1914 Release Official Lyric Video For New Track ‘FN .380 ACP#19074’
October 21st, 2021
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Lviv, Ukraine-based blackened death / doom metal band 1914 have released an official lyric video for the track ‘FN .380 ACP#19074’, which can be viewed below.
Speaking about the song, frontman Hptm. Ditmar Kumarberg said: “This track marks the beginning of the entire conflict – the assassination of Franz Ferdinand – the event that triggered the conflict that had been brewing for the last ten years. The royal houses of Europe wanted this war, it was inevitable – technical progress, territorial claims and dissatisfaction of people led to this. And so, the Yugoslav nationalist Gavrilo Princip fired the shots that launched the process. Two shots from a .380 ACP FN Model 1910 pistol numbered 19074, which changed the world forever, collapsed large empires and killed tens of millions of people.”
1914 issue third full-length studio album Where Fear And Weapons Meet on October 22nd, 2021 through Napalm Records.
Regarding the album, the band stated: “Where Fear And Weapons Meet continues the theme we started on The Blind Leading The Blind – with one major difference: these are the stories about hope where most of our characters are staying alive, becoming heroes, and returning back to their homes. Yes, it is still about fear, death, and senselessness of war, but the hope is the only thing the soldier holds on to. And a good portion of luck as well. Even the album cover reflects this – the man lays wounded, bleeding in the trench, reaching his hand to Death begging for relieve, and Death declines to take him. He deserves to live.
“The album starts with the assassination in Sarajevo, leads you through the bloodiest moments of the Great War, and ends up with the monologue on a grave of a young man killed in his first battle. This time we did have even more hard digging into the historical background while making the tracks. We are not singing the songs, we are telling the stories!”
Once again, Where Fear And Weapons Meet features lyrics themed around World War I, such as the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the Battle of Messines on ‘Pillars of Fire’, the infantry regiment Harlem Hellfighters on ‘Don’t Tread On Me’, and so forth. Ukrainian folk musician Sasha Boole guests on the track ‘Coward’, while Paradise Lost frontman Nick Holmes guests on the song ‘… And A Cross Now Marks His Place’.
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The track listing is as follows;
01. ‘War In’
02. ‘FN .380 ACP#19074’
03. ‘Vimy Ridge (In Memory Of Filip Konowal)’
04. ‘Pillars Of Fire (The Battle Of Messines)’
05. ‘Don’t Tread On Me (Harlem Hellfighters)’
06. ‘Coward’
07. ‘… And A Cross Now Marks His Place’
08. ‘Corps d’autos-canons-mitrailleuses’ (A.C.M)
09. ‘Mit Gott für König und Vaterland’
10. ‘The Green Fields Of France’
11. ‘War Out’
1914’s line-up is as follows;
9. Westpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 176, Hptm. Ditmar Kumarberg (vocals)
The 51st Highland Division, 1/9th Bn. 2Lt. Liam Fessen (guitars)
307th Infantry Regiment, Capt. Walter Wyhovsky (guitars)
Le 151e regiment d’infanterie, Cne. Armin d’Harcourt (bass)
K.K. Landwehr-Infanterieregiment Lemberg Nr.19, Obltn. Rostislaw Potoplacht (drums)
Where Fear And Weapons Meet will be made available in the following gatefold vinyl colours, including a 12-inch booklet; black, dark green (limited to 400 copies worldwide), and marbled red transparent / black (including 12-inch bonus LP, poster and patch, and limited to 400 copies worldwide).
An animated video was released for the track ‘Pillars Of Fire (The Battle Of Messines)’. In addition, an official lyric video was created for the song ‘… And A Cross Now Marks His Place’. Both clips can also be viewed below.
Second studio record The Blind Leading The Blind was released in November 2018 via Archaic Sound.
Promotional photograph by May Lee.
