Fall 2022 sees Dutch Doom pioneers Celestial Season release the second full-length album of the Mysterium trilogy, ‘Mysterium II’. ‘Mysterium I’, the first album of a trilogy was released earlier this year and received raving reviews putting the band back into the position as masters of the #Doom / #Death #Metal genre.
‘Mysterium II’ dives into the more funeral and melancholic side of Celestial Season, songs which are reminiscent of their 1994 demo leading up to the ’95 classic ‘Solar Lovers’, with focus on long violin and cello interludes woven in with the signature Celestial Season twin guitar melodies.
Formed in the early nineties, the Dutch group attained international acclaim with their first two full-length albums, “Forever Scarlet Passion” from 1993 and “Solar Lovers” from 1995, both still regarded as seminal doom-metal releases right next to Anathema’s “Serenades”, Paradise Lost’s “Gothic” and My Dying Bride’s “Turn Loose the Swans”.
A mix of the “Forever Scarlet Passion” line-up and “Solar Lovers” line-up re-grouped to create what they labelled as the ‘Doom Era’ line-up; with Stefan Ruiters back on vocals, Lucas van Slegtenhorst on bass, Olly Smit and Pim van Zanen on guitars, Jason Köhnen on drums and Jiska Ter Bals back on violin and Elianne Anemaat on cello.
Together, they’ve created and recorded “The Secret Teachings”, an hour-long musical journey that perfectly recaptured the magic and splendour of their early years.
Now the Mysterium trilogy follows the same path, delivering a poignant and melancholic doom-metal that cements Celestial Season status as one of the best European doom-metal bands.
Line-up:
Stefan Ruiters – Vocals
Olly Smit – Guitars
Pim van Zanen – Guitars
Lucas van Slegtenhorst – Bass
Jiska Ter Bals – Violin
Elianne Anemaat – Cello
Jason Köhnen – Drums
Celestial Season
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Bandcamp: http://celestialseason.bandcamp.com
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The Divine Duty Of Servants 00:00
Tomorrow Mourning 5:39
Our Nocturnal Love 14:38
In April Darkness 17:49
The Sun The Moon And The Truth 23:35
Pictures of Endless Beauty Copper Sunset 31:08
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