「この世は、人の運命は、超越的な存在や法則によって定められているのだろうか？神の手が上空に浮かんでいるかのようだ。少なくとも、人は自らの意志さえもコントロールできない。人は、遠い昔の記憶にない傷を癒すために剣を手に取る。人は、遠い未来の、知覚できない場所で笑顔で死ぬために剣を振るう。」

- Kentaro Miura, Berserk -

"In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? It is as if the hand of God is hovering above. At least, man cannot control even his own will. Man takes up the sword to shield the small wound in his heart sustained in a time long past, beyond remembrance. Man wields the sword so that he may die smiling in a distant place beyond perception."

S T R U G G L E R is the second album from Nighthämmer and with it the graduation of the band’s violence and craft. The album’s composition, from inception to execution, is entirely dedicated to and inspired by the life’s work of the artist Kentaro Miura. The polemics presented inside of his dark medieval fantasy hold true abject horrors as well immutable triumph. Allied again with the evil wizard of Earhammer Studios in Oakland, CA, “Grammy” Greg Wilkinson has honed the band’s aural strengths into a sadistic point. A sonic weapon, a blade balanced between a hilt of Mercyful Fate and Iron Maiden heavy metal production, with a cruel edge honed on their unique take on Immortal, Kvist, and Darkthrone scando-black metal.

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