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  • Minenwerfer - Der Blutharsch
    Album: Alpenpässe
    Country: U.S.A
    Year: 2019
    Order album at:
    minenwerfer.ba...
    Minenwerfer:
    Facebook: / minenwerfer
    Bandcamp: minenwerfer.ba...
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    Purity Through Fire:
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    This album coveys the brutal winter fighting in the extreme altitude of the alps on the Italian Front of The Great War.
    Physical copies (CD, Vinyl) soon to come from Purity Through Fire, and (Cassettes) from Worship Tapes.
    released October 31, 2019
    Lineup:
    Generalfeldmarschall Kriegshammer - Bass, Vocals
    Wachtmeister Verwüstung - Guitars, Drums, Synths, and additional vocals
    Patrick Hills - Engineering
    Recorded between Sept 2018 to May 2019 at Earthtone Studios. Sacramento CA
    Lyrics:
    Cold, so cold
    The mountain air, thin and spare
    The sun obscured
    By endless winter
    Winds rush through the valley pass
    As snow falls upon icy paths
    From pale white it fades to red
    With the blood of my comrades
    From the canyon floor
    To the tundrous peaks
    The cannons belch forth
    Through the many weeks
    Frozen, starving
    In fields of ice
    This barren trench
    Altar of sacrifice
    Holding position
    In oceans of white
    My hands go numb
    From the frostbite
    Man the machinegun
    Against the next wave
    Snowblind and shivering
    Send them to the grave
    Blood of these men
    Spills on the land
    Fruitless offensives
    From frontline command
    Perched on the watchtower
    I see their advance
    Through deep snow
    Without a chance
    Feeding the belt
    Round after round
    Another regiment
    Savagely gunned down
    The story of war
    Blood and revenge
    Just like the winter
    Will never end
    Blood
    And the blood covers the snow
    Blood
    And the blood covers the snow
    The forest, the mountains
    The valleys of crosses
    and the blood covers the snow.
    This video is for promotional use only.
    I own nothing.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 170

  • @erkkapehto9125
    @erkkapehto9125 8 місяців тому +61

    Last summer, I was hiking in the Julian Alps in Slovenia and listened to this album while climbing to the high peaks and wandering through the vast forests. Every now and then, I found WW1 graves and played tunes on my acoustic guitar to honor the memory of the soldiers

    • @Askr568
      @Askr568 5 місяців тому +11

      Thank you for your decency. Every single fallen man up there deserves our utmost respect

  • @lucadondoni843
    @lucadondoni843 22 дні тому +2

    I live a few dozen kilometers from the place where this cover photo was taken. And, yes, life is strange: a beautiful album, a soldier perhaps resting in one of the many war cemeteries, my great-grandparents who experienced the horror of war. And here I am, writing this comment, moved 😢

  • @heinzthorvald4675
    @heinzthorvald4675 4 роки тому +93

    What a great way to start an album that manage to capture the essence of the Italian front and of the war in general

  • @zraven2931
    @zraven2931 3 роки тому +157

    This song perfectly displays the feeling of pure desperation and the horror of senseless but inevitable eradication of life. Absolutely stunning and cutting to the core.

    • @ochideviezure884
      @ochideviezure884 2 роки тому +3

      Pls contact me in some form you just described life.

  • @Maza675
    @Maza675 Рік тому +10

    One of the few songs to make me tear up, and that's without reading the lyrics. So much emotion.

  • @DonegansGone
    @DonegansGone 3 роки тому +30

    The term "epic" fits perfectly with this track. It transports me to another time and place, full of struggle, fight with the opponent and raw nature. I browse the internet through photos from the Italian front of the IWW. It's amazing how in these times people can create such a long, but sticky piece that is neither boring nor too long.

  • @yung1820
    @yung1820 Рік тому +6

    Extreme Metal will never die

  • @OstfrontElfgirl
    @OstfrontElfgirl 11 місяців тому +5

    Makes me cry every time ❤

  • @TheHungmetal
    @TheHungmetal 3 роки тому +4

    long time i stop listening BM. So i just found this band. great

  • @deadeye4256
    @deadeye4256 3 роки тому +4

    songs translation is the frozen blood if anyone wanted too know

  • @z0ttel89
    @z0ttel89 3 роки тому +8

    Soll nochmal einer sagen, dass Gitarrensoli nicht zu Black Metal passen würden.... alles ab 11:01 ist einfach nur perfekt.

