Title: Ex Tenebris Artist: White Willow Label: Karisma Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 7090008313441 Genre: Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal Release Date: 2024-04-26 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: CLEAR VINYL, BLUE, REMASTERED
Ex Tenebris is the classic second album from Norwegian prog legends White Willow, originally released in 1997. It was made after the Ignus Fatuus line-up had disbanded. Originally intended to be a solo album by Jacob Holm-Lupo, it turned into a White Willow record when he realized it was going more in a progressive direction than anticipated. The recording was quick and dirty, done on a shoestring budget, but there is some charm to the natural drum ambience and first-takes-only feel of the album. Overall, Ex Tenebris ended up being a more stripped-down, somewhat darker album than Ignis Fatuus. No krumhorns or renaissance vocal groups, more electric guitar and synths. The songs range from almost neo-progish mini-epics like Leaving the House of Thanatos, via acoustic balladry (The Book of Love, Thirteen Days) to more overtly gothic stuff like A Strange Procession & A Dance of Shadows. The album has become a bit of a cult favourite with the band's fans, and was White Willow's first step towards something more original than the first album's retro-styled psych-folk.This re-release was meticulously remastered by the band's own Jacob Holm-Lupo and is presented with the classic original cover art, for the first time on vinyl. This is the second in a series of six White Willow re-releases on Karisma Records.
Tracks: 1.1 Leaving the House of Thanatos 1.2 The Book of Love 1.3 Helen and Simon Magus 1.4 Thirteen Days 1.5 Soteriology 1.6 A Strange Procession 1.7 A Dance of Shadows
