De Magia Veterum

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De Magia Veterum
Origin Drachten, Friesland, Netherlands
Genres Avant-garde metal, black metal
Years active2003–present
LabelsTranscendental Creations
Members Maurice de Jong
Website www.demagiaveterum.com

De Magia Veterum is an avant-garde metal musical project founded by Dutch multi-instrumentalist and composer Maurice "Mories" de Jong in 2003. In contrast to de Jong's other work, the music of De Magia Veterum is decidedly electric guitar-based and heavily indebted to black metal music. Allmusic credited the discography with "redefining the limits of extremism through pure sonic annihilation." [1]

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History

Maurice de Jong began recording for De Magia Veterum in 2003 and began releasing finished music under the name on Myspace in 2005. [2] Shortly after, tracks were compiled together and released as De Magia Veterum's debut album, titled Spikes Through Eyes . The album would be expanded re-released in 2008 as Verus Diuinus Magus, including additional tracks recorded during the same sessions.

In 2009, De Magia Veterum issued its label debut on Transcendental Creations titled Migdal Bavel . [3] Under the same label, The Divine Antithesis was released in 2011 and The Deification the following year.

Discography

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "De Magia Veterum". Allmusic. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. Perescis, Martin (September 2011). "De Magia Veterum - Things Like 'Riffs', 'Bass Lines', 'Harmony', 'Drum Patterns', etc Say Nothing to Me at This Stage of my Life". Lords of Metal. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "De Magia Veterum: Migdal Bavel > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 16, 2015.