De Vampyrica Philosophia

De Vampyrica Philosophia
Studio album by Lord Vampyr
Released	6 February 2005
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Length	37:25
Label	Officina Rock
Producer	Stefano Morabito
Lord Vampyr chronology
De Vampyrica Philosophia (2005) Blood Bathory (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metalitalia.com  [ it ]	6.5/10 [1]
Noise.fi  [ fi ]	3/5 [2]

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 .

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.

Critical reception

Noise.fi  [ fi ] called the compositions good but lyrics terrible and album overall unoriginal. ^[2] Metalitalia.com  [ it ] said the production is very good and noted the singer as versatile but called the album too similar to Cradle of Filth. ^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lord Vampyr.

No.	Title	Length
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

• "Die Herrschaft des Blutes" is German for "Reign of Blood".

Personnel

• Lord Vampyr (Alessandro Nunziati) – vocals, drum programming
• Count Morgoth (Roberto Cufaro) – guitars, keyboards
• Alexiel – keyboards
• Nighthorn (Silvano Leone) – bass
• Stefano Morabito – production, additional guitars (track 8)

References

1. Vidmar, Paolo (18 May 2005). "LORD VAMPYR – De Vampyrica Philosophia". Metalitalia.com  [ it ] (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
2. Salonen, Jere (9 May 2005). "Levyarvostelut - Lord Vampyr - De Vampyrica Philosophia (Albumi)". Noise.fi  [ fi ] (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 9 October 2006. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

External links

• Lord Vampyr's official website Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine