The Excommunication of Christ
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The Excommunication of Christ is the first full-length studio album
by the black metal
band The Meads of Asphodel
. It was released on Supernal Music
in 2001. The band's debut album, this featured A.C.Wild
from Italian thrash legends Bulldozer
re-working the narrative originally found on Bulldozer's first album, The Day of Wrath
. It is an exorcism in Latin and sets the tone of the rest. Huw Lloyd Langton plays lead guitar on the Hawkwind
cover, Assault and Battery.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the 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 The Meads of Asphodel
The Meads of Asphodel
The Meads of Asphodel are an experimental black metal band with pronounced medieval and Eastern influences from Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.-Biography:...
. It was released on Supernal Music
Supernal Music
Alex Kurtagić , born 1970 and residing in the United Kingdom, is a radical traditionalist, racial-realist, elitist, pro-White activist and author on the Alternative and New Right author, artist, musician, publisher, translator, interviewer, blogger, movie and book reviewer, prolific writer,...
in 2001. The band's debut album, this featured A.C.Wild
Alberto Contini
Alberto Contini is an Italian musician. He has been the vocalist, bassist or keyboardist for the Italian speed metal band Bulldozer since early 1980s and has produced many works in the italo-disco scene and eurobeat scene since early 1990s....
from Italian thrash legends Bulldozer
Bulldozer (band)
Bulldozer is a speed/black metal band from Milan, Italy that was active from 1980 until 1990. They have reunited as of 2008.-Biography:Bulldozer formed in 1980 by bassist Dario Carria and guitarist Andy Panigada.They were joined by Erminio Galli on drums...
re-working the narrative originally found on Bulldozer's first album, The Day of Wrath
The Day of Wrath
Note: "The Day of Wrath" is also the English title of a 1848 book by Mór JókaiThe Day of Wrath is the major-label debut album of the Italian black/speed metal band, Bulldozer, released in 1985.-Track listing:# "The Exorcism"# "Cut-throat"...
. It is an exorcism in Latin and sets the tone of the rest. Huw Lloyd Langton plays lead guitar on the Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
cover, Assault and Battery.
Track listing
- The Excommunication of Christ - 1:30
- Angelwhore - 3:16
- The Watchers of Catal Huyuk - 4:46
- Agrat Bat Malah - 4:53
- Weeping Tears of Angel Light - 3:17
- Bene Ha Elohim - 3:56
- Assault and Battery (Hawkwind cover) - 4:02
- Jezebel and the Philistines - 4:25
- Pale Dread Hunger - 5:38
- Rise in Godless Hell - 4:07
- Disembodied Voices of Melchizeden - 2:01
- Falling with Lightning Rays Beamed through the Blazing Firmament Towards the Untented Burial Ground of KharsagKharsagHursag is a Sumerian term meaning "mountain" or "hill". Mountains play a certain role in Mesopotamian mythology and Assyro-Babylonian religion, associated with deities such as Anu, Enlil, Enki and Ninhursag....
- 2:11 - Calling All Monsters - 4:46