  • @markbaston8147
    @markbaston8147 10 місяців тому

    This could be one of the great Black metal songs of all time.

  • @leonarddonalies6177
    @leonarddonalies6177 3 роки тому +8

    i always thought u have to be scandinavian to make good black metal but this proved me wrong

    • @maleexile9053
      @maleexile9053 3 роки тому +1

      Agalloch

    • @ole86
      @ole86 2 роки тому +4

      for at least a decade the best bm comes from eastern europe with some sprinkles of the us...2nd wave is gone for many years...

    • @maleexile9053
      @maleexile9053 2 роки тому +1

      @@ole86 I miss black metal like burzum agalloch emperor and minenwerfer

    • @ole86
      @ole86 2 роки тому

      @@maleexile9053 Do you know Drudkh? Folky and atmospheric BM that sounds like the lovechild of Burzum and Agalloch. ua-cam.com/video/AgoK2dnV9cc/v-deo.html is a nice entry

    • @maleexile9053
      @maleexile9053 2 роки тому +1

      @@ole86 great song

  • @BinALA
    @BinALA 4 роки тому +6

    jesus this track goes fucking hard

    • @MindGamingMantis
      @MindGamingMantis 2 роки тому +2

      I just found out about this track and that's what the fuck I'm saying. I can't name a black metal song that goes harder than this. This song has the spirit of bands like Bathory, Burzum, Opeth, Thy Light and Leviathan, all wrapped in one.

    • @BinALA
      @BinALA 2 роки тому

      @@MindGamingMantis Yeah, it really shows what black metal can be outside of your derivative stereotype

  • @michaelreifschneider333
    @michaelreifschneider333 3 роки тому +4

    Святой Анал... Какой ЩедеврЬ

  • @TheTrohl
    @TheTrohl Рік тому +2

    Does anybody know who's speaking in the intro? I assumed it was Franz Joseph I., but I did not find a matching recording.

    • @sliftyy
      @sliftyy 11 місяців тому

      Emperor Karl

  • @szveszs
    @szveszs 2 роки тому +10

    This is the song that I kinda listen with a bit of weird feeling 'cause the guys from this band might at first glance give off some kind of swastika vibes, but that’s anachronistic, their songs are about ww1, so I don't know still... but: again, fuck that solo and the ending; just beautiful and painfully eerie. Fucking masterpiece.

    • @ole86
      @ole86 2 роки тому +1

      I feel the same about deathspell omega and le peste noir

    • @MSAINT-bn4vj
      @MSAINT-bn4vj 2 роки тому

      @@ole86 Peste Noire (peste is feminine in French, so la peste noire hence the name of the band : Peste Noire)

    • @ole86
      @ole86 2 роки тому +2

      @@MSAINT-bn4vj peste is a feminine noun, i know by now. but "hence the name of the band : Peste Noire" makes no sense since it would be the same regardless of the gender.

    • @szveszs
      @szveszs Рік тому

      I just know that this solo is one the best and the bass lines, damn, I'm again here.

  • @pop_fps3148
    @pop_fps3148 3 роки тому +1

    wow

  • @devatess8669
    @devatess8669 2 роки тому

    🖤🔥

  • @petrmajor9735
    @petrmajor9735 Рік тому

    👍👍👍✋✋✋super

  • @CuttySobz
    @CuttySobz 7 місяців тому +1

    So boring.

  • @nathancordeiro1037
    @nathancordeiro1037 3 роки тому +74

    This song almost made me cry. They successfully captured the desperate of fighting in a cold and isolated place, far from home, friends, family...
    A 10/10, no doubts.

  • @Tchernobog
    @Tchernobog 3 роки тому +46

    I apologize to the 4 downvoters that this wasn't a fake tanned covered chick with pink hair and long plastic fingernails who is singing about shopping and breakups.

    • @octoberrust9483
      @octoberrust9483 3 роки тому +17

      And adultery

    • @yash1140
      @yash1140 3 роки тому +25

      They were probably black metal elistists. Seen plenty of snobs trash on this album because it isn't brutal and doesn't sound like a broken washing machine with a dead mouse stuck inside it.

