▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Antiquus Scriptum ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Conclamatum Est █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2013-09-22 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Black Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Talheim Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Reissue ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ What Sacerdos Magus has created in his Antiquus █ █ Scriptum project is something very very original. █ █ His extensive history in underground extreme music █ █ of many styles has distilled well into this, his █ █ rather experimental black metal project. Best be █ █ prepared when approaching this music to leave █ █ behind preconceptions of what you are expecting █ █ from a project with such ornately adorned artwork █ █ and a gay-looking, cute-faced band photo. Flowers, █ █ unicorns, knights, and castles that plaster his █ █ albums and his old Myspace page mask intelligently █ █ wicked pagan black metal that is primed not only █ █ with a finely cultivated mid 90Æs sound, but a █ █ head-smashing juvenile sound that one would be █ █ more accustomed to find on an 80Æs punk record! █ █ Antiquus ScriptumÆs riffs are so damn catchy and █ █ so damn headbanging and glorious. Bands like the █ █ ever loved Midnight are not the only ones capable █ █ of doing this retro sound with honest to goodness █ █ perfection! And in Antiquus ScriptumÆs case, █ █ MagusÆs longtime involvement in old Portuguese █ █ grindcore and punk bands have honed in his █ █ compositions into rollicking bliss! Mix that █ █ traditional aesthetic in with the 90Æs European █ █ black metal sound and you get damn good music. But █ █ then add additional gothic/pagan ambiance, a few █ █ folk instruments, and epic length songsà. suddenly █ █ you have something outright unheard of and wholly █ █ unique! █ █ This is what defines Antiquus Scriptum. This album █ █ in particular maintains that individual character. █ █ But specifically in this case, a concept album █ █ about Portuguese historical themes, Magus focuses █ █ in on the mid 90Æs black metal facet, though the █ █ rollicking still makes its presence known with █ █ killer effect such as in the song ôDen Nordiskeàö █ █ as well as in how Magus throws out black metal █ █ screeches for punk vocal barking. Each song, █ █ including the long ones, has tight and flawless █ █ compositions that carry the general mood of the █ █ album yet remain richly colored in their own █ █ spans. Magus also weaves in the keyboards and █ █ acoustic guitars liberally in the proper mid 90Æs █ █ style and moreso. Plus, there are visits from tin █ █ whistles and uilleann pipes as well! Wowà. █ █ Now, I am the type who prefers black metal with █ █ ambiance from symphonic or folk elements. And to █ █ have these things delivered to me with a band that █ █ has such a retro and convincing sound that I can █ █ yell ôFUCK YEAH METAL!ö to is delightful and █ █ immensely satisfying! God, I find myself regularly █ █ returning to this album. Multiple listens do not █ █ bother me in the least and never do I get the █ █ sensation ôyeah this is eh pleasantö or ôif they █ █ could just have a little more originality.ö And █ █ once I get a song started, even though I have █ █ heard it a lot before, I am still compelled to █ █ listen to it all the way through. This CD █ █ definitely rises above the rest and it has lead me █ █ to uncover and purchase an Antiquus Scriptum shirt █ █ and now watch eagle eye for anyone selling any █ █ more of his infuriatingly uncommon and poorly █ █ pressed albums. █ █ █ █ --- █ █ █ █ Sacerdos Magus - Script and composition, vocals, █ █ bass, acoustic and electric guitars, SR-16 and █ █ some keystrokes in ôA Hecatombe Of Slavesö and █ █ ôRemember Me As Kingö. █ █ █ █ Guest Musicians: █ █ Gustavo ôHelskirö Vieira - Keyboards. █ █ Paulo ôNyx Sludgedwellerö Vieira - Capture and █ █ mix, Lead guitar in ôA Hecatombe Of Slavesö, ô Den █ █ Nordiske Sjel Lever I Megö,ö Dethroned Emperorö, █ █ ôSkeletons Of Societyö and ôPhylosophy Of █ █ Negativityö. 2nd acoustic guitar in ôA Moτoila De █ █ Al-Mahadan: Interludium IIö, 2nd vocals and █ █ Renoise / Addictive Drums in ôSkeletons Of █ █ Societyö and Renoise / Addictive Drums in █ █ ôPreludeö. █ █ Ricardo ôR. V.