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The Work Which Transforms God is the fourth studio album by black metal band Blut Aus Nord. It showcases the band incorporating industrial and dark ambient elements into their music.
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| Released | March 17, 2003 | |||
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| Length | 51:29 | |||
| Label | Appease Me Records (2003) Candlelight Records (2004) Debemur Morti Productions (2012) | |||
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It was first released on March 17, 2003 through Appease Me Records. It was reissued the following year on Candlelight Records with new artwork, and again in 2005 in a version that included the EP Thematic Emanation of Archetypal Multiplicity as a second disc. It was also reissued on CD and vinyl by Debemur Morti Productions on June 21, 2013 featuring new artwork by Valnoir and Dehn Sora. This reissue also featured a cover of Godflesh's song 'Mighty Trust Krusher', originally only available on the 2003 "Godflesh: Tribute" compilation by Nihilistic Holocaust.[1]
The Work Which Transforms God received positive reviews and is considered to be one of Blut Aus Nord's best releases.
Critical reception
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
The album was well received. It has been cited as a breakthrough release for the band as well as for the genre as a whole.[3] In Thom Jurek's review of the album for AllMusic, he describes that "Sonically, these guys love dissonance; they love thick heavy atmospheres and feedback and they love to mess with tempos stretching out time and sending it into a void", concluding "The Work Which Transforms God is a compelling and knotty listen; it squeals, plods, cracks, screeches, whirs and wails in differing shades of black."[2]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "End" | 1:52 |
| 2. | "The Choir of the Dead" | 6:40 |
| 3. | "Axis" | 3:36 |
| 4. | "The Fall" | 1:32 |
| 5. | "Metamorphosis" | 5:22 |
| 6. | "The Supreme Abstract" | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Our Blessed Frozen Cells" | 7:55 |
| 8. | "Devilish Essence" | 2:07 |
| 9. | "The Howling of God" | 6:18 |
| 10. | "Inner Mental Cage" | 2:55 |
| 11. | "Density" | 0:18 |
| 12. | "Procession of the Dead Clowns" | 9:55 |
Personnel
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- Vindsval - electric guitar
- GhÖst - bass guitar
- W.D. Feld - drums, percussion
- Additional Musicians
- Taysiah - vocals
- Nahaim - rhythm guitar
- Additional Personnel
- Valnoir - artwork (2012 reissue)
- Dehn Sora - artwork (2012 reissue)
References
edit- ^ "TRIBUTE TO GODFLESH". Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. "The Work Which Transforms God Blut aus Nord Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
- ^ Blut Aus Nord’s What Once Was… Liber II (July 2012) in the context of their discography