Hierophany of the Open Grave
by Nightbringer
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 August 2011
- Label: Season of Mist
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:00:07
- Community rating: 3.46/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: VJS, Dave Otero, Ar-Ra'ad Al-Iblis, Nox Corvus, Naas Alcameth, Ophis
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A dense, horrifying masterpiece of American black metal, this album is heavily saturated with complex occult philosophy and esoteric Satanism. The blistering, dissonant tremolo picking is frequently interrupted by suffocating, doom-laden passages that create a genuinely terrifying auditory ritual.
Genres
Descriptors: satanism, occult, atmospheric
Tracklist
- Rite Of The Slaying Tongue (7:06)
- Eater Of The Black Lead (7:55)
- Psychagogoi (7:10)
- Lucifer Trismegistus (5:08)
- The Gnosis Of Inhumation (6:09)
- The Angel Of Smokeless Fire (7:10)
- Dreaming Above The Sepulcher (5:08)
- Via Tortuosa (6:26)
- Old Night (7:55)
Credits
- Benjamin A. Vierling - cover
- Ar-Ra'ad Al-Iblis - lyrics by, vocals [additional]
- Naas Alcameth - lyrics by, vocals, composed by [ambient compositions], guitar, bass
- Ophis - lyrics by, guitar, bass
- Nox Corvus - guitar, percussion, guitar, bass, vocals
- VJS - percussion, vocals [additional]
- Dave Otero - recorded by, mixed by, mastered by