Worlds beyond the veil by mithras is one of the better death metal albums of the past decade. The ocean tries to engulf him and fails, and finally he joins the immortals habitation. Playing via spotify playing via youtube playback options. He celebrated a last supper with his faithful followers before returning to his father. The mithras cult first became evident in rome towards the end of the first century ad. Download worlds beyond the veil by mithras on the independent record store by musicians for musicians. The band mithras truly live up to their name with worlds beyond the veil, creating uncompromising intricate and technically perfect deathblack metal reminiscent of zyklon world ov worms and behemoth.
On strange loops by mithras, released 21 october 2016 1. In the vinyl days, i wouldve been stuck with that lame intro every time i wanted to listen to the album. Gone was the ancient godworship of their previous incarnation. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Mithras was born on december 25 in a stable to a virgin, surrounded by shepherds who brought gifts.
The ancient roman religion known as the mithraic mysteries has captivated the imaginations of scholars for generations. Technical death metal progressive death metal country. The church of rome produces christians by exactly the same method. The religion was inspired by iranian worship of the zoroastrian angelic divinity mithra, though the greek mithras was linked to a new and distinctive imagery, and the level of continuity between persian and grecoroman practice is debated. The figure in red, moving around inside the temple, is actually an initiate. Mithras march 20 bandcamp have very kindly waived their fees to support artists today, so what better time than this to hold a 50% bandcamp sale on all mithras digital releases. Mithras worlds beyond the veil worlds beyond the veil duration. In another role, as a god of war, he rode in a golden chariot pulled by four horses. The solos and leads are still bizarre and dissonant as hell, as befits mithras this feels like a journey through a twisted nether plane. Jun 10, 2015 the most important element of the myth behind the mithraic mysteries was mithras killing of a bull.
It is our great hope that modern mithraism will become a valuable tool for the rebuilding of accurate mithraic mysteries, not a watereddown modern replacement for them. Lords and masters taken from the second mithras album worlds beyond the veil 2003 support the band and buy the cd from ly. It was released on 11 september 2001, through peaceville records. A bit of a cleaner, less midrangeheavy production than worlds beyond the veil its also ditched the interlude tracks for the most part in favor of a more conventional brutal style. Much is still unknown about this secretive sect, but it involved the worship of the persian god mithras in caves, a communal meal, and initiation through seven stages of an astrologicallythemed hierarchy. These objects represented his two roles as sun god and war god. Enter the domain of mithras, one of the uks most uncompromising and extreme bands to date. Top 5 advantages of digital music invisible oranges. Mithras generates mutated and hallucinogenic atmospheres. Mithraism, also known as the mithraic mysteries, was a roman mystery religion centered on the god mithras. Up until recently, i hadnt been disappointed by taking the advice of those on the terrorizer staff. The mysteries of mithras were not practiced until the 1st century ad. Mithras lords and masters worlds beyond the veil youtube. A faded painting, still showing hints of its oncevivid hues, fills the entire back wall of.
Mithras worlds beyond the veil 2003 leon macey guitar rayner coss vocals, bass ben white drums lee ducaine. Sep 28, 2003 listen free to mithras worlds beyond the veil portal to the. The tauroctony in the mithraeum at santa maria capua vetere. At the time i remember thinking there was something rather odd about the figurine and that suspicion was strengthened when jan. On mithra and mithraism authentic gatha zoroastrianism. Disintegrate is the third and final studio album by norwegian blackened death metal band zyklon. The name of the indoaryan godforce avestan mithra, vedic mitra, is based on the common noun mitra to mediate, bring about a meeting of spiritsminds, mutual. His worship spread to persia and, after the defeat of the p. Mar 07, 2017 mithraism is a roman mystery religion that flourished in the 2nd through 4th centuries ce. Legions is also a competent work of combining hyperspeed brutal death metal with atmosphere and melody while writing memorable riffs, but that certain atmosphere is even more realized within aforementioned worlds beyond the veil which was released in 2003. The first written mention of the vedic mitra dates to 1400 bc.
Major rituals included bull worship and sacrifice and a communal feast amongst brothers which strongly appealed to roman legionnaires. Now when the watch is ended, now when the wine is drawn mithras also a solider, keep us pure till the dawn. Lead guitar up until recently, i have taken terrorizers word and checked out bands i normally would have skipped. Certainly, their music seems to draw us into precisely that realm. Mithras battled demons, sorcerers, and other evildoers and helped the souls of worthy humans. Just as mithras is revealed as a being from beyond the universe capable of altering the cosmic spheres, so here we find jesus linked with a rupture of the heavens, an opening into the numinous realms beyond the furthest cosmic boundaries. Description provided by wikipedia under creative commons attribution ccbysa 4. The ancient roman cult that continues to vex scholars atlas.
