Vagus Vetus
{{Infobox album
| name = Vagus Vetus
| type = studio
| artist = Master's Hammer
| cover = Vagus Vetus.jpg
| alt =
| released = 18 May 2014
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Black metal, avant-garde metal
| length = 55:47
| label = Jihosound Records
| producer = Franta Štorm
| prev_title = Vracejte konve na místo.
| prev_year = 2012
| next_title = Formulæ
| next_year = 2016
}}
Vagus Vetus is the sixth studio album by Czech black metal band Master's Hammer, released on 18 May 2014 through the band's own record label, Jihosound Records, founded the year prior.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rottinghill.eu/interviews/interview_ov/318 |title=INTERVIEW: Master's Hammer (November 2014) |access-date=2015-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614124721/http://www.rottinghill.eu/interviews/interview_ov/318 |archive-date=2015-06-14 |url-status=dead }} It is the group's second concept album so far, the first one being Jilemnický okultista, released in 1992.
The album tells the surreal adventures of an imaginary old wanderer, whose name is Vagus Vetus, through an "unfamiliar labyrinth" where "there's nothing good waiting for him. Disgusted with progress and modernity of all kinds, he enjoys listening to Aeolian harps and sounds of postmortal flatulence. He finds his consolation in hedonic experiences of natural origin".[http://www.mastershammer.com/Vagus_Vetus-en.html Master's Hammer Website]
The track "Panuška" is a tribute to Czech painter Jaroslav Panuška (1872–1958).
Track listing
{{tracklist
| extra_column = English title
| all_lyrics = Franta Štorm
| all_music = Master's Hammer (Štorm, Necrocock and Silenthell)
| title1 = αιολος I.
| note1 = instrumental
| extra1 = Aeolus I.
| length1 = 0:57
| title2 = XMZ{{Refn|group=nb|Acronym for "Xenofobní Misanthropickou Zrůdu"; in English, "Xenophobic Misanthropic Monster".}}
| length2 = 4:09
| title3 = Panuška
| length3 = 5:19
| title4 = V aiolských harfách
| extra4 = In Aeolian Harps
| length4 = 5:52
| title5 = Chrchel
| extra5 = Sputum
| length5 = 4:44
| title6 = Receptura
| extra6 = Recipe
| length6 = 4:31
| title7 = Špacírka
| extra7 = Walking Cane
| length7 = 3:30
| title8 = Na kanibalských jatkách
| extra8 = At the Cannibal Slaughterhouse
| length8 = 3:47
| title9 = Beedi
| length9 = 4:26
| title10 = Zvířecí zvuky
| extra10 = Animal Noises
| length10 = 4:30
| title11 = Prďák
| extra11 = Fart
| length11 = 4:23
| title12 = Pod vrstvou prachu
| extra12 = Under a Layer of Dust
| length12 = 4:23
| title13 = Nengemengelengem
| length13 = 3:27
| title14 = αιολος II.
| note14 = instrumental
| extra14 = Aeolus II.
| length14 = 1:44
}}
Personnel
- František "Franta" Štorm – vocals, guitar, bass, drums, production, cover art
- Tomáš "Necrocock" Kohout – guitar
- Honza "Silenthell" Přibyl – timpani
Notes
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References
External links
- [http://www.discogs.com/Masters-Hammer-Vagus-Vetus/master/727436 Vagus Vetus at Discogs]
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