Sub Templum is an album by Britishdoom metal band Moss. Released in 2008, it is their first for Rise Above Records (owned by former Napalm Death and Cathedral vocalist Lee Dorrian) and second overall. It was produced by Electric Wizard guitarist/vocalist Jus Oborn, and it features 4 songs, two of which are over 20 minutes in length (with the longest, "Gate III" being 35:31).
This album saw Moss move away from the partly improvised flow of first album Cthonic Rites and towards more structured pieces, which became even more evident on 2009's following EPTombs of the Blind Drugged.
For his review, allmusic's Greg Prato gave the record 2 stars, saying that "the Moss gentlemen seem to be more interested in seeing how much air they can push out of their maxed-to-ten amplifiers than in songcraft."
All songs written by Moss.
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Ritus"
5:24
2.
"Subterraen"
23:25
3.
"Dragged to the Roots"
9:33
4.
"Gate III: Devils from the Outer Dark"
"I. Walpurgis"
"II. The Coming of 13"
"III. Exitus Templum"
35:31
Total length:
74:04
Liner notes
In the liner notes for the album the band give a list of 'visual stimuli', which consists some of what the band watched during the recording process. The list is:
