Caladan Brood - Echoes of Battle (Full Album + bonus)

[@bmpromotion]

1. City of Azure Fire 00:00 2. Echoes of Battle 10:09 3. Wild Autumn Wind 19:31 4. The Passing of the Grey Company (Summoning cover) 33:17 5. To Walk the Ashes of Dead Empires 42:34 6. A Voice Born of Stone and Dust 55:47 7. Book of the Fallen 1:05:37 8. Marching Homewards (Summoning cover) 1:20:32

[@fearsomefraulein6666]

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[@bmpromotion]

@@fearsomefraulein6666 😘

[@fearsomefraulein6666]

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[@ladymerza]

🖤🖤🖤 Loving this channel. Thank you! \m/

[@a.r.c.8919]

@@bmpromotion do you have any info on what Caladan are doing? This albums Is probably my fav album of all time and I’m desperately waiting for a new album but it’s been so long now I wonder if they’ll ever do another :-(

[@ea297]

These dudes came in, dropped the best atmospheric/epic black metal album ever as a side project and just disappeared. Still hoping for a new release in the future.

[@bennyjones7675]

I agree 100%🤘

[@kaidatu.]

Best albums belongs to Summoning. This dudes made inspired from that well made stuff.

[@ea297]

@@kaidatu. I know summoning is legendary and influenced many bands including this one, but I personally think this is better than anything summoning has ever released. Again, personally.

[@krax4919]

П

[@Ataraxian666]

Some info. Many years ago my friend brought his vinyl to be signed at a Visigoth show. This was kinda when people didn't know these bands had the same members... anyways... the main guy was pretty stoked and did mention that the new album was in the works. To paraphrase, "The new CB album is coming, but it will be COMPLETELY different than the first one, more heavy metal." So I can only assume it's been released as a Visigoth album by this point, sadly.

[@Onepicbanana]

Starts with Morrowind, mixes in Runescape after 30 seconds, then puts my sleep paralysis demon on the mic. 10/10

[@Ausgebombt-x6n]

HAHA JUST LIKE VIDEO GANE AND FUNNY MENTAL ILLNESS LOL!!!!!!!!!

[@Trigathus]

@@Ausgebombt-x6n he mentioned runescape so its automatically funny you incel smh

[@mikeleeisback]

salesman sleep paralysis isn't a mental illness.

[@keksimusultimus4257]

@@Ausgebombt-x6n Sleep paralysis can happen to anyone..to some more often that others

[@Ejtan]

This made me smile :D

[@dca6667]

10 years old yesterday and still nobody has come close to this masterpiece

[@ingiald7970]

What about Summoning?

[@richardrobinson9534]

It's literally summoning worship........

[@devonlord-moncrief9355]

I will never forget the night I stumbled across them. I had found my way to Season of Mists homepage and they had an autoplayer running. The first notes of City of Azure Fire started and I stopped dead. This is easily one of my favorite albums of all time. While Im sad we'll never get another, Im happy I was able to experience this.

[@ryan8165]

Ok calm down this album rules but it can't touch most of Summoning's stuff.

[@devonlord-moncrief9355]

@Derangedxzombie Love Emyn Muil.

[@tothetopbro]

A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

[@anzufp9072]

Everybody: "Nobody can be as good as Summoning in black epic metal." Caladan Brood: "Hold my gredfallan ale."

[@bdawg3942]

I 100% agree! This beats anything the summoning have ever done. And I’m a summoning fan 👍

[@krzysieksalapa]

:-D

[@TheSecretsOfTheBlackArts]

Objectively Summoning are more precise and their eidetics stand out more. Without Summoning these guys would never go trough.

[@praisekek4170]

Summoning is good, really good. But they can't be the only ones in the genre. Caladan Brood is good and we need moar.

[@WhereinTruthLies]

@@TheSecretsOfTheBlackArts I would say that Summoning wrote the blueprint but Caladan Brood added decorations. It's more layered.

[@sourstateofmind5944]

Passed out listening to agalloch, woke up to the marching homewards cover, just want to thank KZbin for this beautiful moment in time.

[@dayyyyyd]

I hope to hear this soundtrack when I finally pass Hood's Gate.

