''Fall Babylon Fall'' is the debut album by Swedish progressive doom metal band
Veni Domine
Veni Domine was a Christian progressive doom metal band founded in Sollentuna, Sweden in 1987. The band split up on 20 September 2014.
Veni Domine combined down-tempo melodic heavy metal, symphonic metal and doom metal with occasional touch ...
, released in 1992. In 2010, ''
HM Magazine
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'' ranked it #38 on their list of the top 100 Christian metal albums of all-time.
Recording history
At first, Veni Domine recorded parts of the album in Eastbourne, UK, at ICC studio. P. A. Danielsson of
Tiamat
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played keyboards on the album. The last song on the album they had to record in Thunderload studio, Sweden, since it was one of the few studios at the time that had the gear to record the over 20 minute epic "The Chronicle of the Seven Seals". Veni Domine was signed to Kingsway Music which published the album in UK and licensed it to United States and Europe through smaller labels. British artist
Rodney Matthews
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Career
Trained at the West of England College of Art, Matthews worked in advertising for Plastic Dog Graphics before turning ...
painted the album cover. In the year 1997 Massacre Records reissued ''Fall Babylon Fall'' with a bonus track called "Visions".
Musically, the album showcases symphonic and progressive doom metal, sometimes compared to
Solitude Aeturnus
Solitude Aeturnus is an American epic doom metalSantos, José Carlos (2012). "Epicus Doomicus Metallicus". In ''Terrorizer''s ''Secret History of Doom Metal'', pp. 60-62, band from Arlington, Texas. Founded by John Perez in early 1987, the orig ...
with
Geoff Tate
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type vocals. The lyrics deal about the content of
Book of Revelation
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.
Track listing
# "Face of the Prosecutor" – 8:14
# "King of the Jews" – 8:12
# "In the Day of the Sentinel" – 7:14
# "Wisdom Calls" – 6:44
# "Armageddon" – 7:34
# "O Great City" – 8:05
# "The Chronicle of the Seven Seals" – 21:21
# "Visions" (Bonus Track only on Re-release) – 4:04
References
External links
Fall Babylon Fallat Metal-Archives (retrieved 8-20-07)
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1992 debut albums
Veni Domine albums
R.E.X. Records albums