Umbrtka is a metal band from Plzeň, Czech Republic. The band describe their music, which incorporates black, doom, industrial metal elements and is influenced by Czech underground, as 'grey' metal. The main themes of their lyrics are deserted industrial areas, factories, power plants, railways, dirty streets, trains, and other industrial elements.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Plzeň, Czech Republic |
| Genres | Black metal, industrial metal, underground, doom metal |
| Years active | 1999 – present |
| Labels | Metalswamp |
| Members | Morbivod Strastinen Well Karl |
'Umbrtka' is a name for a 'deity' which rules the grey industrial world. It is based on a working-class man called Ivo Krátký, formerly employed in Skart, Plzeň's scrapyard which, within the band's lyrics, is considered a 'temple of labor'.
Discography edit
Full albums edit
- Zašpinit slunce (To Pollute the Sun) (2000)
- Dělnický a bezdomovecký šedý metal (Worker's and Homeless Gray Metal ) (2001)
- Kladivo pracuje na 110% (The Hammer Works at 110%) (2001)
- Kovostroj plzeňských pánů práce (Metalmachine of Plzeň's Labour Lords) (2001)
- Hymny šedé síly (Hymns of the Grey Force) (2002)
- Ozvěny špíny (Echoes of Dirt) (2002)
- Betonová opona (The Concrete Curtain) (2002)
- Nad propastí dne (Above the Abyss of the Day) (2003)
- Melša - Frank Zappa meets Darkthrone (2003)
- Paměti špinavé lávky (Memories of the Dirty Footbridge) (2004)
- Lití podzimního asfaltu (The Casting of Autumn Asphalt) (2005)
- Páně & Uhelná pánev (The Lord & The Coal Basin) (2 cd,2008)
- Úplná demontáž lidstva (The Complete Disassembly of Mankind) (2009)
- Kovový háj (The Metal Grove) (2010)
- IVO - Industriální Velké Obrození (The Great Industrial Renaissance) (2010)
- Spočinutí (Resting) (2011)
- KKW (2012)
- Selement (2012)
- V dešti mech (Moss in the Rain) (2014)
- Hlavní stroj (The Master Machine) (2016)
EPs edit
- Jaro nevidět (2011, digital download)
LPs edit
- Kovový háj (2012)
- Úplná demontáž lidstva (2013)
Demos edit
- The Hand of Nothingness (2003)
External links edit
- facebook.com/umbrtka - official Facebook page
- Generální úřad pro tmu (The General Office for the Dark) - video
- Vezeme bábu (We Carry the Beldame) - video
- Kraftvarg (Burzum/Kraftwerk cover) - video
- Šedesátiny (60th Birthday) - video
- Stroje zůstanou (The Machines Shall Prevail) - video
- Nabídka (Menu) - video
- Transplzeňský hangár (Transpilsener Hangar; Darkthrone cover) - video
- Teplárenský okruh (The Heat-station Circle) - video
- Smrt v železe (Death in Iron) - video