Voxus Imp. – Idafeld (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Opfergang 05:03
2. Speermerkung 04:59
3. Idafeld 05:26
4. Uruz 06:20
5. Sonnwend 2:30
6. Berserkergang 04:23
7. Bloataar 09:06
8. Heill Dagr 05:48
9. Donarsdagr (Bonus Track) 04:36

Ambient / Experimental music project that remains rather underground

when compared to some of the better known artists operating in the post industrial genre.
The music of Voxus Imp. is deeply rooted in themes of Central and Northern European Heathen spirituality,

drawing upon predominately Nordic and Northern Germanic mythological references.
Voxus Imp. has created a unique brand of percussion driven music that experimentally combines

various musical elements into a powerful and effective musical formula.
The unconstrained heathen essentials of faith, refuting themselves by diverging visions of downfall,

are the subject matter of the artistic concept of "Idafeld".
In classical Icelandic literature, "Idafeld" is the symbol of the everlasting.
At this place of renewal, the guiltless gods unite to strive towards Ragnarok (The Twilight of the Gods) once more.
In stanza 58 of the Völuspá (The Vision of the Prophetess), a major poem of the Elder Edda, it is written:

"The Aesir find each other on Idafeld, also to commemorate the mighty world-entwining Midgard Serpent,

and there they remember the grand judgments and the ancient Runes Of Fimbultýr (Odin)."
The only possible access to this subject matter is via ritual.
Only the rite grants the ability to comprehend the manifold through the exceptional.
The approach is done by sacrifice and the resulting overcoming of given boundaries,

initiated by means of spiritual elevation: music.
This "ritual music" by Voxus Imp. is largely purely electronic, but with a pleasantly organic feel to it.
"Idafeld" was originally released in 1998 by Mjölnir Tonkunst on vinyl on a limited edition of 300 copies

and in 2005 it was re-mastered and re-released by Eis Und Licht as a limited gatefold Digipak CD including a bonus track.

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