Ewigkeit

Band History

The purpose of this one-man project was to try and forge a totally unique musical sound, rather than copy from others. After the release of the first album, Battle Furies on a short-lived Neat Records subsidiary called Eldethorn, Fogarty reputedly gave his entire music collection away to an Oxfam charity shop so that he would be free of influences creating his next work. Starscape was recieved well by the critical extreme music press, but label problems delayed the release of Land of Fog, which was eventually released on Metal Age Productions. Fogarty himself regards this as the first 'proper' Ewigkeit album, and it gained him enough attention to get his project signed to the prestigious (in extreme music circles) Earache label, on which Radio Ixtlan was released in 2004.

Music

Ewigkeit blends many influences and styles of music together to create it's distinctive sound. At it's core, Ewigkeit is a blend of Ambient Electronica and Death Metal, with influences from other genres of metal as well as folk, mediterranean and other world music sounds. Fogarty records all the instruments himself at his home in Bournemouth, UK, though various guest vocalists, most uncredited, appear on some songs, along with numerous samples and audio clips.

Trivia

Ewigkeit means 'Infinity' in German.

Discography

• Faery Lands Forlorn Demo, 1994 (Self-released)
• Beyond Realms Unknown Demo, 1995 (Self-released)
• Dwellers On The Threshold Demo, 1996 (Self-released)
• Battle Furies Full-length, 1997 (Eldethorn)
• Starscape Full-length, 1999 (Eldethorn)
• Land Of Fog Full-length, 2003 (Metal Age Productions)
• Radio Ixtlan Full-length, 2004 (Earache)
  
  Ewigkeit also contributed a cover of Burzum's 'Ea, Lord of the Deeps' entitled 'Ea 2000-Out for the Count' (A pun referencing Burzum founder Varg Vikernes' stage name of Count Grishnack) to Unholy Records compilation Visions-A Tribute to Burzum.
  

  External Links

• Earache Records
• Ewigkeit Homepage