Nocturnal Mass* is pleased to announce their very first release – a split CD featuring Polish bands MALCHUS and POSPOLITE RUSZENIE.

Melodic/progressive death metal band Malchus, formed in 2004, give us “Caput Mundi” – their 2nd studio album. 7 songs (30 minutes) of hard-to-label metal – compositions characterized by their interesting structure and form. Imagine melding Opeth and Dream Theater, with guest vocals from outstanding ILLUMINANDI/POSPOLITE RUSZENIE vocalist Jan Trebacz.

Pospolite Ruszenie have brought together musicians from two completely different musical worlds for their debut recording “Swiebodnosc” – the band’s line-up comprises members of OPEN FOLK, a band who performs early/Celtic folk music, and ILLUMINANDI, known for their fantastic folk/gothic metal. Their 3 songs (15 minutes) fuse hard music with mediaeval, renaissance and baroque music and original Old Polish poetry and Bible passages for lyrics – a classic rock line-up accompanied by musicians on period instruments. Pospolite Ruszenie bring a truly unique flavour to the folk metal scene.

TRACK LISTING:
MALCHUS: Caput Mundi
Day After Day
My Hypocrisy
Signum Temporis
Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam
Stripped Of The World
Caput Mundi
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POSPOLITE RUSZENIE: Swiebodnosc
Lament Over Jesus, Or Jesus Betrayed By Judas
Ascribe Unto The Lord, O Ye Sons Of Might
Lord God, The Almighty

*Nocturnal Mass is a sub-label of Soundmass that is home to high-quality underground Christian metal releases. The discs will be limited run professionally duplicated CD-Rs with professionally printed, multi-page booklets.