Chernabogue

>> WEBSITE << >> DOWNLOAD LINK << Following the success of the first album in October 2011, Alexandre Mourey (Chernabogue) and KNGI.org are proud to present Vampire Variations: Volume II – a whole new tribute album to the Castlevania series, released on October 31, 2013. This new album focuses on two major games from Konami's series: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine, 1993) and Bloodlines (Genesis, 1994), and on the music composed by Akiropito, Keizo Nakamura, Tomoko Sano, Mikio Saito (Rondo of Blood), and Michiru Yamane (Bloodlines). But this time, we decided to put it to the next level: 2 albums, more than one and a half hour of music, more than 25 musicians and performers, and full album artwork. Everything was done by fans, for fans, to celebrate the games' anniversary. The project's musicians were asked to arrange the tracks the way they wanted to, and to create their own vision of the soundtrack. The project features several different genres, including orchestra, metal, funk, electronic music, and many other. In order to respect the work of the artists, no final mixing or mastering was applied to the project. The project's artwork was created to bring the universe of Castlevania to life, but also to give Vampire Variations its own visual identity. Unlike the first project, different covers were designed for the second one to allow listeners to chose the one they prefer. I would like to thank all the people who made this happen, who trusted me, and who dedicated their work for the project. I truly hope you will enjoy this new musical experience, as much as I enjoyed directing this project. The Dark Lord is rising once again. Hold your crucifixes close. What an horrible night to be cursed once more... -Alexandre Mourey (Chernabogue) Disc I - Rondo of Blood 101 – Sinfonía del Diablo (AngelCityOutlaw & Chernabogue) [Divine Bloodlines] 102 – Mechanical Salvation (Eino Keskitalo & Tuberz McGee) [Requiem] 103 – Richter's Graveyard Groove (Mega Beardo) [Cemetery] 104 - Nosfearatu (AngelCityOutlaw) [Cross a Fear] 105 – The Damned Thirteen (Lashmush) [Op.13] 106 – Transylvania Sound Machine (Stemage & Chunkstyle) [Picture of a Ghost Ship] 107 – Krush Kontrol (goat) [Former Room] 108 – Phantasmal Hellfire (Timaeus222) [Dancing in Phantasmic Hell] 109 – This Whip Was Made to Punish (Lashmush) [slash] 110 – Crux Fortitudo Mea (aensland) [The Den] 111 – Circle of Illusions (Rize) [illusionary Dance] 112 – Chocolate Rondo (I Kinda Love It) (The Nate Horsfall Experience) [March of the Holy Man] Disc II - Bloodlines 201 – Red Pearl (Guifrog) [Reincarnated Soul] 202 – Bonds of Dark Secrets (Existence Zero) [Vision of Dark Secrets + Bonds of Brave Men] 203 – Unholy Water (Rexy) [The Sinking Old Sanctuary] 204 - Satanic Spire (Gario) [The Discolored Wall] 205 – Prussian Bones (DaMonz) [iron-Blue Intention] 206 – Find Me (Mak Eightman) [Mysterious Curse] 207 – No Prayer or Queen (Afilion) [The Prayer of a Tragic Queen] 208 – City of Angels (Brandon Strader) [Calling from Heaven] 209 – The Eighth Deadly Sin (Chernabogue & Various Artists) [The Six Servants of the Devil] 210 – Bloodthirst (SoundTakT) [The Vampire's Stomach] 211 – Season of the Witch (Brandon Strader) [Together Forever] 212 – For Love is Immortality (tibone) [Requiem for Nameless Victims] >> DOWNLOAD LINK << (Note: The KNGI servers are down for now, due to major storms in France. The website will be up as soon as we can. For now, enjoy the music.)

My picks: 1. Gogo (FF6) 2. Cid (FF7) 3. Kefka (FF6) 4. Sephiroth (FF10) 5. Auron (FF10) I'll be quite busy, but let's see how it goes.

I knew such a release would bring such a discussion, hehe. Considering the format, and the collaboration with Capcom (and started by them), I understand the album is commercial, even if I'm not a fan of the concept. Maybe it would have worked better with some people if the album was directly released by Capcom (and not as OCRC). I don't know, it's just an idea. It isn't a big problem for me, as I'm not a die-hard fan of Mega Man. I took a listen on SoundCloud, and the album is great (I love Brandon's track).

I'm not a fan of the commercial thing, but hey, that's a milestone for the website after 11+ years. Congrats on the release!

Noted. Enjoy your week out! Oh and BTW, I started a mix for Pokémon Red & Blue.

Can I has one too pleaze?

And we're done, thank you everyone! That was super cool!

Well, it's in 20 minutes, so get ready!

Show's in less than one hour, hope to see you there!

Vampire Variations II is done! See you at the listening party in less than 3 hours!

ALL OF THE TRACKS yay

So much headbanging right now

There are really good remixes in this album, you guys should definitively check it out if you haven't. I like it, even if I never played the game or listened to the music.

This. Is. Acceptable!

He and Andrew Warwick are listed as producer and artist, not musicians. As they contributed to VV2's greatness, they deserve to be in that list.

Indeed! Feel free to tell me if you need some help/feedback. And everyone, please share as much as you can this new trailer! Get HYPE!

FINAL TRAILER!!

Oh yeah, that dude is brilliant!

Metroid's "Brinstar Depths" got me here. Bets thing ever.