Virgin Black-Requiem-Mezzo Forte 2 CD Set Christian Metal Import (Autographed)

Description: VIRGIN BLACK REQUIEM-MEZZO FORTE The third full length recording by Australian Goth/doom metal band Virgin Black was released by Massacre Records in Germany May, 2007. The first pressing is a Limited Edition 2 CD Set packaged in a double gatefold digi-pak that contains a 12-page 4-color lyric insert, and a bonus disc featuring unreleased tracks and a videoclip. This IS the Limited Edition 2 CD Set. It was performed by Virgin Black and the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. For fans of Dead Can Dance and Sigur Ros. After four years of relative silence following a sophomore album menacingly named Elegant and Dying, many had assumed that Adelaide, Australia's Virgin Black had probably breathed their last; but the orchestral gothic metal project was in fact very much alive, and simply grappling with the challenge of composing a two-and-a-half-hour, three-part song cycle entitled Requiem. April 2007 saw the release of its first installment on CD, although Requiem: Mezzo Forte, as it was called, actually comprised the trilogy's second chapter, with acts one and three -- all recorded simultaneously à la the Lord of the Rings movies -- still forthcoming. Nevertheless, Virgin Black fans will quickly discover that this first, 52-minute mid-section of what's surely to become the band's magnum opus, already feels like the fulfillment of their thus far nebulous musical destiny. In it, their "gothic metal with strings" template is effectively transformed into an altogether grander full-blown symphony with gothic metal elements, marked by predominantly orchestral movements such as the extravagant "Requiem, Kyrie," the sublime melancholy of "Midnight's Hymn," and the suitably suicidal epic "...And I Am Suffering." Truly, this distinct shift in focus is more far reaching than some may at first assume, since scarce are the tracks here ("Domine," "Lacrimosa") where guitars, bass, drums, and non-choir vocals take prominence over the pervasive orchestra commissioned for its recording (although heavier, doom/death tendencies glimpsed here are promised to dominate the trilogy's third chapter). And, as with every Virgin Black release, classically trained operatic talents are employed as needed to carry out each song's morose poetics, while chief musical architect Rowan London has notably improved his clean singing, which he alternates with a fearsome Cookie Monster growl here. 　　　 ARTIST:VIRGIN BLACK TITLE:REQUIEM-MEZZO FORTE RELEASE DATE:2007 RECORD LABEL:MASSACRE RECORDS UPC:4028466115515 CATALOG NUMBER:MAS DP0551 CONDITION OF CD:BRAND NEW-100% GUARANTEED SPECIAL ATTRIBUTES:ORIGINAL ISSUE RARE & OUT OF PRINT-LIMITED EDITION 2 CD SET CONTAINING EXCLUSIVE BONUS CD WITH UNRELEASED TRACKS AND VIDEO CLIP-ALL OUR COPIES ARE AUTOGRAPHED BY ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE BAND!!!!!!!!! VIRGIN BLACK PERSONNEL: Virgin Black: Samantha Escarbe (guitars); Grayh (bass guitar); Dino Cielo, Rowan London. Personnel: Rowan London (tenor, piano); Samantha Escarbe (guitar); Dino Cielo (drums). 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