Dictius Te Necare

Dictius Te Necare (Latin: "You must kill yourself") is the second album by the German black metal band Bethlehem. It was released in 1996 on Red Stream. It was re-released in 2002 on the same label but as a digipack with extra tracks.

Dictius Te Necare
Studio album by
Released1996
RecordedDecember 1995 – January 1996
StudioBernd Gast Music Constudio, Bad Honnef, Germany
GenreBlack metal, doom metal
Length43:56
LabelRed Stream Inc.
ProducerBethlehem
Bethlehem chronology
Dark Metal
(1994)
Dictius Te Necare
(1996)
Sardonischer Untergang im Zeichen irreligiöser Darbietung
(1998)

This is the band's only full-length album with the vocalist Rainer Landfermann. It remains a cult hit due to the extremity of his vocal performance.[1] As a result, Dictius Te Necare is arguably the band's most notorious work.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bethlehem.

No.TitleLength
1."Schatten aus der Alexander Welt"4:26
2."Die anarchische Befreiung der Augenzeugenreligion"9:11
3."Aphel - Die schwarze Schlange"6:40
4."Verheißung - Du Krone des Todeskultes"5:15
5."Verschleierte Irreligiosität"5:41
6."Tagebuch einer Totgeburt"4:29
7."Dorn meiner Allmacht"8:14
Total length:43:56
  • Note: "Verschleierte Irreligiosität" is a re-recording of the track "Veiled Irreligion" from Bethlehem's previous disc, "Dark Metal", and is also on the Gummo soundtrack.

Released on a limited edition picture LP by Red Stream in 1998, with a new cover.

Re-released in 2002 (2004) on Red Stream as 2CD-Digipak, includes: - two music/PC-video CDs in a DVD case. - remixes from DTN, Dark Metal and S.U.I.Z.I.D. - PC-ROM videos (including a live video from Dark Metal). - two rare tracks from the DTN sessions. - oversized booklet with never before seen photos from the Dictius- and Reflektionen-era.

Personnel

  • Rainer Landfermann: vocals
  • Klaus Matton: guitars
  • Jürgen Bartsch: bass guitar
  • Chris Steinhoff: drums

Production

  • Arranged and produced by Bethlehem
  • Recorded and engineered by Rainer Landfermann and Bernd Gast
  • Mixed by Bernd Gast and Bethlehem

References

  1. Panagiotou, Kostas. "Bethlehem - Dictius Te Necare". Doom-metal. Archived from the original on 2008-04-16. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
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