Post by Thomas Eversole on Feb 7, 2015 6:46:55 GMT -6
I. With Sword in Hand
II. The Blackened Faced Warrior
III. Heading Down the Path to Destiny
IV. With Madness in His Eyes
V. Among the Waste of War
VI. Along with His Sanity
I've decided to make this full length album available to everyone here on this forum, at no cost.
The reason is because 1) you guys are awesome and I want to give you all perks for joining 2) this release did well. All the CDs sold out in a few months and they're now out of print. There were a decent amount of digital downloads (iTunes, Spotify, CDBaby, etc.) which have plateaued. That coupled with the "above average" reviews from the metal world, I can say that this album was a success.
A little about this album, its the 2013 Ankou Awaits release. This was released through Black Plague Records, a label who hosts other bands like Vredehammer, Mysticum, Hellveto, Adhuk and others. 6 songs, but its over 40 minutes running time. This release had more symphonic elements and guitar leads than any other Ankou Awaits release. (which may account that the CDs sold faster than the non-symphonic releases?) The album also has some of the better production of albums I've recorded, and the total time spent writing/recording this release was 2 months.
Wyllt (pronounced like "wished") is the Welsh word for "Wild". Its a split concept album with half the album talking about a fierce warrior Gwyn Ap Nudd ("Ap Nudd" essentially means "Son of Nudd"), and Cyledr (pronounced "Colder") Wyllt. These stories are based on an existing old Welsh Myth.
The album story in a nutshell, Cyledr's father kidnaps Gwyn's love. (which not mentioned in the album, is also his sister - gross. HAHA!) and the first 3 tracks recount how he rescued her by defeating Cyledr (a guard) and killing Cyledr's father, the kidnapper. Gwyn exacts a horrible vengeance by forcing Cyledr to eat his father's heart, to which he (Cyledr) loses his mind and ends up going "wild". (earning the Wyllt name) The remaining tracks recount how he loses his mind, goes insane and hallucinates with no hope in sight. King Arthur and his men run into him, and even though Cyledr fought Arthur every step of the way, this famous king spends a lot of his time and effort to rehabilitate Cyledr and bring him back. Cyledr does recover.
The exact lyrics are at ankouawaits.com
The file download is in zip format - 103MB in size. All 6 tracks are in 320kbs MP3 format, ID3Tagged with embedded cover art. The zip file is password protected - please PM me for the password. I'm doing this because I'd like to know/track who's interested enough in the album to download it. While giving your brutally honest opinion about the album isn't a requirement of the download, it certainly is extremely welcome.
EDIT: Please PM me for the download link
Thank you for your time and interest. Let me know if you guys want some trivia about the album.
(I guarantee you might find a few aspects of its creation interesting)
If you haven't heard the album and want to sample before committing the bandwidth to download the release, the spoiler below contains two full length tracks. (Songs #1 and #5)