From ancient history and forward into modern posterity, the name
of Heliogabal a.k.a. Elagabal has become the symbol of the Roman
iron age's vice and decadence as well as of how oriental
influences were fatal to this culture. A massive conflict
between conservative Romans and those who followed the Syrian
religious traditions overshadowed Heliogabal's reign.
His rule disastrously failed due to the absence of a give-and-
take philosophy and a lack of understanding of the duties
involved with wielding the power of a Roman emperor. After the
Greek mythology of his last album "Nyx", Mathis Mootz took
Heliogabal's life as an inspiration for this release which marks
the tenth anniversary of SQUAREMETER. Mootz' skills for creating
unbearable tension and covering all bases between absolute
silence right up to vibrating choirs and distant industrial
outbursts are clear on this album. "Heliogabal" is an
intermixture of hypnotic deep drones, haunting basses and
disturbing soundscapes.
Cinematic field recordings, intermittent hypnotic sequencer
loops and urgent eruptions of sound merge into an incredible
collection of atmospheric dark ambient tracks. This album might
be useful as an imaginary trip into a sable, a cruel past where
man had the potential of being a god - before finally being
disgraced!
Tracklist:
01. The priests
02. Winds & ruins
03. Heliogabal I
04. Relics of the undefeated guard
05. The sacred shrine
06. Reign
07. Deus sol invictus
08. Whores, smoke & shadows
09. Square-dimensional space
10. Heliogabal II
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