Dark Fortress
Bavarian black metal outfit Dark Fortress formed in 1994 and steadily evolved from a raw, melodically aggressive debut through increasingly progressive and technically sophisticated territory, blending metaphysical horror, occult spirituality, and sophisticated compositional ambition across seven studio albums released primarily through Century Media. Highlighted by standout records Stab Wounds (2004) and Séance (2005), and featuring cover art by Travis Smith, the band distinguished themselves as one of Germany's most serious and intellectually rigorous black metal acts before disbanding in 2023.
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Dark Fortress Discography
12 tracks
- 1 Introduction 1:45
- 2 Defiance Of Death 8:35
- 3 Passage To Extinction 9:11
- 4 In Morte Aeternitas 9:03
- 5 Moribound Be Thy Creation 6:19
- 6 Through Ages Of War 6:04
- 7 Blood Of The Templars 7:20
- 8 Warlord (Face The Angel Of Pestilence) 5:01
- 9 Battles Rage In The Infernal Depth 6:49
- 10 A Fortress Dark 8:15
- 11 I Am The Black Wizards (Bonus Track) 6:04
- 12 Eye Of The Greyhound (Bonus Track) 4:35
19 tracks
- 1 The Arcanum of the Cursed - 2017 remaster 1:42
- 1 Cryptic Winterforest - 2017 remaster 6:03
- 2 Pilgrim of the Nightly Spheres - 2017 remaster 4:12
- 2 Towards Immortality - 2017 remaster 6:09
- 3 Twilight - 2017 remaster 4:33
- 3 Emperor of the Majestic Nights - 2017 remaster 5:56
- 4 Apocalypse - 2017 remaster 3:37
- 4 The Mystic Medieval Times (Demo 1996) - 2017 remaster 5:30
- 5 Immortality Profound (Trilogy) - Dreaming... (Chapter 1) - 2017 remaster 4:14
- 5 Eternal War (Demo 1996) - 2017 remaster 3:07
- 6 Immortality Profound (Trilogy) - Throne of Sombre Thoughts (Chapter 2) - 2017 remaster 5:04
- 6 Passing the Shadowgates (Demo 1996) - 2017 remaster 3:26
- 7 Immortality Profound (Trilogy) - Captured in Eternity's Eyes (Chapter 3) - 2017 remaster 4:16
- 7 Into My Deepest Desire (Demo 1996) - 2017 remaster 4:57
- 8 Misanthropic Invocation - 2017 remaster 5:49
- 8 Reborn in a Frozen Kingdom (Demo 1996) - 2017 remaster 6:10
- 9 Crimson Tears - 2017 remaster 6:43
- 10 Tales from Eternal Dusk - 2017 remaster 8:33
- 11 Moments of Mournful Splendour (At the Portal to Infinity) - 2017 remaster 3:02
11 tracks
- 1 The Arcanum of the Cursed 1:42
- 2 Pilgrim of the Nightly Spheres 4:14
- 3 Twilight 4:33
- 4 Apocalypse 3:39
- 5 Dreaming… 4:14
- 6 Throne of Sombre Thoughts 5:04
- 7 Captured in Eternity's Eyes 4:18
- 8 Misanthropic Invocation 5:49
- 9 Crimson Tears 6:44
- 10 Tales from Eternal Dusk 8:35
- 11 Moments of Mournful Splendour 3:02
1 track
- 1 Crimson Tears - 2017 remaster 6:43
12 tracks
- 1 Introduction - 2017 remaster 1:45
- 2 Defiance of Death - 2017 remaster 8:35
- 3 Passage to Extinction - 2017 remaster 9:11
- 4 In Morte Aeternitas - 2017 remaster 9:03
- 5 Moribound Be Thy Creation - 2017 remaster 6:19
- 6 Through Ages of War - 2017 remaster 6:04
- 7 Blood of the Templars - 2017 remaster 7:20
- 8 Warlord (Face the Angel of Pestilence) - 2017 remaster 5:01
- 9 Battles Rage in the Infernal Depth - 2017 remaster 6:49
