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Epikarecorded at Valkiria studio 2005

Valkus: all instruments and vocals

recorded 2005, entirely re-recorded 2013.

Lyrics are taken from Velmhar, second book, llanguage used: Dekalurian.

The album has been re-corded in 2013  and implemented with three new songs that replace the previous Imharad, Ilkendarth and Madaka.

Released via Gs prod., limited to only 100 copies.

 

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Some have called it black metal, some have called it dark metal. I don't care what it's called, it's a great album. The whole feel is very atmospheric and gothic, but in a very unique way. Double bass drumming is rare, and tremolo picked black metal guitars are not that common either. He's not afraid to use chorus either! There are a lot of keyboards on this album. There are a wide range of sounds that I can hear, and they suit the atmospheric nature of the music very well. Not in a corny way, but in an almost epic way. Very dark and gloomy. They fit in with the guitars very well. Valkiria sings a nice variety of styles. His black metal vocals are superb, his clean chanting is perfectly adequate, and he does these other vocals that I consider to be half way between talking and Abbath. This range works very well, and serves the rest of the music. The drumming is very simple, which is no real problem. The sounds are fine, although the snare drum is a little weird. Not bad, just an odd sound. The best thing on this album is probably the clean guitars. On lots of songs, there will be great distorted guitars, but underneath them, there will often be subtle clean guitars that really give the album a boost by adding to the atmosphere. They're audible, but only really enough for them to boost the atmosphere rather than taking a prominent role. If you're a fan of atmospheric metal, with bits of gothic/doom and bits of black metal in there, this album is for you. This band is horribly underrated, and I'm sure your support would be appreciated. The best thing is, you can download all the albums for free, following the links on their myspace. Standout tracks: Amnhur, Epika.

 

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Valkiria is an Italian one man project that makes a climatic black metal without using the clichés of the style such as the hyperfast blast beats and the riffs that sound like saws.  Instead Valkiria begins with a mid-paced tempo with an epic and dark atmosphere.  In tunes like “Dhagar” there are clean guitars with a lot of keyboards that are the essence here.  There is a heavy use of keyboard here and the fundamental thing is to use these instruments and melodies to create good atmospheres and to make the compositions really memorable.  There are good guitar melodies and the voices are dark and deep, quite different that in traditional black metal.  There is a certain epic feeling in each one of the compositions which I find really interesting.  The sound of the recording is raw in the guitars and very loud in the keyboards helping a lot to the aggressive and majestic feeling to the music of Valkiria. 

 

 

 

 

NO DARKNESS NO LIGHT

Recorded mixed and mastered at Valkiria studio. Valkus Valkiria: all instruments and vocals. released September 20, 2019.

20th anniversary

Visions of lost souls + kelthanir double cd 20th anniversary 1996-2016. Released December 12, 2016 via GS production
Valkus Valkiria all instruments and vocals

 

HERE THE DAY COMES

Recorded at Destroyed studios, Vicenza, april-may 2011. drum recorded at Outer Sound Studios March 2011. Mixed at Outer Sound Studios by Giuseppe Orlando Rome June 2011, mastered by jens bogren at fascination street, örebro, july 201. Drum recorded at Outer Sound Studios March 2011. Guitar bass and vocals recorded at Destroyed studios, Vicenza, april-may 2011.Mixed at Outer Sound Studios by Giuseppe Orlando Rome June 2011, mastered by jens bogren at fascination street, örebro, july 2011. Released April 19, 2012

 

UPON THIS EARTH

Valkus:all instruments and vocals
In December 2008 was released a four tracks Ep edition, one year later was released the complete album with the original Ep cover, the only difference was the new logo. In 2009 the French label "Wildness" released a free download Valkiria compilation titled Break the silence. In 2010 the entire album was re-recorded. In 2015 the album was re-recorded again and new songs added to the tracklist. Upon this earth re-recorded, released on september 21 2014, via GS Production. All the tracks of the original version, which dates back to 2009, have been re-recorded and 7 unreleased songs have been added to the tracklist. The album press is limited to 100 copies.

 

EPIKA

Valkus: all instruments and vocals
Lyrics are taken from Velmhar, second book, language used: Dekalurian.
originally recorded 2005, re-recorded 2013
The new album version contains three new songs that replace the previous Imharad, Ilkendarth and Madaka.
mixed and mastered january 2019.

 

OF DREAMS AND PAIN

Valkus:all instruments and vocals
released 2007 re-recorded 2014
recorded, mixed and mastered at Valkiria studio.
Released on december 13 2014, via GS Production. All the tracks of the original version, which dates back to 2007, have been re-recorded and 8 unreleased songs have been added to the tracklist. The album press is limited to 100 copies.

 

BLOOD ON BLOOD

released 2006 re-recorded 2014
Valkus:all instruments and vocals
Mancan:vocals on "I've refused you"
Norsum: bass on "life"

Blood on blood album released on may 21 2014, via GS Production. All the tracks of the original version, which dates back to 2006, have been re-recorded and 10 unreleased songs have been added to the tracklist. The album press is limited to 100 copies.

 

THUR KUARANKHARN STHORN

Valkus: all instruments and vocals
Lyrics are taken from Velmhar's first book, language used: Dekalurian. Released November 11, 2004, exactly seven years after "The narrow bed" demo 97, represents a turning point.
Those who know the theory of seven-year cycles know exactly that this is not a case, and after two seven-year cycles I decided to realize this new version, but I only realized it now.
Black metal is something absolutely intimate, unfortunately alone in the 90s, it was still difficult to record even a demo. However, thanks to the technology of the new millennium, Valkus finally won his battle against low budget and mediocre and presumptuous drummers; elements that were the cause of a long and suffered creative standstill.
In 2004 I considered this work more a full length than a demo, cause the effort and time to make it, but then I remembered when a voice had predicted me many years before I would have made two demos before coming to the publication of a real full length.