Comes with an 8-page booklet with English lyrics limited 1000 copies
Special Guests :
* vox on - "...of virtue and might" by sykelig and henriette bordvik
** drums on "legion-and akation" by ormenos
*** vox on "deep beneath an ancient dominion" by stefan necroabyssious
**** keyboards on "myrmidons" by infernal lord
Having two new members in their lineup, comparing this effort to “Offermort Heritage” (2013), and some interesting guest appearances, the black metallers from Athens Dizziness released their second full length studio album, entitled “Bound By Strength”. What you’ll find is six tracks and a cover of “Deep Beneath an Ancient Dominion”, originally performed by Varathron (Stefan Necroabyssious himself is on vocals, as well). The tracks of the band’s new effort have a mid-90’s Greek black metal essence in them, with wonderful musical themes, epic passings, many moments with lyric recitations as opposed to the previous release, since Ithonas has a different tone quality, darker and more mysterious than the aggressive Gareth. The beginning of “…Of Virtue And Might”, in which vocals are performed by Sykelig aka Morfeas (guitarist of the Norwegians Den Saakaldte and ex-member of Naer Mataron) and the first riff of “Odyssey” stick to your mind even from the first hearing. The song that stood out mostly is “Myrmidons”, from my point of view. Overall, ” Bound by Strength” is a quite good record, even though as I see it, it didn’t surpass the greatness of “Offermort Heritage”. Still, if you’re an admirer of the Greek Black Metal scene, you should check it out! You won’t miss.
End of Summer of 2014. In the evening the smell of the suburbs in Athens is special and somehow colorful. The band is walking upward a slope in Pagrati to go to the studio, behind us a clear view of Acropolis with all its might, providing us with the proper ancient Hellenic feeling. It's time to write our second album.
The previous description would be our routine for the next months. The time passed, from summer to winter, leading to cold winter nights until the release of the album. That exactly pushed us to depict the beauty of Hellas and its history in our album. From warm to colder nights, from feelings of Grandeur to feelings of melancholy, always gazing at the remnants of the Mighty Ancient Hellenic Civilization. This album reminds us of our Great History and our roots driving us forward these 8 years in life. We hope it does the same to you. Dizziness would like to deeply thank the following people, friends, who blessed us with their feats in this milestone. Sykelig, Ormenos, Stefan Necroabyssious, Achilleas Kalantzis and Infernal Lord.
Once again, thank you for these beautiful 8 years for your support and we hope for many more.
Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
