Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice

Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice
Studio album by
Deathspell Omega
ReleasedFebruary 2004
GenreBlack metal, avant-garde metal
Length77:45
LabelNorma Evangelium Diaboli
Deathspell Omega chronology
Inquisitors of Satan
(2003) 		Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice
(2004) 		Kénôse
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]

Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice is the third full-length album by black metal band Deathspell Omega. The album title is a grammatically mis-quoted[3] version of the Latin epitaph on the tomb of Christopher Wren in St Paul's Cathedral (built by him), meaning "If you seek his monument, look around you". This album is the first part in a trilogy of albums released by the band, followed by Fas – Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum in 2007 and Paracletus in 2010. The trilogy has been described as "a theological dispute on the divine essence of the Devil, the roles and virtues of faith and the place of man therein", particularly from a Theistic Satanist perspective.[4][5] One interpretation of the purpose of the album is to examine and proclaim that "Satan is pervading every part of our material and metaphysical realms and how Man’s relationship with Him should be one of reverence and devotion."[6] The album draws on themes of putrefaction, decomposition, and antinatalism, as well as the work of the French philosopher Georges Bataille.[5][7]

  1. ^ "Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice". Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  2. ^ Ward, Kyle. "Si Monumentum Requires, Circumspice". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. ^ The text on Wren's tomb is "Si monumentum requiris circumspice", where requiris is active indicative second person singular present of the Latin word requiro ('I seek'); the form requires is the future tense form of that word, thus "If you will seek his monument, look around you"
  4. ^ "An Inquiry into the History and Evolution of Metaphysical Satanism in Black Metal". Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Why Deathspell Omega's Trilogy Has Changed the Face of Black Metal". Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  7. ^ "Deathspell Omega - Si monumentum requires, circumspice". heavylatin.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-11-01.