Glorior Belli was formed in France back in 2002 by Infestvvs and Antares, and quickly the, ‘Evil Archaic Order’ demo was released in 2003, and followed up with the debut album, ‘Ô Laudate Dominvs’ in 2005. Today Glorior Belli has become more or less the solo project of Infestvvs as he writes all the music, lyrics, and plays guitar and vocals. For at least this album he is joined by Dispater (from Merrimack, Blackgod, and Heol Telwen) on Bass, and m:A Fog (from Black Flame, Disiplin, Daemusinem, and Dying Awkward Angel) on drums.
This French band offers up orthodox black metal with plenty of melodic twists and turns and music that ranges from being quite brutal to sounding almost doom-ish at times. I’ve seen people say Glorior Belli sounds like old Mayhem, but I completely miss this comparison, and in actuality they sound similar to their fellow countrymen in Deathspell Omega. Though I wouldn’t say they are exactly the same, but you can definitely hear comparable composition ideas and related lyrical themes. The lyrics are written considerably well, poetic like in nature, and deal with the Luciferian Philosophy. Though I’m not 100% familiar with this concept, I do have to admit its worth investigating, at least for the sake of curiosity.
It should also be mentioned that the production of the album is way above the usual underground standards, forsaking the usual immature grimness that so many feeble bands still feel akin too.
‘Manifesting The Raging Beast’ has become something of a modern classic and although the band has already released two new records since I have not gotten my hands on them just yet. Moreover at just a few seconds over forty minutes Manifesting disappoints very little, and in fact absolutely crushes most other black metal records released in recent years.
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