Italian Pagan Symphonic Black Metal: Opera IX (Biella, Piedmont, Italy) - Gothik (Demo 1990) | Demo '92 (Demo 1992) | The Triumph of the Death (EP 1993) | The Call of the Wood (Full-length 1994) | Sacro culto (Full-length 1998) | The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum (Full-length 2000) | Maleventum (Full-length 2002) | Anphisbena (Full-length 2004) | Strix - Maledictae in Aeternum (Full-length 2012) | Back to Sepulcro (Full-length 2015) | The Gospel (Full-length 2018)

        

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Opera IX

Biella, Piedmont
Italy 🇮🇹
Occult Pagan Symphonic Black Metal

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Ossian - Guitars (1988-present)
ex-L'Antica Via del Nord

Dipsas Dianaria - Vocals (2018-present)
Consummatum Est, Mek Na Ver,
Hiems (live), Murk (live), ex-Vidharr,
ex-Agatunet, ex-Deathrow (live),
ex-Riti Occulti

L.P. Vault - Drums (2021-present)
Dying Awkward Angel, Highlord,
ex-Housebreakers, ex-Warloud,
ex-Avatar, HBM, Kellogs Koko Punk,
ex-Amethista

Velum - Keyboards (2022-present)
Consummatum Est, Il Giardino Onirico,
Mek Na Ver, Emanuele Telli

G.G. - Bass (2023-present)
Dead Chasm, Evilspell, Expired, Ira,
Perfidious, ex-Dawn, ex-Drown in Blood,
ex-Daemoniac, ex-Irreverence,
ex-Torment, ex-Violentor, ex-Sepulcral

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

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Opera IX

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

Gothik
Demo 1990
Cassette
Independent

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Prelude
2. Grogling Grange
3. Gothik
4. Cemeteria
5. Invocation

Recorded in Biella
in the summer of 1989

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Daniel Vintras - Vocals
Vlad - Bass
Ossian - Guitars

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭/𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬

Rex Bells - Drums
Scarlet - Keyboards

Demo '92
Demo 1992
Cassette
Independent

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Rhymes About Dying Stones
2. House of Agony
3. Last Dawn
4. Malum in Sacrum

Recorded in the autumn of 1992

The Triumph of the Death
EP 1993
Wimp Records
7" vinyl (45 RPM)

Side A

1. Born in the Grave

Side B

2. The Red Death

Recorded at PKM. Studio,
Vercelli, Italy

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Ossian - Guitars, Keyboards
Lord Vlad - Bass
Flegias - Drums
Cadaveria - Vocals

The Call of the Wood
[Full-length] December 1994
[CD] Miscarriage Records

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

March 16th, 2020
[CD, Digital] Iron Tyrant
Remastered

April 1st, 2020
[2 12" vinyls] Iron Tyrant
Reissue, Remastered

September 7th, 2021
[Cassette] A Fine Day to Die Records
Remastered

Recorded at PKM Studio,
Vercelli, Italy in Aug.-Sept. 1994

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Alone in the Dark
2. Esteban's Promise
3. The Call of the Wood
4. Al Azif
5. Sepulcro

Sacro culto
[Full-length] April 18th, 1998
[CD] Shiver Records

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

October 21st, 2005
[CD] Avantgarde Music
Reissue, Remastered

[CD] 2009
Peaceville Records
Reissue, Remastered

July 29th, 2022
[2 12" vinyls] Peaceville Records
Reissue

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. The Oak
2. Fronds of the Ancient Walnut
3. The Naked and the Dance
4. Cimmeries
5. My Devotion
6. Under the Sign of the
Red Dragon

Recorded at Cap. Woofer Studios
in autumn 1997

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Cadaveria - Vocals
Ossian - Guitars
Vlad - Bass
Flegias - Drums
Lunaris - Keyboards

The Black Opera: Symphoniae Mysteriorum in Laudem Tenebrarum
[Full-length] May 5th, 2000
[CD] Avantgarde Music

Recorded at Studio Underground,
Sweden in January 2000

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Act I: The First Seal
2. Act II: Beyond the Black Diamond Gates
3. Act III: Carnal Delight in the
Vortex of Evil
4. Act IV: Congressus Cum Daemone
5. Act V: The Magic Temple
6. Act VI: The Sixth Seal
7. Bela Lugosi's Dead
(Bauhaus cover)

Maleventum
[Full-length] March 25th, 2002
[CD] Avantgarde Music

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

[Cassette, CD] 2002
Irond Records

Recorded in January 2002 at
Damage Inc studios, Ventimiglia, Italy

I. The Witchcraft Trilogy

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Maleventum
2. Princess of the Ancient
3. In the Dark I Found the
Reflection of the Hidden Mirrors
4. Unearthed Arcana
5. Muscaria
6. Forgotten Gods
7. In the Raven's Eyes

Anphisbena
[Full-length] November 25th, 2004
[CD] Avantgarde Music

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

[CD] 2005
Irond Records

[CD] 2005
Magick Records

[CD] 2008
Peaceville Records

Recorded at Only-Music studio in Italy

II. The Witchcraft Trilogy

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Intro - Many Moons Ago
2. The Serpent's Nemeton
3. The Prophecy
4. In Hoc Signo Sanguinis
5. Immortal Chant
6. Scell lem Duibh (Song of Death)
7. In the Sixth Tower
8. Battle Cry
9. Anphisbena
10. One Rode to Asa Bay
(Bathory cover)

Strix - Maledictae in Aeternum
[Full-length] January 24th, 2012
[CD, 2 vinyls] Agonia Records

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

January 13th, 2017
[Digital] Agonia Records

Recorded at Occultum Studio

III. The Witchcraft Trilogy

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Strix the Prologue (Intro)
2. 1313 (Eradicate the False Idols)
3. Dead Tree Ballad
4. Vox in Rama (Part 1)
5. Vox in Rama (Part 2)
6. Mandragora
7. Eyes in the Well
8. Earth and Fire
9. Ecate - The Ritual (Intro)
10. Ecate
11. Nemus Tempora Maleficarum
12. Historia Nocturna

Back to Sepulcro
[Full-length] November 15th, 2015
[CD] Dusktone

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

[Digital] October 10th, 2015
[CD] May 20th, 2019
Dusktone

Back to Sepulcro MMXXV
[Full-length] March 22nd, 2025
[CD] Iron Tyrant

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Sepulcro
2. The Oak
3. Act I. The First Seal
4. Maleventum
5. Consacration
6. The Cross

Recorded at Ossian's Occultum Studios
and Federico Pennazzato's Authoma
Studios, Alessandria, Italy

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Ossian - Guitars
Scùrs - Bass
M:A Fog - Drums
Alexandros - Keyboards
Abigail Dianaria - Vocals

The Gospel
[Full-length] November 17th, 2018
[CD, Digital] Dusktone

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

[CD] 2019
Misanthropic Records

Recorded at both Music Ink
and Occultum Studios

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. The Gospel
2. Chapter II
3. Chapter III
4. Moon Goddess
5. House of the Wind
6. The Invocation
7. Queen of the Serpents
8. Cimaruta
9. Sacrilego

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