Viribus unitis
by 1914
On 'Where Fear and Weapons Meet', Ukrainian metal act 1914 delivers a historically entrenched fusion of blackened death and doom metal, using its devastating sonic palette to chronicle the events of World War I. The songwriting moves between grinding, visceral assaults and slower, atmospheric passages, often incorporating symphonic arrangements and authentic audio samples from the era to build a cinematic sense of total war. Lyrical themes reject glorification in favor of pathos, focusing on specific battles and the grim, personal stories of soldiers in the trenches.
Genres
- Black Metal
- Death Metal
Tracklist
- War In (The Beginning of the Fall)
- 1914 (The Siege of Przemyśl)
- 1915 (Easter Battle for the Zwinin Ridge)
- 1916 (The Südtirol Offensive)
- 1917 (The Isonzo Front)
- 1918 Pt 1: WIA (Wounded in Action)
- 1918 Pt 2: POW (Prisoner of War) (feat. Christopher Scott)
- 1918 Pt 3: ADE (A duty to escape) (feat. Aaron Stainthorpe)
- 1919 (The Home Where I Died) (feat. Jerome Reuter)
- War Out (The End?)