THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-OCTOBER
2-SCREAM
3-THE BELL OF A THOUSAND YEARS
4-THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE
5-TWO TIMES
6-BLESS MY PAIN
7-STAY WITH ME
8-YOU LEAVE ME COLD
9-TREE OF LIFE
10-TONGUES
VENI DOMINE-23:59-2006
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(11-TRACKS)
1-LIKE I'M CRUCIFIED
2-SHINE
3-PATIENCE,RECEIVE
4-ELECTRICAL HEAVEN
5-VALLEY OF THE VISIONS
6-LIVING SEQUENSE
7-BURDENS
8-DIE ANOTHER DAY
9-BROTHERS
10-HYPER SOBER NATURE
11-THE FROZEN
VENI DOMINE-IIII THE ALBUM OF LABOUR-2004
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(11-TRACKS)
1-WAITING FOR THE BLOOD REDSKY
2-EL LAMI SABACHTAMI
3-DOOM OF MAN
4-RIVER OF LIFE II
5-INNER CIRCLE
6-DEEP DOWN UNDER
7-THE HEALING MYSTERY
8-RIVER OF LIFE VI
9-VOICE OF CREATION
10-THE HEALER'S FACE
11-RIVER OF LIFE I
VENI DOMINE-SPIRITUAL WASTELAND-1998
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(10-TRACKS)
1-DAWN OF TIME
2-LAST LETTER FROM EARTH(Beyond The Doom)(Chapter II)
3-IF I FALL ASLEEP
4-HYSTERICAL HISTORY
5-RIDDLE OF ETERNITY
6-THE TEMPLE
7-SOMEONE IS KNOCKING
8-SILENT LAMB
9-FIRST OF TEN
10-THE LETTER
VENI DOMINE-MATERIAL SANTUARY-1995
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(9-TRACKS)
1-THE MEETING
2-ECCLESIASTES
3-MATERIAL SANTUARY
4-RITUAL OF THE SINNER
5-THE MASS
6-BEHOLD THE SIGHS
7-WRATH OF THE LION
8-BEYOND THE DOOM
9-BAROWUE MODERN
VENI DOMINE-FALL BABYLON FALL-1992
THIS ALBUM CONTAIN(8-TRACKS)
1-FACE OF THE PROSECUTOR
2-KING OF THE JEWS
3-IN THE DAY OF SENTINEL
4-WISDOM CALLS
5-ARMAGEDDON
6-OH GREAT CITY
7-THE CHRONICLE OF SEVEN SEALS
8-VISIONS
Band historyBack in 1987, Torbjörn Weinesjö, Thomas Weinesjö and Anders Olofsson decided to start the band that was going to be VENI DOMINE in 1989. GlorifyThe band "Glorify" was formed, yet without a singer and a formed vision of the sound. Fredrik Ohlsson came in late 1987 through contacts as he was moving to town. After a brief meeting Fredrik was a member, because the band really needed a singer and he seemed to be a nice guy he was accepted without a rehearsal! The band was blown away first time Fredrik opened his mouth, never did they expect this quality. Fredrik at that time being very hi-pitched and powerful in the vein of Rob Halford and Terry H. The band now started to rehearse for their first gig and for a demo. As things turned out the band felt in need of a change on the base side, so without having a replacement they let their old time friend Anders go and the quest for a replacement was on. Already playing quite heavy music the task to find a base player was not easy. Magnus Thorman however joined the band in 1987 just in time for the first real demo effort in a studio down south in Sweden, the three songs recorded was "Stranger", "Always in time" and "don't be wasted forever" mixing this was Mick Nordström (Modest Attraction, Leviticus) also Mick did the second demo recorded in Sollentuna with the songs, "Face of the prosecutor", "The king is crowned" and "The saviuor". Seventh Seal Slowly the style of VENI DOMINE was growing, the band changed their name to Seventh Seal in 1988. Playing local gigs around and rehearsing real hard sometimes three times a week the band started to get their vision. 1990 Seventh Seal got in contact with Thunderload studios and made their third demo containing the songs, "Fall Babylon fall", "Wisdom calls" and "Armageddon", this demo was sent out as the band recalls only to the British Greenbelt festival, they hooked on the tape and asked Seventh seal to come to England. This was a huge step for the band, no one really understood and the journey started.VENI DOMINE At the Greenbelt festival, English label Kingsway Music saw the band and the soon to be manager convinced the label to sign, and so it was. The band went to Eastbourne, England to record in the ICC studios in the summer of 1991, at the same time the band had to change the name due to a law suite threat by American band Seventh seal. The band decided to go with VENI DOMINE, as Fredrik and Magnus suggested.Fall Babylon fall After about three weeks of recording in England, Fredrik caught ill and the band had to finish the cd in Stockholm Sweden. Due to the long song The chronicle of the seven seals, there was a limited amount of studios that could handle the reel of the tape to that song as it was much larger than ordinary tapes, one of the studios was Thunderload studios. So the band did the vocals, added some guitar tracks and did the final mixing. The band remembers that there was a question whether to press on vinyl as well as making cds, but the label decided to go with the cd and cassette format. "Fall Babylon fall" was released in the US, Japan, Europe and various places it received great reviews all over and the interest of the band started to grow rapidly."Material Sanctuary" In 1994 Material Sanctuary was released, the band had then changed label to Thunderload records and the recordings took place in Stockholm, Sweden. The band aimed to make the album as heavy as possible and the cd is nowadays considered by most to be one of their best albums."Spiritual Wasteland" In 1998, Spiritual Wasteland saw the light of day. The band remembering playing the demo for the cd back on the tour of ´96 with Saviour Machine and Soul Cages, still it was two years away from release at the time. Also this cd was recorded and produced by Thunderload records. The band recalls this to be the recording that held late nights, endless tweaking and takes. After the release of Spiritual Wasteland Veni Domine decided to move fast in order to get the next album out, the release of Spiritual