Migdal Bavel

Studio album by De Magia Veterum

Released

January 20, 2009

Recorded

2008

Studio

De Bejaarde, Drachten, NL

Genre

Avant-garde metal, black metal, industrial

Length

33:39

Label

Mistress Dance/Transcendental Creations

De Magia Veterum chronology

The Apocalyptic Seven Headed Beast Arisen
(2007)

Migdal Bavel
(2009)

In Conspectu Divinae Majestatis
(2010)

Maurice de Jong chronology

The Genocidal Deliverance
(2008)

Migdal Bavel
(2009)

Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts
(2009)

Migdal Bavel is the second studio album by De Magia Veterum, released on January 20, 2009 by Mistress Dance Records and Transcendental Creations. It was first issued on cassette, with the pressing limited to a hundred copies.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Eduardo Rivadavia of allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, saying "this one-Dutchman operation spares no effort to advance black metal's misanthropic agenda, whether through sheer sonic terrorism (see sand-blasting onslaughts like "The Confusion of Tongues," "The Boat of Uta-Napishtim," and "Zaota"), or impressive avant-garde rule breaking (ergo the title track's free jazz percussion and synthesizer hiccups, the serpentine piano tap-dance of "I Am the Vine," and the bubbling synthesized orchestrations of "Rapture")."^[1]

Track listing

All music composed by Maurice de Jong.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Confusion of Tongues"	2:52
2.	"Migdal Bavel"	5:03
3.	"The Boat of Uta-Naphistim"	6:06
4.	"Curse of Cannan"	3:51
5.	"Zaota"	3:30

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am the Vine"	3:59
2.	"Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit"	4:03
3.	"Rapture"	4:15

CD track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Confusion of Tongues"	2:52
2.	"Migdal Bavel"	5:03
3.	"The Boat of Uta-Naphistim"	6:06
4.	"Interlude I: The Ruins of Copan"	1:56
5.	"Curse of Cannan"	3:51
6.	"Zaota"	3:30
7.	"I Am the Vine"	3:59
8.	"Interlude II: Evocation of the Gallu"	1:55
9.	"Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit"	4:03
10.	"Rapture"	4:15

Personnel

Adapted from Migdal Bavel liner notes.^[2]

Maurice de Jong (as Mories) – vocals, instruments, recording, cover art

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Portugal	2009	Mistress Dance	CS	MDR 036
Canada	2009	Transcendental Creations	CD	TC008

References

1 2 Rivadavia, Eduardo. "De Magia Veterum: Migdal Bavel > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
↑ Migdal Bavel (booklet). De Magia Veterum. São Teotónio, Odemira: Mistress Dance. 2009.

External links

Migdal Bavel at Discogs (list of releases)
Migdal Bavel at Bandcamp

De Magia Veterum

Maurice de Jong

Studio albums	Spikes Through Eyes Migdal Bavel The Divine Antithesis The Deification

Extended plays	Clavicula Salomonis The Blood of Prophet and Saints The Apocalyptic Seven Headed Beast Arisen In Conspectu Divinae Majestatis

Related groups	Aderlating Cloak of Altering Gnaw Their Tongues Seirom

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