Description

2018 re-issue on black vinyl in gatefold cover with gold-foil print and OBI-strip. Comes with a poster and a bonus 7″. Limited 500 copies

Triumphator was formed in 1995, but it wasn’t until 1999 that the Swedish death metal/black metal combo finally recorded its first full-length album, ‘Wings Of Antichrist’. Triumphator usually favours one tempo — ultra-fast — and all of the lyrics deal with Satanism and the occult. Not that you can understand the words that are coming out of vocalist/guitarist Arioch’s mouth; his choked, demonic style of singing renders them indecipherable. But despite its obvious limitations, ‘Wings Of Antichrist’ is a cult album and one of the most overlooked Scandinavian black metal albums of the 90s. Emerging from the same Swedish darkness that spawned the likes of Funeral Mist, Malign, Sorhin and Ofermod – Triumphator has, much like their peers, a legacy of chaos in its own right. While this might explain the ferociousness of the musical output, it’s also why “Wings of Antichrist” was the band’s final release. But what a beast it is. An ageless monument standing vigil for a very different era of black metal. Flesh-cleaving melodies interchanged with lunatic guitar solos are brought together by the pulsating militaristic violence of former Marduk drummer Fredrik Andersson and abysmal vocal range of Arioch from Funeral Mist. This release isn’t supposed to be musical, Triumphator’s goal was to provide a brutal, ferocious, pounding sensory assault, and the Swedes succeeded.

Track listing:
1. Infernal Divinity
2. Conquered Light
3. Heralds Of Pestilence
4. Burn The Heart Of The Earth
5. Crushed Revelation
6. Redeemer Of Chaos
7. The Triumph Of Satan
8. Goathorned Abomination

Vinyl single:
1. Conquered Light
2. From Under To Below