Released April 3, 2012 De Vermis Mysteriis
(2012) Luminiferous
(2015) Release date 3 April 2012 Label Entertainment One Music | Length 52:19 Artist High on Fire Producer Kurt Ballou | |
Genres Stoner rock, Sludge metal, Thrash metal Similar High on Fire albums, Stoner rock albums | ||
High on fire de vermis mysteriis full album
De Vermis Mysteriis is the sixth album by metal band High on Fire. Cover art was done by tattoo artist Tim Lehii.
Contents
High on fire serums of liao
Theme
According to frontman Matt Pike,
The album’s title (translation: “The Mysteries of the Worm,”) is a nod to a fictional grimoire conceived by the late, great Psycho author Robert Bloch in 1935 and later incorporated into horror master H.P. Lovecraft’s renowned Cthulu Mythos. “It’s a concept record, a little bit,” Pike offers. “I got this idea about Jesus Christ and the Immaculate Conception: What if Jesus had a twin who died at birth to give Jesus his life? And then what if the twin became a time traveler right then? He lives his life only going forward until he finds this scroll from an ancient Chinese alchemist who derived a serum out of the black lotus—which is actually in Robert E. Howard’s ‘Conan’ stories—and then he starts traveling back in time. He can see the past through his ancestors’ eyes, but his enemies can kill him if they kill the ancestor that he’s seeing through at the time. Basically, he keeps waking up in other people’s bodies at bad times. It’s kinda like that old TV show Quantum Leap. Kurt actually pointed that out to me after I told him the idea. But whatever—time travel is a killer concept.”
Track listing
- Serums of Liao - 6:01
- Bloody Knuckles - 4:16
- Fertile Green - 4:45
- Madness of an Architect - 6:57
- Samsara - 3:42
- Spiritual Rites - 5:08
- King of Days - 7:09
- De Vermis Mysteriis - 3:50
- Romulus and Remus - 5:04
- Warhorn - 5:27
- Speak in Tongues - 5:46 (Bonus Track)
Personnel
Songs
1Serums of Liao6:00
2Bloody Knuckles4:16
3Fertile Green4:45