Vagus Vetus

Vagus Vetus is the sixth studio album by Czech black metal band Master's Hammer, released on 18 May 2014 through the band's own record label, Jihosound Records, founded the year prior.[1] It is the group's second concept album so far, the first one being Jilemnický okultista, released in 1992.

Vagus Vetus
Studio album by
Master's Hammer
Released18 May 2014
GenreBlack metal, avant-garde metal
Length55:47
LabelJihosound Records
ProducerFranta Štorm
Master's Hammer chronology
Vracejte konve na místo.
(2012)		 Vagus Vetus
(2014)		 Formulæ
(2016)

The album tells the surreal adventures of an imaginary old wanderer, whose name is Vagus Vetus, through an "unfamiliar labyrinth" where "there's nothing good waiting for him. Disgusted with progress and modernity of all kinds, he enjoys listening to Aeolian harps and sounds of postmortal flatulence. He finds his consolation in hedonic experiences of natural origin".[2]

The track "Panuška" is a tribute to Czech painter Jaroslav Panuška (1872–1958).

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Franta Štorm; all music is composed by Master's Hammer (Štorm, Necrocock and Silenthell).

No.TitleEnglish titleLength
1."αιολος I." (instrumental)Aeolus I.0:57
2."XMZ[nb 1]" 4:09
3."Panuška" 5:19
4."V aiolských harfách"In Aeolian Harps5:52
5."Chrchel"Sputum4:44
6."Receptura"Recipe4:31
7."Špacírka"Walking Cane3:30
8."Na kanibalských jatkách"At the Cannibal Slaughterhouse3:47
9."Beedi" 4:26
10."Zvířecí zvuky"Animal Noises4:30
11."Prďák"Fart4:23
12."Pod vrstvou prachu"Under a Layer of Dust4:23
13."Nengemengelengem" 3:27
14."αιολος II." (instrumental)Aeolus II.1:44

Personnel

Notes
  1. Acronym for "Xenofobní Misanthropickou Zrůdu"; in English, "Xenophobic Misanthropic Monster".
gollark: Maybe you could make a good scifi thing a hundred years in the future or something about faster computers/better optimization algorithms/distributed system designs/something making central planning more tractable. Although in the future supply chains will probably be even more complex. But right now, it is NOT practical.
gollark: In any case, if you have a planned system and some new need comes up... what do you do, spend weeks updating the models and rerunning them? That is not really quick enough.
gollark: If you want to factor in each individual location's needs in some giant model, you'll run into issues like:- people lying- it would be horrifically complex
gollark: Information flow: imagine some farmer, due to some detail of their climate/environment, needs extra wood or something. But the central planning models just say "each farmer needs 100 units of wood for farming 10 units of pig"; what are they meant to do?
gollark: The incentives problems: central planners aren't really as affected by how well they do their jobs as, say, someone managing a firm, and you probably lack a way to motivate people "on the ground" as it were.

References
  1. "INTERVIEW: Master's Hammer (November 2014)". Archived from the original on 2015-06-14. Retrieved 2015-06-15.
  2. Master's Hammer Website
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