[@anzufp9072]

Hood's balls!

[@bradfordbebb2513]

Steven Erikson deserves to have metal named after what he created. one of the best fantasy authors of all time.

[@nikhil1561]

I'm a little tipsy and I think I shed a tear reading your comment ;_; Erickson was the end point of high fantasy for me, so many good memories

[@mendelspalter282]

Does it get better after the first book? It felt like a smartass teenager thought he could make a series with the best parts of every fantasy author, but totally failed. Should I continue the series? I loved The First Law, Ice and Fire, Stormlight, etc.

[@Rewyn09]

@@mendelspalter282 I'm almost done with the 5th book and I have to agree, it's among the best of high fantasy I've read so far. But it's also rather different, narrative-wise. And given how far the different storylines can be from each other, I think it can feel somewhat... disconnected? It feels quite good to me to find those small things that connect everything to each other, though. That I'd suggest people to give it a shot, even if I can see why people wouldn't like it. I'd agree that it's probably a "love it or hate it" for most people. If you'd be still somewhat on the fence, I'd suggest to continue, as it does start out somewhat slot and it takes some getting used to its style. But since it doesn't really seem to "click" with you, I'm not sure. I wouldn't say it gets "better". I think a single book isn't really enough to appreciate the "whole story". Or rather the world and its characters I guess. But I'm not a fan of saying "You have to read/watch/play up to book 3/episode 10/season 3" or whatever. If the narrative wasn't to your liking in the first book, it probably won't in the 2nd or 3rd either. If the characters or worldbuilding didn't feel fleshed out enough, that increases however. Welp, guess that's enough words to say "no idead".

[@mendelspalter282]

@@Rewyn09 I'm used to reading fleshed out characters from Joe Abercrombie and Brandon Sanderson. I felt like Steven Erikson wanted to have really deep characters, and really complex and dark, but he wanted the story to be fast paced also, which I'm not sure works. He wanted to combine the breadth of Game of Thrones, The Wheel of Time, with the character depth of Brandon Sanderson, and Joe Abercrombie, but you can't have both. Also another problem I found, he wanted his world to be huge and have hundreds of thousands of years of history, but it doesn't look big when some of the characters already in the first book lived that long. The giant character at the end of the book (I forgot the name) who's the evil character so to say, we hear throughout the book how terrifying he is, and then in one fight he's finished and dead. It's just weird, you know?

[@Rewyn09]

@@mendelspalter282 I'm not sure about specifically wanting the characters to be "dark". Neither for the story to be fast paced, at least for most of the book(s). As for the characters, there's just way too many for me to be really able to say much about all of them. There's definitely some who are more complex and deep than others, and there's definitely some that "feel" as much, but I haven't really read enough to see if there's actually more to them later on. As for the story being fast paced, I'd go so far as to say it's rather the opposite for the most part? Only towards the end of the books, where the different storylines converge and the tempo picks up quite a bit. But at least for me that worked quite well and gave a decent balance. I'd expect people to have bigger issues with the slow start(s), but maybe the contrast is too big for some as well. As for the world being big and having hundred of years of history, I'm still undecided on how that works out. I don't think characters in the first book having lived that long is a big issue, rather it can work decently well when you later on read about their "earlier days". I'm assuming with the giant character at the end of the book you mean the... ... [SPOILER for book 1] ... ... ... Jaghut Tyrant? Yeah, he definitely got hyped up quite a bit, but him being beaten as easily didn't feel weird to me, but more showed the difference of time that had passed since. In the overall story, his position as the "evil guy" isn't remotely relevant from what I've read either. Hell, even in the first book during the buildup I didn't see him as a major player, more like a momentary threat. I think it also showed how single characters and events like that are easily "dwarved" by how little they are relevant in the overall world. Kinda like how humanity on earth seems like this massive overarching presence, but when you consider how little time we've existed compared to the lifetime of the earth (or even universe), it's hardly noticeable.

[@GBHighlands]

City of Azure Fire has been my alarm tune for almost 10 years now. Those otherwordly harp notes have been carrying me out of the dream world and into each new day thousands of times.

