Merciful Nuns
Goetia V
Released in February 2013, sold out since September of the same year! In 6-panel digipak! Only a few months after the release of "Goetia IV" MERCIFUL NUNS followed up with the second part of their trip down memory lane to the temples of our ancestors. Whereas "Goetia IV" was presented in an extrovert and powerful fashion, the first few seconds into its successor reveal a completely different offering this time around. The album appears to be more contemplative, almost sacral and gloriously mystical, laden with wonderful Acheronian chords in minor. In seamless transition the tracks build upon each other to form a cohesive melodic and all round brilliant superstructure. Melodies are revisited in later songs and aptly transferred into a new environment, creating moments of strange familiarity and bringing that which has already been heard closer still.