    • @NonCredibleFrenchDefense
      @NonCredibleFrenchDefense 9 місяців тому +2

      @@yash1140 ya exactly they were probably the opposite of what the original comment was suggesting 😂

  • @radiantsvn
    @radiantsvn 3 роки тому +64

    One of the greatest songs I've ever listened

    • @ole86
      @ole86 3 роки тому +10

      facts. this song is like an entire ep on itself.

    • @markbaston8147
      @markbaston8147 10 місяців тому +1

      Agreed.

  • @BonoboJones
    @BonoboJones 3 роки тому +105

    I’ve probably listened to this track around 20-30 times now and this is some of the most well written music I’ve ever listened to. Completely unparalleled in their writing in this genre besides maybe ThyLight. Fucking brutal at the end and that funky little jazz solo in the middle was a total breathe of fresh air. AND my favorite part of all, 16:00 when he opens up that Vickers gun to the blast beat. Amazing all around, come visit Ohio sometime.

    • @BonoboJones
      @BonoboJones 3 роки тому +1

      @shyguy streams Pretty sure it's a speech by Wilhelm II. It's either him or Otto von Bismarck. They used to have a translation of it somewhere on this video.

    • @fabianbertalan
      @fabianbertalan 3 роки тому +9

      @shyguy streams @Michael Mclurg
      According to a comment from the full album by @blable bliblo the speech is from Karl I:
      "The speech in the beginning was recorded on 16th Feb 1916, spoken by Karl Franz Joseph of Habsburg (then heir to the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, later known as Karl I.) for an organization that supports widows and orphans.
      Text freely translated by me:
      "I was at all fronts, with all troops of our glorious army. I saw all nationalities of the far monarchy heading fully united for a great goal, a glorious peace. In the eyes of all soldiers, pugnacity and confidence in victory could be seen. One heard expressions of the deep love towards our adored, highest lord of war and of the unlimited faith in god from the mouth of each of these heroes. Also admirable are the heroes of the back lands, the silent endurers, who, through the war, either lost their most beloved or live in constant fear and worry about their relatives. Worthy of this great era is the war aid, where everyone that is unable to defend the fatherland with sword in hand, strives to lessen the severe woes of our virtuous warriors through infinite benefaction." "

    • @MindGamingMantis
      @MindGamingMantis 2 роки тому +3

      It's funny you say Thy Light, because I've just listened to this track in full for the first few times and it reminded me of Thy Light's In My Last Mourning and Bathory's Twilight of the Gods, especially the solo.

  • @Kuba-sn7pv
    @Kuba-sn7pv 3 роки тому +50

    Do you feel that sound at the beginning? This is something I miss in many rock bands.

    • @moloch8496
      @moloch8496 3 роки тому +2

      Oh yesss

    • @chrislyles6340
      @chrislyles6340 3 роки тому

      T. Rex and The Stooges are both great examples. Amateurish and fuzzed out and full of real feeling.

  • @ravenousbean7048
    @ravenousbean7048 4 роки тому +53

    So atmospherically melodic! Amazing song, but the album as a whole is just great! Lest we forget the men who were swallowed up by the mountain, and lost in the snow.

  • @sgtkabukimann
    @sgtkabukimann 4 роки тому +32

    Gonna have to play some bf1 listening to this. Danke fürs hochladen! Mein Urgroßvater war an der Italienfront stationiert.

  • @user-ns9bg6un2e
    @user-ns9bg6un2e 4 роки тому +86

    The atmosphere of this track is superb

  • @untamed9631
    @untamed9631 3 роки тому +134

    Cold, so cold
    The mountain air, thin and spare
    The sun obscured
    By endless winter
    Winds rush through the valley pass
    As snow falls upon icy paths
    From pale white it fades to red
    With the blood of my comrades
    From the canyon floor
    To the tundrous peaks
    The cannons belch forth
    Through the many weeks
    Frozen, starving
    In fields of ice
    This barren trench
    Altar of sacrifice
    Holding position
    In oceans of white
    My hands go numb
    From the frostbite
    Man the machinegun
    Against the next wave
    Snowblind and shivering
    Send them to the grave
    Blood of these men
    Spills on the land
    Fruitless offensives
    From frontline command
    Perched on the watchtower
    I see their advance
    Through deep snow
    Without a chance
    Feeding the belt
    Round after round
    Another regiment
    Savagely gunned down
    The story of war
    Blood and revenge
    Just like the winter
    Will never end
    Blood
    And the blood covers the snow
    Blood
    And the blood covers the snow
    The forest, the mountains
    The valleys of crosses
    And the blood covers the snow

