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Rise of the Imperial Hordes

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Rise of the Imperial Hordes
Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedOctober–November 1997
StudioVortex Sound Studio
GenreBlack metal
Length36:43
LabelBlood Fire Death
ProducerJim Forbes & Krieg
Krieg chronology
Rise of the Imperial Hordes
(1998)
Destruction Ritual
(2002)

Rise of the Imperial Hordes is the first studio album by black metal band Krieg. It was recorded in October & November 1997 at Vortex Sound Studio. Blood Fire Death re-issued the album in 2001 with a Havohej cover, "Enlightened Ones", as bonus track. Zerstorungs Produktionen re-issued it in 2005; this re-issue was limited to 999 copies.

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."The Arrival"1:14
2."Alarum"3:23
3."The Great Black Death"3:04
4."As Humanity Fades"3:20
5."My Weeping Soul (Part 2)"2:24
6."Coronation"3:37
7."End of Time"4:33
8."Calamity from the Skies"3:00
9."Reunion of the Ancients"1:47
10."Path of Soth"5:07
11."The Ascension"2:24
12."Enlightened Ones" (Havohej cover)2:50

Note

  • The original track listing only includes the first eleven songs. The twelfth song appears as bonus track in the Blood Fire Death re-issue.

Personnel

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  • Lord Imperial – guitar, vocals, keyboards on track 5
  • Lord Soth – bass, guitars, vocals, keyboards on track 9
  • Ted Tringo – keyboards
  • Teloc Koraxo – drums