2007-06-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070630172935/http://www.legacy.de/contenido/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=6683&lang=1&client=1 . 30 June 2007 ., retrieved 22 July 2013.
  3. http://www.metal-district.de/md_interview::::interviews_72:nagelfar.html NAGELFAR. E-Mail Interview mit Alexander von Meilenwald
  4. Sargon the Terrible: The Ruins of Beverast Interview, 18 June 2007, retrieved 22 June 2013.
  5. 250 Black-Metal-Alben, die man kennen sollte. In: Rock Hard, no. 269, October 2009, p. 75.

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