LIVE REVIEWS :
Desi era cu mult trecut de ora 19:00 , ora de incepere a concertului, Arenele erau departe de a fi pline. Sigur, nu ma asteptam nici pe departe la 5000 de oameni, dar numarul celor prezenti mi se parea mult prea mic, raportat la eveniment. In fine, lucrurile au luat in cele din urma o turnura oarecum mai fericita cand, inainte sa inceapa sa cante Paradise Lost, in Arene s-au adunat cam 2500 de rogeri. Pana atunci insa, dupa o scurta pauza a fost randul constantenilor de la Interitus Dei sa anime publicul si o buna ocazie (pentru ei) de a-si face cunoscuta muzica si celor mai putin familiarizati cu sound-ul lor. Din pacate insa, sunetul le-a jucat feste. Pe primele piese totul se auzea prea incet, apoi volumul chitarilor a crescut, dar vocea lui Bogdan a ramas la un nivel mult prea jos pana la finalul recitalului.
Comparand cu ultimele lor concerte, noua formula Interitus Dei a prins contur, trupa suna mai inchegat, dar mai este de parcurs ceva drum pana la "bine". Cred ca baietii mai au destul de lucru si raman la parerea ca noile piese, compuse special pt Adi Galu, suna mai bine decat cele vechi cantate in aceasta componenta. Chiar daca Interitus Dei este una dintre cele mai vechi trupe de metal din Romania , experienta lor concertistica nu este foarte bogata si, desi ea s-a mai intensificat in ultimul timp, cred ca au nevoie de cat mai multe concerte pentru a deveni convingatori live.
                                                                                                                                            
Dragos P.
source : http://metalfan.ro/paradise_lost_bucuresti.html
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Text: Nebelhexa / Photo: Nebelhexa  
source: http://metalfan.ro/interitus_colt44.html
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Bis dato unbekannt waren uns Interitus Dei, die ihren Stil selbst als Doom Gothic Metal beschreiben und die bislang drei CDs veröffentlicht haben. Die Rumänen traten gleich mit zwei Sängern auf, wobei Bogdan Boeru (gleichzeitig Bassist) für die tiefen Tonlagen zuständig ist. Der zweite Mann am Mikro, Adrian Galu, wirkte wie ein Fremdkörper und sein melodischer Gesang (so war es zumindest angedacht) konnte nicht gerade überzeugen. Bis auf Boeru zeigten alle anderen Musiker erneut einen äußerst geringen Aktionsradius. Insgesamt waren die Songs nur teilweise gut anzuhören und gingen unserer Meinung nach oft in Richtung ‚nervige Schülerrock - Band'. Die Anzahl an Fans vor der Bühne war im Vergleich zu Scanner folglich deutlich gesunken. Die Band hat zumindest unseren Geschmacksnerv nicht getroffen hat - aber vielleicht war es auch schon das Warten auf die zwei ‚Großen', das den einen oder anderen Song überflüssig erschienen ließ...

 source: http://www.klanggewitter.com/index.php?section=festivals/steel-meets-steel2004-bericht
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L.P. & SONG REVIEWS :

 source: http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=9386
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Interitus Dei: Unholy

