Jilemnický okultista
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| Released | December 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Black metal | |||
| Length | 51:00 | |||
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2017 Jihosound Records re-issue | ||||
Jilemnický okultista (English: "the Jilemnice occultist") is the second studio album by Czech black metal band Master's Hammer, self-released in December 1992 and distributed by Osmose Productions in the following year. Described by the band as "the world's first black metal operetta" and largely inspired by King Diamond's rock operas, it is their first of two concept albums, the second being Vagus Vetus, released in 2014. On several early Osmose pressings, Jilemnice is misspelled as "Filemnice", which was corrected on later pressings. Despite the track listing being in English, all the lyrics are in Czech; the original release contained Czech titles.
On this album, Vlastimil Voral joined Master's Hammer as a full-time member (he had already played on the band's previous album, Ritual., but was credited as a guest musician only).
Jilemnický okultista was re-issued in 2017 by Franta Štorm's label, Jihosound Records, in digipak format, with slightly different cover art and two bonus tracks, taken from a preliminary demo tape version of the album recorded in early February 1992 (see below).