ROOT – dema DCD

Black Metal history written by the Czech messengers of darkness!

In 1988 two years prior to the iron curtain’s fall and at a time when playing Rock music could easily land you in jail for violating communist law, Jirí “Big Boss” Valter and Petr “Blackosh” Hošek decided to join forces to found ROOT. Adverse conditions and very low funds couldn`t prevent the eager bunch from marching forward, though. When Big Boss who wasn`t yet the band’s singer but played drums before switching to vocals for good on the fourth demo and ROOT’s guitarist Blackosh found the late Dr. Fe who did vocals on the first 3 demos and Dr. Zet on second guitar, ROOT were ready to strike.

During their initial pre-album stage ROOT managed to come up with 4 legendary demos before eventually releasing their debut album Zjeveni in 1990. Although influences from BATHORY and VENOM are apparent especially on the first 3 demos, ROOT – right from the start – managed to carve their own idiosyncratic niche. Thrashy riffs, a total lack of bass, stomping, primitive drums and Dr. Fe’s original Czech vocals are mingled with and interspersed by acoustic interludes, strange spoken word passages, incantations and samples from movies resulting in an eerie, off-kilter cocktail unheard of even today. It wasn’t until the fourth demo The Trial when Big Boss finally took over vocal duties that ROOT had finally found their unmistakable sound, though. In terms of songwriting and recording quality undoubtedly the best demo of the bunch, The Trial has everything ROOT would go on to develop further on their subsequent albums.

Exactly 10 years after ROOT’s tape box was released by Darkness Shall Rise we are extremely thrilled to offer you this luxurious compilation of the first 4 groundbreaking demos of one of Black Metal’s founding fathers on various formats.

For the first time ever all audio-files were restored and mastered from the original tapes by Patrick W. Engel.

Tracks:

1. Intro (Beethoven Allegro)
2. Litanie k Satanovi
3. Sedm jezdcu
4. Písen pro Satana
5. Hrbitov
6. 7 Synu Satana
7. …a Zeme se otevrela
8. Král Dogra
9. Volání o pomoc
10. Dogrova ríše
11. Intro (Príchod poslu)
12. Rootanuv pochod
13. Poslové z temnot
14. Útek a trest
15. 666
16. Stín prokletí
17. Otvírání hrobu
18. Prázdný hrob
19. Zrození Rootanova syna
20. Outro
21. CD2: Procitnutí I (Intro)
22. Soud
23. Zjevení
24. Aralyon
25. Výslech
26. Upálení
27. Cesta zkázy
28. Procitnutí II (Outro)
29. …a Zeme se otevrela
30. Písen pro Rootana
31. 7 cerných jezdcu
32. Volání o pomoc
33. Hrbitov

Genres: Black Metal, Heavy Metal

Label: Darkness Shall Rise Productions

Erscheinungsjahr: 2026

Künstler: ROOT

Spieldauer: 02:25:58

Format: CD

EAN: 4068651003609

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Manufacturer:
Darkness Shall Rise Productions
Lengenfelder Straße 58, 08107 Kirchberg, Germany
darknessshallrise(at)gmx.de