Remastered re-release of the second full-length studio album by Ukrainian Dark Ambient/Dungeon Synth band.
Dark Ages is a project of Roman Saenko of Hate Forest and Drudkh. "A Chronicle Of The Plague" was recorded in July and September 2006, and it's an atmospheric tale of medieval dungeon synth that takes the listener back to the dark ages. The serenade of a ghostly choir lingers as the death knell tolls, chiming across a barren graveyard; sounds of pestilence, decay & plague swell and linger to create something haunting and supernatural.
The album's lyrical themes are that of the Black Plague. Between the fall of the Western Roman Empire in A.D. 476 and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Europe was ravaged by plagues and superstition. Greek was largely forgotten, and with it much of the learned texts of antiquity. "A Chronicle Of The Plague" is a musical tale of the terror of 1349, which depopulated entire villages and decimated Europe’s human population…
"A Chronicle Of The Plague" is a masterful slab of minimalistic, eerie ambience. Saenko knew exactly what he needed to do to instil the most dread in listeners with the least amount of trappings. Though most of these songs stand apart from each other, they're all effective in building a tense, gloomy atmosphere. Not the kind of thing anyone would get turns to at a party, "Chronicle..." is exactly what you need if you've got a craving that only dark, dismal ambience can satisfy...
Re-edition features new artwork.
Elegy Records, 2006/2012 (ER36). Made in USA.
Tracklist:
1. Ships Full of Blackened Corpses 06:30
2. Rats 03:34
3. Blessed Be the Waters of the Avignon River 03:25
4. The Doors with Scarlet Crosses 02:59
5. Black Death 06:54
6. Dead Desolate Villages 04:03
7. Dreams in Yellow 04:28 Total playing time: 31:55 min.
Remastered re-release of the second full-length studio album by Ukrainian Dark Ambient/Dungeon Synth band.
Dark Ages is a project of Roman Saenko of Hate Forest and Drudkh. "A Chronicle Of The Plague" was recorded in July and September 2006, and it's an atmospheric tale of medieval du..