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taken from the full-length "The Course Of Empire" to be released the 13th of September 2019 as very noble double-vinyl record & compact disc editions and digitally via the know channels. www.van-records.de Guest solos by Jeff Black (GATEKEEPER) Atlantean Kodex on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Atlantean-Kodex-187524197964771 Ván on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanrecs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanrecords/ Album-Info: Ván Records proudly presents the highly anticipated third full-length album of ATLANTEAN KODEX! Almost nothing certain is known about this enigmatic outfit from the northern forests of the kingdom of Bavaria. Formed around 2005/2006 by Trummer and Kreuzer, the band quickly managed to become the centre of the new European epic metal movement. Their disturbing “Pnakotic Demos”, released in 2007, gained them much praise and a fanatic following. After playing shows at most of the renowned European underground festivals like Keep It True, Up The Hammers or Hammer Of Doom, in 2010 the band released their debut album. “The Golden Bough“ proved to be a massive slab of regressive Epic Metal, which won "Album of the Month" - spots in magazines around the world, for instance Rock Hard Magazine Germany, Heavy Magazine Germany or Metal Hammer Greece. 2013 marked the zenith of ATLANTEAN KODEX’ career so far. Already a renowned headlining act by now, the band released their now-legendary album “The White Goddess”, which even took them to the top 60 German album charts. A colossal monument of dramatic and epic metal, the album took the world by storm. The album was praised by journalists and fans all over the world as one of the best Epic Metal albums ever. Deaf Forever Magazine (D) elected the album as „Best German Album of the new millenium“. Numerous top spots in magazines all over Europe and the USA marked the enormous impact the album had and a new epic metal scene formed around it with newer bands like Visigoth, Gatekeeper or Lethean quoting “The White Goddess” as a major influence. After a longer hiatus the year 2019 marked the departure of long-standing lead guitar player Michael Koch, who was soon replaced by Coralie Baier. Even more important, the work on the long awaited third album was finished. Titled “The Course Of Empire” it is an monumental behemoth of molten Epic Metal and a more than worthy successor to “The White Goddess”. Darker, heavier, more raw and more complex might be fitting descriptions to provide an impression of mercilessly pounding of hymns like “Secret Byzantium” or “He Who Walks Behind The Years”. With thoughtful lyrics drawing from countless literary and mythological sources, “The Course Of Empire” is a feast for both the soul and the mind. It’s another masterpiece by one of heavy metal’s currently best and most original bands, both a proud creative statement of a defiance and a fist in the face of commercial mediocrity. LYRICS: From the dim red dawn of Creation, From the fogs of timesless time Came we, the first great nation, First on the upward climb. Savage, untaught, unknowing, Groping through primitive night, Yet faintly catching the glowing, The hint of the coming Light. Ranging the lands untraveled, Buildung our land-marks of stone. Vaguely grasping at glory, Gazing beyond our lore. See, how the Lost Fire smolders, We are on with the eons' must. Nations have trod on our shoulders, Trampling us into the dust. Holy - Holy - Song of Death and Birth Ghost Kings are chanting Of tragedy and mirth We, the first of the races, Linking the Old and the New - Look, where the sea-cloud spaces Mingle with ocean-blue. So we have mingled with ages, And the world-wind our ashes stirs, Vanished are we from Time's pages, Our Memory? Wind in the firs. Holy - Holy - Ever-turning Wheel The Alpha and Omega Ouroboros unveiled And our heart still yearns But the world, unheed, turns Ancient - Hidden - People of the moon Our hills were already ancient When Caesars met their doom ...