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Released
  
24 January 2005

Length
  
46:02

Meister Mephisto (2005)
  
Über (2006)

Release date
  
24 January 2005

Recorded
  
2004

Producer
  
Terje Refsnes

Artist
  
Sturmgeist

Label
  
Season of Mist

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Genres
  
Black metal, Thrash metal, Experimental music

Similar
  
In Harmonia Universali, An Icelandic Odyssey, Pills Against the Ageless Ills, Neonism, Norrøn Livskunst

Meister Mephisto is the first full-length album by Norwegian experimental black/thrash band Sturmgeist, the, then solo, project of Cornelius Jakhelln. It was released on 24 January 2005. It is the 94th release by French record label, Season Of Mist. A live drummer was originally planned to be involved with the recording, but Jakhelln wound up programming the drums instead, making Meister Mephisto the first time Jakhelln released an album that was an individual effort after being a professional musician since 1995. In an interview for Nocturnal Horde, Jakhelln stated that the music on the album was influenced by living for a month in Weimar, Germany. In a press release for Blabbermouth.net Jakhelln stated "it is no coincidence if Meister Mephisto has Germanic culture as its scene and source. In support of the album, Jakhelln garnered support from various Norwegian musicians, including drummer, Asgeir Mickelson of Borknagar and Spiral Architect fame, and went on a European tour with Season of Mist label mates, Carpathian Forest.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Ragnarok" – 3:50
  2. "Shock & Awe" – 4:15
  3. "Erlkönig" – 5:06
  4. "Army Of Odin (Hafrsfjord)" – 7:18
  5. "Master Hunter" – 4:31
  6. "Rattenfänger" – 8:13
  7. "Grimmer Than Ugly" – 4:48
  8. "Walpurgisnacht: 1. Satz — Die Flamme" – 3:25
  9. "Walpurgisnacht: 2. Satz — Meister Mephisto" – 4:36

Recording Line-Up

  • Sturmgeist (Cornelius Jakhelln) (Solefald) - Propaganda voices, martial instruments, all science & technology. The music and lyrics of Meister Mephisto all composed, performed and written by Sturmgeist.

    • Guest vocalists

  • Fuchs (Die Apokalyptischen Reiter): on "Erlkönig", "Master Hunter" & "Rattenfänger".
  • Lazare (Solefald, Ásmegin, Age Of Silence, Borknagar, ex-Carpathian Forest): on "Ragnarok", "Shock and Awe" & "Army Of Odin (Harsfjord)".

    • Trivia

    The album's cover art is a parody of the Jägermeister label.

    Songs

    1Ragnarok3:51
    2Shock & Awe4:16
    3Erlkönig5:07

    References

    Meister Mephisto Wikipedia
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