The Industrial Twilight: Vae Victus / Durch Heer Und Kraft

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Vae Victus / Durch Heer Und Kraft - "Fortes Fortune Adiuvat!" [2008]

Artist: Vae Victus / Durch Heer Und Kraft
Title: Fortes Fortune Adiuvat!
Genre: Martial Industrial / Neofolk
Country: USA / Hungary
Release date: 2008

Track List:

Vae Victus

Decree
Manifesto Of The Communist Party
Exploiter! Massacrer!
Workers' Revolt In The Factory
The Red Guards
Kowtow To Chairman Mao
Chairman Mao Is The Red Sun In Our Hearts
The Fall Of Capitalism/The Party Of Lenin Will Lead Us To Communism

Durch Heer Und Kraft

Vorspiel
Quis Contra Nos?
Черная Москва
Tábori Mulatság
Inside The Warmachine
Cháteau De Trianon
Krieg Und Friede
Triumph Des Willens
Intermezzo
Elindultam...
Mars(ch)

Communist martial industrial? Lol. I didn't knew that there are such projects (of course, I know Laibach are left wing and not even stalinist, despite their use of totalitarian imagery - but that's not the case). But taken in account the amateur quality of production, and hilarious tracks names on Vae Victus' side of the split, I must assume that it probably wasn't supposed to be taken seriously.

As for Durch Heer Und Kraft's side - the quality of production is not much above amateur too, but their stuff is very catchy, nonetheless. And I'm intrigued by the name of 3rd track - it's an obvious reference to Ilya Masodov, one of my favourite writers. But Masodov's books aren't available in any language other than Russian... so is it possible that he's known in Hungary?

I don't know if you would like this release or not, but I think it's worth downloading anyway. Moreover, it's free (at least, freely available on last.fm), and it mean +1 point to my respect for the musicians of VV & DHK.

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3 comments:

VaeVictusDecember 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM
Hey, this is Peter from Vae Victus. No, my music wasn't really meant to be taken seriously. I am a socialist but the Chairman Mao songs were all over the top and tongue in cheek.

Thanks for spreading the music!

-Peter
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AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 11:23 AM
hey, well, i'm from hungary and never heard of your favourite writer. i suppose he is not that well known.
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I created this blog mostly because I wanted to practise my English skills, and to showcase the industrial, gothic, punk, metal, neofolk and progressive rock scene of Russia/ex-USSR and Eastern Europe (especially Hungary) in the meanwhile.

As you can see, this blog doesn't take itself seriously enough, but I hope I'm doing good enough with my reviews even if my proficiency in English is limited. Along with the aforementioned stuff from Eastern Europe, I occasionally post some classic and rare albums that aren't to be missed, and generally whatever I want. Other categories of note:

* finno-ugric rarities - various music (including pop) in minor Finno-Ugric languages which I'm interested in because of my heritage. The music from Hungary, Finland and Estonia can be found under the respective categories;

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