  • @zeeceefourovksk2837
    @zeeceefourovksk2837 3 роки тому +26

    im surprised with how the music turn out to be. Click for War Metal. End up staying listening to an atmospheric black metal. I can dig it.

  • @AnalogHorrorRadio
    @AnalogHorrorRadio 4 роки тому +39

    9:32 Oh my God, that bass line! Kickassss

    • @zeeceefourovksk2837
      @zeeceefourovksk2837 3 роки тому +2

      oh man.... this subsequent quiet part and the solos are absolutely amazing .

  • @ole86
    @ole86 3 роки тому +26

    CMV: If the whole album could match this track in its brilliance, this would not only be the best atmospheric BM album of all time but also one of the best best albums of the decade. this song is just a 11/10

    • @MindGamingMantis
      @MindGamingMantis Рік тому +8

      Agreed. Although the album is an absolutely great album, this song is the greatest black metal song I've ever heard. And we're talking bands like Emperor, Dissection, Watain, Deathspell Omega, Leviathan/Xasthur, Silencer, Elffor whatever regular black/dsbm/melodic black, etc, this song is the king.

  • @formaxlucs
    @formaxlucs 3 роки тому +18

    I cry everytime i listen this song, it's so powerful, dramatic and incredible.

  • @necatee
    @necatee 4 роки тому +64

    Why this isn't at Spotify ?

    • @coronelsakura2841
      @coronelsakura2841 4 роки тому +1

      Because it is not good enough.

    • @AlpVonTrier
      @AlpVonTrier 4 роки тому +77

      @@coronelsakura2841 No, it's too good for streaming shits like spotify.

    • @HockeyFan430
      @HockeyFan430 4 роки тому +33

      CattisFatt no it’s really easy to post to sites like Spotify and Apple Music, I can only imagine it’s a personal band decision.

    • @Mark-kr5go
      @Mark-kr5go 4 роки тому +13

      @@HockeyFan430 Minenwerfer has some songs on Spotify, just not from Alpenpasse. Hopefully this album will join them soon.

    • @TheGamerSayny
      @TheGamerSayny 4 роки тому +17

      @@Mark-kr5go not exactly true. Other bands that posted collab albums on Spotify had to add the minenwerfer ones, meaning: when 1914 posted their album with Minenwerfer, one label was created for them and thats why you can see some of the songs there. But Minenwerfer doesn't want to be associated with Spotify as far as I know. Which is not uncommon for black metal bands.

  • @CzacoF
    @CzacoF 3 роки тому +10

    I love to comeback to this band, for obvious reasons. My neighbours from across the street loves them too.

  • @user-mz9ig5id3o
    @user-mz9ig5id3o 2 роки тому +12

    Their best and most complex song

  • @batuhanpehlivan1241
    @batuhanpehlivan1241 4 роки тому +40

    we are living in a weimar

  • @valfar27
    @valfar27 Рік тому +7

    7:17 super emotional riff. A lot of Anders Nystrom vibes!

  • @zuzanahadasova5766
    @zuzanahadasova5766 3 роки тому +9

    I think that the song is too short. :(

  • @deadeye4256
    @deadeye4256 3 роки тому +10

    blood blood covers the snow

  • @tetikemir
    @tetikemir 3 роки тому +23

    10:58 that solo..

    • @hbf_chiller6790
      @hbf_chiller6790 3 роки тому +2

      Nice Profile Picture

    • @necatee
      @necatee 3 роки тому +1

      ondan önceki bass line mükemmel bence.

    • @tetikemir
      @tetikemir 3 роки тому +1

      @@necatee 17 dakika olduğunu anlamıyorum dinlerken

  • @andrewandrew4305
    @andrewandrew4305 2 роки тому +15

    One of the best guitar solos ever.