[@jesse7205]

This album is just brilliant. Wild Autumn Wind left me speechless. The vocals, especially when they harmonize, the instrumentation, the progression of each song like a journey...speechless. Each one took me further from driving along the highway to traveling beneath a sky cascaded by dusk, mountains silhouetted by the setting sun's last light attempting to find a way around or through the clouds. Nostalgic. Anyway, I was hoping to find more, but saddened to learn this was their only release. I've played in various metal bands, and I have to admit, hearing this reignited a motivation I thought was lost to time. This is an excellent and exceptional piece of art. Bravo, gentlemen.

[@celestialcolosseum]

Wild Autumn Wind is a masterpiece.

[@Lexxal_]

The ending reminds me of Battle of Palanor fields in LOTR

[@dadoniks1184]

Black metal Despacito

[@dirtthirst3348]

Empty halls sing a hollow fall Dust-strewn cobblestones lead them home Ships now dreaming in their quiet ports Raise your glass to the ones returning Icy barrows and forgotten swords Snow-capped mountains hold forgotten words Deeds heroic and deeds unknown Carved upon the empty throne

[@across_the_rainbow_bridge]

I always return to this album. Really a masterpiece.

[@icarivgustorvilski7913]

As someone who read all 11000+ pages of A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen. I declare this a Master Piece. Please make more

[@kickmeugly]

@Putrid Fetus yep

[@tit_man]

@Putrid Fetus Be prepared to finish the series and then want to re-read the whole thing

[@icarivgustorvilski7913]

@Putrid Fetus Dude its the best piece of fiction ever written. So underrated. It is a hard read for some though. Massive journey. This music seriously does it justice.

[@Espectador666]

I will read it when i find the time, even if it takes me years.

[@Sinmara]

I got up to the last book and somehow lost the thread at the beginning and haven't been able to finish it since :/ but it's a masterpiece.

[@RAMENn00dleb0y]

Still one of the greatest albums I've ever listened to.

[@petko-0969]

same here

[@okok-br9be]

Same here. Even though 90% of my Vinyls are Rap/Hip Hop.

[@InuskaHonzik]

The only band I listen on KZbin instead of Spotify.

[@InuskaHonzik]

...well because it's not on Spotify :(

[@trollstuffbossness1166]

It was.

[@LMTR14]

listen to music on cds vinyl and cassette you dumbass

[@Hopium500]

@@LMTR14 not everyone has money to spare allot of the time you douchebag.

[@martiruhay]

@@LMTR14 but... why?

[@longingbydesign]

To me, this album is the very definition of ABM. Nothing beats this.

[@gabrielhoffmann657]

Summoning

[@PanVejce]

Saor

[@hazmatmatt1039]

Oblivion by Arx Atrata is so far my absolute favourite ABM album.

[@FREEDOMLOVER1000]

Whats abm?

[@longingbydesign]

@@FREEDOMLOVER1000 Atmospheric black metal.

[@berserker2551]

7 years already passed. I hope they are working in a amazing new album.

[@raginggoats2496]

its probably gonna be a one time thing sadly. Jake 'Shield Anvil' Rogers is the vocalist of Visigoth (heavy metal) and Sven 'Mortal Sword' Smith plays vocals and guitar in Winterlore as Thorolf (black metal) so to be honest them coming back together to make atmospheric black again is nihil sadly

[@eyeseayew189]

@@raginggoats2496 glad this was cleared up. I'm going to check those bands out. Shame they won't do another album. Band was pretty unique.

[@Rewyn09]

@@eyeseayew189 Check out Gallowbraid, it's a soloproject of one of them. Only a single album as well, sadly.

[@berserker2551]

@@raginggoats2496 Its a shame,we deserved more by this guys Very nice work Sry for the delay

[@ElectronicYouth]

@@Rewyn09 he told me he's working on a new one

[@quimbyaszzz7403]

that landscape in the cover of the disc reminds me a lot to the world of Tolkien, it is beautiful

[@SwirlingDrama]

A lot of the musical inspiration came from The Malazan Empire series by Steven Erikson. They're pretty solid and his world building is top tier.

[@ion.robu.999]

Middle Earth...

