In Nick Perumov's "Chronicle of Hjorvard" Rakoth is the half-god, so-called "True Mage", who had the title Master of Darkness for using Darkness for his magic. He rose against the Young Gods accusing them of being Liars stealing mortals' freedom. After his second try he was defeated, disincarnated and bound to the world called "The Bottom of Worlds". With help of his friend, Hedin "Aware of Darkness", he returned and overthrew the Young Gods thus becoming the New God along with Hedin.
December, 1996 - the band is formed completely with coming of Black as vocalist with "clean" voice and changing bassist to Den. All music is written by Rustam and Ilya, lyrics - by Rustam. Now the band has its own face - Black's clean voice and Rustam's keys. The first song created is "Return of the Nameless" (first edition). The song becomes famous (in Obninsk) long before the first gig.
February, 1997 - the first concert together with Dissenter - techno-death band. The concert represents the fest titled "Rock against chemical dependence". Needless to say that everyone (especially some members of the band) is deadly drunk. Nevertheless the gig is extremely successful. Amazingly, public seems to know RAKOTH well although no tapes are distributed yet and no gigs were given before. RAKOTH plays own early songs "Return of the Nameless" (first variant), "Unholy Temple", "One Step Beyond" (which is unrecognizably transformed into the song "Beyond" later), "Dying Realm" and STORM's "Nagellstev".
March, 1997 - Tense relationship inside the band. Rustam claims to leave the band. Simultaneously Leshy and F. say they wanted to leave long ago. Band collapses. F., Leshy and Ilya form the band they call GORBUG and play black metal.
May, 1997 - Rustam decides to form new band and offers Black and Den to join. They plan to play doom with some other styles elements. Coincidentally, at the same time the band Dissenter falls apart and its guitarist/vocalist Dy wishes to play deeper music than death metal. Den invites him to the new band, which has no name yet. New line-up: Rustam - keys & voice, Black - voice, Den - bass, Dy - guitars. Leshy offers his help with drums. The band rehearses at Rustam's garage.
June, 1997 - Band is in search for the name. Many variants proposed (MEPHISTO, UNBORN, TEARS, DOWNFALL, IN THIS ROOM), but none satisfies. Finally, Dy proposes to use the name RAKOTH again. Taking into account that old band RAKOTH doesn't exist anymore and that the name was offered by Rustam in the beginning, the name RAKOTH is accepted.
July, 1997 - Leshy officially joins RAKOTH. The first demo "Tales of the Worlds Unreal" is recorded right in the garage.
August, 1997 - Tape is given to A. Arzamascev, the head of Arzamascev's Music Center (later - Signal Studios). He decides to allow the band to record free at his studio. Demo tape "Dark Ages Chronicle" is recorded live, with no post-mixing, during only 4 hours. The quality of recording is that high that noone believes in that short recording time and in live recording. Later, in review given in DEATHRIDER 'zine we can see: "This tape was recorded (according to legend) during only 4(!) hours…". Rustam starts sending the tapes everywhere.
September, 1997 - Solo-concert. As in the first case, the public knows the band well, so the gig goes perfectly. October, 1997 - Leshy suddenly leaves RAKOTH. He plays with Fascist (now Tuur) and Ilya (now Vuulko) in their band they renamed into Темнозорь. They play so-called "true" pagan metal.
February, 1998 - First review on "Dark Ages Chronicle" appears in VAE SOLIS web-zine. Positive one. All later reviews are positive as well.
March, 1998 - Latvian distro-label starts distributing "Dark Ages Chronicle". April, 1998 - Rustam starts his solo-project Umbral Presence in order to create something more aggressive (and personal) than RAKOTH.
June, 1998 - Another Latvian distro, Beverina Productions, starts distribution of "Dark Ages Chronicle".
August, 1998 - The band enters Signal Studios to record their new creation. By the strange coincidence they begin the recording at the same day which was chosen (a year ago) for recording of "Dark Ages Chronicle". It is 18th of August. After the week of work they finally can celebrate the birth of their first full-length (57 minutes) album, titled "Superstatic Equilibrium". During the same session Rustam records the demo for Umbral Presence, "…et germinet Chaos". Both tapes are immediately sent to Elven Witchcraft.
November, 1998 - "Superstatic Equilibrium" and "…et germinet Chaos" are now officially distributed by Elven Witchcraft.
April, 1999 - "code666" is interested in getting RAKOTH's tape. Rustam sends "Superstatic Equilibrium" to Italy.
June, 1999 - "code666" offers a deal to RAKOTH.
August, 1999 - The contract for recording of one album is signed.
