The latest transmission from the shadowed circle of Ordo Vampyr Orientis (BAT MAGIC, BAD MANOR, BEASTIAL MAJESTY), pianistic Black Metal mavericks BENEATH MOONLIGHT arrive on DMP in fantastic style with their unhinged self-titled debut EP.
Over six tracks, the clandestine entity dramatically channels the evil spirits, gothic castles and filthy asylums of ’90s lycanthropic Black Metal with a peculiar modern power and edge-of-seat propulsion.
Tracklist:
01. Intro – Malleus Maleficarum
02. None Before God
03. Reckoning of the Inquisitor
04. Versipellis
05. Beneath Moonlight
06. Vals – Malleus Lycanthroporum
Beneath Moonlight – None Before God
These six audio incantations were finalized by Jacob Buczarski (MARE COGNITUM). ‚Intro – Malleus Maleficarum‘ was composed and mixed by Sanguine (AVERSE SEFIRA). Blondel del Nesle guests on the title track.
The cursed cover painting was created by Karmazid (MOURNFUL CONGREGATION, LAMP OF MURMUUR), and the BENEATH MOONLIGHT insignia was illustrated by Misanthropic-Art (KATATONIA, MORTUARY DRAPE). Layout is by Yurii Kazarian / Into The Abyss Design.
Composer and pianist The Sanguinarian reflects on the band’s name: „I’d already begun composing the BENEATH MOONLIGHT EP when the name appeared to me in a ferocious and terrifying vision. A spectre, lit aflame in red light, whispered it in my ear and I felt my flesh singe and eardrums pop with each syllable.“
The EP is the first part of the Henricus Institor saga, so named after the German churchman who in 1487 published a document known as the Malleus Maleficarum – a veritable how–to guide for the inquisitioning and dispatching of accused witches.
As a first gateway into the story, BENEATH MOONLIGHT offer the song ‚None Before God‘ – a maniacal and melodious ode to the Dark Arts.
