Atra Mors

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Atra Mors
Evoken Atra Mors.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)
Recorded2012
Genre Funeral doom metal, death/doom
Length67:11
Label Profound Lore
Evoken chronology
A Caress of the Void
(2007)
Atra Mors
(2012)
Hypnagogia
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 82/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Blistering Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Chronicles of Chaos Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Exclaim! positive [6]
Pitchfork 7.7/10 [7]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
ThisIsNotASceneStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Atra Mors is the fifth full-length studio album by American doom metal band Evoken. [10] It was released through Profound Lore Records on July 31, 2012. [11] Five years after previous studio album A Caress of the Void and also 100th release from Profound Lore. [12] The name Atra Mors is Latin for "Black Death".

Contents

Critical reception

Atra Mors has received "Universal acclaim" based on 4 critics at Metacritic. [1]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Atra Mors"11:55
2."Descent into Chaotic Dream"11:14
3."A Tenebrous Vision"2:20
4."Grim Eloquence"9:40
5."An Extrinsic Divide"10:12
6."Requies Aeterna"1:59
7."The Unechoing Dread"9:48
8."Into Aphotic Devastation"10:07
Total length:67:11

Personnel

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