De Vampyrica Philosophia

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De Vampyrica Philosophia
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Studio album by
Released6 February 2005
Genre Symphonic black metal
Length37:25
Label Officina Rock
Producer Stefano Morabito
Lord Vampyr chronology
De Vampyrica Philosophia
(2005)
Blood Bathory
(2007)

De Vampyrica Philosophia is the debut solo studio album by Italian extreme metal vocalist Lord Vampyr, released on 6 February 2005 through Officina Rock Records. The album was Lord Vampyr's first release following his departure from Theatres des Vampires. The title is a pun on the famous occult treatise De Occulta Philosophia .

Contents

The spoken-word portion of the track "De Vampyrica Philosophia" was taken from the opening lines of the 2003 film The Order , and the instrumentation is sampled from the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula .

Tracks 6 and 7 contain quotations from poems by Oscar Wilde.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lord Vampyr.

No.TitleLength
1."De Vampyrica Philosophia"1:38
2."Carmilla... Whispers from the Grave"4:57
3."A Sad Litany of Vampires"5:00
4."Nocturnal Vampire's Orgy"3:56
5."Blood Lovers"2:37
6."Morgana"4:33
7."The Ophelia's Ghost"3:20
8."Die Herrschaft des Blutes"
I. "Dracula's Guest"
II. "Draculea, Prince of Wallachia "
10:44
9."...Now... Sleep..." (instrumental)0:34

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