Listen free to mithras worlds beyond the veil portal to the. The image of mithras killing a bull is the most commonly seen cult image, and it also shows the scorpion stinging the bull above as mithras kills it. Mithras worlds beyond the veil 2003 technical death. Holy baptism is the basis of the whole christian life, the gateway to life in the spirit vitae spiritualis ianua, and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. On strange loops the long awaited fourth album from the. The ancient roman cult that continues to vex scholars.
Our goal is to make mithras and his light more available to the modern. Front to back, this record is brimming with creativity and unpredictability. In antiquity, texts refer to the mysteries of mithras, and to its adherents, as the mysteries of the persians. Mithras, god of the sunset, low on the western main, thou descending immortal, immortal to rise again. As you can probably deduce from the track list, worlds beyond the veil is a cosmic journey to an entirely different realm, which for the convenience of your interpretation is depicted on the visuals of the artwork to your right. Cosmic mysteries of mithras mithraism ancient religion. Jul 10, 2009 lords and masters taken from the second mithras album worlds beyond the veil 2003 support the band and buy the cd from. A faded painting, still showing hints of its oncevivid hues, fills the entire back wall of an otherwise.
In its place stood a fusion of cosmic ambience and pitiless extremity. The term ascension is not uniquely applied to mithras by cumont. It is a most happy festival of love, red wine, pomegranates, nuts and amore. Nov, 2017 the tauroctony in the mithraeum at santa maria capua vetere. The cult of mithras an ancient rite 1 the iranian connection. Mithras was reluctant to do this but acquiesced in deference to the divine will. Mithras, also called mitra, was popular among the military in the roman empire, and the mystery cult of mithras was a potent religious force during the first through fourth centuries a. Mithra, in ancient indoiranian mythology, the god of light, whose cult spread from india in the east to as far west as spain, great britain, and germany. Second album worlds beyond the veil shattered boundaries, astounded critics, achieved a controversial 1010 in terrorizer magazine, and secured a major deal with candlelight records. Mithras worlds beyond the veil encyclopaedia metallum. It was believed that from the death of the bull an animal often seen as a symbol of strength and fertility sprung new life. More time ago now than i really care to remember i wrote something about the mithras sculptures found in hulme during the 19th century and showed the small figurine of mithras from the manchester museum collection. Oct 06, 2014 on mithra and mithraism october 2nd marks the beginning of mithra festival culminating on october 8th. A long series of analogies exists between him mithras and jesus.
They now believe that a statue of mithras in his famous bullslaying pose would have sat in the center of the room to be illuminated by the suns rays on astronomically important days. Energetically suppressed by the early christians, who frequently constructed their churches over the caves in which mithraic rituals took place, the cult was extinct by the end of the fourth century. In fact, all the senators who figure in the inscriptions at the base of st peters basilica, alongside the titles of vir clarissimus senator, pater, or pater patrum in the cult of sol invictus mithras, also held a long series of other religious positions. History and development of the mysteries of mithras, and. Mithraism as important for understanding the cultural matrix out of which the christian religion came to birth mithraism is the worship of mithra, the iranian god of the sun, justice, contract, and war in prezoroastrian iran. The goat of mendes is the second studio album by english death metal band akercocke. If you seek mithras with a sincere heart and a desire for knowledge, you will find him even if alone. Worlds beyond the veil bequeath the visions the caller and the listener break the worlds divide lords and masters psyrens voices in the void the sands of time search the endless planes they came and you were silent transcendence beyond the eyes of man. I am a star, wandering about with thee mithras, and shining forth out of the deep.
After mithras was successful a quarrel broke out between mithras and apollo, but they were reconciled and celebrated a banquet. Mithras is invoked and worshipped by men and women across the world, as depicted in many mithraerums the cloak of mithras is the star filled sky. During the next two centuries, it spread to the frontiers of the western empire. Each step was accompanied by performance of new rituals. Gaze carefully upon a bleak dimension of blastbeats, savage frequencies and shattering vocal expulsions. Worlds beyond the veil is mithras second fulllength and maybe their most experimental to date. Mithras worlds beyond the veil cd baby music store. And this is one of the very important points to remember about mithras.
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