Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond)

by Behemoth

Zos Kia Cultus (Here and Beyond) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 October 2002
  • Label: Avantgarde
  • Country: Poland
  • Length: 44:46
  • Community rating: 3.36/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Novy, Inferno, Havoc

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Further cementing their transition away from orthodox black metal, Nergal's outfit unleashed a punishingly brutal blackened death metal assault. The dense, heavily layered production amplifies the group's increasingly complex riff structures and profound thematic focus on Thelema and occult philosophy.

Genres

Descriptors: occult, satanism, technical, antireligious, ritualistic

Tracklist

  1. Horns Ov Baphomet (6:37)
  2. Modern Iconoclast (4:27)
  3. Here And Beyond (3:26)
  4. As Above So Below (5:01)
  5. Blackest Ov The Black (3:44)
  6. Hekau 718 (0:53)
  7. The Harlot Ov The Saints (2:47)
  8. No Sympathy For Fools (3:49)
  9. Zos Kia Cultus (5:32)
  10. Fornicatus Benefictus (0:52)
  11. Typhonian Soul Zodiack (4:30)
  12. Heru Ra Ha: Let There Be Might (3:03)

Credits

  • Behemoth - primary artist, arranged by [arrangements]
  • Sharon F. Wannekers - consultant [grammatical consultation]
  • Inferno - drums, percussion
  • Raven Moonshae - effects [industrial war machinery], music by
  • Trotzky - effects [industrial war machinery], music by
  • Novy - guest, bass guitar [guest appearance]
  • Havoc - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, performer [lead], music by
  • Krzysztof Azarewicz - lyrics by, words by [all mantras and spells, the obcah and wanga, the work of the wand and the work of the sword], lyrics by [copy ov hieroglyphs and their phonetic transcription]
  • Nergal - Music By, Lyrics By, Performer [Leads], Performer [Lead], Performer [Acoustic Lead]
  • Austin Osman Spare - Lyrics By [Incantations]

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