Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars

Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars
Studio album by Blut Aus Nord
Released February 23, 2009
Genre Atmospheric black metal, Melodic black metal
Length 59:56
Label Candlelight Records (CANDLE141CD)
Blut Aus Nord chronology
Odinist: The Destruction of Reason by Illumination
(2007)		 Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars
(2009)		 777 – Sect(s)
(2011)

Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars is the seventh album by French avant-garde black metal band Blut Aus Nord. The album demonstrates more traditional black metal songwriting and structure than previous album MoRT, with critics noting that stylistically this album represents a balance between the band's more experimental work and the band's earlier, more traditional black metal releases.[1]


Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Metal InjectionVery positive[3]
MetalSucks[4]
Popmatters8/10[1]

The album was received very positively by critics. Writing for AllMusic, Alex Henderson gave the album 4/5. He described it as "melodic in a dark, brooding, atmospheric way", concluding that "This isn't happy, escapist music; the material is full of gloom and pessimism, but it is well-crafted and nicely executed. Detractors can claim that Dialogue with the Stars is "too artsy" all they want; the bottom line is that from a creative standpoint, Blut Aus Nord get to have the last laugh."[2]

Stereogum's Brandon Stosuy named the album as the 8th best metal album of 2009, writing that "Memoria Vetusta II does what it promises, creating an hour’s worth of sky-shooting epics (fluid guitar solos, repeating motifs, etc.) that move from fragile and meditative to blistering in a heartbeat and really do feel like they’re talking to the constellations. Endless boogie, for sure."[5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Acceptance (Aske)"   1:30
2. "Disciple's Libration (Lost in the Nine Worlds)"   9:06
3. "The Cosmic Echoes of Non-Matter (Immaterial Voices of the Fathers)"   6:29
4. "Translucent Body of Air (Sutta Anapanasati)"   2:24
5. "Antithesis of the Flesh (...And Then Arises a New Essence)"   7:53
6. "...the Meditant (Dialogue With the Stars)"   10:14
7. "The Alcove of Angels (Vispassana)"   8:43
8. "The Formless Sphere (Beyond the Reason)"   9:27
9. "Elevation"   4:10

Personnel

Blut Aus Nord
Additional

References

  1. 1 2 Begrand, Adrian (March 17, 2009). "Rise of the Jötunn: In Flames in the 1990s". Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Henderson, Alex. "AllMusic Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars". Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ "BLUT AUS NORD's Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue With the Stars: The Metal Injection Review". February 26, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  4. ↑ O'Hagar, Sammy (February 11, 2009). "BLUT AUS NORD PROVE THEY'RE THE GREATEST FRENCHMEN SINCE HENRY IV ON MEMORIA VETUSTA II". Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Stosuy, Brandon (December 19, 2009). "Haunting The Chapel: The 30 Best Metal Albums Of 2009 (Plus Dozens Of Guest Lists)". Retrieved May 1, 2016.
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