Aquilus - Bellum I DigiCD
"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.
"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
