DIGIPAK

Trepaneringsritualen explores themes of religion, magick and the hidden realms of consciousness, taking its musical cues from the old school of ritual ambient & death industrial. Rhythmic and seething at times, and oozing forward with a creeping sense of desolation at others, Trepaneringsritualen conjures forth bleak but mesmerizing visions of the end-times.

“Perfection & Permanence”: a hymn to Isis; a further exploration of the duality of the holy harlot, the black skinned Magdalen, mother and concert of the Christ; Yeshua Ben Yosef, son of MAN; the shameful dead, those who sold their brothers, condemned to forever roam the earth; to transgress the abyss, to mortify flesh, towards cosmic renovation. It is lonely, it is awful; on the verge of physical death, but still unable to understand; absolute perfection may be attained through WILL. A conversation with angels, in archaic tongues; Eiríkr inn Sigrsæli sold his blood and kin to desert rats for corporeal power. Eirikr, we spit on you.; from across the abyss, it rises. Ceaseless, blood-churning, terrible; an incoherent accusation by the mirror image, he who’s blood was shed to atone another man’s sins. Without bloodshed there can be no salvation. CD in 6-panel digipak.

Tracklist

1. Venerated & Despised (2:34)
2. A Black Egg (3:54)
3. Castrate Christ (4:37)
4. Liken Ingen Jord Vill Svälja (2:34)
5. Alone/A/Cross/Abyss (3:48)
6. 39 Lashes (2:57)
7. The Seventh Man (3:24)
8. Konung Krönt I Blod (3:30)
9. A Ceaseless Howling (3:29)
10. He Who Is My Mirror (5:17)