Misery
by Scrollkeeper
03:27
	
	
First single from Scrollkeeper's upcoming EP, titled "Wetiko". To be released in Sept. 2022.

From the band:

"October of 2021 found Scrollkeeper without a drummer, and as we were auditioning drummers on one side, we decided to forge ahead and finish work on existing tracks and look for a drummer to help us out.

We met the guys from Manilla Road in 2017. Scrollkeeper was honored to open up for them on their Houston stop. Ever since, Neudi has been a long-time friend of the band, and he was instrumental in picking our song "Devil's Calculus" for the Golden Core Records release "Damn, This Stuff Is Heavy! Volume Two" in 2021.

So, naturally, based on his discography we thought Neudi would be the ideal guy. He's old school, or maybe even more older school than us, a musicians' musician, and a fan of honest record production.

Neudi had a break in January 2022 and agreed to record drums for the upcoming Scrollkeeper EP. Roxxcalibur bandmate Eric "Kali" Kaldschmidt engineered the session, and both guys were absolute blast to work with. Neudi delivered an amazing performance that we are honored to share with our fans.

"Misery" also features Alex's long time collaborator Villie Schumanov on keys.

Opening up lockdown restrictions saw Scrollkeeper finally emerge back on the scene with Krystal Salinas as our touring drummer, while we grabbed as many shows as possible to make up for lost time. We are looking forward to feature her work soon as well.

We'd like to thank our fans for their continuing support, hope you enjoy this tune!" 
credits
released July 1, 2022
Music: Alex Kamburov
Lyrics: Justin McKittrick
Engineering, Mixing and Mastering: Alex Kamburov
Drums recorded by Eric "Kali" Kaldschmidt

Justin McKittrick - vocals
Alex Kamburov - guitars
Andrew Sutton - bass
Andreas "Neudi" Neuderth - drums
Velizar "Villie" Shumanov - organ


Artwork and photography: Alex Kamburov

Misery (2022 Single)

This is Scrollkeeper's 2023 release, officially on Golden Core / ZYX Records (Germany). 

Available on vinyl and CD. 

Guest performances by Tommy Stewart (Hallow's Eve) and Neudi Neuderth (Manilla Road).


http://scrollkeeper.bandcamp.com
https://zyx.de/produkt/scrollkeeper-wetiko-ep/

6.Metal Merchants (Hallow's Eve cover featuring Tommy Stewart from Hallow's Eve)

5.Sleep And Dream

4.Shadow Dancing

3.Misery

2.Wetiko

Wetiko

1.Your Blood First

Mastered recording from the board at Acadia Bar & Grill, Houston, Texas. Recorded on 3-14-2024. We were honored to have Tommy Stewart (Hallows Eve) join us on stage for a rendition of "Metal Merchants".
Photo by @AraOptic.

Metal Merchants (live) with Special Guest Tommy Stewart, Hallows Eve, Dyerwulf

Giles De Rais (Live)

Auto Da Fe (Live)

Sleep & Dream (Live)

Your Blood First (Live)

Recorded live at Acadia, Houston, TX 3-14-24

Shadow Dancing (Live)

Scrollkeeer's 2017 EP "Fortune Favors the Bold"
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https://scrollkeeper.bandcamp.com/

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Surrender

This track really came together after Simon and Alex went to see Amon Amarth. The band was kicking around some ideas, but seeing the show gave impetus to this song’s Viking theme. The lyrics to Valhalla’s Gate became a joint effort between Alex, Justin and Andrew. The themes of the song are valor and martial bravery in Viking age culture. For the second and third verses, the band decided to turn attention to later military heroes of Swedish history. The second verse focuses upon King Gustavus Adolphus who had a string of stunning victories in the 30 Years War, before falling in battle at Lützen. The third verse concerns Swedish forces that are currently serving on peace keeping missions in Northern Mali.

Auto da Fe

03 - Scrollkeeper - Valhalla's Gates

This is the intro and album opener. We felt we needed to add an opener and Alex quickly composed and recorded this in his home studio, Nocturnal Sound Records.

