Zerfall Explained

Zerfall
Type:	studio
Artist:	Eisregen
Cover:	Zerfall album.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	February 1998
Genre:	Black metal
Length:	38:27
Label:	Last Episode
Next Title:	Krebskolonie
Next Year:	1998

Zerfall is the first studio album by German gothic/death metal/black metal band Eisregen, released through record label Last Episode in February 1998.^[1] The album was rereleased twice by German record label Massacre Records. First time, in 2004 as a compilation album of "Zerfall" and the demo "Das Ende des Weges".^[2] Second time, in August 2014, the album was rereleased both in a vinyl record format and in a remastered digipack format. The vinyl record version was limited to 500 copies and the digipack version was limited to 2,000 copies.^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

1. "... und über allem weht der Wind so kalt (Pest I)" – 6:39
2. "Legende des Leides (Pest II)" – 4:30
3. "In der Grube (Pest III)" – 2:23
4. "Auferstehung (Pest IV)" – 4:42
5. "Ich bin viele" – 2:26
6. "Eispalast" – 3:25
7. "Ode an den Niedergang" – 1:29
8. "Herzblut" – 5:54
9. "Endzeit" – 5:19

Das Ende des Weges

Re-released by Massacre Records with the demo Das Ende des Weges, in 2004.

1. "Einklang: Demo '96 "Das Ende des Weges"" – 0:13
2. "Blut ist Leben" – 2:11
3. "Eispalast" – 3:34
4. "Zeitenwende" – 3:50
5. "Herzblut" – 6:56
6. "Nichts wäret ewiglich" – 6:00
7. "Ode an den Niedergang" – 2:11
8. "Zu Ehren meiner dunklen Königin" – 3:45
9. "Ich bin das Tor" – 7:11
10. "Ausklang" – 0:07

Credits

• Michael "Blutkehle" Roth – vocals
• Michael "Bursche" Lenz – guitar
• K. Matthes – bass
• Daniel "DF" Fröbing – keyboard
• Ronny "Yantit" Fimmel – drums

References

1. Web site: Eisregen - Zerfall - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives . 2023-11-29 . www.metal-archives.com.
2. Web site: Eisregen - Zerfall / Das Ende des Weges (Demo) - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives . 2023-11-29 . www.metal-archives.com.
3. Web site: Eisregen - Zerfall - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives . 2023-11-29 . www.metal-archives.com.
4. Web site: Eisregen - Zerfall - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives . 2023-11-29 . www.metal-archives.com.