Legendary Czech dark metallers ROOT are streaming their highly anticipated new album Kärgeräs – Return From Oblivion. The album is set for release on November 25th via Agonia Records and includes 10 tracks. ROOT is one of the original pre-second-wave black metal bands formed in 1987 by iconic vocalist Jiri ‘Big Boss’ Valter. In contrast to Bathory and Venom, ROOT took the black metal genre in a more refined direction, featuring Big Boss’ characteristic clean vocals, dark sound and an epic approach altogether. Nowadays, ROOT is often recognized as an epic heavy/black metal act, or as the band simply puts it – a dark metal band.
Kärgeräs – Return From Oblivion will be ROOT’s tenth full-length album. Lyrically, it will be a concept album, and looked at from that perspective, it’ll continue the story begun by their 1996 release under a similar yet shorter title, Kärgeräs, that presents a tale of a proud nation.
The album artwork was hand-painted by Thomas Bruno. The painting started off as a portrait at first, but after the band’s decision to use it as cover, the mystical tree, ravens and other elements where added. Recording, mixing and mastering took place at Shaark Studio in South Moravia. Big Boss produced the album.
Purchase Kärgeräs – Return From Oblivion here
