Ancient Ruins, by GANONDORF

Ancient Ruins

by GANONDORF

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	1.	He Who Walks Through The Ruins 01:08
	2.	Ancient Ruins 03:05
	3.	Cursed Bells 03:03
	4.	Ancestral Journey 03:34
	5.	Primordial Scream 04:35
	6.	Thousand Holocausts 01:59
	7.	Ganondorf 07:08

about

GANONDORF was created back in 2006 in Nulvi, an ancient mountain village in the north-west area of Sardinia, as a one-man-band. The project's founder, Nicola, took about ten years to find the right members for the band, helped first by Giovanni - who joined the project in 2008 - and numerous other artists in the following decade.
After more than ten years of activity and numerous tracks written until now, the band finally found the strength to enter the studio and record some of the most incredible black metal hymns to date!
As the same Nicola says, "After many years, finally the time has come to release our first album. Most of the songs presented here have been written between the years 2007/2008 whilst the project was still a one-man-band. After some line-up changes and various breaks, we have recently found the right stability to finally record such songs. What you will hold in your hands represents our last ten years of life and hard work, showing the future of this project."

credits

released November 30, 2019

The album was mixed and mastered by Delio Soro (SoundslikeKong Music).
The drums have been recorded at Saletta Comunale Franco Fancellu (Nulvi), by Paolo Lombardi and his Omega Studio.
Artwork by SSCVLT.

GANONDORF is:
Nicola Piras .:. Drums
Giovanni Murgia .:. Guitars
Matteo Usai .:. Bass
Riccardo Chessa .:. Guitars
Alessandro Ventura .:. Vocals

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"Ganondorf’s style of black metal is often explosive and ravaging, ferocious and furious. At its foundation are Nicola Piras‘ blazing blastbeats, thunderous double-bass fusillades, titanic kitwork detonations, and rapidly somersaulting fills. But rather than rely entirely on turbocharged assaults, he mixes in a variety of neck-snapping rock rhythms that amplify the head-moving grooves that regularly surface in these songs. And with Piras‘ riveting drumwork (paired an equally fleet and fiery bass performance by Matteo Usai) as the music’s propulsion, guitarists Giovanni Murgia and Riccardo Chessa weave a changing array of seductive and shattering melodies, while Alessandro Ventura‘s scorching vocals amplify the songs’ intense emotional power." [nocleansinging.com]

"Il lavoro delle due chitarre è notevole, tagliente senza risultare glaciale, anzi unito al basso dona corpo al lavoro dei cinque blackster; ottimo anche lo scream di Alessandro Ventura, che, senza essere estremo negli alti, crea un ottimo amalgama con gli altri strumenti e col drumming violento e forsennato del già citato Nicola (autore di una prestazione veramente devastante)." [metalitalia.com]

"Se c'è un problema in questo Ancient Ruins è che ti lascia sul più bello, e dopo 27 minuti è già finito e ti aspettavi almeno un altro paio di brani sulla falsariga dell'ultimo, o una manciata di sfuriate thrashy, o qualsiasi cosa, ma l'unica cosa che rimane è l'acquolina in bocca. Peccato perché fila via come un missile di buona fattura che dimostra comunque la bravura dei Ganondorf." [impattorocknapoli.website.com]

"Una combinazione di vari mostri sacri tra Burzum, Emperor, Darkthrone ed Immortal, tutto unito in un EP dalla produzione migliore di quella proposta nel black storico, ma non plastica e finta come nelle produzioni più recenti, insomma un gioiellino di circa venticinque minuti, che delizierà i fan del black metal feroce, ma non caotico, studiato e ben diretto e per questo di sicuro molto più maligno e sadico delle sue controparti esplosive." [allaroundmetal.com]

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Imperatrix Mundi Records UK

Imperatrix Mundi Records was born as a rib of Third I Rex, with the idea of promoting and releasing Italian black metal bands. In 2020 this project took a new direction, stepping up and focusing on a renewed independence from TIR.