Casus Luciferi

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
The Misanthropic Ceremonies (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 got a remaster and a re-release 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 songs written by Watain, except where noted.

1. "Devil's Blood" – 5:49
2. "Black Salvation" – 6:45
3. "Opus Dei (The Morbid Angel)" – 5:33 (music: Watain; lyrics: Tore Stjerna of the band Funeral Mist)
4. "Puzzles ov Flesh" – 5:39 (music: Watain; lyrics: MkM of the band Antaeus)
5. "I Am the Earth" – 6:00
6. "The Golden Horns of Darash" – 5:41 (music: Watain; lyrics: Scorn of the band Katharsis)
7. "From the Pulpits of Abomination" – 6:34
8. "Casus Luciferi" – 8:32
9. "Watain" (Von cover) – 2:47 (bonus track on the limited edition)

Personnel

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

Production

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

References

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