On the second day of last October’s Servants of Chaos festival – organized in collaboration with Parasite Gallows Booking – Polish Black Metal legends ARKONA stepped into the spotlight to play their newest creation, “Stella Pandora“, from start to finish. The strength of the band’s compositions and a full-force live performance further cementing their reputation as one of the leading exponents of old-school Black Metal.
Watch the band perform ‘Pandora‘, an excerpt from their Servants of Chaos show, below:
Listen to the full stream of “Stella Pandora” on Bandcamp and via all relevant streaming platforms! “Stella Pandora” is available – including merch – from DMP’s EU, US and Bandcamp shops.
Not to be confused with the Russian folk-metal act of the same name, Poland’s ARKONA has been producing crushing Black Metal hymns since their inception in 1993. Devoid of excess frills and gimmicks, ARKONA present a compelling sound: galloping tremolo harmonies, relentless snare blasts and vitriolic snarls flow into brooding orchestral synths and crescendos of melancholic and melodic splendour.
In 2015, the band joined forces with Debemur Morti Productions, releasing the acclaimed “Lunaris” the following year — a haunted epic of primal and melodic Black Metal. In 2019, ARKONA unleashed most recent album, “Age of Capricorn“, seven anthems of nihilistic fury, strident power, and masterfully integrated cinematic orchestration, punctuated by fierce, white-hot riffs and emotive melodies twisted into corruption.
Still operating with the same fervour that inspired band-leader Khorzon to found ARKONA, the Polish Horde have continued to perform onstage with frightening intensity at club shows and select festivals – such as Under the Black Sun – all the while crafting their magnificent eighth album “Stella Pandora“.
ARKONA live line-up:
Khorzon – guitars
Kaamos – guitars
Drac – vocals, bass
Zaala – drums
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