[@qwerty123412341000]

The name "Caladan Brood" is directly taken from a character from the book series "The Malazan book of the Fallen" by Steven Erikson, as was mentioned. This entire album is about that. (save for the Summoning covers)

[@jacekekawa4498]

@@SwirlingDrama thanks for the recommendation. I've been looking for a good fantasy series for ages.

[@christopherruiz2647]

the book of the fallen is the most complex, bloody and spectacular world of fantasy of this time... Steven Erikson es un maestro, de los mejores desde Tolkien!

[@doritomaggot]

When the world needed them most, the vanished.

[@petko-0969]

No problem, we have Summoning

[@Clownconspirator]

This album has grown on me over the past few years. When I have some extra time, I want to read malazan to honor this great project

[@lheyrsz7465]

Lyrics - Book Of The Fallen Still we ride, fight, and die Wayward path far beyond the pale We are lost, marching on Heavy hearts longing for those lands we once called home Emerald hills, sparking seas Fade to distant memory Horizons blaze in foreign land Ochre seas of scorching sand The fires of y’ghatan burn in the night The shadows of a fallen god Chains against light For weeks on end we journey on Weary and worn, the glory is gone All that’s left are tired souls Aching limbs and dreams of home The fires of y’ghatan burn in the night The shadows of a fallen god Chains against light Marching on as one as the ghosts of brothers sing Deep in the night where their faces haunt our dreams Halfway through the veil we are summoned to Hood’s gate Lands rimed in frost, they will damn us to our fate Push on through the din of the slaughter Flight through this perilous land To where our blades spring forth Soldiers of empire malazan We fight for the seat of the highborn Our fates were never our own Weathered skin is battered and broken Bloodstained dawn in a land unknown Stars reign in the sky of the desert Lost in the blistering sands A host now long forgotten Soldiers of empire malazan Far away from the hearths of our fathers We’re never returning home Weathered swords are a warrior’s burden Battles fought but our deeds will go untold Still we ride, fight, and die Wayward path far beyond the pale We are lost, marching on Heavy hearts longing for those lands we once called home Dawn has brought its cleansing light So we behold a mournful sight The fading sounds of clashing steel Bodies strewn across the field The fires of Y’ghatan burn in the night The shadows of a fallen god Chains against light Buried seeds, scattered bones Blazing hearts by steel sent home Mortal screams, names unknown Shattered dreams by steel sent home Strap on your shields and raise your banners Hear the call of raging battle Beneath a hail of burning arrows Push ever forward, never surrender Siege weapons tolling out like thunder Ripping the city walls asunder Columns of flame reach ever skyward Horizons filled with burning pyres

[@sanyi3728]

Everything that is touched by Jake Rogers ends up being a masterpiece. Gallowbraid, Caladan Brood and Visigoth are some of the best old school bands out there.

[@jeremygauer7883]

😀👍

[@ElectronicYouth]

he's a funny dude too

[@ingwarmagn3393]

Will they come back someday, or is Caladan Brood a one-time project? The valiant army of fans in sparkling armor love them and wait!

[@martiruhay]

I really hope they do. I neeed mooooore!

[@Poodleinacan]

If they want time to make their album stand to their own standads, I don't mind the wait.

[@TheBmxadam]

There's an album released by one of the members under the band name Gallowbraid, very similar to this. Highly recomend checking him out. Awesome one man project.

[@angelv7720]

@@TheBmxadam thanks.

[@Xshathra006]

I've read an interview on a german site where one of the guy stated that the other half of the project wasn't interested in making more music as Caladan Brood. Well, with Oponn's luck maybe we'll get something in the future.

[@fiilthy]

Never forget Coltaine and The Chain of Dogs

[@cara4969]

Just reading this... Who is cutting onions again?

[@oniflrog4487]

@@cara4969 A T'lan Imass just got into my eyes... I assure you, I'm not "crying".

[@ivanjelenic5627]

Never forget the Fist of Crows!

[@anzufp9072]

Coltaine is reborn!

[@ignacywinski192]

Coltaine rattles slow across the burning land. The wind howls through the bones of his hate-ridden command. Coltaine leads a chain of dogs ever snapping at his hand. Coltaine's fist bleeds the joumey home along rivers of red-soaked sand. His train howls through his bones in spiteful reprimand. Coltaine leads a chain of dogs ever snapping at his hands.

