Stronghold of Majestic Ruins

by RÜNDGARD

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Gabriel Tamas Rundagard is legitimately a great example of 90's worship done right. The mix of raw yet listenable recordings, violent vocals and an infusion of synths and preludes make this album a perfect display of why Black Metal is best to be left in the underground! Majestic performance! Favorite track: Visions Through the Grim Tower.

SANDRA.N.696 One man band from Chile.Minimal copertina introduce ad una mini opera in cinque parti,intro e outro comprese.Le ultime sono abbastanza evocative e fanno il loro sporco lavoro nell’accompagnare rispettivamente dentro e fuori l’ascoltatore.In mezzo,tre pezzi belli tirati, black vecchio stile con piccoli intarsi atmosferici.ma questi ultimi danno una piccola carica in più a canzoni articolate in modo abbastanza lineare, mentre il tutto risulta concentrato sui riff di chitarra e sul voce misteriosa.

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	Visions Through the Grim Tower 00:00 / 05:42

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1.	Vollmonddomänen 01:49	buy track
2.	Descending From the Southern Skies 07:02	buy track
3.	Visions Through the Grim Tower 05:42	buy track
4.	Spirits From the Medieval Storms 05:28	buy track
5.	Die Valdivianischen Schatten 04:54	buy track

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SIGNAL REX is proud to present RÜNDGARD's striking debut album, Stronghold of Majestic Ruins, on CD and vinyl LP formats. The CD version shall be released on November 5th, while the vinyl version will follow later.

Originally released as cassette by Mahamvantara Arts Records earlier this year, RÜNDGARD's first public recording is one literally out of time. Mainman Lord Valtgryftåk is a prolific veteran of Chile's increasingly potent black metal underground, concurrently handling the likes of Pyreficativm, 13th Temple, Gryftigæn, and Winterstorm among others. And while a number of those bands and satellite entities belonging to the Pure Raw Underground Black Metal Plague are indeed the rawest of the raw, with RÜNDGARD does he delve into ancient times, medieval majesty, and grim splendor somewhere between the earliest Nordic works and contemporaneous Polish ones.

Recorded during two periods over the course of MMXX/MMXXI and now featuring a mix & master by Rudrah Studios, Stronghold of Majestic Ruins suitably evokes its namesake both sonically and thematically. Empirically, the recording evokes the ancient passages and memories of a distant land submerged in mist and an interesting story behind ruins. As Lord Valtgryftåk explains, "Originally, this entity is directly related to those archaic dimensional Valdivian forces that still inhabit our realms, those forces from the past written in blood and guarded by solemn towers and fortresses that still remain alive." And truly, that past comes alive across the album's succinct-yet-expansive 25-minute runtime, maintaining a faithful respect for the old traditions and the sound of glorious times with an interesting melodic register at the same time very organic. No record-collector-nerd "raw black metal" here: only authentic ancient vintage!

For those nostalgic for forgotten realms and archaic ages, RÜNDGARD returns from a deep slumber with the fortifying Stronghold of Majestic Ruins!

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released November 5, 2021

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