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1914 release new single “1914 (The Siege of Przemyśl)”

New album 'Viribus Unitis' to be released on November 14 via Napalm Records

Photo Credit: Sofiia Ruda

03-10-2025

Ukrainian blackened death/doom metal unit 1914 return with their fourth studio album, Viribus Unitis, Latin for “With United Forces”. Their second single, “1914 (The Siege of Przemyśl)”, unveils further horrors of war.

Watch “1914 (The Siege of Przemyśl)” below.

k.u.k. Galizisches IR Nr.15, Gefreiter, Ditmar Kumarberg about “1914 (The Siege of Przemyśl)”:
“Trapped behind fortress walls: In the icy grip of World War I, 130,000 Austro-Hungarian soldiers found themselves surrounded, starving, and desperate inside the mighty fortress of Przemyśl. From September 1914 to March 1915, the Russian army laid siege, pounding the city with artillery and choking off supplies. Months passed. Food ran out. Horses, dogs, even rats, became rations. Disease spread. Morale crumbled. And then… surrender. One of the greatest capitulations of the war. The once-proud fortress fell, handing Russia a symbolic victory on the Eastern Front. But victory was fleeting! A short-term win for Russia, but the tides turned again when the Central Powers retook the city later that year. War shows no mercy.”

Watch the previously released “1916 (The Südtirol Offensive)” below.

1914 about Viribus Unitis:

Viribus Unitis is about shared strength and the idea that true power lies in unity. Alone, one may fall – together, we can prevail and achieve our goals: Defeat the enemy, escape captivity, survive, and return to your family. We return with a new story. A story of life and military valor of a soldier who encountered the Great War in his native city of Lviv and went through it all. Side by side, with joint efforts of Ukrainians, Poles, Hungarians, Slovenes, Czechs, Slovaks, Jews, Croats, Bosniaks, Germans – all the peoples who made up the vast Austro-Hungarian Empire. Empires did not count people – they threw them into meat grinders where survival was only possible through unity. By helping one another. By sacrificing yourself for the sake of your loved ones and comrades.

This is a story of being blinded by war and the grandeur of the empire, of the heat of battle, realization and acceptance of reality, awakening, changing values, captivity, and liberation. It is a story of unbreakable will to live and hope amidst a terrifying and bloody war. It is a story of a new little life that changes all the rules and forces one to see the familiar from a different perspective. It is a story of love. It is a story of loss and death. Viribus Unitis is when pain, death, loss, loneliness, and fear encircle you. But you’re still unbroken!”

Viribus Unitis tracklisting:

  1. War In (The Beginning of the Fall)
  2. 1914 (The Siege of Przemyśl)
  3. 1915 (Easter Battle for the Zwinin Ridge)
  4. 1916 (The Südtirol Offensive)
  5. 1917 (The Isonzo Front)
  6. 1918 Pt 1: WIA (Wounded in Action)
  7. 1918 Pt 2: POW (Prisoner of War)
  8. 1918 Pt 3: ADE (A duty to escape)
  9. 1919 (The Home Where I Died)
  10. War Out (The End?)

Viribus Unitis will be available in the following formats:

2-LP Gatefold Vinyl Hardcover Book MARBLED ORANGE/BLACK/RED, incl. 72p Booklet – strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide

3-LP Gatefold Vinyl MARBLED CRISTALLO/GOLD, incl. Bonus Vinyl* – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide (Napalm Records Mailorder only)

Wooden Box Edition, incl. Digipack, Bonus CD*, Flag, Pendant, 4 Cards – strictly limited to 300 copies worldwide (Napalm Records Mailorder only)

2-LP Gatefold BLACK

Black Vinyl & Shirt Bundle (Napalm Records Mailorder only)

Digipack & Shirt Bundle (Napalm Records Mailorder only)

4 Page Digipack

Digital Album

*incl. the following bonus tracks:
1 War In
2 Die Karpathenschlacht (Rework 2025)
3 Die Karpathenschlacht (Ship Her Son RMX)
4 8 × 50 mm R. Infanterie Repetiergewehr M.95 (Rework 2025)
5 8 × 50 mm R. Infanterie Repetiergewehr M.95 (Kadaitcha RMX)
6 War out

2-LP Gatefold Vinyl Hardcover Book MARBLED ORANGE/BLACK/RED, incl. 72p Booklet – strictly limited to 500 copies worldwide

1914 are:          
K.K. LIR. Lemberg Nr.19 Fähnrich, Rostislaw Potoplacht – Drums
k.u.k. Galizisches IR Nr.15, Gefreiter, Ditmar Kumarberg – Vocals
K.K. LIR Czernowitz Nr.22 Oberleutnant, Witaly Wyhovsky – Guitar
K.K. LIR Stanislau Nr.20 Zugsführer, Oleksa Fisiuk – Guitar
k.u.k. Galizisch-Bukowina’sches IR Nr.24, Feldwebel, Armen Howhannisjan – Bass

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