GODKILLER
The end of the World

The 1996 debut of cult classic medieval Black Metal mastery from Monaco's Godkiller. 

Remastered vinyl edition featuring the original artwork, and marking 25 years since its original release.

2021 CD reissue of the 1996 debut of cult classic medieval black metal mastery from Monaco's Godkiller.

A prime example of finely crafted, grandiose yet raw mid-90s Black Metal, the release creatively developed out of 1995's demo, The Warlord (incorporating music from that release, with anti-Christian themes prevalent throughout and an overall concept of the battle between good and evil).

With a cold, stripped down production, plus triumphantly dark yet epic riffs mixed with tortured vocals and highly effective synthesizer melodies, the EP evokes a strong Medieval atmosphere throughout, and shows why The Rebirth of the Middle Ages is still highly regarded as a glorious touch of darkness from the past.

Presented with its original artwork, plus lyrics. Remastered by Godkiller’s Duke Satanaël himself.

GODKILLER was formed 1994 in Monaco, releasing a classic debut EP of haunted Medieval Black Metal - "The Rebirth of the Middle Ages" - and 2 full lengths of cold Industrial BM between 1996 and 2000 via Wounded Love Records before going on indefinite hiatus.

The astonishingly accomplished tracks collated and professionally mastered for the first time as "We Are The Black Knights" are the two initial cassette-only demos preceding the 1996 release of the first EP: initial demo, the ferociously weird and eerie "Ad Majorem Satanae Gloriam" (1994) and second demo "The Warlord" (1995) which dials up the otherworldly grandeur, epic melodicism and unhinged vocals to breathtaking levels of desperation.

GODKILLER was formed 1994 in Monaco, releasing a classic debut EP of haunted Medieval Black Metal - "The Rebirth of the Middle Ages" - and 2 full lengths of cold Industrial BM between 1996 and 2000 via Wounded Love Records before going on indefinite hiatus.

The astonishingly accomplished tracks collated and professionally mastered for the first time as "We Are The Black Knights" are the two initial cassette-only demos preceding the 1996 release of the first EP: initial demo, the ferociously weird and eerie "Ad Majorem Satanae Gloriam" (1994) and second demo "The Warlord" (1995) which dials up the otherworldly grandeur, epic melodicism and unhinged vocals to breathtaking levels of desperation.

Official reissue on Peaceville