Sampler V @ Metalmessage Online Magazine

Release: December 2008 | Media sheet

[ pro done factory-pressed "silver" disc in blue DVD-case; contains elaborate vertical booklet

with gorgeous looking nature photos beside each horde's profile; unleashed in 2.000 items ]

Get prepared for an all around amazing manifest of deepest heathen passions:

"V" is a stunning marvellous song-collection of the very best in nowadays Pagan-, Viking-

& Folk Metal - certainly the most dedicated done Pagan Metal compilation ever !

Definitely a highly refreshing raffish release within all the meanwhile unbearably dull genre-stereotypes !!!
: "...proofes truly love for the detail... ...a roundabout accurate done compilation, which offers a really interesting overview over the scene from Europe to Canada and Brazil..."

: "...overall this compilation is a must for all fans of Pagan/Viking/Folk Metal, because the bands contained are mostly excellent and when you add the visual side to it, this is a true gem among all of the compilations, limited to 2000 copies, so get this while you can!"

: "...the fifth volume of the "Metal Message" sampler serial appears not only with an overall interesting musical variety, but emerge also as an optical gem of outstanding class!"

: "Graphical presentation, information and music sum up to a felicitous package and this compilation features the best of Pagan Metal has to offer these days."

: " All in all, "Metal Message V" is a strong sampler that is a true piece of quality."

: "...grand compilation offered by Metal message, truly delivering a heartfelt sensation and musical exemplars of young heathenism."

[ see additional info at Blabbermouth.net news portal ]

(Cover art "Thor's fight against cave-trolls" exclusively hand-painted by the legendary Ed Repka)

Read an interview with the real grandmaster of metal cover arts, Mr. Ed Repka, here

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[ Advert-version 1, placement inside Trollhorn Magazine ]

[ Advert-version 2, placement inside Pagan Fire Magazine #2 ]

1. FIMBULVET [] "Helias Bann"

2. HROMOVLAD [] "Slava" (exclusive song)

3. TUMULUS [] "Kochevonov Plyas"

4. DARK FOREST [] "Journey To Ever-Eternal Skies"

5. TIWAZ [] "The Battlelore"

6. DYRATHOR [] "Im Auge des Sturms"

7. XERIÓN [] "No Pazo Derruido Da Existencia"

8. ADORNED BROOD [] "Sons Of The Damned"

9. WAYLANDER [] "As Deities Clash"

10. NATAN [] "Volkskracht"

11. ANDRAS [] "Miasma Track"

12. OBSCURITY [] "Nach Asgard wir reiten"

13. VINTERNATT [] "De Zwarte Mis"

Total playing time: 78:22

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A connoisseur of the grotesque and proponent of supernatural realism, Ed Repka is known worldwide for his illustrations of Vic Rattlehead, Megadeth's skeletal mascot, which for over a decade have adorned CD covers, posters, t-shirts, and hordes of other metal merchandise. Also he has drawn artworks for bands as Death, Nuclear Assault, Sanctuary, Vio-Lence, Defiance, Toxik, Solstice, Venom, Possessed, Napalm, Massacre and many more.

Ed Repka:
Regarded as the undisputed king of "Thrash" metal art of the '80's, he specializes in menacing reminders of impending apocalypse, and grim visions of the irradiated aftermath. His vibrant abuse of color and shadow combined with darkly satirical characterizations form his distinctive style which has garnered commissions from clients such as Atlantic Records, Brockum, Capitol Records, Earache, Metal Blade, Ryko, Roadrunner, Screamin', Topps, and others for use on CD covers, video covers, posters, trading cards, t-shirts, toys, and comics. In 2002 he became Art Director of NECA where he designs, sculpts, paints and directs the successful action figure lines, Headknocker bobble-head figures and other collectibles.
Repka graduated with honors from Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in illustration.