[@chargehardsdg1674]

Strap on your shields and raise your banners Hear the call of raging battle Beneath a hail of burning arrows Push ever forward, never surrender Siege weapons tolling out like thunder Ripping the city walls asunder Columns of flame reach ever skyward Horizons filled with burning pyres and stuff like this!

[@cfd1052]

Chills through my spine every time i hear this... _\m/

[@ayslanderrr4008]

someone recommended this album to me. i'll say it again, i love this vibe, it feels like, hmm, rain on beautiful nature, idk. long soundtracks, it's not boring, because you can really enjoy just music or thinking, reading, walking and ect while listening. i hope, that i wrote all rightly. 1,5 hours was worth it🖤⚔️

[@Aeonreignproductions]

It’s stupid how amazing this is, legitimately this might be one of the greatest modern bm albums I’ve ever heard

[@DamienArnould]

same, i really like the medieval atmosphere

[@oliverjohn5566]

It definitely has something that no other album offers. It also has that solid European vibe going on even though it is an American band and that is very surprising!

[@pavlo3511]

this IS the definition of atmospheric bm, nothing tops this

[@Lindisfarne666]

@@oliverjohn5566 Believe it or not, some of us American's aren't completely genocided yet. We still hear the call of our great European forefathers.

[@oliverjohn5566]

@@Lindisfarne666 Amen to that! Alway remember your roots 😊🤘

[@jacobl4534]

I had no idea atmospheric black metal existed. This is such an awesome sound! Somehow I'm invigorated yet feel peaceful at the same time. This feels like the place where the demons of my bipolar disorder can all coexist and and be satisfied together without their usual fight for control.

[@__-qq8rx]

Balances you out, between the darkness and the light.

[@ПавелМонахов-з3ю]

Best "Summoning" covers, show how really good "Summoning" is.

[@JohnYannoulas]

You're right CB's version sounds like an actual symphonic opening, when the original sounds like a nintendo track

[@nathangby8256]

One of my favourite albums of all time

[@sototototo]

The greatest black metal based on the greatest fantasy books.

[@DarkJackal87]

As a Thrash Metal maniac and binge-listener, i've just discovered this genre and now i'm bingeing through EVERY Atmospheric/Epic/Black Metal release i can eat through, and also Dungeon Synth releases, and i can't stop, help me! Thanks to Caladan Brood for helping me discover a whole new world

[@huguestalbot4543]

Try Shylmagoghnar

[@glitchloading]

This is the group who needs to orchestrate the Malazan movies I've been praying for.

[@WTfire10]

Let's be honest it's almost impossible to do these books justice. The budget would be much higher than game of thrones for example.

[@WayoftheFerret]

​@@WTfire10With the state of the film industry, I'm thankful Malazan has never had a film adaptation.

[@hansjensen1648]

Ive been listening to this album for a while - i know there was another iteration which was removed ..so it has been a few years. beyond that, this album inspired me to read the books! ( Malazan Empire Book of the Fallen - epub format for like 90 usd) I just finished book 4, started 5. ~6,300 pages to go. funny how one love can lead to another.

[@steelstringstrangulation3424]

My favorite series by far. Book 4 was my favorite \m/

[@Demoliri]

​@@steelstringstrangulation3424 My favorite was book 2 (Dead House Gates) because it really sets the mood for the rest of the series, and the ending is just heart wrenching. But the whole series of books is just phenomenal. Definitely time for a re-read, it's been about 5 years at this stage.....

[@Plantarea]

5:08 sooo.. beautiful, clean piano flying together with guitar distortion :)))

[@PauloNunoPaiva]

Majestic, dark, nostalic... A piece of Art! Hail to Northern Gods!!!

[@jeremygauer7883]

😀👍

[@СмерШ-т9х]

Ну почему? Почему всего один альбом??! Ведь это один из лучших коллективов, вдохновленных великими Summoning! Альбом просто великолепен и настолько гармоничен, что слушаешь его и слушаешь, целиком, композициями и даже просто отдельными частями в самих композициях.

[@Vekturnus]

как метал такое себе, а так очень мелодично и красиво, а самое главное - атмосферно.

