Nihilist Notes (And the Perpetual Quest 4 Meaning in Nothing) is the 4th full length album by Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio on German label Out of Line to which they signed in 2010 following the demise of Swedish cult label Cold Meat Industry.
Preceded by the 4 track mini album “La Fleur du Mal” in March, Nihilist Notes takes multiple steps in directions that appear to move away from the more melodic aspects of the highly acclaimed full length album “Let’s Play [Two Girls & a Goat] from 2019.
Nihilist Notes is dark, oppressive, harsh and tribal. It’s a deceleration of war orchestrated by drums and horns rather than guitars and pianos as we are used to. The sound is more martial than folk, but it is still very much Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio.
The new album merges the crudeness of the past, such as Conquest Love & Self-Perseverance, with the refinement and perfection of the present. It becomes a convergence of both past and present into a perfect symbiosis of what’s to come.
‘Nihilist Notes’ will be released on May 20th as CD Digipak & on cassette (in red incl. a pencil). However, the highlight is the deluxe wooden box set, strictly limited to 404 pieces, which, in addition to the CD, also exclusively includes the album on 10″ vinyl and 5 collector’s coins with a noble case.
Tracks:
CD
1 Nothing, Nada, Null
2 I set Fire to Cathedrals, with the flame inside my Heart
3 How I paint the World in Flames 4 You
4 I remember, the perpetual Search for the Meaning in Nothing
5 Let’s forsake your Peace, and embrace my War
6 In the Skies that burn there’s no Refuge 4 Man
7 Sing to my Enemies, and those who did not make it
8 To the Gods that kill and forever will
9 Never shall the Stars be touched or the Roses fall
10 Of all the Pearls we cast to Swine
11 The Sins that I did, and all the Sin I’ll ever do
12 Every Fiend I have lost and Friends abandoned
13 Somewhere there’s a Cross that won’t defile you
LP 10″
Side A
1 Nothing, Nada, Null
2 I set Fire to Cathedrals, with the flame inside my Heart
3 How I paint the World in Flames 4 You
Side B
1 I remember, the perpetual Search for the Meaning in Nothing
2 Let’s forsake your Peace, and embrace my War
3 In the Skies that burn there’s no Refuge 4 Man
Side C
1 Sing to my Enemies, and those who did not make it
2 To the Gods that kill and forever will
3 Never shall the Stars be touched or the Roses fall
Side D
1 Of all the Pearls we cast to Swine
2 The Sins that I did, and all the Sin I’ll ever do
3 Every Fiend I have lost and Friends abandoned
4 Somewhere there’s a Cross that won’t defile you
