Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice

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Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice
Studio album by Deathspell Omega
Released	2004
Genre	Black metal
Length	1:17:47
Label	Norma Evangelium Diaboli
Deathspell Omega chronology
Inquisitors of Satan (2003) Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice (2004) Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum (2007)

Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice is a 2004 album by the black metal band Deathspell Omega. (The album title is Latin for "If you seek His monument, look around you.")

Musically, it represents a massive departure in sound from the band's previous work, both for the increase in recording quality and for the pursuit of far more avant-garde and experimental directions than the band's previous work. The album is also intentionally structured in the manner of 1970s double albums, with each LP side opening with a "prayer" (side four, which opens with "Carnal Malefactor," being an arguable exception).

"Drink the Devil's Blood" is a re-recording of a track which appeared on the band's first album, Infernal Battles.

[edit] Track listing

1. "First Prayer" – 5:44
2. "Sola Fide I" – 5:14
3. "Sola Fide II" – 7:53
4. "Second Prayer" – 4:41
5. "Blessed Are the Dead Whiche Dye in the Lorde" – 5:47
6. "Hétoïmasia" – 7:08
7. "Third Prayer" – 3:57
8. "Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice" – 6:32
9. "Odium Nostrum" – 4:46
10. "Jubilate Deo (O Be Joyful in the Lord)" – 6:08
11. "Carnal Malefactor" – 11:45
12. "Drink the Devil's Blood" – 4:32
13. "Malign Paradigm" – 3:40