[@_dlh_drl_]

Хватило бы на целый алтбом, если играли бы только каверы summoning. Новый звук. Как звездопад у го.

[@Vekturnus]

@@Eazy-E_OG ну ты повторил то, что я и имел ввиду.

[@BaurRavenblack]

You know you've found treasure when you get carried away to a home you've left behind thousands of years ago.

[@johnarmstrong5533]

I love this album. I'm not sure how I feel about one of the bonus covers being inserted in the middle of the tracklist, instead of being added to the end. It breaks up the epic one-two punch of "Wild Autumn Wind" into "To Walk the Ashes of Dead Empires".

[@rothbardfreedom]

Actually, the covers close each side of the LP. The physical limita would create this break between songs anyway.

[@GratandeSkogen]

Oh my god... It's tearfully gorgeous!

[@ghostswitches305]

in my humblest opinion you are the BEST content aggregator on KZbin. No one else even came close. Thank you for ALL your playlists. Go on. I send them far and wide on social media to you.

[@Moonfog_PSN]

Second song is so fu**ing good!!! especially near the end with the two different voices.... 16:50

[@kaladin7487]

HOLY SHIT that part is so good

[@Ford.Prefect]

All of the album is so fucking good

[@aaronmacken]

time and time again, I keep coming back to this album for THAT FLUTE! 54:46

[@Midaspl]

It's tin whistle/recorder (could be played on both). Actually the melody is kinda simple to play :) .

[@ParetHardrock]

HOODS BREATH ! I've listen to many epic atmospherical black metal albums and this one is top 1, shame only one album is out and the silence from CB is louder than a Motörhead concert. Miss these guys

[@marianadasilvamadeira5236]

Grandiosamente incrível! Toda vez que ouço essa obra de arte, sinto o mesmo sentimento de quando tive o prazer de ouvir esse álbum pela primeira vez! É como se eu pudesse entrar em outra dimensão através dessas músicas.

[@Dizcafeinado]

Sem dúvidas! esse álbum me faz viajar, indo de encontro a lugares nunca antes explorado.

[@Padrelock]

Eu só fico triste por eles terem feito apenas esse trabalho e não deram continuidade na carreira. Sinceramente, eles são os melhores nessa vertente. Fiquei feliz quando o álbum foi para o Spotify!

[@Darkho1y]

Bridgeburners! First in, last out!

[@joaolopes5048]

man, that is probably one of the best album of their sub-genre, no doubt about that, the way this album ends is brilliant.

[@bibleinjapanese]

is it epic bm or atmospheric?

[@joaolopes5048]

@@bibleinjapanese I would call it atmospheric, but its just my opinion.

[@bibleinjapanese]

@@joaolopes5048 ok! ty for answering

[@СергейГорбань-у6я]

Это шедевр, жаль что только один альбом. Ребята я ваш фанат

[@AethyrDawn]

Still holding on in 2022.

[@AlexHakuro]

The fires of Y'Ghatan burn in the night!

[@icarivgustorvilski7913]

The Imagery..I read that scene years ago, and this song brings me back every time.

[@christopherruiz2647]

Great disc! The book of the fallen is the most complex, bloody and spectacular world of fantasy of this time...Steven Erikson es un maestro, de los mejores desde Tolkien! Greetings from Chile!

[@sabasologhashvili1030]

I Love Caladan Brood 💛, Thanks Black Metal Promotion 💜. This Is Excellent Epic Atmospheric Black Metal 💚. We Love Caladan Brood, From Georgia 🤘🇬🇪🤘.

[@serjohntheboar2502]

What a magnificent album, this is a revelation for me 😮

[@A-l-e-x-a-n-d-e-r1]

Хоть и один альбом всего , но за то какой , слушать и слушать хочется и не надоест. Жаль что больше нет от них других альбомов!

[@ИгорьКорчагин-у2м]

Скажите не знаете, почему у них только один альбом?

[@reclaimer2019]

@@ИгорьКорчагин-у2м they only have one album, but the singer also has another project called Gallow Braid, which is another BM project.

[@davidin3009]

I love this album and I think that Wild Autumn Wind is a masterpiece, the main riff is gorgeous!

