Cromworx releases "Cromworx"
The album contains previously unreleased early keyboard attempts of the Orkrist keyboard player. Out of these compositions, some songs were adapted for Crom's primary band Orkrist ("Sword and Sorcery" - album "Reginae Mysterium”.
2002 "The Fall of Gil-Galad" and "Grond" - album "Grond" 2003, "Where the Knights Sleep, Undying" - album "Artefacts of Life" 2020).
The songs from the original Cromworx set remained untouched for 22 years and were authentically recorded only in 2022, on a keyboard with a 1.44" floppy disc mechanism and no professional production in any studio. Apart from minor re-arrangements and a few added vocals, the songs remain in their original form.
For Northern Silence, the Cromworx debut album is easily one of the best medieval Dungeon Synth releases ever - varied and captivating, with beautiful melodies and sophisticated compositions that remind the listener of bygone times as well as fantasy settings and role-playing game soundtracks – it is an absolute must-have not only for fans of Fief, Pazuzu or Die Verbannten Kinder Evas.
Officially released by Northern Silence on CD & MC in February 2023 and later in 2023 on LP.
Tracklist:
1. Prologue 03:28
2. Unnamed Themes (Part I) 03:12
3. Das Opfer deiner Finsternis 02:36
4. Intermezzo I 01:30
5. The Curse of Averon 03:55
6. Intermezzo II 00:44
7. Sea, Wind and the Moonlight Chant 02:31
8. Unnamed Themes (Part II) 03:12
9. Intermezzo III 00:34
10. Phantasmarch 01:58
11. The Darf-men Song 02:07
12. Unnamed Themes (Part III) 04:53
13. Intermezzo IV 01:03
14. Drommefanger II (A Tribute to Forlorn) 02:49
15. Intermezzo V 00:33
16. Horns are calling (Electrospective) 03:44
17. Kingdom of Filth 03:25
18. Intermezzo VI 00:56
19. The Dragon s Lair (A Tribute to Pazuzu) 04:09
20. Intermezzo VII 00:39
21. Epilogue 03:38