''The Temple in the Underworld'' is the third studio album by
Czech
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black metal
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band
Root
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, released in December 1992 through Monitor. This marked the end of their early raw black metal sound, and was also their last release with guitarist Daniel "Mr. D.A.N." Janáček. It was re-issued under
CD format by Monitor with two bonus tracks.
The lyrics to "Casilda's Song" were taken from the eponymous poem by
Robert W. Chambers
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, originally included on his 1895 book ''
The King in Yellow''. However, as per the book, correct spelling should be "Cassilda", not "Casilda". "Intro" uses
samples from
Ludwig van Beethoven
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's "
Moonlight Sonata
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".
A
music video
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was made for the track "Aposiopesis".
Critical reception
''The Temple in the Underworld'' has received positive reviews. MetalReviews.com gave it an 87 out of 100, stating: "
tsriffs are simply amazing, prog-tinged creations of epic melody that will have you gasping with pleasurable shock even as you headbang. Seriously, the hordes of
thrashers
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out there will have their socks blown off by even a few seconds of first track proper 'Casilda's Song', which starts out with epic
heavy metal and builds until
Big Boss begins to sing and snarl in his usual inimitable way. The riffing speeds up, taking a catchy beatdown that most modern thrash bands would kill to have thought of and the tension builds until the music reaches an almost transcendental point, announcing the band's presence in style".
Track listing
Personnel
*
Big Boss (Jiří Valter) – vocals, production
*
Petr "Blackie" Hošek – guitar
* Mr. D.A.N. (Daniel Janáček) – guitar
* René "Evil" Kostelňák – drums
* Pavel Zym – mixing
References
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1992 albums
Root (band) albums