Migdal Bavel

Migdal Bavel
Studio album by De Magia Veterum
Released	January 20, 2009
Recorded	2008
Studio	De Bejaarde, Drachten, NL
Genre	Avant-garde metal, black metal, industrial
Length	33:39
Label	Mistress Dance/Transcendental Creations
De Magia Veterum chronology
The Apocalyptic Seven Headed Beast Arisen (2007) Migdal Bavel (2009) In Conspectu Divinae Majestatis (2010)
Maurice de Jong chronology
The Genocidal Deliverance (2008) Migdal Bavel (2009) Rend Each Other Like Wild Beasts (2009)

Migdal Bavel is the second studio album by De Magia Veterum, released on January 20, 2009 by Mistress Dance Records and Transcendental Creations. It was first issued on cassette, with the pressing limited to a hundred copies.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Eduardo Rivadavia of allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, saying "this one-Dutchman operation spares no effort to advance black metal's misanthropic agenda, whether through sheer sonic terrorism (see sand-blasting onslaughts like "The Confusion of Tongues," "The Boat of Uta-Napishtim," and "Zaota"), or impressive avant-garde rule breaking (ergo the title track's free jazz percussion and synthesizer hiccups, the serpentine piano tap-dance of "I Am the Vine," and the bubbling synthesized orchestrations of "Rapture")."^[1]

Track listing

All music composed by Maurice de Jong.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Confusion of Tongues"	2:52
2.	"Migdal Bavel"	5:03
3.	"The Boat of Uta-Naphistim"	6:06
4.	"Curse of Cannan"	3:51
5.	"Zaota"	3:30

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Am the Vine"	3:59
2.	"Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit"	4:03
3.	"Rapture"	4:15

CD track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Confusion of Tongues"	2:52
2.	"Migdal Bavel"	5:03
3.	"The Boat of Uta-Naphistim"	6:06
4.	"Interlude I: The Ruins of Copan"	1:56
5.	"Curse of Cannan"	3:51
6.	"Zaota"	3:30
7.	"I Am the Vine"	3:59
8.	"Interlude II: Evocation of the Gallu"	1:55
9.	"Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit"	4:03
10.	"Rapture"	4:15

Personnel

Adapted from Migdal Bavel liner notes.^[2]

• Maurice de Jong (as Mories) – vocals, instruments, recording, cover art

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Portugal	2009	Mistress Dance	CS	MDR 036
Canada		Transcendental Creations	CD	TC008

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "De Magia Veterum: Migdal Bavel > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
2. Migdal Bavel (booklet). De Magia Veterum. São Teotónio, Odemira: Mistress Dance. 2009.

External links

• Migdal Bavel at Discogs (list of releases)
• Migdal Bavel at Bandcamp