Fall Babylon Fall
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Fall Babylon Fall is the debut album of the Swedish progressive doom metal band Veni Domine
, released in 1992. In 2010, HM Magazine ranked it #38 on the Top 100 Christian metal albums of all time list.
played keyboards on the album. The last song on the album they had to record in Thunderload studio, Sweden, since it was one of the few studios at the time that had the gear to record the over 20 minute epic "The Chronicle of the Seven Seals". Veni Domine was signed to Kingsway Music which published the album in UK and licenced it to United States and Europe through smaller labels. British artist Rodney Matthews
painted the album cover. In the year 2006 the record company Edge Records reissued Fall Babylon Fall with an instrumental bonustrack called "Visions".
Musically, the album showcases symphonic and progressive doom metal, sometimes compared to Solitude Aeturnus
with Geoff Tate
type vocals. The lyrics deal about the content of Book of Revelation
.
Veni Domine
Veni Domine is a Christian progressive doom metal band. The band was founded in 1987 in Sollentuna, Sweden.Veni Domine combines down-tempo melodic heavy metal, symphonic metal and doom metal with occasional touches of gothic. Originally, the vocalist Fredrik Ohlsson represented operatic,...
, released in 1992. In 2010, HM Magazine ranked it #38 on the Top 100 Christian metal albums of all time list.
Recording history
At first, Veni Domine recorded parts of the album in Eastbourne, UK, at ICC studio. P. A. Danielsson of TiamatTiamat (band)
-Biography:Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat...
played keyboards on the album. The last song on the album they had to record in Thunderload studio, Sweden, since it was one of the few studios at the time that had the gear to record the over 20 minute epic "The Chronicle of the Seven Seals". Veni Domine was signed to Kingsway Music which published the album in UK and licenced it to United States and Europe through smaller labels. British artist Rodney Matthews
Rodney Matthews
Rodney Matthews is a fantasy artist and illustrator.In 1978, he published Yendor: The Journey of a Junior Adventurer, a hard-back picture book featuring his distinctive paintings of "The Wild Country", a fantasy world seen through the eyes of young Yendor, named after his son...
painted the album cover. In the year 2006 the record company Edge Records reissued Fall Babylon Fall with an instrumental bonustrack called "Visions".
Musically, the album showcases symphonic and progressive doom metal, sometimes compared to Solitude Aeturnus
Solitude Aeturnus
Solitude Aeturnus is an American doom metal band that was started in spring 1987 as Solitude, in Arlington, Texas. Their vocalist, Robert Lowe, is also the current singer for the influential doom metal band Candlemass...
with Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate
Geoff Tate is an American singer and musician, who rose to fame in the 1980s with the progressive metal band, Queensrÿche...
type vocals. The lyrics deal about the content of Book of Revelation
Book of Revelation
The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament. The title came into usage from the first word of the book in Koine Greek: apokalupsis, meaning "unveiling" or "revelation"...
.
Track listing
- Face of the Prosecutor - 8:14
- King of the Jews - 8:12
- In the Day of the Sentinel - 7:14
- Wisdom Calls - 6:44
- Armageddon - 7:34
- O Great City - 8:05
- The Chronicle of the Seven Seals - 21:21
- Visions (Bonus Track only on Re-release) - 4:04
External links
- Fall Babylon Fall at Metal-Archives (retrieved 8-20-07)