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Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army (2022)  Music

Posted by Fizzpop at Aug. 4, 2022
Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army (2022)

Amon Amarth - The Great Heathen Army (2022)
WEB FLAC (Tracks) | Cover | 43:04 | 312 MB
Metal | Label: Metal Blade Records

Armed with their 12th and arguably finest album to date, Amon Amarth are poised to return to full action with a bloody, broadsword-wielding vengeance. The release of The Great Heathen Army will kick-start another relentless global campaign, commencing with a co-headlining tour of Europe alongside Machine Head and fellow countrymen The Halo Effect. Still ruthlessly devoted to the ways of the warrior, Amon Amarth have Odin's wind in their sails like never before.
Amon Düül II - 5 Studio Albums (1969-1981) [Deluxe Editions 2005-2007]

Amon Düül II - 5 Studio Albums (1969-1981) [Deluxe Editions 2005-2007]
EAC Rip | APE, FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 1,84 GB | Covers - 266 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: SPV/Revisited Records

Amon Düül was a German art commune whose members began producing improvisational psychedelic rock music during the late '60s. The group's members released several albums, mostly recorded during a single extended jam session. Concurrently, some of the commune's more musically inclined members formed the longer-lasting Amon Düül II, who made their debut with 1969's Phallus Dei and continued releasing ambitious efforts such as 1971's Tanz der Lemminge and the more pop-minded Made in Germany (1975). Both acts proved to be a major influence on generations of experimental rock musicians to come and are regarded as pioneers of the Krautrock style.

Amon Düül II - Only Human (1978) [Reissue 1991]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 7, 2023
Amon Düül II - Only Human (1978) [Reissue 1991]

Amon Duul II - Only Human (1978) [Reissue 1991]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 217 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 79 MB | Covers - 4 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock, Pop Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Castle Communications (CLC 5022)

Amon Düül II was born of an artistic and political community called Amon Düül (which recorded during the late sixties a long live session made around collective and free musical improvisations). The band emerged from the underground German rock scene with a very original and eccentric album called "Phallus Dei" (1969). Only Human (1978) is way better than people give it credit for. Granted, it does not sound like Phallus Dei at all, but that doesn't make it bad, just different. What we have here is a band stretching out to encompass the style of the times, while adding its own unique flavor. As such, Only Human shows strong Disco influences, often incorporating elements from World Music. Spaniards & Spacemen is a delightful highlight, fusing flamenco guitar with cutting edge electronic dance music…

Amon Düül II - Yeti (1970) [Japanese Edition 1996]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 24, 2023
Amon Düül II - Yeti (1970) [Japanese Edition 1996]

Amon Duul II - Yeti (1970) [Japanese Edition 1996]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 438 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 166 MB | Covers - 80 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Captain Trip Records (CTCD-031)

The second album by Amon Düül II, 1970's Yeti, is their first masterpiece, one of the defining early albums of Krautrock. A double album on vinyl, Yeti consists of a set of structured songs and a second disc of improvisations. It's testament to the group's fluidity and improvisational grace that the two albums don't actually sound that different from each other, and that the improvisational disc may actually be even better than the composed disc. The first disc opens with "Soap Shop Rock," a 12-minute suite that recalls King Crimson's early work in the way it switches easily between lyrical, contemplative passages and a more violent, charging sound, and continues through a series of six more songs in the two- to six-minute range, from the ominous, threatening "Archangels Thunderbird" (featuring a great doomy vocal by mono-named female singer Renate) to the delicate, almost folky acoustic tune "Cerberus"…

Amon Düül II - Pyragony 10th (1976) [Reissue 2004]  Music

Posted by gribovar at April 4, 2023
Amon Düül II - Pyragony 10th (1976) [Reissue 2004]

Amon Duul II - Pyragony 10th (1976) [Reissue 2004]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 256 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 90 MB | Covers - 180 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Garden of Delights (CD 103)

By 1976, Amon Düül II had transitioned from a highly experimental unit to an almost traditional pop-rock act, with lyrics sung in English and a decidedly (and unexpectedly) rockist approach to songwriting. New members Stefan Zauner (keys) and Klaus Ebert (guitar and bass) contributed the majority of the songs, adding to the stark newness of the sound. While this album has its share of exciting moments, it is not a typical Amon Duul album, and will probably be best enjoyed by completists.

