APOPTYGMA BERZERK Soli Deo Gloria (25th Anniversary) LP BLACK VINYL 2018 LTD.500

Soli Deo Gloria (25th Anniversary)

LP Black Vinyl
Limitiert auf 500 Stück

A1 Like Blood from the Beloved (Part 1)
A2 Bitch
A3 Burnin' Heretic (Album Version)
A4 Stitch
A5 Walk with Me
A6 Backdraft
A7 ARP (808 Edit)

B1 Spiritual Reality
B2 Skyscraping (Schizophreniac)
B3 All Tomorrows Parties
B4 The Sentinel
B5 Ashes to Ashes '93
B6 Like Blood from the Beloved (Part 2)

Incredible but true – APOPTYGMA BERZERK return to their ORIGINAL Label Tatra Records – the label that first released them back in 1993 (and that also launched ICON OF COIL and other important acts!). Inactive for many years, Tatra is now being re-vitalized by special request of Stephan Groth  – leader of APOPTYGMA BERZERK. Tatra’s Norwegian VINYL Versions are different in packaging to the previously announced Canadian (Artoffact) versions. The SOLID BLACK – Version is strictly limited to 500! Both Vinyl versions have regular sleeve, matt/reversed cover, black inner sleeve and both are printed on HEAVY 180 gram vinyl.

In 1993, Apoptygma Berzerk released the very first Norwegian Electro/EBM album, “Soli Deo Gloria”, and this seminal classic also took Norwegian electronic music out beyond the borders of its country. The release of “Soli Deo Gloria” not only sparked interest outside of Norway, but also inspired many Norwegian bands to start their own careers (Icon of Coil, Spektralized… to name just two!) So, on 11/11/18, exactly 25 years after the original release, “Soli Deo Gloria” will be reissued on LP with the original 13 tracks, now remastered for vinyl from the original tapes for the very first time, giving the listener a more detailed, dynamic and true listening experience. The CD version will include 7 bonus tracks, four of which are previously unreleased! Two of them are alternative versions from the early 90s, the other two are re-recorded/remixes.

The 25th. Anniversary Reissue was remastered for vinyl and CD by Morten Lund who did the original CD mastering back in 1993, the reissue LP and CD design are done by Halvor Bodin who did the original CD design back in 1993. In Europe the LP and CD will be released by Tatra Records who released the original album back in 1993, and finally, at the heart of it all, you have Stephan Groth and Per Aksel Lundgreen, the two guys who were the heart of it all back in 1993! So it couldn’t possibly be more true to the original and at the same time updated for this amazing celebration! The LP and CD reissues of “Soli Deo Gloria” will be available via Tatra Records in Europe, and via Artoffact Records in USA/Canada.