White Willow - Ex Tenebris (2024 Remastered Version) '1997

Tracks list

Ex Tenebris is the classic second album from Norwegian prog legends White
Willow, originally released in 1997. It was made after the Ignus Fatuus line-up
had disbanded. Originally intended to be a solo album by Jacob Holm-Lupo, it
turned into a White Willow record when he realized it was going more in a
progressive direction than anticipated. The recording was quick and dirty, done
on a shoestring budget, but there is some charm to the natural drum ambience and
first-takes-only feel of the album.

Overall, Ex Tenebris ended up being a more stripped-down, somewhat darker album
than Ignis Fatuus. No krumhorns or renaissance vocal groups, more electric
guitar and synths. The songs range from almost neo-progish mini-epics like
Leaving the House of Thanatos, via acoustic balladry (The Book of Love, Thirteen
Days) to more overtly gothic stuff like A Strange Procession & A Dance of
Shadows. The album has become a bit of a cult favourite with the band’s
fans, and was White Willows’s first step towards something more original
than the first album’s retro-styled psych-folk.

This re-release was meticulously remastered by the band’s own Jacob
Holm-Lupo and is presented with the classic original cover art, for the first
time on vinyl. This is the second in a series of six White Willow re-releases on
Karisma Records.
Tracklist:
1.01 - White Willow - Leaving the House of Thanatos (2024 Remastered Version)
(8:05) 
1.02 - White Willow - The Book of Love (2024 Remastered Version) (4:55) 
1.03 - White Willow - Soteriology (2024 Remastered Version) (5:05) 
1.04 - White Willow - Helen and Simon Magus (2024 Remastered Version) (9:16) 
1.05 - White Willow - Thirteen Days (2024 Remastered Version) (2:48) 
1.06 - White Willow - A Strange Procession (2024 Remastered Version) (4:03) 
1.07 - White Willow - A Dance of Shadows (2024 Remastered Version) (13:59) 

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