Mekong Delta (Band)

Mekong Delta is a Thrash-/Progressive-Metal-Band from Germany, which was founded in 1985 by Ralf Hubert. The band tried to keep the occupation a secret.

Stylistically vary between Mekong Delta Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, and a strong reference to works of classical, impressionist, expressionist to the New Music. The complexity of the music varies from album to album. The albums that originally had a rather thin sound ( Hubert himself admitted in an interview with the magazine Rock Hard declare that the first works since his time as a metal producer sounded technically " totally wrong " were ), were 2002 new mix and new mastered published.

Special

  • The Music of Eric Zann is thematically from the homonymous story of Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
  • The Principle of Doubt has lyrically part The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant by Stephen R. Donaldson as a template. This fantasy cycle has also Visions Fugitives influenced lyrically.
  • Classics is a collection of classical adaptations.
  • Pictures at an Exhibition ( purely instrumental) adheres relatively closely to Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, as far as is possible with a classic rock band line-up. The piece is, however, also included in a second, fully orchestrated version on the album. In addition, this album was also available in a multi-media version. This could navigate through a virtual exhibition with an interpretation and to listen to the music. Next short biographies of Modest Mussorgsky and Mekong Delta are included, as well as live clips and short interviews with Ralf Hubert. Plans to bring the live orchestral version with similar instruments on the stage failed.

Discography

  • Mekong Delta (1987 )
  • The Music of Erich Zann (1988 )
  • The Principle of Doubt (1989 )
  • Dances of Death ( and Other Walking Shadows ) ( 1990)
  • Kaleidoscope (1992 )
  • Visions Fugitives (1994 )
  • Lurking Fear (2007)
  • Wanderer on the Edge of Time (2010)
  • Live in Frankfurt 1991 ( DVD, 2007)
  • Classics ( 1993)
  • The Principle of Doubt ( Ambitions ) (2005 )
  • Intersections (2012 )
  • The Gnome (1988 )
  • Toccata (1989 )
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