Köhntarkösz is the fifth studio album by French band Magma, released on 10 September 1974.
Köhntarkösz was recorded from May 1-12, 1974, soon after the sudden áºÂurdah ÃÂtah sessions the previous month. "Ork Alarm" constitutes a very early version of "De Futura", later released on ÃÂdü áºÂüdü, which would become Jannick Top's signature piece. "Coltrane Sündia" is an elegy for John Coltrane.
The title piece of the album forms a section of the Köhntarkösz cycle. Although first in order of release, it has now been formulated as the second part in a trilogy consisting of K.A. (Köhntarkösz Anteria), Köhntarkösz, and ÃÂmëhntëhtt-Rê.
In search of magical immortality, a man named Köhntarkösz discovers the tomb of ÃÂmëhntëhtt-Ré, a great pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Descending into the tomb, he hears a song of the angels intended for the deceased; panicking, he rushes further and further down. As he finds the resting place of ÃÂmëhntëhtt-Ré and pushes his tombstone, dust penetrates every pore of his skin, and he begins to receive a vision of ÃÂmëhntëhtt-Ré's entire life.