Pericles

Alloy

The Curtain

Fourth production in our In Illo Tempore collection. Pre-orders are open: https://gladivsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-age-of-alexander

"Xiphos likes to recount the deeds of the great figures of antiquity, some of them little-known or forgotten. On its latest album, ‘The Age of Alexander’, this project delivers a corpus of new, spellbinding historical episodes. The trio create their scores like a set. The keyboards give colour to the scenes depicted: sometimes heroic and warlike (Artaxerxes, Eumenes), where the martial rhythm and lyrics provide rigorous support for the epic flights of fancy; sometimes instrumental and restrained, like interludes between two tableaux, more inclined to meditation (Timoleon, Phocion).

The voice is the real thread running through this journey, evoking the Attic orators by embodying the story in its various moods: storm, victory, bitterness, trial and glory. The music of Xiphos is akin to a neoclassical martial tale, and the result is an almost cinematic work. In addition to the use of classical orchestration, there is subtle recourse to sounds rooted in traditional Greek music, such as those produced by instruments like the santur or the bouzouki. Lastly, the group's compositions sometimes exude an atmosphere that could be described as Darkwave.

Finally, in a finely woven musical fresco, featuring great destinies, ‘The Age of Alexander’ is a tragic commemoration."

Xiphos -  Artaxerxes

We are Dungeon Sorcery. Our names are concealed, our souls bound to the dark forces that fuel our music. Hailing from the heart of Vojvodina, we invoke ancient rites and channel the deepest currents of black magic. Our sound is an unholy ritual, an abyssal journey into the shadows. Join us, for the darkness calls, and we answer with fury.

01. Sacrifice to the Void

02. In the Heart of the Sacred Crypt

Pelopidas

Dion

Buried Silence

From Grey To?

This Killing Emptiness

The Denial

Mystical gaulish music. Gods and spirits carry you on forgotten lands for Samonios.

1 Samonios

Ordeal

Closing Music

A label with three collections:

- Katabasis : Black Metal

- In Illo Tempore : Neo-Folk, Martial Industrial, Ambient, etc.

- Brümes : Industrial, Dark / Cold / Minimal Wave, etc.

Our email : gladivs.records@gmail.com

Xiphos - Artaxerxes

Gladivs Records

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