777 – Cosmosophy Explained

777 – Cosmosophy
Type:studio
Artist:Blut Aus Nord
Cover:777 – Cosmosophy.jpg
Released:September 21, 2012
Recorded:2012
Genre:Black metal, industrial metal, avant-garde metal
Length:45:55
Label:Debemur Morti Productions (DMP0082)
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777 – Cosmosophy is the tenth full-length album by French black metal band Blut Aus Nord. It was released on September 21, 2012 through Debemur Morti Productions.[1] [2] This is the third and final album of the 777 trilogy that begin with the 2011 album '777 – Sect(s)'.[3] The album was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Earthsound Recording in 2012 and the artwork was created by Dehn Sora in collaboration with Metastazis Studios.[4]

Critical reception

The album was received positively upon release, with reviewers praising experimental nature of the album, with Pitchfork's Grayson Currin writing that "Every listen to a Blut Aus Nord album, no matter how familiar, seems to reveal a new pattern or seam that you've missed only because it's so well integrated. If black metal was once the primordial punk rock of some angry and infamous kids, it is, for Blut Aus Nord, the foundation for a very ornate institution." Pitchfork's Brandon Stosuy later named it the 4th best metal album of 2012, praising its "chiming group melodies, psychedelic guitars, swirling beds of electronics, and post-metal hooks".[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BLUT AUS NORD : Album details revealed . April 7, 2012 . April 30, 2016.
  2. Web site: Bandcamp 777 - Cosmosophy . April 30, 2016.
  3. Web site: 777 - Cosmosophy . April 30, 2016.
  4. Web site: Dehn Sora Blut aus Nord . November 2013 . April 30, 2016.
  5. Web site: The Top 40 Metal Albums of 2012 . Stosuy . Brandon . . December 19, 2012 . May 1, 2016.