Wasteland was way too late for the bands taste, knowing the fast moving music business would soon forget a band not releasing in a few years. The songs for the new album was already at work back in ´97.The album of labour Veni Domine started the recording of IIII the fall of 2000, the progress was extreme and they really believed that this was going to be a fast made album. Thomas hammered the drums down in "no time" as well as the rest of the backgrounds were. The band started to work on the vocal parts and It was moving along very fast as Fredric is one of those singers who can push it for a while.But as they got close to Christmas that year, Fredric got, as they all thought a cold. As Veni Domine is located in Sweden the winters can be quite cool so to speak. They took a break for a week and continued for a day, but as Fredric still was not 100 percent they gave the holidays a chance to make a difference.Still Fredric was out of shape and the sessions got shorter and shorter, the frustration got bigger and bigger of course. As they recall they decided to break for a month and after that month tried for like one or two takes and understood that something was not right." I really don't know how many specialists and doctors Fredric checked out, Torbjörn recalls, all I know is that no one could diagnose him. We let time do the healing and in the fall of 2001 we started to record again, with our minds set to finish the cd, we did rearrange some parts to suit the vocal condition. We moved the recordings to "cell 9" and the "Room of doom" as Thunderload studios faced a long period of rental by others, and lucky that was. Around new year the studio was flooded and completely destroyed along went old master tapes and all equipment. We went from analog 2 inch tape to computer based recording and mixing, a route we were likely to take anyway". That winter Torbjörn started to mix the cd, and delivered a mix the 29th of April 2002 in hope to have a release quite soon, after all, everything was already late so they were expecting some action.Nothing happened, as they gave the record company the 29th of April a couple of months ahead in order for them to start things up, but silence was the answer. In late November, Torbjörn recalls, "we gave up hope that they even cared about it after not responding in the way one would expect from a record company. Since we did all the work ourselves we assumed that they simply lost interest and never would try to get it out."In that area of time Veni Domine signed a management deal and MCM-music tried to get Veni Domine out of the record deal, all of a sudden there was an extreme interest in not letting the band go. In came lawyers and the whole circus was getting started. Veni Domine backed and did not want to pursue their freedom in a court of law. "All we wanted in the first place was to get the album out, from that point the lock was total and was so for a year perhaps", says Torbjörn. No sign of interest again and no album out.Midst of June Veni Domine hooked up with the record company and in a 30 minute call it all was settled, more or less. "My big thanks to all involved for showing me that one can move on and take new steps even though the past would indicate the opposite. We have no hard feelings or are not placing blame anywhere. We could have made different suggestions along the way to make the ride more comfortable and we have learned a lot from this", Torbjörn says"I want to add that this is strictly from our point of view and I guess the others involved have other angles. We're not out to make anyone look bad. We just wanted to share a brief summary of what happened during this time", Torbjörn adds.Future to fill it up.Why this artist must be listed in www.progarchives.com : VENI DOMINE is a Christian progressive metal band that has a sound kind of in the same vein as the RAGE FOR ORDER era QUEENSRYCHE or the pre-PERFECT SYMMETRY era FATES WARNING. Their songs are heavier and contain little variation beyond the occasional addition of acoustic guitars or spoken word
That oracle of all metal knowledge Dave Williams informs me this is a potential classic. I know he's Veni Domine's manager but I think he's right. The precise musical distinctions between doom, speed and the 101 other variants have long since lost me. I'll content myself with the observation that this is the best white metal album to emerge from a British studio. The Swedish rockers, previously known as Seventh Seal, delivered at Greenbelt a year or two back, but nothing prepared this reviewer for the pomp, majesty and inventiveness as the team take us on a journey through the pages of Revelation with guts and at times dazzling dexterity. Play loud enough to make your ears bleed.Where the presence of God has been unmistakeable." I agree) and became an instant fan. It's been nearly three years since their debut album 'Fall, Babylon, Fall' but it has been worth the wait. They have been described as a mixture of Gueensryche and Black Sabbath and while that element is still in evidence, this is a much heavier and more progressive album than 'Babylon'. The lyrics are well written, the title track is about man's desire for material blessing, only to find it cannot satisfy him. The opening track "The Meeting" is about a man looking back at his life and finds God. The best song is one called "Ritual Of The Sinner" which after listening to it, I gave God thanks for saving me and it gave me a greater desire to get out there and witness! The other interesting thing is that this album is on a secular label. A very heavy, haunting album with a very heavy message that will inspire you. .
