ARKONA BAND PAGE
 ARKONA
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CURRENT NAME
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Arkona |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Poland |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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- |
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LABEL
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Eclipse Productions |
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GENRE
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Black metal |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2005-05-28, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2005-05-28, 00:00 |
In the beginning was the Messiah and Khorzon's idea of
starting the project in the area of black art, appealing to pagan's
principles. The principle of pagan's black art made flesh in March 1993 when
the demo "The Unholy War" was recorded. The next one was "Born to Die".
But in fact the quality of these pieces was far from decent standard.
Besides, they were recorded by the nameless group. That's why these
pieces have never been published. Next step was to find appropriate people
in order to enlarge the band. The wind of change started blowing in
autumn...
In autumn 1993 the band brought in some fresh blood. This was the
ARKONA'S renaissance, regretably not as a pagan fortress, but a black metal
horde. It was a tribute to arconian's warriors. The turn of 1993 / 1994
brought the creation of new stuff for debut demo. Hard work in March
resulted in "An Eternal Curse of The Pagan Godz" - live recording of one
rehearsal. Then the band changed slightly as well as their sound. The
pieces for another demo were recorded almost completely whitout
keyboards and - what is significant - the lyrics were in Polish. New demo
"Bogowie zapomnienia" was recorded in July 1994. It was a stroke of luck
that the demo caught the attention of the Swiss label Morbid Madness Rec.
They suggested to record the stuff from "An Eternal Curse of The Pagan
Godz" once again - as a debut album. So ARKONA entered the studio and
recorded the tracks for "Imperium", with Polish lyrics. But finally the
album was released by Astral Wings Rec. one year later. During th!
at period ARKONA prepared brand new stuff - which was related to second
demo "Bogowie zapomnienia" - entitled "Zeta Reticuli". "Zeta Reticuli"
was finally recorded at the beginning of 1996. Many labels offered the
release of this album. ARKONA had chosen Folter Rec. This German label
offered 3 - records contract, beginning with split covering two demos
from 1994. The record "An Eternal Curse of The Pagan Godz" was released
in autumn 1997 and it was the first and - at the same time - the last
one produced by infamous Folter Rec. Unfortunately, one of musicians
left the band and the question mark hung over the future of ARKONA...
From the half of 1998 till the end of 2000 nothing brillant happened.
Actually, there was only one significant point - the release of tape -
version "Zeta Reticuli" by Czech label Pussy God Rec. Khorzon and
Messiah had a crack at new pieces, but prospects for new record seemed to be
very distant ...
In spring 2001 Czech label Eclipse Prod. offered the release of "Zeta
Reticuli". A few weeks later the record was ready. After that, the
preparation of new stuff hotted up. In summer 2002 ARKONA entered the studio
and recorded the pieces for "Nocturnal Arkonian Hordes", which was
released by Eclipse Prod. at the beginning of winter. At the end of autumn
2003 the label edit the fifth album "Konstelacja lodu" with very severe
and underground sound.
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
