''Angelus Exuro pro Eternus'' (grammatically incorrect
Latin
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intended to mean "Angels Burned for Eternity") is the fifth studio album by Swedish
black metal
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band
Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral is a Swedish black metal band from Stockholm, founded by guitarists Blackmoon and Lord Ahriman in 1993. They emerged during the second wave of black metal.
Their lyrical themes have traditionally pertained to Satanism and anti-Chr ...
.
The album was officially released on 18 November 2009 via
Regain Records
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. It was recorded at
The Abyss Studio in
Grangärde
Grangärde is a locality situated in Ludvika Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 351 inhabitants in 2010.
''Grangärde Court District'', or ''Grangärde tingslag'', was a district of Dalarna in Sweden. The court district (''tingslag'') serv ...
, Sweden, with engineer and producer
Peter Tägtgren
Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain i ...
, who also produced Dark Funeral's earlier studio albums (with the exception of ''
Attera Totus Sanctus
''Attera Totus Sanctus'' (intended Latin translation of "Destroy All the Holy") is the fourth studio album by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral. It was released on October 24, 2005, in Europe through Regain Records, and on November 29, 2005, ...
'').
[ The record was then mastered by ]Jonas Kjellgren
Jonas Kjellgren (born 4 July 1977) is a Swedish musician and producer, now residing in Grangärde, Sweden. He has been lead vocalist for Carnal Forge and Dellamorte, played guitar for Centinex, and played bass for October Tide. He is most famous f ...
at the Black Lodge Studios. ''Angelus Exuro pro Eternus'' is the last album to feature vocalist , the only album to feature bassist B-Force and the first to feature Dominator on drums.
Upon release, the album was met with rave reviews by music critics and band fans, with only few reviewers giving the work negative or average ratings.
Musically, it has been described as the band's most technical and varied album to date, with considerably more progression and innovation while remaining "true to its roots". The cover artwork for ''Angelus Exuro Pro Eternus'' was created by Daniel "Morbid" Valeriani.
Video material
The album is also available with a bonus live DVD, which contains approximately 55 minutes of previously unreleased material. The DVD was professionally filmed with 6 cameras during the band's highly acclaimed 15th anniversary special show during the Peace & Love festival in Borlänge
Borlänge is a locality in Dalarna County, Sweden with 44,898 inhabitants as of 2020. It is the seat of the Borlänge Municipality with a total population of 51,604 inhabitants as of 2017.
History
Originally Borlänge was the name of a tin ...
, Sweden, on 28 June 2008. The album also includes two versions (censored
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and uncensored) of their video for the track "My Funeral". The video was shot over the weekend of 21–23 August and was released on 4 October 2009.[
On October 7, 2009, three days later after the initial air of the video, after nearly 30,000 views, the full and uncensored version of "My Funeral" had been pulled from Myspace, causing a backlash from fans. This forced the band to upload a censored version of the video in response.
]
Track listing
DVD track listing
Live at Peace & Love festival on June 28, 2008, in Borlänge, Sweden.
# "Intro"
# "King Antichrist"
# "Diabolis Interium"
# "The Secrets of the Black Arts"
# "The Arrival of Satan's Empire"
# "Goddess of Sodomy"
# "666 Voices Inside"
# "Vobiscum Satanas"
# "Hail Murder"
# "Atrum Regina"
# "An Apprentice of Satan"
Personnel
Dark Funeral
*Lord Ahriman
Mikael Svanberg (born 13 November 1972), better known as Lord Ahriman, is a Swedish musician and composer best known as the primary guitarist, songwriter and sole founding member of black metal band Dark Funeral. He is also the rhythm guitarist ...
– guitar
* – vocals
*Chaq Mol – guitar
*Dominator – drums
*B-Force – bass guitar
Production
*Peter Tägtgren
Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pain i ...
– production, mixing, engineering
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*Jonas Kjellgren – mastering
*Carlos Aguilar – photography
References
External links
Dark Funeral's official Myspace page
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Dark Funeral albums
Regain Records albums
2009 albums
Albums produced by Peter Tägtgren