DESCRIPTION:
occult esoteric blackmetal from Italy, from "Ars Magika", 1998, ex-Funeral Fog and pre-Thee Maldoror Kollective, tracklist :
Visione Prima :
- 1. Preludium: Incensus (a Perspective of Candles) 03,25
- 2. Mater Triumphans (Nostra Signora Babalon) 09,34
- 3. Lux Obnubilata (part I: Birthrise of the Serpent, part II: Aleph-Ar-LAShtAL) 08,45
Visione Seconda :
- 4. Missa Aemeth Arcanorum (Arisen Presence from Binah) 12,33
Visione Terza :
- 5. Sepulcrum Sinus Incesti (Fragments of Woe) 11,28
------part I: Introitus ad Sacrarium
------part II: Ad Nonam Lunam
------part III: Obsidian Eclipse
Visione Ultima :
- 6. Postludium: Ars Magika (Una devozione in Kether) 02,19

total playing time : 48,04

Daimonus Khephra - chants
Frater Alchemoth Katharian - bass
Aradia Hokhma - keyboards
Ahathoor Zamradiel - guitar
Hiems Algor Animae - guitar
Drakon - drums

backing vocals by Fulvio Giorgis

cd layout, band logo, artwork ideation by Daimonus Khephra and Aradia Hokhma
band photos taken in the Temple of Berashith, Solar Lodge of O.P.S.

italian band, from Turin, Piedmont (not to be confused with the other italian blackmetal band Funeral Fog, from Como

this is their 1st release as Maldoror, after 3 demos as Funeral Fog.

"...after the releasing of "Ars Magika" , a lot of frustrated children have like to call themselves our enemies. We're proud to be so essential for their wretched existences, but we've surely more important things to do and higher aims to reach. We just hope our 2nd full-lenght"In Saturn Mystique" may be another thorn in their hearts."
"Poichè è la carne stessa che produce i vermi che la divoreranno" (P. De Nesson).

in 2001 the band changes again name, into Thee Maldoror Kollective.

for more details and pictures from the past, check out this other video in my channel :
Funeral Fog (Ita) - Necroi Sahbbat (The Recrucifixion of Christ)