Il est parfois difficile de chroniquer un album car on sent qu'un groupe s'est battu pour créer une oeuvre mais que malgré cela on accroche pas à cette oeuvre.C'est le cas de "IIII The album of labour", un opus dont l'accouchement fut extrêmement douloureux. En effet il faut remonter jusqu'en 1997 pour trouver les 1ere traces de cet album. 1997 c'est donc le début du processus de composition puis l'entrée en studio a lieu en... 2000. Plusieurs problèmes feront que l'album ne sortira en fait qu' en.. 2004!!!Veni domine joue un metal progressif dans la veine d'un Queensryche mais malheureusement pas de la période "Operation: Mindcrime" des américains mais plutôt de celle des années 90-2000. De plus l'ensemble estcomposé de mid-tempo voir de tempo lent ce qui finit par être lassant.Paradoxalement les compos ne sont pas toujours dénuées d'intérêt et on trouve ça et là quelques bons plans.En fait"IIII The album of labour" est un album qu'il faut laisser mûrir, qu'il faut écouter plusieurs fois pour vraiment rentrer dedans. Le seul problème c'est qu' actuellement un Cd doit plaire à la 1ere voir 2eme écoute ce qui est très difficile avec cet opus. Pierrick - 31.02.2005
That oracle of all metal knowledge Dave Williams informs me this is a potential classic. I know he's Veni Domine's manager but I think he's right. The precise musical distinctions between doom, speed and the 101 other variants have long since lost me. I'll content myself with the observation that this is the best white metal album to emerge from a British studio. The Swedish rockers, previously known as Seventh Seal, delivered at Greenbelt a year or two back, but nothing prepared this reviewer for the pomp, majesty and inventiveness as the team take us on a journey through the pages of Revelation with guts and at times dazzling dexterity. Play loud enough to make your ears bleed.Where the presence of God has been unmistakeable." I agree) and became an instant fan. It's been nearly three years since their debut album 'Fall, Babylon, Fall' but it has been worth the wait. They have been described as a mixture of Gueensryche and Black Sabbath and while that element is still in evidence, this is a much heavier and more progressive album than 'Babylon'. The lyrics are well written, the title track is about man's desire for material blessing, only to find it cannot satisfy him. The opening track "The Meeting" is about a man looking back at his life and finds God. The best song is one called "Ritual Of The Sinner" which after listening to it, I gave God thanks for saving me and it gave me a greater desire to get out there and witness! The other interesting thing is that this album is on a secular label. A very heavy, haunting album with a very heavy message that will inspire you. .
Il est parfois difficile de chroniquer un album car on sent qu'un groupe s'est battu pour créer une oeuvre mais que malgré cela on accroche pas à cette oeuvre.C'est le cas de "IIII The album of labour", un opus dont l'accouchement fut extrêmement douloureux. En effet il faut remonter jusqu'en 1997 pour trouver les 1ere traces de cet album. 1997 c'est donc le début du processus de composition puis l'entrée en studio a lieu en... 2000. Plusieurs problèmes feront que l'album ne sortira en fait qu' en.. 2004!!!Veni domine joue un metal progressif dans la veine d'un Queensryche mais malheureusement pas de la période "Operation: Mindcrime" des américains mais plutôt de celle des années 90-2000. De plus l'ensemble estcomposé de mid-tempo voir de tempo lent ce qui finit par être lassant.Paradoxalement les compos ne sont pas toujours dénuées d'intérêt et on trouve ça et là quelques bons plans.En fait"IIII The album of labour" est un album qu'il faut laisser mûrir, qu'il faut écouter plusieurs fois pour vraiment rentrer dedans. Le seul problème c'est qu' actuellement un Cd doit plaire à la 1ere voir 2eme écoute ce qui est très difficile avec cet opus. Pierrick - 31.02.2005
