Domus Mundi

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Domus Mundi
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Studio album by
Released13 July 1999
RecordedVato Loco Studio, Vienna, March–April 1999
Genre Symphonic death metal, symphonic black metal
Length45:13
Label Napalm
Producer Martin Schirenc
Hollenthon chronology
Domus Mundi
(1999)
With Vilest of Worms to Dwell
(2001)
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Domus Mundi is the first album by Austrian symphonic death metal band Hollenthon, released by Napalm Records in 1999. [2] The lyrics for "Reprisal - Malis Avibus" are based on Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Peter Bell the Third".

Contents

Track listing

Music by Martin Schirenc, lyrics by Elena Schirenc.

  1. "Enrapture - Hinc Illae Lacrimae" - 5:33
  2. "Homage - Magni Nominis Umbra" - 6:05
  3. "Vestige - Non Omnis Moriar" - 7:18
  4. "Lure - Pallida Mors" - 4:15
  5. "Interlude - Ultima Ratio Regum" - 3:47
  6. "Reprisal - Malis Avibus" - 4:26
  7. "Premonition - Lex Talionis" - 4:59
  8. "Eclipse - Vita Nova" - 8:49

Personnel

Hollenthon

Production

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References

  1. "Hollenthon - Domus Mundi". Sputnikmusic. 16 January 2005. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
  2. Forget, Tom. "Hollenthon - Domus Mundi review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2014-04-23.