ö Vieira - Alesis / Cubase epic █ █ chorus samples, including all the orchestration in █ █ the final of ôEu, O Misantropo...ö. █ █ Zeto Feijπo - Traditional Tin Whistle and Uilleann █ █ Pipe in ôA Moτoila De Al-Mahadan: Interludium IIö. █ █ █ █ Simπo "Beyonder" Santos - 2nd vocals in ôDethroned █ █ Emperorö. █ █ Chorus - Sacerdos Magus, Paulo Vieira, Gustavo █ █ Vieira and Ricardo Vieira. █ █ █ █ Released in early 2013 by Talheim Records from █ █ Austria in professional format. 500 copies. █ █ The CDr released by Satanica Productions in 2010 █ █ is considred a bootleg and gets sold without the █ █ permission of the band. █ █ █ █ █ █ The cover is a paint of the middle ages and █ █ represents the "Battle Of Aljubarrota" in 1385 █ █ between Portugal and Spain, where the Lusitanian █ █ troops, a small army formed mostly of farmers and █ █ peasants won to the Iberian army with hundreds of █ █ men. █ █ █ █ Logo by Christophe Szpajdel (Bel). █ █ █ █ This album is divided in two parts or chapters, █ █ "Caput I - Tristitia, Absentia, Molestia" (Chapter █ █ I - Sadness, Absence, Suffering), that is from the █ █ track 1 to 9 - the part of the original themes and █ █ ôCaput II - Tributum (Chapter II - Tribute)ö, █ █ track 10 to 16 - the part of the cover songs. █ █ █ █ The intro ôThe Second Punic War, CCXVIII B. C. █ █ Prologusö and ôA Hecatombe Of Slavesö are based in █ █ a true story of a brawl between Romans and █ █ Carthaginians, that started in CCXVIII B. C. as █ █ the first track indicates. This struggle lasted a █ █ few years and was called The Second Punic War. In █ █ the end the Carthage people, surrounded by █ █ thousands of Roman legions committed mass suicide, █ █ thatÆs why the second themeÆs called ôA Hecatombe █ █ Of Slavesö. █ █ █ █ ôA Moτoila De Al-Mahadan: Interludium IIö is based █ █ on a Lusitanian legend that says why the city of █ █ Almada was called like this. A forbidden love █ █ between a Lusitanian girl and a Moorish soldier in █ █ times of the Moorish occupation, is the cause of █ █ that. The Moors started calling the place ôLand Of █ █ The Belovedö, that in Moorish language is █ █ öAl-Mahadanö; ôA Moτoila De Al-Mahadanö means: █ █ ôThe Maid From Almadaö. █ █ █ █ "Anmachara" is Celtic language and means "A █ █ Friendly Soul". Was in this terms that the Celts █ █ saw the dead in the night of Samhain (night of █ █ worship of the dead) the actual Halloween. █ █ █ █ In the end of ôEu, O Misantropo...ö can be heard a █ █ version of the Portuguese National Anthem; The █ █ original version has music of Alfredo Keil and █ █ lyrics of Henrique Lopes de Mendonτa, written in █ █ 1890 and entitled "A Portuguesa". █ █ Note: Antiquus Scriptum is NOT (!) a Nazi or a NS █ █ band! Sacerdos Magus used this idea with a sense █ █ of patriotism, but not related with any xenophobic █ █ ideals! █ █ █ █ "Horned Cast" has the name of the Mexican radio █ █ show that presented a interview with Antiquus █ █ Scriptum; The assembly of the musical parts and █ █ the vocals are from its creator and presenter █ █ Azael (Mex). █ █ █ █ The theme ôFuturo Nuclearö was written by Sacerdos █ █ Magus for the Lusitanian Punk / Hardcore project █ █ Psycoma in 1994, ôSententious Despicableö for the █ █ Lusitanian Grindcore project The Invertebrate in █ █ 1994 and ôPhylosophy Of Negativityö for the █ █ Lusitanian Crossover project Mordaτa in 1998. █ █ █ █ English translations: █ █ ôConclamatum Estö is latin for "It Is █ █ Consummate!". █ █ █ █ 5 - The Maid From Almada: Interlude II █ █ 6 - The Northern Spirit Lives In Me █ █ 7 - I, The Misanthropeà █ █ 8 - A Friendly Soul: Interlude III █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. The Second Punic War, CCXVIII B.C. - 2:33 ░ ░ Prologus ░ ░ 2. A Hecatombe of Slaves 11:37 ░ ░ 3. The Eldest Son: Interludium I 1:31 ░ ░ 4. Remember Me as King 15:29 ░ ░ 5. A Mocoila de Al-Mahadan: Interludium II 3:33 ░ ░ 6. Den Nordiske Sjel Lever i Meg 8:38 ░ ░ 7. Eu, O Misantropo... 11:53 ░ ░ 8. Anmchara - Uma Alma Amiga: Interludium 2:06 ░ ░ III ░ ░ 9. Horned Cast - Epilogus 1:08 ░ ░ 10. Manitou (Venom cover) 2:58 ░ ░ 11. Dethroned Emperor (Celtic Frost cover) 4:31 ░ ░ 12. Skeletons of Society (Slayer cover) 5:09 ░ ░ 13. Futuro Nuclear (Psycoma cover) 0:33 ░ ░ 14. Sententious Despicable (The Invertebrate 0:16 ░ ░ cover) ░ ░ 15. Philosophy of Negativity (Mordaca cover) 3:33 ░ ░ 16. 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