Reverorum ib Malacht
Sweden · formed 2005 · last active 2025
Reverorum ib Malacht is a Swedish black metal outfit formed by Karl Hieronymus Emil Lundin and Karl Axel Mikael Mårtensson, evolving out of earlier projects PTC and Symphonia Sacrosancta Phasmatvm. Both members converted to Roman Catholicism between 2007 and 2009, and the band has since styled its output as 'Roman Catholic Black Metal,' blending droning dark ambient passages, sampled Latin liturgy, church bells, and organ with distorted black metal. Their album De Mysteriis Dom Christi is a deliberate title-inversion of Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas.
SCORE PROFILE
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WHY THOSE SCORES
- Theatrical 5 — The band's central conceit — converting from anti-cosmic black metal to Roman Catholicism and titling an album De Mysteriis Dom Christi as a deliberate inversion of Mayhem's De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas — stages a real biographical narrative as the band's whole aesthetic.
- Drone 7 — The majority of De Mysteriis Dom Christi consists of prolonged dungeon-synth drones with near-static, minimally-moving tones rather than riffs, per multiple reviews.
- Ambient 7 — The album is textured throughout with sampled religious chants, church bells, and eerie organs to evoke a 'dusty catacomb' atmosphere, described by critics as a fusion of black metal and dark ambient.
MEMBERS
- Karl Hieronymus Emil Lundinfounding member
- Karl Axel Mikael Mårtenssonfounding member
CONNECTIONS
- Deathspell Omegapath →
Shared label roster: The Ajna Offensive, per MusicBrainz. source ↗
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