Aquilus - Bellum I DigiCD

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"The doors to an old life creep open. A long dark spell only now beginning to lift"

Living up to a band name that draws on a Latin Term for ‘darkness’ derived from ‘the north wind’, these eight tracks sweep through with the elemental inevitability of sounds that have been swirling for that whole time away. Songs indebted to Solefald, Opeth and Katatonia mix with composition that draws on Rachmaninov and Chopin. Electric instrumentation clashes with acoustic guitar, piano, violin, mandola, mandolin, balalaika, banjo, gusli, bow psaltery, and fipple flute. Crucially, it all feeds a singular vision.

"The doors to an old life creep open. A long dark spell only now beginning to lift"

Living up to a band name that draws on a Latin Term for ‘darkness’ derived from ‘the north wind’, these eight tracks sweep through with the elemental inevitability of sounds that have been swirling for that whole time away. Songs indebted to Solefald, Opeth and Katatonia mix with composition that draws on Rachmaninov and Chopin. Electric instrumentation clashes with acoustic guitar, piano, violin, mandola, mandolin, balalaika, banjo, gusli, bow psaltery, and fipple flute. Crucially, it all feeds a singular vision.

Label: Blood Music

Track List:

1. The Night Winds of Avila

2. Into Wooded Hollows

3. Eternal Unrest

4. Moon Isabelline

5. The Silent Passing

6. Embered Waters

7. Lucille's Gate

8. Empyreal Nightsky

Created by Horace Rosenqvist

Additional Musicians:

Percussion: Zebadee Scott

Violins: Hayley Anderson / Troy Schafer

Operatic Vocals: Sasha Chaply

Fipple Flutes: Sara Orania

Percussion Engineer: Troy Mccosker at Pony Music Studios

Piano Engineer: Aaron Dobos at Sing Sing Studios

Mastered at Fascination Street by Jens Bogren

Lyrical Artwork by: A. Alvarado and Anaïs Mulgrew

Cover Artwork by Julius von Klever

Released December 3, 2021