In the cold winter of 1998 anno bastardi the battle-machine HROSSHARSGRANI gathered for their first strike, their demo-CD "Blut". In these dark ages they still haunted the black realms of dark ambient music to tell their tales of those creatures who only come out by night: the undead, the vampires. An hommage to the bloody heir of Lord Byron and Bram Stoker. More demo-CDs followed leaving these world behind and penetrating the battlefields of a barbaric world with as barbaric black metal hymns. The first era of the band was completed with the blootletting release of "Der Pfad Zum Tor Der Toten" and "Ancient Tales". The year 2000 marked not only the beginning of a new millenium but also of a new era in their bandhistory. HROSSHARSGRANI entered the CCP-studios to create "...Of Battles, Ravens
>And Fire" - a giant step forward. Battlesounds and choirs lead the listener through a long forgotten time full of myths and legends. For the originators Fylgja, Munin and Hugin this was indeed the start for a new chapter in their musical journey. A musical journey far off the yet trampled and boring paths of the metallic art fascinating also their new label CCP, with which they signed a contract. An alliance that showed to be succesful for HROSSHARSGRANI in all battles yet to come. In the beginning of the following year the battleforce HROSSHARSGRANI started to compose for "The Secret Fire" - an epic tale based on J.R.R. Tolkiens "Lord Of The Rings" and "Simarillion". For the listener, who is
troubled by the boring daily routine of our world, "The Secret Fire" is a mighty stronghold in a better world full of magic and wonders in their fantasy...Classical melodies combined with the grim face of metal music built the soundtrack for a crusade through the worlds of Mittelerde. Fylgja, Munin and Hugin sang of mystic, enchanted forests, of fire-breathing dragons, whose wings conquer the clouds, of gleaming swords in the northern territories and of powers that unfold to an insurmountable force when baptized in dark battles. In 2002 new grim battles had to be fought. Blond froze at the sound of the charging blades. Born from flesh and steel and templed in fire and ice, the iron force of HROSSHARSGRANI rose to war in the land of the shadows: sealed was the way of the warrior. Symphonic metal hymns, mystic-bombastic battle-choirs accompany you through moors of death, the rise high into the air and hunt dark creatures through haunted woods. Mighty guitar-riffs, wardrums, giant percussions and fanfares form a sound-adventure which can be compared to a ride with the valkyries. "Schattenkrieger" is an ode to war, a new incarnation of the violence of the sword, an album with a hypnotizing magic attracting every metal 'warrior of the world'.