Atra Mors

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2013}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Atra Mors

| type = studio

| artist = Evoken

| cover = Evoken Atra Mors.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2012|07|31}}

| recorded = 2012

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Funeral doom, death-doom

| length = {{Duration|m=67|s=11}}

| label = Profound Lore

| producer =

| prev_title = A Caress of the Void

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = Hypnagogia

| next_year = 2018

}}

{{Album ratings

| MC = 82/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/atra-mors/evoken|title=Atra Mors|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=January 24, 2013}}

| rev1 = About.com

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last = Schalek|first = Dave|title = Evoken – Atra Mors Review|publisher = About.com|url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/evoken/fr/Evoken-Atra-Mors-Review.htm|accessdate = September 14, 2012|archive-date = August 2, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120802021704/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/evoken/fr/Evoken-Atra-Mors-Review.htm|url-status = dead}}

| rev2 = Allmusic

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last = Rivadavia|first = Eduardo|title = Atra Mors – Evoken|publisher = Allmusic|url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/atra-mors-mw0002387702|accessdate = September 14, 2012}}

| rev3 = Blistering

| rev3Score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|last = Bowling|first = Matthew|title = Blistering.com Review: Evoken – Atra Mors|publisher = Blistering|url = http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/27750/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1|accessdate = September 14, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120815191639/http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/templateid/27750/menuid/2/tempidx/4/link/1|archive-date = August 15, 2012|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}

| rev4 = Chronicles of Chaos

| rev4Score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web|last = A. Carbon|first = Johnathan|title = CoC: Evoken – Atra Mors: Review|publisher = Chronicles of Chaos|date = August 13, 2012|url = http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/reviews/albums/2-6550_evoken_atra_mors.aspx|accessdate = September 14, 2012}}

| rev5 = Exclaim!

| rev5Score = positive{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/Metal/evoken-atra_mors|title=Evoken – Atra Mors|first=Natalie|last=Zina Walschots|publisher=Exclaim!|accessdate=January 24, 2013}}

| rev6 = Pitchfork

| rev6Score = 7.7/10{{cite web|last = Currin|first = Grayson|title = Evoken: Atra Mors|publisher = Pitchfork|date = August 1, 2012|url = http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16871-atra-mors/|accessdate = January 10, 2013}}

| rev7 = PopMatters

| rev7Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/163316-evoken-atra-mors/|title=Evoken: Atra Mors|first=Craig|last=Hayes|date=October 10, 2012|publisher=PopMatters|accessdate=January 24, 2013}}

| rev8 = ThisIsNotAScene

| rev8Score = {{Rating|9|10}}{{cite web|last = Muskett|first = John|title = Evoken – Atra Mors|publisher = ThisIsNotAScene|date = September 5, 2012|url = http://www.thisisnotascene.com/2012/evoken-atra-mors/|accessdate = September 14, 2012}}

|noprose = yes

}}

Atra Mors is the fifth full-length studio album by American doom metal band Evoken.{{cite web|title = EVOKEN – Atra Mors|publisher = Profound Lore Records|url = http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/products-page/plr-items/evoken-atra-mors/|accessdate = September 14, 2012}} It was released through Profound Lore Records on July 31, 2012.{{cite web|title = EVOKEN – "Atra Mors" Now Available|publisher = Profound Lore Records|date = July 24, 2012|url = http://www.profoundlorerecords.com/evoken-atra-mors-now-available-to-order|accessdate = September 14, 2012}} Five years after previous studio album A Caress of the Void and also 100th release from Profound Lore.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/evoken_break_five-year_silence_with_atra_mors_album|title=Evoken Break Five-Year Silence with 'Atra Mors' Album|first=Josiah|last=Hughes|date=June 1, 2012|publisher=Exclaim!|accessdate=January 24, 2013}} The name Atra Mors is Latin for "Black Death".

Critical reception

Atra Mors has received "Universal acclaim" based on 4 critics at Metacritic.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 67:11

| title1 = Atra Mors

| length1 = 11:55

| title2 = Descent into Chaotic Dream

| length2 = 11:14

| title3 = A Tenebrous Vision

| length3 = 2:20

| title4 = Grim Eloquence

| length4 = 9:40

| title5 = An Extrinsic Divide

| length5 = 10:12

| title6 = Requies Aeterna

| length6 = 1:59

| title7 = The Unechoing Dread

| length7 = 9:48

| title8 = Into Aphotic Devastation

| length8 = 10:07

}}

Personnel

  • John Paradiso – guitar, vocals
  • Chris Molinari – guitar
  • Dave Wagner – bass
  • Vince Verkay – drums
  • Don Zaros – keyboards

References

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