November 1999 - The New Album “Planeshift” is out on code666 production (ITALY)
March 2000 - Planeshift took 100/100 on Aardschok Magazine (Holland) & 6/6 on Scream Magazine (Norway), and tons of other highly positive reviews.
April 2000 - a new Deal is signed with code666 for two more albums.
May-June 2000 - composing and arranging new songs for the next album…
... a lot of interesting things between 2000 — 2008 undescribed to fit the format yet...
September the 4th, 2008
After 2,5 years of cooperation Zafod B. the Utkinson announces the great start of his new project(s) which makes him leave Rakoth immediately. The band is still working on its new album nevertheless.
Gorthaur Aulendil
Rakoth Lyrics
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the truth they created for you Could you
imagine Manve as liar? But your true father you
never knew You achived mastery in art of
forgery But your first creation was dagger of
steel Never made stillborn golden flowers like
others did You prefer iron - the metal that's real
Feel yourself different, never felt home here
they're afraid of you, you always scared them
Seeds of true vision in hearts and minds you will
sow You saw the stars as they saw only light of
the Trees You dreamed as they only could pray
You can't delight in their eternal serenity bliss
And they fear your fiery way Feel yourself
different, never felt home here Always a
stranger, you're fire in snow See - they're afraid
of you, you always scared them And so they
called you Sauron, the Morgoth's spawn "Wise
sad face I recall Melkor, your seed I am Son of
the one they don't dare to name" Live, burn in
your flame and love Love to the earth and the
stars But the first thing you've made was the
dagger of steel...
The lyrics of Rakoth’s song Gorthaur Aulendil depict the origin story of Sauron, a character from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, who serves as the primary antagonist in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The song describes how Aule, one of the Valar or god-like beings in Tolkien’s mythology, created Sauron in the fiery furnaces of the earth. The truth of his origins was shrouded in secrecy, and Sauron never knew his true father. However, he excelled in the art of forgery and created a dagger of steel, which would later become a symbol of his maleficence.
The song portrays Sauron as an outsider who was never comfortable in the world of his creation, always feeling like a stranger and having no place to call home. He sees things differently from the other beings of Middle-earth and is particularly fascinated by the stars, something that terrifies them. The lyrics suggest that Sauron is different from the other inhabitants of Middle-earth, and his fiery nature often scares them, which is why they eventually come to fear him. They label him as “Sauron, the Morgoth’s spawn” even though he is wise and carries a sad face like his father Melkor. The lyrics end on a note of irony, as Sauron, who is the spawn of the dark lord Morgoth, initially created a weapon of steel, a metal that is associated with order and justice, rather than the chaos and darkness that his creators embodied.
Line by Line Meaning
Aule the Forger has forged you in fire That was the truth they created for you
You were supposedly made by Aule in the fires of creation, but that is just the story they told about you.
Could you imagine Manve as liar? But your true father you never knew
It's hard to believe that Manwe would lie, but you never actually knew your true father.
You achieved mastery in art of forgery But your first creation was dagger of steel
Despite being skilled in the art of forging, your first creation was a simple steel dagger.
Never made stillborn golden flowers like others did You prefer iron - the metal that's real
You never bothered with creating delicate golden flowers like others did, instead choosing to work with the solid and reliable metal of iron.
Feel yourself different, never felt home here Always a stranger, you're fire in snow See - they're afraid of you, you always scared them Seeds of true vision in hearts and minds you will sow
You feel like an outsider and are seen as a threat by others. But you have a vision that you hope to share with the world.
You saw the stars as they saw only light of the Trees You dreamed as they only could pray You can't delight in their eternal serenity bliss And they fear your fiery way
You have a unique perspective on the world that others cannot understand or appreciate. They see you as a disruptive and dangerous force.
See - they're afraid of you, you always scared them And so they called you Sauron, the Morgoth's spawn
They are so afraid of you that they have given you a new name that associates you with a great evil.
"Wise sad face I recall Melkor, your seed I am Son of the one they don't dare to name"
You identify with Melkor and believe yourself to be his descendant. You are connected to a figure that others are too afraid to even speak of.
Live, burn in your flame and love Love to the earth and the stars But the first thing you've made was the dagger of steel...
You are passionate about your creative work and have a love for the earth and the stars. But despite your skills and vision, your first creation was still just a humble steel dagger.
Contributed by Ella H. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
ThetaRed8
Its my recommendation for this week. Rakoth are definitely worth a look for Scandinavian metal fans
Ascyltos
I got into this band when I typed "Drow" into Metal Archives and found their song "Og'elend" which I don't see on here. One moment, folks, I need to fix that...