French black metal label Debemur Morti Productions’ reissue of the BLUT AUS NORD classic The Mystical Beast of Rebellion is now available in North America. Debemur Morti is now taking orders for the 2xCD version of this black metal masterpiece, the second disc of which features brand new material, “The Fall (Chapters 7, 7 & 7).” A new T-shirt design is available as well.
For more details or to purchase this essential release, please visit: www.debemur-morti.com.
Furthermore, the recording of Blut Aus Nord’s highly anticipated 777 is nearly complete. Plans are in motion for an April 2011 release. Stay tuned to the newly relaunched www.BlutAusNord.com for updates.
The Mystical Beast of Rebellion
1 – The Fall: Chapter I
2 – The Fall: Chapter II
3 – The Fall: Chapter III
4 – The Fall: Chapter IV
5 – The Fall: Chapter V
6 – The Fall: Chapter VI
7 – The Fall: Chapter 7
8 – The Fall: Chapter 7
9 – The Fall: Chapter 7
Considered by many to be the band’s greatest work, BLUT AUS NORD’s The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion marked a crucial transition from the French enigma’s Black Metal genesis toward a discordant, forward-thinking future. Originally released in 2001, The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion surges with hypnotic fury, inducing trance-like states through increasingly dissonant riffing. Now buttressed by an entire bonus CD/LP’s worth of new material (that slows proceedings to a murky crawl), BLUT AUS NORD’s The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion has become an even taller monolith of obsidian dread. With this reissue, BLUT AUS NORD consummates the original work, delving deeper into the abyss first entered almost a decade ago. Three new songs have been written – “The Fall (Chapter 7, 7 and… 7)” – comprising an exclusive new album that plots a divergent path to the same destination. In conjunction with the brutal, hypnotic minimalism of the first six chapters, these crawling, cavernous pieces give the masterpiece a more wholesome dimension. In line with the defiant mindset of today, the second part of this release sees the band try new things, writing the thickest track of their history: a painful progression subtly roaring over 19 oppressing minutes. In order to establish an equilibrium, every artist should be afforded an opportunity to showcase the antithesis of his work. With this surprising reissue, BLUT AUS NORD takes up the mantle and presents The Mystical Beast Of Rebellion in an intriguing new light.
“The free-thinking, atmospherically challenging group mark the 10th anniversary of the album with, yes, a pristine copy of their landmark work, which helped push black metal out of heathen bloodshed and more toward intellectual noodling. But beyond that, the band recorded a brand new three-part complimentary piece that captures what they sounds like now, but with their minds wrapped around the concepts that made Mythical Beast so important.” – Brian Krasman (The Daily News)
“It provides every bit as much of a compelling listen now as it did ten years ago, and in a modern black metal world dominated by slick production and technical musicianship, it provides a welcome throwback to the simpler times of old. The Mythical Beast of Rebellion works as a black metal album and it works well.” – The Metal Register
