Watain "Casus Luciferi"

Casus Luciferi is the second studio album by the black metal band Watain. It was released in 2003 on Drakkar Productions. It was also released on limited edition vinyl by Norma Evangelium Diaboli and, in 2004, on tape by the Romanian label Mirgilus Siculorum. The album was remastered and reissued in October 2008 with a bonus track, a live cover of the song "Watain" by Von that the band is named after.

According to Eduardo Rivadavia, writing for Allmusic, "[t]he career of Sweden's Watain took a major step forward with the release of 2003's sophomore album, Casus Luciferi, which crystallized the sound that would elevate the band -- in tandem with reliably devastating concert rituals -- to the top of the global black metal bone pile." He stated that, with this album, Watain "exchang[ed] the Norwegian influences of prior efforts with a no less devilish blueprint delineated years earlier by seminal Swedish forefathers like Dissection, Marduk, and Dark Funeral." Rivadavia concluded his review saying, "one would be foolish to overlook any track on Casus Luciferi, such is the consistent quality maintained throughout this grand musical grimoire, brimming with power, majesty, and glorious ruin in the name of black metal, and paying testament to Watain's well-deserved ascension following its unveiling."

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Erik Danielsson, except where noted; all music is composed by Watain.

1. "Devil's Blood" 5:49
2. "Black Salvation" 6:45
3. "Opus Dei (The Morbid Angel)" (Lyrics by Tore Stjerna of Funeral Mist) 5:33
4. "Puzzles of Flesh" (Lyrics by MkM of Antaeus) 5:39
5. "I Am the Earth" 6:00
6. "The Golden Horns of Darash" (Lyrics by Scorn of Katharsis) 5:41
7. "From the Pulpits of Abomination" 6:34
8. "Casus Luciferi" 8:32
9. "Watain (Von cover)" (Bonus track on the limited edition) 2:47

Comes with a 20-page booklet with English lyrics.

"Casus Luciferi" is Latin for "The Fall of Lucifer".

CD

-CD released by Drakkar Productions.

-CD re-released by Drakkar Productions in 2005.

-CD re-released by Season of Mist in 2008, remastered on both versions: digipak and standard jewel case.

- CD re-released by Rawforce Productions in 2011.

Tape

- Pro-Tape version released by InCoffin Productions, limited to 300 copies.

- Tape version released by Orthodox Productions, limited to 200 copies.

- Tape version also released by Mirgilus Siculorum, limited to 150 hand-numbered copies.

- Tape re-released by Satanic Propaganda Records in October 2008, limited to 500 copies.

Vinyl

- LP released by Norma Evangelium Diaboli in 2003, comes with A5 booklet.

- PIC-LP released by Norma Evangelium Diaboli in 2008, limited to 999 copies.

- Double LP released on November 16 2012 by Season of Mist.

On LP from 2003 there are runout groove etchings, Side A says "Cum salus Satani", Side B says "In vulnus Christi".

Recording information:

"Spawned at Necromorbus under the sixth moon of the third year, delivered by T. Stjerna".