Count Raven - Mammons War - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2019 DIGIPAK RE- (of the groups 5th album, 2009) with one bonus track (InchWolfmoonInch from the Count Raven/GRIFTEGÅRD split 7Inch) added on as bonus material. The Raven hatched in 1989 and spread it's wings twice that year resulting in two demos. It met with the Hellhound and first took flight to darken the skies the year after with the of Storm Warning. It's caw echoed across the doomed lands of the world and the people trembled and were enraptured at this sign of things to come. Not to leave them at unease with a prolonged absence Destruction of the Void appeared only two years later and habitually the Raven returned every two years with High on Infinity and Messiah of Confusion as the outcome.Unfortunately 1999 saw the end of the band and Dan InchFoddeInch Fandelius (guitars, keys, vocals), Tommy InchWilburInch Eriksson (bass) and Christer InchRenfieldInch Pettersson (drums) went their separate ways. Fodde started anew with Doomsday Gouvernment and Wilbur with Semlah.Come 2003 and in the deep forests of the north the Raven started to stir in it's nest again. The old crew got back together and performed some very well received live gigs but past differences doomed the reunion from recording a new album, Wilbur and Renfield left for a second time and were replaced by Fredrik Jansson (Abramis Brama, Witchcraft) and Jens Bock, respectively.Fodde, who waited a long time to a new album, believed Count Raven's music could always be further developed and that the stagnation of the old line-up was perhaps something to be thankful of. It meant it was time for a new phase, which the whole band looked forward to very much, and this album was the beginning of that phase.The Mammon project began in 2006 and the band wanted to take their time and make it into something special as it was to be a comeback album. They constantly worked hard and used the extra time to rehearse