FLAMEN DIALIS

First ever vinyl reissue of this legendary 1979 French masterpiece named after the high priest of Jupiter, classic Nurse With Wound list-style French ritual psych that ranks alongside Archaia, Spacecraft et al: brain-razzing repeat synth minimalism gives way to walls of solemn wordless chant that is as magisterial and otherworldly as Popol Vuh’s Aguirre soundtrack. Blats of epic mellotron phase into heady occult zones that would somehow marry Magical Power Mako’s amazing Super Record  w/Hermann Nitsch’s Orgien  Mysterien Theater and Aleister Crowley’s Enochian jams. Or think of the first four Tangerine Dream albums re-thunk by a buncha Magma-worshipping teens who just swallowed Israel Regardie’s four volume Golden Dawn expose. With the master tapes long missing this new fully authorized edition is mastered from a pristine vinyl copy and comes in an edition of 500 copies on 180g vinyl, complete with a pro-printed insert detailing the band’s history. A massively intriguing re-discovery and a key to France’s hidden reverse. Very highly recommended! (Volcanic Tongue)