Attera Totus Sanctus

Attera Totus Sanctus
Studio album by Dark Funeral
Released October 24, 2005
Recorded May 23–July 15, 2005
August 8 – August 19, 2005
Genre Black metal
Length 42:58
Label Regain (Europe)
Candlelight (North America)
Producer Daniel Bergstrand, Örjan Örnkloo
Dark Funeral chronology
De Profundis Clamavi Ad Te Domine
(2004)		 Attera Totus Sanctus
(2005)		 Angelus Exuro pro Eternus
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Blabbermouth [2]
Chronicles of Chaos [3]
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Attera Totus Sanctus (intended Latin translation of "Destroy All the Holy") is Dark Funeral's fourth full length studio album. It was released on October 24, 2005 in Europe through Regain Records, and on November 29, 2005 in the United States through Candlelight Records USA. The title was chosen to convey the band's vehement anti-Right-Hand Path stance.[4] This album also marked the end of vocalist Emperor Magus Caligula's role as a bassist for Dark Funeral, both studio and live.

Contents

Title

The Latin title of the album contains a grammatical error. "Totus Sanctus" alone would refer to either a single "holy man" or a single "holy" object which is associated with the male grammatical gender. Being the direct object of the imperative verb "Attera", "Totus Sanctus" would be more correctly rendered "Totum Sanctum".

In addition, the song "Atrum Regina" would more appropriately be titled "Atra Regina", since "Regina" is a feminine singular noun.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Emperor Magus Caligula. 

No. Title Music Length
1. "King Antichrist"   Lord Ahriman 4:39
2. "666 Voices Inside"   Lord Ahriman, Chaq Mol 4:38
3. "Attera Totus Sanctus"   Lord Ahriman 5:37
4. "Godhate"   Lord Ahriman, Chaq Mol 5:06
5. "Atrum Regina"   Lord Ahriman 5:33
6. "Angel Flesh Impaled"   Lord Ahriman 5:53
7. "Feed on the Mortals"   Lord Ahriman, Chaq Mol 5:41
8. "Final Ritual"   Lord Ahriman 5:44
9. "Atrum Regina" (Japanese bonus track, instrumental version) Lord Ahriman 5:33
10. "Open the Gates" (Japanese bonus track, 2005 version)   4:25

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Swedish Albums Chart[5] 35

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. "Review: Attera Totus Sanctus". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r801399. Retrieved 4 September 2009. 
  2. ^ Alisoglu, Scott. "Review: Attera Totus Sanctus". Roadrunner Records. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=526. Retrieved 19 September 2009. 
  3. ^ Smit, Jackie. "Review: Attera Totus Sanctus". Chronicles of Chaos. http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-3981_dark_funeral_attera_totus_sanctus.aspx. Retrieved 4 September 2009. 
  4. ^ Dark Funeral
  5. ^ http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Dark+Funeral&cat=a

External links

Dark Funeral
Nachtgarm · Lord Ahriman · Chaq Mol · Dominator · Zornheym
Emperor Magus Caligula · Themgoroth · B-Force · Dominion · Typhos · Blackmoon · Matte Modin · Gaahnfaust · Alzazmon · Equimanthorn · Draugen
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