Dark Fortress
Band

Dark Fortress

Germany Split-up

About

Logo by Christophe Szpajdel. Compilation appearances: - "Into My Deepest Desire" on Encyclopedia Pestilentia (Velvet Music International, 1997) - "Empire of the Majestic Nights" on The Second Vision...From the Mystic Forest (Moonrise Production, 1998) - "Pilgrim of the Nightly Spheres" on Ablaze Februar / März 2002 (Ablaze Magazine, 2002) - "Profound Immortality" on Woeful Cry #3 Compilation CD (2002) - "In Morte Aeternitas" on Zor Compilation (Zor Müzik, 2003) - "Passage to Extinction (edit)" on Ablaze Mai / Juni 2003 (CD, Ablaze Magazin, 2003) - "Warlord (Face the Angel of Pestilence)" on Nuova Era Volgare 2.0 (Flashnoise Art, 2003) - "Iconoclasm Omega" on Legacy 03/04 (Legacy Magazine, 2004) - "Iconoclasm Omega" on Pre Listening Promo Sampler EP (Black Attakk Records, 2004) - "Untitled" videos on Party.San 2003 DVD (Party.San, 2004) - "When 1000 Crypts Awake" on Mørkeskye Promotional Sampler 2004 (Mørkeskye, 2004) - "CataWomb (Edit)" on Legacy 06/05 (Legacy Magazine, 2005) - "CataWomb" on Black Summer Music 2006 (Century Media Records, 2006) - "Catawomb" on Heavy Metal Magazine Volumul 10 Februarie 2006 (Heavy Metal Magazine, 2006) - "CataWomb" on Monotheist - Promotional Teaser (Century Media Records, 2006) - "CataWomb" on Nyheder Januar / 2 2006 (EMI, 2006) - "CataWomb" on Trash Metal (Century Media Records/Nuclear Blast Records, 2006) - "Endtime" on December Songs: A Tribute to Katatonia (Northern Silence Productions, 2006) - "Shades of Emerald Fields" on December Songs: A Tribute to Katatonia (2006) - "Baphomet (Edit)" on Legacy 02/08 Sampler 2 (Legacy Magazine, 2008) - "Baphomet", "The Unflesh", "Edge of Night" and "No Longer Human" on New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out on Century Media Records in February 2008) (Century Media Records, 2008) - "Edge of Night" on Maximum Metal Vol. 125 (Metal Hammer, 2008) - "Edge of Night" on Terrorizer Presents Festival Frenzy (Terrorizer Magazine, 2008) - "Edge of Night" on The Next Generation (Century Media Records, 2008) - "Edge of Nigt" on Dark Visions 3 DVD (Zillo, 2008) - "Baphomet" on Metal Hits 2009 (EMI, 2009) - "Hirudineans" on Legacy 01/10 (Legacy Magazine, 2009) - "Hirudineans" on Metallian Sampler (Metallian Editions, 2009) - "Hirudineans" on Zero Tolerance Audio [ZTAUDIO030] (Zero Tolerance Magazine, 2009) - "Ylem" and "As the World Kneels Over" on New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out on Century Media Records in January 2010) (Legacy Magazine, 2009) - "Hirudineans" on Le Sampler RockHard #95 (Rock Hard, 2010) - "Hirudineans" on Metal for the Masses 2010 (Century Media Records, 2010) - "Hirudineans" on Music to Keep You Warm (Century Media Records, 2010) - "Hirudineans" on Summer of Metal (Century Media Records, 2010) - "The Valley" on Trick or Meat (Century Media Records, 2011) - "Venereal Dawn (Edit)" on Fall-Out 2014 (Century Media Records, 2014) - "Venereal Dawn (Edit)" on Lauschangriff Volume 031 (Rock Hard, 2014) - "Venereal Dawn" and "Chrysalis" on New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out on Century Media Records in August/September 2014) (Century Media Records, 2014) - "Venereal Dawn" on Free Rock Tribune 138 CD (Rock Tribune Magazine, 2014) - "Venereal Down" on Metal Hammer 10/2014 (Metal Hammer, 2014) - "Chrysalis" on Redefining Extremes - Century Media Records Free Sample (Century Media Records, 2015) Unknown date: - "Into My Deepest Desire" on Gefjon Zine Sampler Nr.1 Kassette: 2 (Gefjon Zine) - "The Mystic of Medieval Times" on Gefjon Zine Sampler Nr.1 Kassette: 1 (Gefjon Zine) Bootleg/Unofficial Releases: - Pre Listening Promo Sampler EP Promo split (Black Attakk Records, 2004) - Monotheist - Promotional Teaser Promo split (Century Media Records, 2006) - New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out on Century Media Records in February 2008) promo split (Century Media Records, 2008) - New Release Highlights (Thrilling Albums Out on Century Media Records in January 2010) promo split (Century Media Records, 2009)

