Origin: Melbourne, Australia  
Genres: Black Metal, Progressive Metal
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Page online: June 8, 2023
Last update/review: May 10, 2024

Aquilus

Griseus, the debut album by the Australian outfit Aquilus, was released independently in 2011 to (if memory serves) very little fanfare. Yet the album has maintained an underground cult fanaticism, and the praises sung are warranted, as Griseus is a lush blending of black metal and classical music with a folk flair, with sweeping compositions yet never overly busy or complex. And the topper is that Aquilus is but a single member, the man going by the pseudonym Waldorf composing and playing everything. It's really quite remarkable, and anyone looking for a successful integration of classical styles in extreme metal (a true fusing, not a ham-fisted inclusion of some strings in an otherwise standard metal form) should definitely seek out Griseus. A decade later, Waldorf released a followup in Bellum I.

Recent album: Bellum II, released on May 3, 2024.

Current Members

Waldorf (Horace Rosenqvist)

vocals/all instruments



Discography


Arbor  EP
2007 independent
  1. Unveil
  2. Harrowing Duskfall
  3. As Late Shadows Skulk
  • Waldorf



Griseus  
2011 independent
  1. Nihil
  2. Loss
  3. Smokefall
  4. In Lands of Ashes
  5. Latent Thistle
  6. Arboreal Sleep
  7. The Fawn
  8. Night Bell
  • Waldorf




Bellum I  
2021 Blood Music
  1. The Night Winds of Avila
  2. Into Wooded Hollows
  3. Eternal Unrest
  4. Moon Isabelline
  5. The Silent Passing
  6. Embered Waters
  7. Lucille's Gate
  8. Empyreal Nightsky
  • Waldorf



Bellum II  
2024
  1. The Night Winds of Avila
  2. Into Wooded Hollows
  3. Eternal Unrest
  4. Moon Isabelline
  5. The Silent Passing
  6. Embered Waters
  7. Lucille's Gate
  8. Empyreal Nightsky
  • Waldorf




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