THE DEVIL & THE UNIVERSE Benedicere CD+DVD BOX 2018 LTD.100

Benedicere

Limited edition of 100 copies!
The Box contains: Regular CD, Exclusive DVD, Black Bag, Postcard & a Holy Host

01 Ascension
02 Dei Genetrix
03 Immaculata
04 Hail! Mary
05 Ora Pro Nobis Deum
06 Elousa
07 Mater Dolorosa
08 Nikopoia
09 Road To Damascus

DVD ‘LIVE IN BERLIN’:
01 Hail! Mary  
02 Osculum Infame II  
03 Ora Pro Nobis Deum  
04 Stygian  
05 Nikopoia
06 It is our Will 
07 Danaus Plaxippus 
08 Iblis 
09 Dei Genterix 
10 Immaculata
11 Nod  
12 Haunted Summer  
13 What Time is Love? 
14 Ascension

BENEDICERE - a conceptional work about the Virgin Mary and the occult side of Christianity - and of the bestselling albums for Rustblade – will finally made available again. To make this re-release something special, the label will also release 2 special edtions including the first ever visual live DVD document of a goat show, filmed and recorded at a ‘BENEDICERE’ show in Berlin in 2016. In the spring of 2015, upon an invitation by ‘Rustblade’, THE DEVIL AND THE UNIVERSE participated in a remix project, orchestrated by the legendary Italian composer Claudio Simonetti (of renowned ‘Goblin’). This project has harvested a longer-term co-operation and resulted in the ‘Benedicere’ album. The ever-evolving and design-oriented Viennese project has a toolbox filled with musical and imagery equipment as provided by all things occult and religious iconography. These influences are arranged in a modern and original way, the new interpretation a pre-conception-free reflection of musical genres including Ritual Ambient, New and Minimal Wave. Director and film-score composer John Carpenter (Halloween) describes their vivid music: “I really like it. It’s original and evocative.”
The protagonists of The Devil And The Universe, Ashley Dayour, Stefan Elsbacher and David Pfister, call their music “Goat-Wave”. Reminiscent of the pagan icon, the goat-headed Baphomet, the medieval and mystical figure has served as the band’s avatar since the release of its first album. The goat-head is also occasionally worn by members of the band during live performances so as to break free of clichés and appear gender-neutral. In the court of content, Christian mysticism (especially the mysteries surrounding the Virgin Mary) plays a decisive role on this, the third long-play offering of The Devil And The Universe. To capture the essence of the musical content, the band travelled to the most visited pilgrimage site in the world: Lourdes, France, as well as to the Spanish Santa Maria de Montserrat Abbey and the Vatican in Rome. With their first two Albums :IMPRINT DAATH: (2013) and HAUNTED SUMMER (2014), the focus was psychedelic music steeped in a magical and spiritual aesthetic…
On ‘Benedicere’ they are passionately immersed with a sincere affinity in the world of Catholic-Christian thought.