[@blackenedwritings]

I'm more on the classic Heavy Metal/ Prog Rock/Doom side but there's something about ABM that keeps drawing me to it. Started with Summoning, of course. But this album is amazing and the comment section helped me discover a lot more gems. Thanks lads!

[@abraham12355]

This is so Morrowind like, I fucking love this. Forever and ever.

[@skazzard8193]

Such a great album, still waiting for that Caladan Brood/Emyn Muil split

[@elricdemelnibone5036]

They'll do that? great!

[@samotargos5199]

@@elricdemelnibone5036 Well yes, but actually no.

[@joeyuzwa891]

Yeah definitely not happening anymore

[@xisotopex]

this is epic. no wait, its not epic, its fucking epic. masterpiece. sometimes I think we live in a renaissance time, on the cusp of real and total darkness around times corner...

[@ingwarmagn3393]

This music is one of the most beautiful and magnificent that I have ever heard. When mossy old-timers say that rock is dead, I want to ... (hereinafter untranslatable Sicilian folklore mixed with Russian and American abuse).

[@bizzhat]

Aquilus -> Griseus ;) cheers mate!

[@RAMENn00dleb0y]

@@bizzhat Great recommendation dude. Another one of my all time favs

[@lukemcintosh9442]

HOODS BREATH!

[@caladan4700]

"Hoods crusted ball sack!" 😆😆😆

[@starklife1]

Man this is hilarious didn't know Malazan fans were serious enough to name their band after a character from the book. I thought we only do that for videogame characters. Hahaha great.

[@Xshathra006]

Errant take us

[@Honorhawk]

Hood's balls on an anvil!

[@croaker_]

Burn's sleep!

[@januszjankes6423]

Przepiękny wprost cudowny Epick Black Metal o mocnym vocalu a także zajebistych rytmów zadumy i melancholii zacnych wspaniałych instrumentów to jest to 🤘 😈 🖤🖤🖤🖤super.

[@mirxlatzelott581]

A friend of mine gave me a shirt of this band as a present. I didn't know them before. I am so thankful to know them now! And also: Thank you for uploading this masterpiece!

[@Valnoten]

Just bought a copy, thanks! Never heard of this until now

[@domalum]

Simply excellent

[@RmvlXprt]

This album is several years old as of this comment and it is STILL fucking relevant to this day. This album is a masterpiece of any genre

[@kristofkovacs1742]

Why would any good album lose its relevance with time?

[@protodeaconBojanCecar]

A true masterpiece. Thank you BMP.

[@waywardsuol]

The title track is so freaking amazing. Those vocal harmonies are epic!

[@gordo970]

Only just discovered this album and consequently Gallowbraid. What amazing music, incredibly moving!

[@waynedunn1108]

Shit this is awsome the music is top shit love and the voacals are up my alley . Love it . First listen thmbs up . The music is very atmospheric . This is going straight to my usb recording list . Big balls to the wall from sydney australia 29/6/2023

[@bennytolkienfreund7182]

One of my favorite albums. Fun fact: I always have to think of the track "The Road Most Travelled" of the Morrowind-soundtrack when I hear the intro of Echoes of Battle. Both great pieces of epic fantasy music.

[@metalstone4468]

one of the decades best album which I heard.Hail from Romania

[@ihearthuckabeess]

The end of Echoes of Battle (second song), the second voice reminds me of Woods of Ypres David Gold singing, and in general the whole last 1/3 of the song Probably that's why I love this band so much, symbolically it replaced Woods for me

[@Nath808975462]

So glad someone else thought so, felt very spooky like David from beyond the grave

[@eh8432]

The cleans perfected the album for me.

[@harpomarxist4185]

Gods, I miss Woods :(

[@roseredlich6324]

Oh Caladan Brood please come out with another album! You are by far one of the best metal bands I have ever heard.

[@subgoose9730]

Amazing! at 14:17 the melody reminds me of Question of Heaven by Iced Earth. Overall superbly done and well produced black metal

[@byxxde6429]

один из лучших альбомов всех времен, спасибо

[@DjImpossibility]

In my opinion, To Walk the Ashes of Dead Empires is probably the best abm song, I've ever heard! It's got it all...