Review by: Felix        http://www.statikmajik.com/gd/reviews/interitus-dei_unholy.php
The first thing someone who has not heard Interitus Dei before is going to notice is that they have six members, and listening to "Unholy" I am given a strong impression that had they kept in the direction they were going in we'd be seeing a group larger than Haggard (which, at this time, has roughly nineteen members). I'll spare your time and outright say that Interitus Dei plays doom metal, which in this case is a mix of classical instruments and some early 80's metal. If you don't like either of those, don't bother with this album.
If you do, then you'll agree that this is some really, really fucking good shit. "Unholy" opens with some very well-produced synth lines, and the only reason I'm certain they're not real instruments is because I'm fuckin' magic. When I first heard Interitus Dei, it was in two sample MP3's they posted somewhere and I decided to buy an album after hearing them. What I discovered, however, was that those samples were pre-mastered versions of the songs. One major change is that, on the album, the vocalist's voice has had bass actually added to it, producing some of the most haunting growls I've ever heard come through my stereo speakers. Interitus Dei shows that purists who insist that editing vocals is a crime can go fuck themselves.
The lead guitars on this album sound really fucking good, too. The distortion seems a little strange on the high notes, which means I can hear the pick actually scrape against the strings, but somehow this doesn't annoy me.  The bass is deep throughout the album, which doesn't move as slow as you'd expect from a band in this genre. This isn't the sort of doom metal you mope around and bitch about your life while listening to, either. If you're going to be bitching about anything in life while this album plays, it's going to be that your knife got stuck in someone's forehead and you can't get the damn thing out without bending it.
From opening to close, "Unholy" is in amazing piece of music. The only complaint I have is with the lyrics, which are actually well-written, they just should never have been translated to the English language. The reasoning is simple - their lyricist hasn't quite worked out the concept of verbs and verb transitives, producing a few strange lines in the lyrics. Fortunately, this will go unnoticed by the non anal-retentive listener, so I don't really feel the need to brood much longer upon it. That withstanding, the tenth track, entitled "Moondus"t, is so godamned fucking amazing that even plastic sword-wielding viking metalheads will weep to it.
It's that fucking good.
8 /10
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What an extremly great band this is... Band has called their music "gothic-power metal", but if somebody mention power metal, it reminds me on some bands I really hate and to say that this has nothing to do with "that" power metal... Angelic female vocals are amaizing, sounds even better when sing together with male vocal which is somewhere between growling and screaming. All this is followed with nice guitar melodies, keyboards, viola and technically great played drums. 10 tracks for those who like quality female vocals in metal music. Beginning of revelation! Buy or die!!!

source : (Ravenlord zine Iugoslavia, nr.5 - iunie 2001)
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 Greetings,
Gabor Kleinbloesem
Editor of Strutter'zine
-INTERITUS DEI
A band out of Romania! INTERITUS DEI sent me 2 albums they released the past few years. Musically they play a mix of Gothic, Symphonic and Doom Melodic Metal. Actually they have an own style and although instrumental is sounds pretty good, the weak point are the male vocals. On both their albums 'Unholy' and The end of revelation', the band has a male and a female singer. The female singer doesn't sound too bad, very Gothic/Opera orientated way of singing, like NIGHTWISH and WITHIN TEMPTATION. Some of the songs are also clearly in the style of those bands, so interesting Melodic Female Fronted Power Gothic Metal. The band definitely has potential to become one of the best sounding bands from Eastern Europe. The songs are mostly uptempo progressive Metal and even the choruses are nice. If you want to hear something totally different, then do check out this band asap, because their music is different than any other band on earth!

source:
Gabor Kleinbloesem
Editor of Strutter'zine
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 ARTIST: INTERITUS DEI
SONG: QUEEN OF THE UNDEAD
GENRE: ROCK / GOTH METAL
SIMILAR: CRADLE OF FILTH, NIGHTWISH


Queen of the undead *rules* !

From Romania, perhaps not the first place that you would think of for Gothic Metal comes a five-piece powerhouse of rock. Tying together the best elements of this eccentric genre, Interitus Dei (Not the easiest name to remember) is perhaps the best Goth Metal band I have had the pleasure to hear in recent times. Not so screech-reliant as 'Cradle of Filth', and with a meaner attitude than 'Nightwish' the band masters the challenge posed by creating Goth Metal excellently. It is far too easy to fall into over-dramaticism, or to become little more than anguished wailing, but Interitus Dei combines the best elements of showmanship with powerful guitar and choir-esque vocalisation.

Queen of the Undead starts by an introductory synth-melody of eerie proportions, before everything goes to hell (in a nice way) and the guitars start thrashing, the drums pounding till at last the gothic choir starts to sing their story of their queen. Despite how dubious this may actually sound to the casual reader, it becomes something so much better through Interitus Dei and well worth a listen.

My one point of minor criticism is that I wasn't entirely convinced by the male vocalist on first listen, providing the deep, throaty, demonic verse that is so much a feature of much of this genre. Having said that, upon further listening this point was not so evident, so perhaps indeed I am nit-picking what is obviously a track, and a band, of professional proportions. It becomes a cliché to say this amongst reviews here at GOM, but I must say I expect to hear more of these guys in the future.