- 10 A Fortress Dark - 2017 remaster 8:15
- 11 I Am the Black Wizards - 2017 remaster 6:04
- 12 Eye of the Greyhound - 2017 remaster 4:35
1 track
- 1 Battles Rage in the Infernal Depth - 2017 remaster 6:49
10 tracks
- 1 Ghastly Indoctrination 7:39
- 2 CataWomb 6:41
- 3 Requiem Grotesque 6:50
- 4 While They Sleep 7:11
- 5 To Harvest the Artifacts of Mockery 4:11
- 6 Poltergeist 5:57
- 7 Revolution:vanity 5:14
- 8 Incide 5:20
- 9 Shardfigures 6:24
- 10 Insomnia 6:31
9 tracks
- 1 The Silver Gate 6:50
- 2 Cohorror 5:37
- 3 Baphomet 6:24
- 4 The Unflesh 5:08
- 5 Analepsy 6:01
- 6 Edge of Night 3:56
- 7 No Longer Human 6:22
- 8 Catacrusis 4:33
- 9 Antiversum 7:22
12 tracks
- 1 Ylem 6:33
- 2 As the World Keels Over 6:35
- 3 Osiris 7:35
- 4 Silence 4:27
- 5 Evenfall 5:36
- 6 Redivider 7:07
- 7 Satan Bled 4:35
- 8 Hirudineans 4:56
- 9 Nemesis 6:35
- 10 The Valley 8:01
- 11 Wraith 8:15
- 12 Sycamore Trees 4:02
10 tracks
- 1 Introduction 1:45
- 2 Defiance of Death 8:35
- 3 Passage to Extinction 9:11
- 4 In Morte Aeternitas 9:03
- 5 Moribund Be Thy Creation 6:19
- 6 Through Ages of War 6:04
- 7 Blood of the Templars 7:20
- 8 Warlord (Face the Angel of Pestilence) 5:01
- 9 Battles Rage in the Infernal Depth 6:49
- 10 Fortress Dark 8:15
10 tracks
- 1 Venereal Dawn 11:03
- 2 Lloigor 7:07
- 3 Betrayal and Vengeance 7:10
- 4 Chrysalis 6:29
- 5 I Am the Jigsaw of a Mad God 8:33
- 6 The Deep 3:09
- 7 Odem 6:29
- 8 Luciform 7:25
- 9 On Fever's Wings 11:12
- 10 The Deep - Acoustic Version 2:58
11 tracks
- 1 Iconoclasm Omega - remastered 2019 6:41
- 2 Self Mutilation - remastered 2019 6:45
- 3 Stab Wounds - remastered 2019 8:11
- 4 When 1000 Crypts Awake - remastered 2019 4:00
- 5 Despise the "Living" - remastered 2019 5:36
- 6 A Midnight Poem - remastered 2019 8:46
- 7 Rest in Oblivion - remastered 2019 8:29
- 8 Vanitas... No Horizons - remastered 2019 1:24
- 9 Like a Somnambulist in Daylight's Fire - remastered 2019 7:52
- 10 Sleep! - remastered 2019 3:04
- 11 Endtime - remastered 2019 8:21
1 track
- 1 When 1000 Crypts Awake - remastered 2019 4:00
1 track
- 1 Despise the "Living" - remastered 2019 5:36
12 tracks
- 1 Nascence (Intro) 1:36
- 2 Coalescence 4:32
- 3 The Spider in the Web 5:26
- 4 Spectres from the Old World 5:50
- 5 Pali Aike 5:18
- 6 Pazuzu 5:50
- 7 Isa 7:38
- 8 Pulling at Threads 3:16
- 9 In Deepest Time 5:16
- 10 Penrose Procession (Interlude) 2:36
- 11 Swan Song 7:16
- 12 Nox Irae 3:38
15 tracks
- 1 Intro - Live in 2023 1:31
- 2 CataWomb - Live in 2023 6:21
- 3 The Silver Gate - Live in 2023 6:43
- 4 Isa - Live in 2023 8:26
- 5 Pulling at Threads - Live in 2023 4:00
- 6 Crimson Tears - Live in 2023 7:34
- 7 Cohorror - Live in 2023 5:43
- 8 Self Mutilation - Live in 2023 6:35
- 9 Chrysalis - Live in 2023 6:39
- 10 To Harvest the Artifacts of Mockery - Live in 2023 4:38
- 11 Ylem - Live in 2023 7:06
- 12 Insomnia - Live in 2023 8:05
- 13 Evenfall - Live in 2023 4:45
- 14 Baphomet - Live in 2023 7:01
- 15 Sycamore Trees (Outro) - Live in 2023 2:45
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