Discography

Anthems from Beyond the Grave - Live in Europe 2023
Anthems from Beyond the Grave - Live in Europe 2023
Live album · 2025
  • 1 Intro 1:31
  • 2 CataWomb 6:21
  • 3 The Silver Gate 6:43
  • 4 Isa 8:26
  • 5 Pulling at Threads 4:00
  • 6 Crimson Tears 7:34
  • 7 Cohorror 5:43
  • 8 Self Mutilation 6:35
  • 9 Chrysalis 6:39
  • 10 To Harvest the Artifacts of Mockery 4:38
  • 11 Ylem 7:06
  • 12 Insomnia 8:05
  • 13 Evenfall 4:45
  • 14 Baphomet 7:01
  • 15 Sycamore Trees (Outro) 2:45
Spectres from the Old World
Spectres from the Old World
Full-length · 2020
  • 1 Nascence (Intro) 1:36
  • 2 Coalescence 4:32
  • 3 The Spider in the Web 5:26
  • 4 Spectres from the Old World 5:50
  • 5 Pali Aike 5:18 Video
  • 6 Pazuzu 5:50
  • 7 Isa 7:38
  • 8 Pulling at Threads 3:12
  • 9 In Deepest Time 5:16
  • 10 Penrose Procession (Interlude) 2:36
  • 11 Swan Song 7:17
  • 12 Nox Irae 3:38
Venereal Dawn
Venereal Dawn
Full-length · 2014
  • 1 Venereal Dawn 11:03
  • 2 Lloigor 7:07
  • 3 Betrayal and Vengeance 7:10
  • 4 Chrysalis 6:29 Video
  • 5 I Am the Jigsaw of a Mad God 8:33
  • 6 The Deep 3:09
  • 7 Odem 6:29
  • 8 Luciform 7:25
  • 9 On Fever's Wings 11:12
  • 10 The Deep (Acoustic Version) 2:58
Ylem
Ylem
Full-length · 2010
  • 1 Ylem 6:33 Video
  • 2 As the World Keels Over 6:36
  • 3 Osiris 7:36
  • 4 Silence 4:27
  • 5 Evenfall 5:36
  • 6 Redivider 7:08
  • 7 Satan Bled 4:35
  • 8 Hirudineans 4:56 Video
  • 9 Nemesis 6:35
  • 10 The Valley 8:02
  • 11 Wraith 8:16
Eidolon
Eidolon
Full-length · 2008
  • 1 The Silver Gate 6:50
  • 2 Cohorror 5:37
  • 3 Baphomet 6:24
  • 4 The Unflesh 5:08
  • 5 Analepsy 6:01
  • 6 Edge of Night 3:57 Video
  • 7 No Longer Human 5:36
  • 8 Catacrusis 4:34
  • 9 Antiversum 7:22
Seance
Seance
Full-length · 2006
  • 1 Ghastly Indoctrination 7:39
  • 2 CataWomb 6:41
  • 3 Requiem Grotesque 6:50
  • 4 While They Sleep 7:11
  • 5 To Harvest the Artefacts of Mockery 4:11
  • 6 Poltergeist 5:56
  • 7 Revolution: Vanity 5:14
  • 8 Incide 5:20
  • 9 Shardfigures 6:24
  • 10 Insomnia 6:31
Stab Wounds
Stab Wounds
Full-length · 2004
  • 1 Iconoclasm Omega 6:41
  • 2 Self-Mutilation 6:45
  • 3 Stab Wounds 8:11
  • 4 When 1000 Crypts Awake 4:00
  • 5 Despise the "Living" 5:36
  • 6 A Midnight Poem 8:47
  • 7 Rest in Oblivion 8:29
  • 8 Vanitas... No Horizons 1:24
  • 9 Like a Somnambulist in Daylight's Fire 7:52
  • 10 Sleep! 3:16
Profane Genocidal Creations
Profane Genocidal Creations
Full-length · 2003
  • 1 Introduction 1:45
  • 2 Defiance of Death 8:36
  • 3 Passage to Extinction 9:11
  • 4 In Morte Aeternitas 9:04
  • 5 Moribound Be Thy Creation 6:19
  • 6 Through Ages of War 6:05
  • 7 Blood of the Templars 7:20
  • 8 Warlord (Face the Angel of Pestilence) 5:02
  • 9 Battles Rage in the Infernal Depth 6:49
  • 10 A Fortress Dark 8:16
Tales from Eternal Dusk
Tales from Eternal Dusk
Full-length · 2001
  • 1 The Arcanum of the Cursed 1:42
  • 2 Pilgrim of the Nightly Spheres 4:15
  • 3 Twilight 4:34
  • 4 Apocalypse 3:40
  • 5 Immortality Profound (Trilogy) - Dreaming... (Chapter 1) 4:15
  • 6 Immortality Profound (Trilogy) - Throne of Sombre Thoughts (Chapter 2) 5:05
  • 7 Immortality Profound (Trilogy) - Captured in Eternity's Eyes (Chapter 3) 4:18
  • 8 Misanthropic Invocation 5:50
  • 9 Crimson Tears 6:44
  • 10 Tales from Eternal Dusk 8:35
  • 11 Moments of Mournful Splendour (At the Portal to Infinity) 3:03
Towards Immortality
Towards Immortality
Split · 1997
  • 1 Dark Fortress - The Cryptic Winterforest 6:03
  • 2 Dark Fortress - Towards Immortality 6:10
  • 3 Barad Dûr - Nächtlicher Wald 5:26
  • 4 Barad Dûr - Krieg 4:31
  • 5 Barad Dûr - Ausklang 2:01
The Rebirth of the Dark Age
The Rebirth of the Dark Age
Demo · 1996
  • 1 Intro 1:12
  • 2 The Mystic of Medieval Times 5:28
  • 3 Eternal War (The Retaliation) 3:05
  • 4 Passing the Shadowgates 3:22
  • 5 Into My Deepest Desire 4:52
  • 6 Reborn in the Frozen Kingdom 6:07