Dionysos (album)
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Dionysos is the second album by the Polish
symphonic black metal
band Lux Occulta
(Latin
for "Hidden Light"). Some releases of the album include the band's demo The Forgotten Arts in its entirety as bonus tracks; it can also be found on the Maior Arcana compilation.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
symphonic black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Lux Occulta
Lux Occulta
Lux Occulta was a Polish avant-garde metal band, founded in late 1994. Their work, also strongly influenced by progressive metal and black metal, commonly incorporates elaborate arrangements often featuring multiple sections and unpredictable time changes.- Biography :The band was started when...
(Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
for "Hidden Light"). Some releases of the album include the band's demo The Forgotten Arts in its entirety as bonus tracks; it can also be found on the Maior Arcana compilation.
Track listing
- The Birth of the Race (7:39)
- Blessed Be the Rain (7:22)
- Chalice of Lunar Blood (8:47)
- Nocturnal Dithyramb (6:41)
- Ecstasy and Terror (9:18)
- Upwards to Conquer Heaven (6:51)
Lux Occulta
- Jaroslaw "Jaro.Slav." Szubrycht: Vocals
- Kastor: Guitar
- Vogg (from Polish death metalDeath metalDeath metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band DecapitatedDecapitated (band)Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
): Guitar - U.Reck: Keyboards
- Martin (also from Decapitated): Bass
Additional Musicians
- Jackie: Bass
- Kriss: Drums
- Flute: Marcin Rumiñski
- Female Vocals: Anna Wesolowska, Wizenna Nowotarska
Production
- Executive Producer: Pagan Records
- Produced, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered By Andrzej Bomba