Charisma: 9.00
Technical Skill: 9.50
Structure: 9.50
Interest: 9.00
Lyrics: 10.00
Performance: 9.00
Arrangement: n/a
Recording Quality: 10.00
Long Term Appeal: 9.00
OVERALL: 9.30

source : Anton Wulfen at "Gods of Metal"
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 Cunoscuta trupa constanteana revine cu un album care demonstreaza maturitatea componistica a membrilor trupei. Diferenta fata de albumul de debut "Lonely White Idols" (lansat de Bestial Records in 1997, in prezent sold out) este datorata in parte si cooptarii unor membrii noi ,care au adus un suflu nou in trupa. Mai heavy dar in acelasi timp mai elaborat, albumul se remarca printr-o atmosfera aparte, intregita de vocea feminina. Albumul contine si un cover surpriza!

source : Adi Mihailov - Bestial Records
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 Eclectic Heart by Interitus Dei - the verse vocals are high and almost strained, banshee-like, but they make it work. However, it's the deep, dark, growling chorus on this one that really does it for me.Check the lyrics on this one too. . It makes me think ofwerebeasts and fallen angels. Even a beast can have an eclectic heart.

source : Murrday Fisher - apemen.com
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 What do you get when you mix Therion, Tristania, Skyclad and Virgin Steele? The result is Interitus Dei. This Romanian band has a very unique sound, but wears their influences on their sleeves

source : Doomsday's Lair of Despair radio
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Blind Guardianish...from Constanta, Cta., ROMANIA... Duel vocals completely make this song have a majestic feel...leads you on a trip to a World of Fantasy.


source : Matt F. / ToiL about "The stone athame "
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 Cronica Gorgar

http://lootandplunder.tripod.com

Interitus Dei sunt surprinzatori pe The end of revelation, chiar am fost socat sa aud atatea experimente pe un produs romanesc al unei trupe de gothic/dark metal "standard". E un album cu numeroase elemente, foarte bine inchegate, din toate genurile - heavy metal, gotic, coral, electro - interesant si cu multa originalitate. Tot materialul curge si fiecare piesa e la un nivel compozitional inalt, nu numai pentru scena romaneasca, ci e valabil si pentru scena metal internationala, in general. Din pacate, calitatea inregistrarii este slaba, mai bine spus, total nepotrivita in comparatie cu originalitatea si maiestria compozitiilor. Ma gandeam ca daca cei de la Interitus Dei ar beneficia de resursele tehnico-financiare ale unei trupe occidentale gen Therion sau Nightwish, pur si simplu ar sparge piata cu un album bestial. De fapt calitatea inregistrarii albumului lor este buna - standard pentru trupele romanesti rasarite, de la Bestial Rec., dar, datorita complexitatii materialului, iese mult in evidenta contrastul dintre sunet si potentialul trupei, mult mai mult decat in cazul unor produse mediocre. Eu personal nu pot sa ascult albumul The end of revelation din cauza ca ma deranjeaza foarte mult modul inregistrarii, e chiar frustrant pentru un material atat de reusit. Ma rog, asta e o impotenta proprie, prietenii mei care au acest album sunt incantati. Iar deliciul suprem este preluarea ascunsa dupa Dio -We rock de la sfarsitul albumului.

In ceea ce priveste ultimul Interitus Dei nu am posibilitatea sa-l iau de pe net, dar astept sa apara cd-ul pe piata, cand o fi. E probabil tot atat de bun ca si precedentul album.



source : Gorgar http://lootandplunder.tripod.com
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 MUSICA REVIEWS:

02.03.2002:


Cocktail "The best!"
Interitus Dei - Unholy (2002)


It is the first idea coming on mind after listening to this opus. Group from Romania, and it, in my opinion, first band from this country, which I have listened to, has left very good impression. The musicians have taken for a basis the best, that is in modern metal music, to be exact, everything that most popular. By places, "Unholy" reminds Nightwish, places Therion, places Haggard. Quite good female vocal, choruses, violin, growling, and sometimes even pseudo-progressive elements ( very popular thing now too). That is present metal mainstream. Interesting, various music, pleasant melodies, is possible to advise to all fans of melodious products. Only lack, perhaps, not so good growling. And in rest... Sweet - sweet candy.