  • @necatee
    @necatee 3 роки тому +7

    Finally guys, it's at Spotify with whole Alpenpaesse album.

  • @REALjohnmosesbrowning
    @REALjohnmosesbrowning 3 роки тому +7

    Unquestionably the best BM album of 2019

  • @RmnHmn
    @RmnHmn 3 роки тому +8

    from the 3:10 mark to the 4:26 mark i envision a plane rumbling down the runway. from there, i see that plane soaring off into the air.

    • @630171official
      @630171official 3 роки тому +5

      I can almost feel the snowy storms, december in the alps, nothing but your comrades, a weapon and if you're lucky a tiny glimmer of hope, but flying one of the first airplanes, despite any conditions, cold wind blowing, loud motor and the rattling of parts, each time uncertain if you'll see anybody again, also very fitting

    • @RmnHmn
      @RmnHmn 3 роки тому +1

      @@630171official well put

  • @karner1541
    @karner1541 4 роки тому +32

    "Mit dem Schwert in der Hand das Vaterland verteidigen kann," bekomme eine Gänsehaut bei dieser Rede
    Best Song on the Album ;)

    • @CaptainFailo
      @CaptainFailo 3 роки тому +3

      Ich auch.
      Sogar ein tränchen musste ich mir verdrücken
      Für uns deutsche ist dieses Album glaub ich ein ganz besonderes Geschenk und ich frage mich, ob den Herren Musikern dass so richtig klar ist.
      Meinen aufrichtigen Dank möchte ich Ihnen auf jeden Fall geben

    • @dripmaestrolxix4228
      @dripmaestrolxix4228 Рік тому

      what speech is this?

    • @karner1541
      @karner1541 Рік тому

      @@dripmaestrolxix4228 From Kaiser Franz Joseph during ww1. Its at the beginning ot this song

    • @NonCredibleFrenchDefense
      @NonCredibleFrenchDefense 9 місяців тому

      @@karner1541 *Kaiser Karl!

  • @homerokemmerich5425
    @homerokemmerich5425 3 роки тому +15

    I can't recomment this music enough. Such atmosphere, such feelings evoked. More than one year I know this song and I still get the goosebumbs. Amazing.

  • @supercrip6972
    @supercrip6972 3 роки тому +4

    Sounds like buckethead is playing the guitar

  • @michaelreifschneider333
    @michaelreifschneider333 3 роки тому +7

    Wtf amazing

  • @icrypttoo2624
    @icrypttoo2624 2 роки тому +4

    This is absolutely amazing. Shocked.

  • @yigit1898
    @yigit1898 3 роки тому +5

    11:00 heavenly solo!!!!!

  • @NorthWoodsWalks
    @NorthWoodsWalks 3 роки тому +3

    Very much an Astronoid vibe...combined with Dimmu Borgir

  • @szchizophrenia5046
    @szchizophrenia5046 3 роки тому +7

    (0:35 - 1:50) i thought i was listening Burzum xd

  • @michalbarann_95
    @michalbarann_95 2 роки тому +3

    I Fall in love with this masterpiece

  • @metalhead4824
    @metalhead4824 3 роки тому +3

    God, this song is amazing

  • @tigerinanina7637Südwest
    @tigerinanina7637Südwest 3 роки тому +4

    This is Deutsch 😅🖤🙈

    • @CaptainFailo
      @CaptainFailo 3 роки тому +1

      This ist deutsch made by an us Band =)

  • @bastardmcx5229
    @bastardmcx5229 4 роки тому +14

    Endless war. I need it so I can die in combat.

    • @heinzthorvald4675
      @heinzthorvald4675 4 роки тому +4

      Same, but it's too late for me, now I'm cursed to follow the average bourgeois life

    • @velimirshultz4564
      @velimirshultz4564 3 роки тому +1

      @@JSSQuelloAutentico Oh fuck of generic steve #45344363.

    • @CaptainFailo
      @CaptainFailo 3 роки тому +3

      @shyguy streams hmmm i guess people who are serious with such Statements had missed even few more points than just this One...

