''Striðsyfirlýsing'' is an album by the Swedish
black metal
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band
Vondur. It was released in 1995 by
Necropolis Records
Necropolis Records (located in Fremont, California) was a record label founded by Paul Thind in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal. . The title means "Declaration of War" in Icelandic.
The booklet contains a modification of the "Stop the Madness Campaign" against the use of hard drugs, used by
Roadrunner Records
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in the 1980s. "Never Stop the Madness: Drugs are no fun. Drugs endanger the life and happiness of millions. It must never stop. We appeal in particular to the youth of today. Don't stop the madness. There are better things in life.
Vondur support the never stop the madness campaigns for the use of hard drugs. Join us."
Vondur plays untuned.
The album cover artwork contains an image of
Darth Vader
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along with a
squad
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of
imperial stormtrooper
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s.
Track listing
# "Kynning - Einvaldnir er her" – 1:24
# "Dreptu allur" – 1:45
# "Uppruni vonsku" – 3:36
# "Kynning - Fjórði ríku" – 4:12
# "Fjórði ríkins uppgangur" – 3:26
# "I eldur og drumur" – 2:57
# "Vondur" – 2:38
# "Hrafnins auga er sem speglar á botni af Satans svartasalur" – 3:17
# "Eitt bergmál ur framtiðinnar dagar" – 3:38
# "Kirkjur skola brenna" – 2:03
# "Sigurskrift" – 2:29
# "Guð er dáinn" – 3:17
# "Ekki Krist - Opinberun I & II" – 3:31
# "Èg daemi oss til dauða" – 2:57
# "Ekki nein verður saklaus" – 2:00
# "Beitir hnifar skera djupur" – 3:29
# "Höfðingi Satan" – 3:07
Credits
* It (
Tony Särkkä
Tony Särkkä (15 December 1972 – 8 February 2017), who went by the stage name It, was a Swedish multi-instrumentalist who played in many black metal bands. He played guitar, drums and bass guitar as well as doing vocals. He was joined by Jim B ...
) - All guitars, bass guitar, vocals on track 16, violin, talk, additional vocals on tracks 2, 9, 12, handwriting
* All (Jim Berger) - Vocals, talk on track 7
* Irata - Drums
*
Michael Bohlin - Synthesizers
* Desire - Female talk, photos
* Alexandra Balogh - Piano on tracks 7, 17, Logo design
References
*
1995 albums
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