Amon Düül II - Düülirium (2014)  Music

Posted by gribovar at Feb. 26, 2023
Amon Düül II - Düülirium (2014)

Amon Duul II - Duulirium (2014)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 343 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 123 MB | Covers - 3 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Purple Pyramid (CLP 1808)

The return of the definitive Krautrock band, Amon Düül II, who proudly present their first CD & vinyl release in nearly 20 years, a bold new album of extra trippy, progressive, spacey, Düüliriousness! This special project features founding members John Weinzierl (guitar), Chris Karrer (guitar, violin) and Renate Knaup (vocals) plus longtime members Lothar Meid (bass) and Daniel Fischelscher (drums), With one of the most fanatical followings in all of rock music as well as a world renowned reputation as perhaps the most influential experimental band, this release is sure to get the music community talking.
Amon Düül II - Kobe (Reconstructions) [Recorded 1969-1971] (1996)

Amon Duul II - Kobe (Reconstructions) [Recorded 1969-1971] (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 423 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 154 MB | Covers - 40 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Captain Trip Records (CTCD-039)

Released to raise money for victims of the Kobe, Japan, earthquake, this Amon Düül II disc from 1996, like the very similar Eternal Flashback, is actually material from 1969 to 1971 reworked through the wonders of plunderphonics by members of the group into one seamless, 65-minute-long space rock epic. It's not quite as radical as the John Oswald remix of the Grateful Dead's "Darkstar" on Grayfolded or the Can remix album Sacrilege, though it's still a quite fascinating bit of trickery, as bits of tracks from the first two albums, Phallus Dei and Yeti, are blended with previously unreleased material. The rhythms are often looped to retain the essence of the original album, but drawn out into long, hypnotic passages with oozes of guitar floating around them, while most of the vocal sections have been completely excised out, leaving this a complete instrumental workout…

Utopia (Amon Düül II) - Utopia (1973)  Music

Posted by v3122 at Sept. 18, 2020
Utopia (Amon Düül II) - Utopia (1973)

Utopia (Amon Düül II) - Utopia (1973)
EAC | Flac(Image) + Cue + Log & MP3 CBR 320Kbps
2000 | Gammarock Records, GRR 83 806 | ~ 397 or 153 Mb | Artwork(jpg) -> 14 Mb
Progressive Rock, Krautrock

"Utopia" is a studio project by Olaf Kübler and Lothar Meid. Because it featured several regular members of AMON DÜÜL II (including Chris Karrer and John Weinzierl), it has usually been regarded as part of the DÜÜL discography, and, indeed, the CD reissue credits the album to AMON DÜÜL II…

Amon Düül II - Hijack (1974) [Reissue 2002]  Music

Posted by gribovar at March 18, 2023
Amon Düül II - Hijack (1974) [Reissue 2002]

Amon Duul II - Hijack (1974) [Reissue 2002]
EAC Rip | WavPack (image+.cue+log) - 283 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 107 MB | Covers - 141 MB
Genre: Progressive Rock, Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Garden of Delights (CD 079)

Released in 1974, Amon Düül II's Hijack is not frequently (if ever) regarded as one of their better albums. In fact, author Ingmar Schrober gives it a few scant sentences in Tanz der Lemmings, his biography of the band published in 1979. For the most part, this critical dismissal is accurate - fans and critics seem to agree for once - most of what's here is unfocused, very polished, meandering psych prog that goes nowhere. But Hijack is significant in the band's history, and perhaps for posterity as well, for three reasons. The first of these is that the recording of this album signalled a short-lived reunion of sorts for most of the members of the original Amon Düül - vocalist Renate Knaup-Kroetenschwanz, guitarist/vocalist Chris Karrer, guitarist John Weinzierl, drummer Peter Leopold…

Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei (1969) [Japanese Edition 1996]  Music

Posted by gribovar at Sept. 14, 2018
Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei (1969) [Japanese Edition 1996]

Amon Düül II - Phallus Dei (1969) [Japanese Edition 1996]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 257 MB | Covers - 41 MB
Genre: Progressive/Krautrock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Captain Trip Records (CTCD-030)

Out of the future ashes of the Munich-based hippy commune of Amon Düül, came this unit that seemed more serious about making music, other than as a social and political statement, Amon Duul II rose like a phoenix and built around Karrer (guitar), Rogner (bass) and Serfas (drums) and reputation growing, signed a deal with Liberty records and recrding their debut album in early 69, with two more members: drummer Leopold (from the other AD group) and bassist Anderson (pushing Rogner onto the keyboard stool). With two star guests, Burchard (Embryo, crosstown rivals) Trutzsch (Popol Vuh, also from the city), produced by Passport's Kübler, and graced with an astonishing psyched-out tree-and-sky artwork (courtesy of KB man Rogner), Phallus Dei is a landmark in Krautrock, also sung in a sort of medieval Upper German…