NARGAROTH Confronts the Pull of Roots on New Single Requiem Germania
Posted on March 25, 2026
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German black metal band NARGAROTH releases “Requiem Germania”, the lead single from the forthcoming album Apocalyptic Steel, set for release through Season of Mist Underground Activists.
Written entirely in German, “Requiem Germania” stands apart from the rest of Apocalyptic Steel in both language and register. Where the album is built on the direct, unadorned attitude of old-school metal, this track moves through a slower, more interior space, its weight carried by the accumulated grief of someone who left and cannot cleanly return. The lyrics draw on imagery of harvest fields, ancestral graves, and the pull of rivers to frame a condition that has grown more acute rather than fading with time.
The song addresses homesickness not as a temporary state but as something that calcifies with distance. Ash left Germany, his family and his home more than a decade ago. The longer the separation, the more insistently the roots assert themselves. The track sits in the tension between that pull and the practical difficulty of return, shaped by resentment and a world that has changed in his absence.
The official video for “Requiem Germania”, directed by Claudio Marino and produced by Artax Film, moves between a smoke-wreathed black metal performance and a slower narrative built around traditional German garments being put on, piece by piece—each layer a step back toward something left behind.
Watch the official video for “Requiem Germania” here: https://youtu.be/bJXSTkS_Cww
“Apocalyptic Steel” was recorded at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California in September 2014, with engineer Juan Urteaga. Drums were re-recorded in July 2022 at Skeleton Key Studios in Las Vegas, with Rylie Ellen Wechta. Vocals, mixing and mastering were completed at AMP Studios in Duisburg, Germany between February and April 2025, with engineer Jens Forster. Cover artwork is by Felipe Mora (Colombia), with CD artwork by Anne-Kristin G. and additional booklet artwork by Jenglot Hitam. Band photography by David Perga.
Pre-order & pre-save: https://orcd.co/nargarothapocalypticsteel
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Written entirely in German, “Requiem Germania” stands apart from the rest of Apocalyptic Steel in both language and register. Where the album is built on the direct, unadorned attitude of old-school metal, this track moves through a slower, more interior space, its weight carried by the accumulated grief of someone who left and cannot cleanly return. The lyrics draw on imagery of harvest fields, ancestral graves, and the pull of rivers to frame a condition that has grown more acute rather than fading with time.
The song addresses homesickness not as a temporary state but as something that calcifies with distance. Ash left Germany, his family and his home more than a decade ago. The longer the separation, the more insistently the roots assert themselves. The track sits in the tension between that pull and the practical difficulty of return, shaped by resentment and a world that has changed in his absence.
The official video for “Requiem Germania”, directed by Claudio Marino and produced by Artax Film, moves between a smoke-wreathed black metal performance and a slower narrative built around traditional German garments being put on, piece by piece—each layer a step back toward something left behind.
Watch the official video for “Requiem Germania” here: https://youtu.be/bJXSTkS_Cww
“Apocalyptic Steel” was recorded at Trident Studios in Pacheco, California in September 2014, with engineer Juan Urteaga. Drums were re-recorded in July 2022 at Skeleton Key Studios in Las Vegas, with Rylie Ellen Wechta. Vocals, mixing and mastering were completed at AMP Studios in Duisburg, Germany between February and April 2025, with engineer Jens Forster. Cover artwork is by Felipe Mora (Colombia), with CD artwork by Anne-Kristin G. and additional booklet artwork by Jenglot Hitam. Band photography by David Perga.
Pre-order & pre-save: https://orcd.co/nargarothapocalypticsteel
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