Albert Bells’s SACRO SANCTUS “Ad Aeternum” album details

On April 29th, Metal on Metal Records is releasing ALBERT BELL’S SACRO SANCTUS “Ad Aeternum” CD.

On his second solo album Albert (known mostly for his bass work with FORSAKEN and NOMAD SON, but also as the organizer of the Malta Doom Metal festival) has become much more confident as a vocalist, exploring various styles of expression, and also the arrangements became richer. Musically, “Ad Aeternum” offers old school epic and primeval blackened heavy/doom metal, with references to VENOM, ROOT, TÖRR, NEMESIS (pre-CANDLEMASS), early CELTIC FROST, SABBAT (UK), ATOMKRAFT, later ZEMIAL, MORTUARY DRAPE, epic era BATHORY, ANCIENT RITES, Abbath’s I or SAINT VITUS. And lyrically it’s a concept album burrowing deep in Knights Templar myth and history. It picks up where the debut, “Deus Volt”, left off, charting the last crusades, the Templars’ discovery of ancient hermetic texts, their persecution, excommunication and executions, the curse of de Molay, and finally, the infiltration into several secret societies by the surviving ones.

A promo clip for “Ad Aeternum” album, featuring a fragment of “Seal of Damnation” song, can be watched on YouTube:

Below is also the official video clip for the title track, featuring pro-filmed and edited footage from two Knights Templar re-enactment associations from Poland, as well as the filming of Albert himself singing and playing. Three full songs, “Ad Aeternum”, “Hex and Heresy” and “Invocations of Unlight”, have been made available for streaming from the Bandcamp player on the ALBERT BELL’S SACRO SANCTUS page:

http://metal-on-metal.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=646805be6c8856bb2934fa216&id=603e43f8ff&e=9129f5805b.

The album track listing is as follows:
1. Ad Aeternum
2. Terra Santa
3. The Messenger
4. The Key of Splendour
5. Hex and Heresy
6. Seal of Damnation
7. Invocations of Unlight
8. Illuminati (Will to Power)

The CD is released with 4 cover arts, printed on a separate insert, additional to the 12-page booklet with lyrics, liner notes for each song and plenty of other artwork. The cover arts are by two contemporary artists: Leticia Almeida (http://pompafunebris.deviantart.com) , whose Dark Templar was chosen to be the main one, and Paolo Girardi (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paolo-Girardi/231799530190138) , who painted de Molay being burned at the stake, and who was originally commissioned by Albert, as well as two artists from the XIX century: Claude Jacquand, who’s the author of “The Capture of Jerusalem by Jacques de Molay in 1299” painting, and an anonymous who did the etching of de Molay being led to the stake. More details about the album and high-res covers can be found on the page of this release (http://metal-on-metal.com/albums/albert-bells-sacro-sanctus-ad-aeternum-cd/).

ALBERT BELL’S SACRO SANCTUS “Ad Aeternum” CD can be ordered from Metal on Metal Records’ website (http://metal-on-metal.com/shop/) , also in convenient bundles with the debut album “Deus Volt” and with the T-shirt, while the digital download is available from Bandcamp:

https://metalonmetalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/albert-bells-sacro-sanctus-ad-aeternum.