Casus Luciferi

Studio album by Watain

Released

November 2003

Recorded

2002–2003, Necromorbus Studio, Sweden

Genre

Black metal

Length

50:33

Label

Drakkar, Norma Evangelium Diaboli

Producer

Tore Stjerna

Watain chronology

Rabid Death's Curse
(2001)

Casus Luciferi
(2003)

Sworn to the Dark
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Casus Luciferi is the second studio album by the black metal band Watain. It was released in 2003 on Drakkar Productions. It was also released on limited edition vinyl by Norma Evangelium Diaboli and, in 2004, on tape by the Romanian label Mirgilus Siculorum.^[2] The album was remastered and reissued in October 2008 with a bonus track, a live cover of the song "Watain" by Von that the band is named after.

Reception

According to Eduardo Rivadavia, writing for Allmusic, "[t]he career of Sweden's Watain took a major step forward with the release of 2003's sophomore album, Casus Luciferi, which crystallized the sound that would elevate the band -- in tandem with reliably devastating concert rituals -- to the top of the global black metal bone pile." He stated that, with this album, Watain "exchang[ed] the Norwegian influences of prior efforts with a no less devilish blueprint delineated years earlier by seminal Swedish forefathers like Dissection, Marduk, and Dark Funeral." Rivadavia concluded his review saying, "one would be foolish to overlook any track on Casus Luciferi, such is the consistent quality maintained throughout this grand musical grimoire, brimming with power, majesty, and glorious ruin in the name of black metal, and paying testament to Watain's well-deserved ascension following its unveiling."^[1]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Erik Danielsson, except where noted; all music composed by Watain.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Devil's Blood"	5:49
2.	"Black Salvation"	6:45
3.	"Opus Dei (The Morbid Angel)" (Lyrics by Tore Stjerna of Funeral Mist)	5:33
4.	"Puzzles of Flesh" (Lyrics by MkM of Antaeus)	5:39
5.	"I Am the Earth"	6:00
6.	"The Golden Horns of Darash" (Lyrics by Scorn of Katharsis)	5:41
7.	"From the Pulpits of Abomination"	6:34
8.	"Casus Luciferi"	8:32
9.	"Watain (Von cover)" (Bonus track on the limited edition)	2:47

Personnel

E. (aka Erik Danielsson) – vocals, bass (Curses & Bass of Doom)
P. (a.k.a. Pelle Forsberg) – guitars (Darkness)
H. (a.k.a. H. Jonsson) – drums, percussion (Chains)

Production

Arranged by Watain
Produced, recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Tore Stjerna

References

1 2 Eduardo Rivadavia: Casus Luciferi - Watain, accessed on 14 November 2012.
↑ "MusicMight :: Artists :: WATAIN". Rockdetector.com. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2012.

Watain
Erik Danielsson Håkan Jonsson Pelle Forsberg C. Blom T. Stjerna
Studio albums	Rabid Death's Curse Casus Luciferi Sworn to the Dark Lawless Darkness The Wild Hunt
Live albums	Black Metal Sacrifice The Ritual Macabre
Singles and EPs	"The Essence of Black Purity" The Misanthropic Ceremonies "Reaping Death"
Related articles	Dissection Armagedda Von

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