Hollenthon

Hollenthon樂(lè)隊(duì)成員來(lái)自前 PUNGENT STENCH,常以性虐為主題?！癉omus Mundi"是Hollenthon的第一張專輯，樂(lè)隊(duì)主腦在這專輯中充份表現(xiàn)出他的天才：主音、結(jié)他、低音結(jié)他和鍵琴的演奏都是由他負(fù)責(zé)，他甚至包辦了專輯的錄音、混音和包裝設(shè)計(jì)。他的妻子則負(fù)責(zé)填詞及女聲部份. “Domus Mundi”的音樂(lè)基礎(chǔ)是和而每一首歌都混入了不同的音樂(lè)元素，好像和運(yùn)用了風(fēng)笛和笛子的便充滿中東感覺(jué)；"Lure-Pallida Mors加入了教堂式吟唱、合唱團(tuán)和交響樂(lè)，營(yíng)造出歌劇般的效果更滲出點(diǎn)點(diǎn)Gothic Metal的味道，而”Premonition-Lex Talionis”亦透過(guò)教堂吟唱和電影取樣使得歌曲更富戲劇性；”Reprisal-Malis Avibus”起始的一段取樣和之后的合唱令人聯(lián)想到土著的祭祀儀式；”Vestige-Non Omnis Moriar”刪去中段黑腔的部份便仿似是一首金屬山歌。大量不同的民族樂(lè)器和民謠旋律被廣泛應(yīng)用于”Domus Mundi”之中，但Schirenc卻能將這些不同的風(fēng)格很自然地融合而不會(huì)予人做作的感覺(jué)，而歌曲的氣氛也能和描寫(xiě)古代事跡般的敘事式歌詞相配合。另外專輯的制作質(zhì)素很高，各樂(lè)器的音色和定位都非常清晰，而取樣的民族樂(lè)器和交響樂(lè)的像真度亦非常之高。
The innovative, genre-bending metal act Hollenthon is largely the work of Pungent Stench frontman Martin Schirenc, who plays guitar, bass, and keyboards, and also handles vocal and production duties for the band. Their music mixes elements of black and death metal together with synthesized string sections and choirs, ethnic/folk melodies, film soundtrack influences, and more to create an unusual, yet epic and bombastic sound. The idea for Hollenthon stretches back to 1994, at which time Schirenc appeared on an Austrian black metal compilation under the name Vuzem. It took several more years for him to put together his first full-length album, which he did with the help of new drummer Mike Groeger. Released under the Hollenthon banner and entitled Domus Mundi, it eventually came out in 1999 on France's Napalm Records and received rave reviews across Europe and elsewhere in the underground metal community, but it wasn't available in the U.S. until late 2000. The second Hollenthon release, With Vilest of Worms to Dwell, followed in 2001, also on Napalm Records.