Migdal Bavel

{{Infobox album

| name = Migdal Bavel

| type = studio

| artist = De Magia Veterum

| cover = De Magia Veterum - Migdal Bavel.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2009|1|20}}

| recorded = {{Start date|2008}}

| venue =

| studio = De Bejaarde, Drachten, NL

| genre = Avant-garde metal, black metal, industrial

| length = 33:39

| label = Mistress Dance/Transcendental Creations

| producer =

| prev_title = The Apocalyptic Seven Headed Beast Arisen

| prev_year = 2007

| next_title = In Conspectu Divinae Majestatis

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Maurice de Jong

| type = album

| prev_title = The Genocidal Deliverance

| prev_year = 2008

| title = Migdal Bavel

| year = 2009

| next_title = All the Dread Magnificence of Perversity

| next_year = 2009

}}

Migdal Bavel is the second studio album by De Magia Veterum, released on January 20, 2009, by Mistress Dance Records and Transcendental Creations. It was first issued on cassette, with the pressing limited to a hundred copies.

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web |first=Eduardo |last=Rivadavia |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000828625|pure_url=yes}}|title=De Magia Veterum: Migdal Bavel > Review |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=December 11, 2015}}

}}

Eduardo Rivadavia of allmusic gave the album three out of five stars, saying "this one-Dutchman operation spares no effort to advance black metal's misanthropic agenda, whether through sheer sonic terrorism (see sand-blasting onslaughts like "The Confusion of Tongues," "The Boat of Uta-Napishtim," and "Zaota"), or impressive avant-garde rule breaking (ergo the title track's free jazz percussion and synthesizer hiccups, the serpentine piano tap-dance of "I Am the Vine," and the bubbling synthesized orchestrations of "Rapture")."

Track listing

{{track listing

| headline = Side one

| all_music = Maurice de Jong

| title1 = The Confusion of Tongues

| length1 = 2:52

| title2 = Migdal Bavel

| length2 = 5:03

| title3 = The Boat of Uta-Naphistim

| length3 = 6:06

| title4 = Curse of Cannan

| length4 = 3:51

| title5 = Zaota

| length5 = 3:30

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Side two

| title1 = I Am the Vine

| length1 = 3:59

| title2 = Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit

| length2 = 4:03

| title3 = Rapture

| length3 = 4:15

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = CD track listing

| title1 = The Confusion of Tongues

| length1 = 2:52

| title2 = Migdal Bavel

| length2 = 5:03

| title3 = The Boat of Uta-Naphistim

| length3 = 6:06

| title4 = Interlude I: The Ruins of Copan

| length4 = 1:56

| title5 = Curse of Cannan

| length5 = 3:51

| title6 = Zaota

| length6 = 3:30

| title7 = I Am the Vine

| length7 = 3:59

| title8 = Interlude II: Evocation of the Gallu

| length8 = 1:55

| title9 = Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit

| length9 = 4:03

| title10 = Rapture

| length10 = 4:15

}}

Personnel

Adapted from Migdal Bavel liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Migdal Bavel |others=De Magia Veterum |year=2009 |type=booklet |publisher=Mistress Dance |location=São Teotónio, Odemira}}