Zeitgeister

07/11/2025

Valborg 7inch "Malmkrog" out now!

The idea for this limited 7inch was born from a dream by drummer Florian Toyka, who envisioned a Valborg release entitled "Malmkrog". This dream inspired guitarist and vocalist Christian Kolf to craft lava-like death metal riffs and hardcore breakdowns within a dark, gothic mindset. The songs were recorded live as a band and engineered by Claus Schulte in June 2024, with additional overdubs of vocals and guitars. The tracks were mixed and mastered by Armin Rave at Soundsight Studio in September 2024. Cover artwork by Valborg bassist/vocalist Jan Buckard.

7inch and accompanying T-shirt are available from November 7th to December 6th exclusively at our upcoming live shows, starting today:

07.11. – Bonn, Kult41
14.11. – Göttingen, TKeller
15.11. – Halle (Saale), Hühnermanhattan
05.12. – Lübeck, Treibsand
06.12. – Münster, Sputnikhalle

Remaining physical copies (disc and shirt) will be available through our online shop www.valborg.de as of December 7th.

28/10/2025

Draculum’s debut album "Poems of the Spellcraft" was released on October 24th via Chaos Records on CD and digital formats, with vinyl to follow in late 2025. Featuring Zeitgeister members.

For listeners devoted to the spectral grandeur of old Gehenna, the windswept ferocity of early Enslaved, and the arcane storytelling of Bal-Sagoth, Draculum stands as a bearer of black metal’s timeless flame.

zeitgeister.bandcamp.com/album/poems-of-spellcraft

28/10/2025

Beyondition – Abysmal Night. Old-school Death Metal featuring Zeitgeister members. Released by Chaos Records in 2023.

Germany's BEYONDITION began life in 2015. A four-song demo followed in 2017, but that lineup later fell apart. Now beginning undead life, last-remaining founding member Matin Vasari decided he would record the songs that BEYONDITION had written to that point, so he asked old collaborators Armin Rave (founder of Pavor) and Patrick Schroeder (formerly of Centaurus-A and Valborg), knowing that they would deliver. The songs were written and produced with passion for the old spirit, and now they arrive as Abysmal Night!

BEYONDITION's first full-length recording, Abysmal Night is a fresh blast of crypt-old air. Oft-doomy death metal done in the old way, the power-trio's sound here harkens to a host of glorious trend-bucking bands - Asphyx, Pentacle, Cianide, and mid-period Unleashed among them - but with the bewitching air of early Samael and Mortuary Drape darkening that utter death to lethal levels. BEYONDITION's crush & groove are literally massive, resounding like echoes from the abyss but descending downward with the crush of Heaven collapsing. Nothing fancy, Abysmal Night is stripped bare of ornamentation, only focusing on the primeval power of riff and rhythm: hypnotic is its movement, and otherworldly is its effect. However, just a faint touch of spooky synths lingers to occasionally color that sepulchral slipstream. And while the band rightly state, "F**k modern production and all posers!," the production to Abysmal Night possesses a poignant balance between molten heaviness and supernatural atmosphere, altogether making for a timeless immersion into ancient splendors. BEYONDITION hail the OLD!

zeitgeister.bandcamp.com/album/abysmal-night

27/10/2025

DFHK was a project by several Zeitgeister members.

These songs were produced in five 2-day sessions between 2014 and 2015. Mastering by Chris McCormack for Blacklisted Mastering, UK.

Equipment Used: Roland MC 50, Roland R8, Roland VS8, Clavia Nordlead 2, bass, guitar, mic.

07/10/2025

x e a r t h is a sampler/mixtape featuring electronic music by M. Siegenhort (Lantlos), C. Kolf (Valborg), and J. Rosenfeld. Released in February 2022. A memory of a memory of a memory.

05/09/2025

Today, the new Absolutum album 'Endura' has been released via Crawling Chaos.

Line-Up:
Stéphane Gerbaud (Ævangelist) - Vocals
Christian Kolf (Valborg, Owl) - Guitars
Stefan Braunschmidt (HVRT , RaptvrE) - Bass
Christoph Glanemann (Nachts, Total Negation) - Drums

Produced and mixed by Christian Kolf
Mastered by Armin Rave (Soundsight Studio)

All music by Christian Kolf
Except ”Man-Plant with a Petrified Soul“ by Markus Siegenhort
Lyrics by Stéphane Gerbaud

Drums arranged and recorded by Christoph Glanemann
Bass written and recorded by Stefan Braunschmidt

Recorded March 2020 – December 2023

07/07/2025

ABSOLUTUM sind eine deutsche Black-Metal-Supergroup und bringen mit "Endura" ihr Debütalbum heraus. Wir präsentieren einen Ausschnitt daraus.

06/06/2025

New Release

Up now on the TDW BndCmp!
VAITARANA - Sunsets / Waterfalls

From Valborg and Owl's Christian Kolf comes yet another, mind-blowing project in the shape of Vaitarana and their debut EP 'Sunsets / Waterfalls'.

This time around, Kolf explores the vast soundscapes of Post Black Metal - a genre, I'm not usually drawn to all that much. But I'll be damned if this isn't yet another epic in disguise.

Behind the simplistic cover and unassuming song titles, lurks an equally blistering and euphorically triumphant wall of sound, which is laced with Christian's sensibility for emotional depth and grand melody as well as the relentless drumming of Tentakel P.

Is it very dissonant? No. Is it very, very good? Yes. And that's all that matters. I'm certain that many of you will dig the hell out of Vaitarana.

For fans of: Mourir, Woods of Desolation, Lantlôs

26/05/2025

Beryllium - Your Laughter is an Echo in my Head
Released by Total Dissonance Worship 2024

09/05/2025

ASSES: This alternative metal / heavy shoegaze / grunge band was formed in 2017 by Markus Siegenhort (Lantlôs), Christian Kolf (Valborg, Owl), and Patrick Schroeder (Klabautamann, Beyondition, Owl, ex-Valborg). They released their debut 4-song EP via Wolves And Vibrancy Records in 2020.

03/05/2025

Absolutum - "Absolutum"
Released July 31, 2020

This is a compilation of the first two Absolutum tapes, originally released on vinyl by Crawling Chaos Records.

Now available on Zeitgeister Bandcamp.

More releases and re-releases will follow soon.