Last song to be added for this album, as the deadline and release dates were extended due to the Coronacalypse.

6/19/2020

01 - Scrollkeeper -  Event 201

The music for this song originally came out from a long standing practice joke of “stump the drummer”. Alex reached deep into his Bulgarian ethnic roots and played some 7/8 odd rhythms. It was only fitting to tag on some faster speed metal riffs on to this. Despite his name being invoked in the title, this one has nothing to do with good Ol’ Scratch. Considering the jagged odd rhythm theme, Justin felt that mathematics was a fitting theme. The lyrics are about the feud between Sir Isaac Newton and Leibniz over which of the two should be credited with the development of calculus. The lyrics present a first-person perspective, but leave the door open to speculation as to which of the two luminaries in question is providing the narrative.

07 - Scrollkeeper - Devil's Calculus

This slower and doomier piece is Alex’s nod to Black Sabbath. Justin obliged with equally dark lyrics about Baron Gilles De Rais, a French knight and military leader who served alongside Joan of Arc during the 100 Years War. After the termination of English occupation and the end of the war, Giles devolved into life dissipation. He squandered his family’s wealth and reveled in excess and eccentricity, eventually even turning to the occult. He was accused, tried and sentenced for abducting local peasant children in order to torture and kill them in attempts to summon demons.

06 - Scrollkeeper - Gilles De Rais

Originally release on the Path to Glory EP.

Auto Da Fe

11 - Scrollkeeper - Fortune Favors The Bold

12 - Scrollkeeper - 12.Hellion (bonus)

Scrollkeeper are a Traditional Heavy Metal band from Houston, Texas that specializes in high energy, anthemic original material that is reminiscent of Metal's halcyon days.

After a revolving door of guitarists, Simon Marfleet (drums) and Justin McKittrick (vocals) asked Alexander K. to join on guitar in November of 2016. Soon after William Sullivan (bass) and John Morris (guitar) joined the band.

 

Out of these rehearsals eventually emerged the bulk of songs on the band's current set list.

During rehearsals for their debut show, Scrollkeeper recorded a 2 song EP titled “Fortune Favors the Bold”  which was tracked live in their Downtown Houston rehearsal studio and mixed and mastered at Nocturnal Sound Studios (Houston, TX).

 

The band’s debut show was as support act for Delain and Hammerfall in June 2017. Since then, Scrollkeeper has shared the stage with Manilla Road, Dirkschneider, Angra, Cloven Hoof and kept a busy show schedule.

 

The song “Surrender” was selected for the “Doomed and Stoned in Texas” compilation, featuring doom legends Solitude Aeturnus, deadhorse and other Texas stoner/doom bands with proceeds going towards hurricane relief.

 

The band finished an EP "Path to Glory" in 2018, recorded at Sound Arts Studios and Nocturnal Sound Studios (Houston, TX), engineered by Brian Baker and the band's guitarist, Alexander K. The EP was mixed and mastered by Ricardo Camargo @ Tidalwav Studios, Queens, New York. For the artwork, the band chose German illustrator Helge C. Balzer.

 

"Path to Glory" is available for sale on Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, Google Play and other media and streaming platforms. Houston residents can also buy a physical copy in CD format at Cactus Music, Sound Exchange, Vinal Edge (Houston), Music Millenium (Portland, OR), Waterloo Records and End of an Ear Records(Austin, TX), Radio Active Records (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Hog Wild Records (San Antonio, TX), Amoeba Records (Los Angeles, CA). “Path to Glory” is also sold in select US cities and in the EU though German label Underground Power Records.

 

For 2019 Scrollkeeper supported British heavy metal veterans Saxon, Canadian thrash legends Voivod, Enforcer, Warbringer and B.T.R. on their tour stops in Houston, TX. John Morris and William Sullivan exited the band, and after several months of auditions the band decided to continue with one guitarist. Soon thereafter, in January 2020, Andrew Sutton (Descent Into Madness, MercenaryX) joined on bass guitar.

 

The band is finishing it's first full length album, titled "Auto da Fe", scheduled for release June 19, 2019.

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