EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE VIA THE NAPALM RECORDS MAILORDER AND ONLINE STORE This special DELUXEWooden Boxis strictly limited to 300units and includes the Digisleeve CD Pendant Patch Flag and Collectors Card After five long years pagan folk metal band ARKONA finally return with their ominous ninth studio album Kob to be released on June 16 2023 via Napalm Records Once again the musicians dive into the deep dark realms of vocalist Masha Screams philosophy and views on the future of mankinds modern existence while they paint their music in the light of pagan traditions With eight albums under their belts and multi-millions of cross-platform streams the eight new tracks on Kob reveal another side of the band forming the next chapter in their discography Preparing listeners for the first step into the abyss the album opener Izrechenie Nachalo ENG The Speech The Beginning gently takes the listeners hand leading them into trancelike realms of ominous whispers and murmuring voices - a recurring motif on the album While humanity pulls out the long-forgotten past Kob ENG Sorcery revives these ancient days with darkly painted tunes and the remarkable shouts of Masha Amazing clean vocals open the way for beautiful melodic synths and gloomy guitar lines while humanity buries the current events in the grave of its savoir Dominated by rhythmic synths and a catchy baseline Ugasaya ENG Fadin Away represents the modern era of ARKONAs pagan roots as well as the great diversity in their music The mysteriously melodic track gathers the strength of mother earth and carries the mind to a different sphere stressed by dashing tornado blast beats Melting to a homogenous mix with relentless shredding guitars rising harmonies once more induce goosebumps especially when they alternate with the layered clean vocals of Masha creating epic bipolarity Although Kob is dedicated to pagan metal Mor one of the albums longest tracks leans towards black metal - forming the most epic hymn on the album Challenging playful acoustic guitar fingerpicking with characteristic death metal riffs the wind instruments and synth effects represent the next step into hell Since the beginning of humankind its been haunted by plagues although mankind itself is the main plague of our time Not only articulating through lyrics Masha also sets the tone with her keyboard solo on the emotional Razryvaya plot ot bezyskhodnosti bytiya ENG Tearing the flesh owing to the despair of being While society digs its own grave through wars religious beliefs and environmental problems pensive wind instruments and acoustic guitar interludes transform the aggression of deep low growls and fast-paced guitar shredding Closing the album with the worlds absolute apocalypse on Izrechenie IskhodENG The Speech The Conclusion Kob is deeply rooted in pagan metal stylings of the old days but offers a modern spirit via its production and variety alike With their new ninth album ARKONA reflects each step of humanitys descent into hell while catching new ears and exciting longtime fans alike

EXCLUSIVELY AVAILABLE VIA THE NAPALM RECORDS MAILORDER AND ONLINE STORE This unique Die Hard Edition is strictly limited to 300 units as a black white marbled double LP in Gatefold Cover Slipmat Record Butler and 12 Booklet After five long years pagan folk metal band ARKONA finally return with their ominous ninth studio album Kob to be released on June 16 2023 via Napalm Records Once again the musicians dive into the deep dark realms of vocalist Masha Screams philosophy and views on the future of mankinds modern existence while they paint their music in the light of pagan traditions With eight albums under their belts and multi-millions of cross-platform streams the eight new tracks on Kob reveal another side of the band forming the next chapter in their discography Preparing listeners for the first step into the abyss the album opener Izrechenie Nachalo ENG The Speech The Beginning gently takes the listeners hand leading them into trancelike realms of ominous whispers and murmuring voices - a recurring motif on the album While humanity pulls out the long-forgotten past Kob ENG Sorcery revives these ancient days with darkly painted tunes and the remarkable shouts of Masha Amazing clean vocals open the way for beautiful melodic synths and gloomy guitar lines while humanity buries the current events in the grave of its savoir Dominated by rhythmic synths and a catchy baseline Ugasaya ENG Fadin Away represents the modern era of ARKONAs pagan roots as well as the great diversity in their music The mysteriously melodic track gathers the strength of mother earth and carries the mind to a different sphere stressed by dashing tornado blast beats Melting to a homogenous mix with relentless shredding guitars rising harmonies once more induce goosebumps especially when they alternate with the layered clean vocals of Masha creating epic bipolarity Although Kob is dedicated to pagan metal Mor one of the albums longest tracks leans towards black metal - forming the most epic hymn on the album Challenging playful acoustic guitar fingerpicking with characteristic death metal riffs the wind instruments and synth effects represent the next step into hell Since the beginning of humankind its been haunted by plagues although mankind itself is the main plague of our time Not only articulating through lyrics Masha also sets the tone with her keyboard solo on the emotional Razryvaya plot ot bezyskhodnosti bytiya ENG Tearing the flesh owing to the despair of being While society digs its own grave through wars religious beliefs and environmental problems pensive wind instruments and acoustic guitar interludes transform the aggression of deep low growls and fast-paced guitar shredding Closing the album with the worlds absolute apocalypse on Izrechenie IskhodENG The Speech The Conclusion Kob is deeply rooted in pagan metal stylings of the old days but offers a modern spirit via its production and variety alike With their new ninth album ARKONA reflects each step of humanitys descent into hell while catching new ears and exciting longtime fans alike

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Silver 2-LP limited to 200 copies Attention fans of the Russian folk metal band Arkona and fans of the LP format The first 3 Arkona albums Vorrozhdenie Lepta and Vo Slavu Velikim as well as the album Zhizn Vo Slavu will each be released as limited LP editions on coloured vinyl in gatefold cover

Red 2-LP limited to 200 copies Attention fans of the Russian folk metal band Arkona and fans of the LP format The first 3 Arkona albums Vorrozhdenie Lepta and Vo Slavu Velikim as well as the album Zhizn Vo Slavu will each be released as limited LP editions on coloured vinyl in gatefold cover

Marbled LP limited to 100 copies Attention fans of the Russian folk metal band Arkona and fans of the LP format The first 3 Arkona albums Vorrozhdenie Lepta and Vo Slavu Velikim as well as the album Zhizn Vo Slavu will each be released as limited LP editions on coloured vinyl in gatefold cover