  • @freyasfire1
    @freyasfire1 2 роки тому +1

    Here for the collapse of the ice block on the Marmolada💔

  • @sylviedraho3681
    @sylviedraho3681 4 роки тому +3

    Une merveille🖤🖤🖤🖤

  • @8523wsxc
    @8523wsxc 11 місяців тому +1

    Mit Bluth-Arsch sollte man am besten zum Arzt gehen.

  • @marcosalegria2501
    @marcosalegria2501 3 роки тому +3

    Temazoooo

  • @joeg2jerry20
    @joeg2jerry20 Рік тому +1

    This is such a great song

  • @jesterhead8028
    @jesterhead8028 3 роки тому +2

    Kaiserjaeger>>> Alpini...always was, always will be.

  • @KomradeKrusher
    @KomradeKrusher 4 роки тому +22

    Stupid band name almost turned me off from getting here. But this is some premium atmospheric BM about one of the most chilling (no pun intended) chapters of modern day warfare... remains of those poor souls are recovered even today. And even more than a hundred years later, senseless slaughter is the way mankind keeps choosing.

    • @KomradeKrusher
      @KomradeKrusher 3 роки тому +20

      @Reclusiarch Grimaldus ah, yes, that unequaled honour of sacrificing one's life for the whims and desires of some king, general or simple politician.That, of course, is what gives "meaning" to a life...

    • @DukeoftheAges
      @DukeoftheAges 2 роки тому

      @@KomradeKrusher for kings and nobles it can be a good thing, most of them throughout history put their lives on the line right alongside their men. Politicians on the other hand are almost always scum.

  • @moloch8496
    @moloch8496 3 роки тому +1

    Love it love it love it 🖤🖤🖤🤘

  • @andrewandrew4305
    @andrewandrew4305 2 роки тому +5

    One of my all time favourite pieces of musi.CLASSIC

  • @NonCredibleFrenchDefense
    @NonCredibleFrenchDefense 9 місяців тому

    Is that Charles I of Austria/IV of Hungary speaking at the beginning? sounds like him!

  • @surreal_vows_band
    @surreal_vows_band Рік тому

    Amazing well written lyrics, a great style of post-metal and hard-metal, an actual masterpiece... How's that underrated?!

  • @PedroVonWorzelburger
    @PedroVonWorzelburger 2 роки тому

    Sounds like what ISIS were playing 20 years ago.

  • @do-ri193
    @do-ri193 3 роки тому +5

    how can there be so much melody in a single track💥❤️

  • @Nattyplatinum
    @Nattyplatinum 2 роки тому +1

    *Azov BN has entered the chat*

    • @c1tal0prxm
      @c1tal0prxm 9 днів тому +1

      *azov bn has exited mariupol*

  • @Stifflermom1
    @Stifflermom1 3 роки тому +1

  • @sliftyy
    @sliftyy 6 місяців тому

    7:15 best part, gives me emotions i cannot describe

  • @zzlucaszz6059
    @zzlucaszz6059 Рік тому

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY VRIL AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH

  • @100-s3f
    @100-s3f 2 роки тому

    insane

  • @sideshowbob6241
    @sideshowbob6241 Рік тому

    9:38 Who is the person speaking is?

  • @yigit1898
    @yigit1898 3 роки тому

    who is speaking on intro?

    • @КрасныйКайзер
      @КрасныйКайзер 3 роки тому +4

      Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria

    • @yigit1898
      @yigit1898 3 роки тому +1

      @@КрасныйКайзер Thanks 👌

    • @EnoshII
      @EnoshII 2 роки тому +1

      @@КрасныйКайзер no, it's a speech by then archduke latter emperor Karl

  • @vondernacht
    @vondernacht 11 місяців тому

    This boring music doesn't deserve such an interesting cover.

    • @blackstreaksofblood
      @blackstreaksofblood 5 місяців тому +2

      just like how your opinion doesn’t matter and rather so, go listen to taylor swift or something if you think this is so “boring”.

  • @obrik666
    @obrik666 Рік тому

    this is one of the most medicore songs i´ve ever listened to. so boring rifs. they try to be "interesting" by creting such long aong, but its no thorns of crimson death. another boring copycat band

    • @kaiser5610
      @kaiser5610 Рік тому +15

      I have listend to a lot of black metal and this album is spezial for me

    • @bahadrakmn457
      @bahadrakmn457 2 місяці тому

      this is nothing like dissection though