XIII. století

XIII. století is a Czech musical group. It describes its music as gothic rock and, according to interviews with frontman Petr Štěpán, XIII. century distances itself from any association with the work or focus of groups labeled as "metalgothic", "doomgothic", etc. It was formed in 1990 from the punk band HNF (Hrdinové nové fronty) and released its first album Amulet two years later. This group is also popular in Poland. In various line-up variations, it has so far recorded and released 10 regular albums, 2 concert recordings (Nocturno, Live in Berlin) and three compilations (Karneval, 2CD Ritual, 3CD Horizont vydětní). The album Horizont vydětní contains, in addition to the group's compositions and new compositions Faust and Bohové na strojích, also the compositional work of Petr Štěpán - incidental music for theater plays and the electronic project Hindenburg. On the occasion of the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of XIII. century released a studio album called Intacto on February 5, 2016. According to Petr Štěpán, Intacto should be the band's last studio album. On October 21, 2016, a ten-album box set called Pandora was released.