Stupor Mentis – Ad Extirpanda
Label: Gradual Hate Records – GH 136 CD, Twilight Records – TW 1.155
Format: CD, Album, Digipack
Country: Argentina
Released: 10 May 2018
Style: Neo-Classical, Neo-Romantic, Dark Ambient
Stupor Mentis is a Dark-Ambient / Neo-classical duet formed in 2015. The general atmosphere of their music, foggy and oppressive sometimes turn into lyrical musing, escorting you to the edge of the “Stupor Mentis”.
This latin term refers to this special mental “no-being” state characterised by a complete suspension of intelectual activities ; then, transported out of yourself
“ Ad extirpanda” is the first real album of Stupor Mentis, following two dematerialised auto productions : “In memoriam” (2016) and “ Apostat” (2017).
All the tracks from “Apostat” and some from “In memoriam” re-masterised, re-arranged with new versions.
The vocals alternate between french, english, spanish and latin ; quoting poems of Charles Baudelaire, Emile Cioran and Rafael Alberti. The whole on atmospheric and symphonic instrumentation.
*Nicolas Lordi: All instruments,arrangements and composition
*Audrey Bucci: Vocals and composition
