Tellus Requiem "Invictus (The 11th Hour)" NOW SHIPPING!

  Description 

TELLUS REQUIEM (A Norwegian Progressive Metal Band), was formed in 2007 by guitarist Stig Nergård. In 2010 Tellus Requiem released a self-titled debut album digitally. This album opened up some doors for the band, including playing shows with Kalessin, Edenbridge, Pagan's Mind and the notice of people in the know in the prog-power underground.
 
The large diversity of individual talents in the band contributes to the huge sounding score. Crunchy guitars with fluid leads, blending perfectly, creating a sonic assault for the listener, sending them into a world of music that leaves a lasting impression on their senses long after the music stops.  The music can be described as Progressive metal, with influences of Eastern Folk music, and epic film scores. Very melodic with vocal melodies that glue all the crazy phrasings together!  Some more obvious influences are; Symphony X, Opeth, Megadeth, Film scores and classical contemporary music. If Symphony X and 18th century German composer Richard Wagner made a baby, it might sound like one of the colors on the surface of TellusImagine the Requiem!

Tellus Requiem means; "The earths death mass." Tellus being Latin for The Earth, Requiem being the last composition a composer writes before they died. The main theme of the the bands musings is about  Worlds Shattering. This can either be global, personal, fictional or literary.  Leaving it open to interpretation.

Band Members:

• Ben Rodgers - Vocals
• Vidar Lehmann - Drums
• Stig Nergård - Guitars
• Ivar Hagen Be - Bass
• Anders Sundb - Keys

Discography:

• Tellus Requiem - (2010)
• Invictus [The 11th Hour] - (2013) Nightmare Records

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  Media Ratings 

PROGRESSION MAGAZINE - 13.5/16 RATING "...if members of Symphony X and Rhapsody joined forces to record an album it would sound something like INVICTUS (The 11th Hour)"

BACKSTAGE VIPS - 8.2/10 RATING

THE METAL PIT - 8.5/10 RATING

FES MEDIA INC - 4/5 RATING

HARDROCK HAVEN - 8.5/10 RATING

IMHOTEP - 5/6 RATING

PROG ARCHIVES - 4/5 RATING

DANGERDOG - 4/5 RATING

METAL FIELDS - 8/10 RATING

LADY OBSCURE MAGAZINE - 5/5 RATING

CROSSFIRE METAL - 8/10 RATING

BLACKWIND METAL - 3.25/5

METAL TEMPLE - 7/10 RATING

OBLIVIAN MAGAZINE - 7.5/10 RATING

POWER OF METAL - 79/100 RATING

JUKEBOX METAL - 4/5 RATING - "An excellent body of work"

LIVEREVIEWER.COM - 4.25/5 RATING

FRIDAY THE 13TH - 4/5 RATING

METALWAVE.IT - 74/100 RATING

SUICIDESCRIPTURES.COM - NO RATING

METAL SOUND MAGAZINE - 8.5/10 RATING

ROCK GARAGE MAGAZINE - 8/10 RATING

METAL.de (Germany) - 7/10 RATING