the goldsmith

"Si hortem in bibliotheca habes, deerit nihil."
- Cicero

Nihil

Response and Retribution

Featured on Botanist's third album: Botanist III: Doom in Bloom.  
Allies disk. 
http://botanist.nu/albumthree.html

Nymphaea Caerulea

“As the unrelenting grip of stupidity tightens around America’s most hallowed institutions - churches, schools, legislatures and the like - it’s hard not to notice that metal and its affinities just fucking keep getting smarter. Consider Lotus Thief’s Rervm - a beautifully crafted adaptation of Titus Lucretius Carus’ epic philisophical poem (and groundbreaking work of natural philosophy).” 
Rod Smith, Decibel Magazine

“The music drives with power, but it’s driving the space lanes rather than any earthbound highway — a course that become unmistakably clear with three minutes left, when the pistons stop and the song glides like a satellite in orbit, a cosmic dream unfolding.”
No Clean Singing

“This is a fantastic album in the true spirit of the San Francisco music scene – left of centre, forward thinking and inspired – well worth forking out your money to hear this in its glory. Certainly an auspicious start to this fledgling band's career.”
Cvlt Nation

“If anything, Lotus Thief’s debut ‘Rervm’ has achieved its desired distinction from Botanist’s hammered dulcimer-driven black metal - not to mention pretty much every other band out there. Spanning a wide spectrum of contrasting sounds such as space rock (especially Bezaelith’s ethereal vocals) and minimalist black metal, ‘Rervm’ isn’t easily defined, yet there’s a conscious thought paid to maintaining cohesion, both musically and thematically.”
Dean Brown, Terrorizer 

“Lovers of post-rock, post-black metal and the more experimental end of prog metal should investigate.”
Metal Hammer

"Let's be honest: on paper Rervm sounds like it could be an exercise in intense, musical wankery. It's a fusion of metal, space rock and ambient tones backing a translation-based retelling of a 1st century work by a Roman poet and philosopher. Read that again...but once the cynical scoffing has subsided, you'll discover that this is an intoxicating and often beautiful record." 
Kerrang!


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