[@echelon721]

13:07 holy F how good can music be..... breathtakingly good !

[@edenwind909]

Summoning, Caladan Brood and Medenera, three great bands!

[@TheHungrySurgeon]

Where would be a good place to start with Summoning? Never did check them out, but if they are similar to this then I will have to.

[@DarknessMattes]

@@TheHungrySurgeon stronghold, minas morgul

[@Thyrfing666]

@@TheHungrySurgeon Great name! All of Summoning's stuff is great. You really can't go wrong. My favourite is "Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Name" and "Dol Guldur".

[@TheHungrySurgeon]

Cheers for the recommendations guys.

[@PRHILL9696]

@@TheHungrySurgeon Stronghold, Oath bound

[@dasari6033]

Just beautiful...

[@missRockngirl00]

Ça t'arrache le coeur, tout en te promettant une lueur d'espoir ! Puissant !

[@addrimh9971]

Normalmente en los albums siempre hay una o dos canciones que no me gustan. Pero chingao este album es perfecto de principio a fin.✨

[@madejesusmorenojimenez1780]

Lo escucho una y otra vez y opino lo mismo contigo

[@icositetracoronciclosincro5448]

Totalmente de acuerdo

[@adonismuino8443]

a mi me suena a SUMMONING y mucho

[@milamorrishurff6980]

В дни полнейшего душевного отчаяния эта музыка исцелила меня.

[@rolsen1304]

Same.

[@tillas_doom]

Epic Greatness! 🫡

[@vipersb1]

This album is a masterpiece. Some of the best clean vocals I've ever heard. Impatiently waiting for the next album...

[@GigglingStoners]

Dont think it's coming bro

[@clappedtrim2319]

This was a one time project. Kinda sucks, but hey there's other great bands like minenwerfer and summoning and saor in epic/atmospheric black metal that you might like

[@freddy_the_fish]

One of my absolute favorite albums of all time. I enjoy falling asleep to it haha

[@demonic.]

absolute banger album, love it

[@ch-arts-us]

I listened to this album 14 times on a trip from Boston to Florida.

[@iksniler9067]

My 4 year old son requests this album every time I drive him to daycare. Daddy is proud.

[@livegrimly4337]

Garmyr Grimson i hope is his name.

[@memevarg2530]

What a chad

[@memevarg2530]

Absolute chadness

[@mattquigley6518]

The cover art is perfect. I've been on top of that peak a couple times. Long way up, Long way down.

[@KATABOLIST]

Wow, Im still SHOCKED... The guitars, the vocals, flutes, keyboard, synth, drums EVERYTHING IS SO DAMN PERFECT! This is like if Hollywood decided to make metal music, I have no words.

[@Bratjuuc]

Hollywood? Seriously?

[@KATABOLIST]

@@Bratjuuc yes, 100% serious, because Hollywood strives for perfection!!

[@KATABOLIST]

@@Bratjuuc you don’t like Hollywood Movies? Lotr? Harry Potter? These are fucking good movies, Hollywood rocks!

[@crimsoncosmos3348]

Now these ashes have grown cold, we open the old book. These oil stained pages recount the tales of the Fallen, a frayed empire, words without warmth. The hearth has ebbed, its gleam and life's sparks are but memories against dimming eyes - what cast my mind, what hue my thoughts as I open The Book of the Fallen and breathe deep the scent of history? Listen then, to these words carried on that breath. These tales are the tales of us all, again yet again. We are history relived and that is all, without end that is all. / From the book Gardens of the Moon / Malazan book of the Fallen

[@landonlongon3439]

This is an overall perfect album

[@Draconian4]

I always meditate with this music.very relaxing.need more albums 😅❤

[@zuBerSTW]

29:06 This solo is briliant! \m/, greetings from Poland!

[@Therealgassu]

The best part of the album. Very great

[@navsergio]

Cuando La Música Te Toma de La Mano y Te lleva con Ella..🎶🖤

[@Nekrist218]

Epic Black Metal at its best, up there with Summoning for sure. 🖤

[@saberserker410]

I remember listening to this so much years ago. sad they never made anything else huh

[@lurji]

the same guys were involved in the project known as gallowbraid (the album is ashen eidolon which imo is far far superior)