Legendary Czech dark metallers ROOT are streaming their highly anticipated new album "Kärgeräs - Return From Oblivion" exclusively via Noisey.Vice.com. The album is set for release on November 25th via Agonia Records and includess 10 tracks. You can listen to the album in advance and read an interview with vocalist Big Boss, wherein he discusses a variety of matters, including being accused of being a "Satanic spy of the West" back in Communist Czechoslovakia:

https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/30-years-in-roots-hellish-symphonies-are-darker-than-ever

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", will be different from their 2011's offering, "Heritage Of Satan", says 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" will be ROOT's tenth full-length album. Lyrically, it will be a concept album, and looked at from that perspective, it'll continue 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.

Tracks:
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.

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

Upcoming shows:
25.11. Beroun (CZE)
16.12. Kroměříž (CZE)
17.12 Litoměřice (CZE)
25-28.05.2017 Maryland Deathfest (USA)

Previously released songs:
https://youtu.be/2lLvkGyaDuY
https://youtu.be/pLtFThy2IUk

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
Facebook: https://facebook.com/agoniarecords
Twitter: https://twitter.com/agoniarecords
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/agoniarecords
Bandcamp: https://agoniarecords.bandcamp.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/agoniarecordsofficial
YouTube: http://youtube.com/AgoniaRec