Ichor
by The Black League
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 April 2000
- Label: Spinefarm
- Country: Finland
- Length: 58:27
- Community rating: 3.53/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The debut full-length by The Black League, the band formed by Taneli Jarva after leaving Sentenced, with Kimmo 'Sir' Luttinen of Impaled Nazarene, 'Ichor' was recorded at Tico Tico Studio and produced by Jarva. Its thirteen tracks of dark, pessimistic heavy metal set Jarva's lyrics alongside an adaptation of P.B. Shelley's 'Ozymandias', and the album launched the band with the video for 'Winter Winds Sing'.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, riff-heavy, guitars, powerful, traditional
Tracklist
- Doomwatcher (2:17)
- One Colour: Black (4:59)
- Deep Waters (4:33)
- Goin' To Hell (4:08)
- Avalon (3:33)
- We Die Alone (4:20)
- The Everlasting - pt. II (3:54)
- Ozymandias (3:26)
- Blood Of The Gods (4:58)
- Bunker King (4:57)
- Winter Winds Sing (4:48)
- Ecce Homo! (3:45)
- Night On Earth (8:49)
Credits
- The Black League - primary artist, music by [all music by], lyrics by [all lyrics by]
- Aleksi Ranta - acoustic guitar, guitar [electric & acoustic guitars]
- Maike Valanne - acoustic guitar, guitar [electric & acoustic guitars]
- Juha Laakso - artwork ["the everlasting" artwork by]
- Florida - bass guitar, written-by
- Kimmo Luttinen - drums, percussion, keyboards, written-by
- Percy Bysshe Shelley - lyrics by [poem written by]
- Janne Peltonen - cover [front cover], design [booklet design]
- Mika Jussila - mastered by
- Mikko Karmila - mixed by
- Miira-Mari Manninen - photography by ["bunker" photograph by]
- Leonid Kiarfal - photography by ["goin' to hell" photograph by]
- Tuula Lausmaa - photography by ["night on earth" photograph by]
- Pekka Ala-Aho - photography by [band photographs by]
- A. Huhtela - photography by [credit page and "hollow ground" collage photos by]
- Sakari Pietarila - recorded by [at lala records]
- Ahti Kortelainen - recorded by [at tico tico studio]
- Jarva et al - written by
- Florida et al - written by