Vit Belov 

source : http://musica.mustdie.ru/en/band/interitus_dei/5807/

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ARTIST: INTERITUS DEI
SONG: ISIS ENTHRONED
GENRE: METAL / GOTHIC METAL
SIMILAR: CRADLE OF FILTH, NIGHTWISH
DOWNLOAD URL: CLICK HERE
First Word:
Back again for more is Interitus Dei, a solid goth-metal outfit not unfamiliar to this reviewer. Last November I was blown away when I reviewed their track Queen of the Undead right here at GOM. I said then that I expected to hear more of these guys in the future, and today I am not disappointed. In my opinion, here is displayed a fine sense of musicianship and really what this outlandish genre is all about. But is Isis Enthroned on a par with the rest of their work? Let us don our blackest outfits and find out:
Good Points:
Comparable to other Goth-Metal bands, Interitus Dei manage brilliant harmonies without dulling their killer edge. The opening moments are tuned to perfection, as if brought by an otherworldly choir, with perfect execution of the vocals. Meanwhile the guitar track is throbbing and mean whilst maintaining the morose edge. The ‘death' vocals again are used to full effect, the deep, throaty demonic voice that so typifies this genre. It is a voice that grows on you, and I could easily see myself listening to a whole album of the work these guys produce – so kudos. Overall, this is again an impressive piece.
Bad Points:
However, I think there are weak spots, particularly the bridges where the vocals become a little too weak compared to the actual music – this could be easily fixed with a little tweaking on the technical side of things. Some of the synth-work that is occasionally audible is a little out of place, and I feel the song would have worked fine without – for lack of a better word, the synth sounded ‘cheesy'. But these points are fairly minor, and this is again a very dynamic and worthwhile track.
Final Word:
So overall, this the second time I have reviewed this band's work, I am left only to say that my initial feelings about this group has been confirmed by Isis Enthroned. I like these guys so much that they now even have their own dedicated subfolder on my hard-drive – a compliment by any means, I should say. If you're a fan of the gothic side of metal, you surely cannot afford to miss these guys or their music. Over and out.

source : Anton Wulfen Gods of music
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INTERITUS DEI "Unholy"
"De trei ori senzational !!!
Nu credeam ca voi auzi vreodata un asemenea material scos in România !
    Interitus Dei practica pe acest album o MUZICA ce se încadreaza cel mai bine în aria metalului epic-simfonic-progresiv, asemanator cu ceea ce cânta Nightwish. Pasajele vocale sunt realizate impecabil , riffurile domina totul, dar cel mai mult da caracter acestui album, partea de clape, prin care se realizeaza o orchestratie demna de admiratie. Polifonie, contrapunct, armonie, traditie si inovatie, toate se îmbina într-un lant de piese încoronate cu niste melodii vocale superbe. Cele 12 piese sunt 12 perle de o frumusete nemaiîntâlnita la noi în tara. Singurul inconvenient este sunetul de tobe, mai precis de drumsmachine, dar… ce sa facem, asta-i situatia în undergroundul românesc: bugetul restrîns ne obliga pe toti la solutii de compromis. Si pâna la urma, eu cred ca MUZICA oferita pe acest disc ne rasplateste pentru orice. As vrea sa pot scoate în evidenta câteva piese, dar toate sunt de o calitate extraordinara.
    Prin acest album, Interitus Dei a ridicat stacheta undergroundului românesc la un nivel pe care multi vor încerca sa o atinga, dar putini vor reusi. Stiu: o rândunica nu face primavara, dar daca vor mai aparea doua-trei produse de o asemenea calitate, nu va trebui sa ne mai ascundem. Undergroundul autohton va iesi la suprafata, si asemenea altor natii fara o prea mare traditie în materie de rock, cum ar fi Finlanda sau Italia, România va avea si ea un cuvânt greu de spus pe scena internationala, si poate ca euro-turneele marilor formatii nu se vor termina la Viena sau la Budapesta. Si cârcotasii, cei care se baga peste tot, înjura, bârfesc si arunca cu rahat se vor face singuri de râs.
    Pâna una-alta, Interitus Dei a dat semnalul. Semnalul calitatii, care va trebui sa fie imperativul pentru celelalte trupe. Poate vor reusi si altii.
Pâna atunci însa, Unholy ramâne cel mai bun album scos vreodata de o trupa underground din România."

source : Ercey Feri / Voices of Silence / Radio Cluj