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Migdal Bavel
''Migdal Bavel'' is the second studio album by De Magia Veterum, released on January 20, 2009, by Mistress Dance Records and Transcendental Creations. It was first issued on cassette, with the pressing limited to a hundred copies. Critical reception Eduardo Rivadavia of allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, saying "this one-Dutchman operation spares no effort to advance black metal's misanthropic agenda, whether through sheer sonic terrorism (see sand-blasting onslaughts like "The Confusion of Tongues," "The Boat of Uta-Napishtim," and "Zaota"), or impressive avant-garde rule breaking (ergo the title track's free jazz percussion and synthesizer hiccups, the serpentine piano tap-dance of "I Am the Vine," and the bubbling synthesized orchestrations of "Rapture")." Track listing Personnel Adapted from ''Migdal Bavel'' liner notes. * Maurice de Jong (as Mories) – vocals, instruments, recording, cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De Magia Veterum
De Magia Veterum is an avant-garde metal musical project founded by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer Maurice "Mories" de Jong in 2003. In contrast to de Jong's other work, the music of De Magia Veterum is decidedly electric guitar-based and heavily indebted to black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with t ... music. Allmusic credited the discography with "redefining the limits of extremism through pure sonic annihilation." History Maurice de Jong began recording for De Magia Veterum in 2003 and began releasing finished music under the name on Myspace in 2005. Shortly after, tracks were compiled together and released as De Magia Veterum's debut album, titled '' Spikes Through Eyes''. The album would be expanded re-released in 2008 as ''Verus Diuinus Magus'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |