Czech dark/black metal heroes ROOT have revealed a video for the song "Black Iris", taken from their latest album "Kärgeräs - Return From Oblivion", released in November on Agonia Records. Watch the video at this link:

https://youtu.be/myfFgVG6JkU

ROOT is one of the original pre-second-wave black metal bands formed in 1987 by iconic vocalist Jiri 'Big Boss' Valter. In contrast to Bathory and Venom, ROOT took the black metal genre in a more refined direction, featuring Big Boss' chartacteristic clean vocals, dark sound and an epic approach altogether. Nowadays, ROOT is often recognized as an epic heavy/black metal act, or as the band simply puts it - a dark metal band.

The new album, "Kärgeräs - Return From Oblivion", is different from their 2011's offering, "Heritage Of Satan". Commented by the band:  

"As always in our history as a band, we aim to deliver a unique album, something that will stand out and shine its own light in our discography. Expect dark metal at its best, along with some surprising elements. We've recorded one fully acoustic song and one entirely instrumental. Overall, the album will include ten new tracks that will differ from our previous records".
 
"Kärgeräs - Return From Oblivion" is ROOT's tenth full-length album. Lyrically, it's a concept album, and looked at from that perspective, it continues the story begun by their 1996 release under a similar yet shorter title, "Kärgeräs", that presents a tale of a pround nation.

The album artwork (available above) was hand-painted by Thomas Bruno. The painting started off as a portrait at first, but after the band's decision to use it as cover, the mystical tree, ravens and other elemnts where added. Recroding, mixing and mastering took place at Shaark Studio in South Moravia. Big Boss produced the album.

Tracklist:
1. Life Of Demons
2. Osculum Infame
3. Moment Of Fright
4. The Book Of Death
5. Black Iris
6. Moment Of Hope
7. The Key To The Empty Room
8. New Empire
9. Up To The Down
10. Do You Think Is It The End?

Available formats:
- Digipack CD with 28 pages booklet
- Black LP
- Red LP with A2 poster*
- Transparent red/black splatter LP with A2 poster and patch**
- T-shirt (2 versions)
*handnumbered & limited to 222 copies
**handnumbered & limited to 100 copies

Pre-orders: PHYSICAL / DIGITAL.

Since 1987, ROOT is led by founder & vocalist Big Boss - a controversial, yet valued musician, producer, writer and lyricist. He's one of the oldest and most characteristic black metal singers; one of the very few, who possesses an operatic range of vocals. Over the years, ROOT has maintained a strong underground following, while Big Boss rose up to become a cult figure in the black metal genre, guesting on albums by leading metal artists, most notabely Moonspell and Behemoth. ROOT has performed hundreds of shows worldwide, sharing the stage with bands such as Mercyful Fate, King Diamond, Cradle Of Filth, Apocalyptica, Moonspell, Behemoth, Impaled Nazarene, Nifelheim, Anathema, Sodom, Desaster, Pungent Stench, Master, Destroyer 666, Master´s Hammer, Enslaved, Testament, Marduk, Napalm Death, Krabathor, Hypnos and many other.

Line-up:
BigBoss - voice
Igor - bass
AD - guitar
Hanz - guitar
Paul Dread - drums

Upcoming shows:
25-28.05.2017 Maryland Deathfest (USA)

Full album stream:
https://youtu.be/J0JasaskA00

ROOT on-line:
Website: http://www.rootan.net
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ROOT-Official/396971113678944

Agonia Records:
Website: http://agoniarecords.com
Webshop: http://tinyurl.com/agoniashop
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