NON OPUS DEI - POLAND

Diabolical Metal – 2002 – War Is Imminent
Sem Al Diavol Va Porti Al Mal – 2005 – Metal Fortress
VI: The Satanachist's Credo – 2005 - Pagan
The Quintessence – 2006 - Pagan
Constant Flow – 2007 – Empire
Eternal Circle – 2010 – Witching Hour
Diabeł – 2015 - Witching Hour
Głód - 2019 - Pagan
Applied Diabology - 2024 - Basement Murder

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Members
Vocals
Volfenkreuz, Narrenwind, Yfel 1710>>KLIMORH [TOMASZ KLIMCZYK]>>Volfenkreuz, Narrenwind, Yfel 1710

Guitar
Mordgier, Volfenkreuz, Yfel 1710>>KLIMORH [TOMASZ KLIMCZYK]>>Mordgier, Volfenkreuz, Yfel 1710 – Askalon>>Nex [Krzysztof Kułakowski]>>Panzer’faust – Ash Devili, Nyia>>V2 [Mateusz Wiśniowski]>>Ash Devili, Serpentia – Slave, Third Degree>>Buddah [Andrzej Pawłowski]>>Third Degree – Black Altar, Aeon>>Horizon>>Black Altar, Aeon - Ash Devili, Nyia, Serpentia>>V2 [MATEUSZ WISNIOWSKI]>>Ash Devili

Bass
Ad Noctum, Mordgier>>Sarkueil>>Mordgier – Larva, Feto In Fetus>>Roch [Michał Rochowicz]>>Larva, Feto In Fetus - Ad Noctum, Aeon, Gorycz, Yfel 1710>>ISIL [KRYSZTOF GORSKI]>>Aeon, Gorycz, Yfel 1710

Drum
Frost>>Fux [Radoslaw Fuks] - Third Degree, UnSun, Ash Devili>>WOJTEK "GONZO" BŁASZKOWSKI>>Third Degree, UnSun, Ash Devili

Keyboard
Volfenkreuz>>Siege>>Volfenkreuz




History & Biography
The black metal band was founded in 1997 and issued a demo called Yfel a year later. The group played its first show at this point. The Iliaest arrived in the year 2000. The band recorded an album and issued it on a fledgling Spain-based company. An EP, called Applied Diabology was reportedly recorded, but never saw the light of day. VI: The Satanachist's Credo featured a swastika on the cover. The band occasionally features a full-time or a part-time piano player like Depeche Mode, Billy Joel, Emperor and Elton John. V2 returned in 2019. Applied Diabology was billed featuring material due for release originally in 2002. A 3-CD reissue of the Yfel demo, Diabolical Metal album and Applied Diabology came through Basement Murder Productions.

‘Opus Dei’ translates to the ‘work of god’ and is also a Catholic organization to exhort the flock to do church work.


Reviews

NON OPUS DEI - SEM AL DIAVOL VA PORTI AL MAL - FORTRESS
The black metal scene is sliced up between two camps. On the one side are the truly Satanic bands that deliver solid metal and have traditionally correct allegiances. Think Gorgoroth, Dark Funeral or Marduk. On the other side reside bands like Gravewurm, Dimmu Borgir and Gloria Morti whose pop music tendencies and poser shenanigans disgrace the title and dilute the scene to the lowest common hipster. It is customarily easy to like the former and ridicule the latter.
Non Opus Dei is one of those ideologically correct bands that proudly wears and earns the black metal title. The band's dark and evil lyricism is matched by its devotion to metal... up to a limit. The music is generally speaking heavy and extreme, but the use of instruments like bodhran, bouzouki and violin cheapen the process. Metal was conceived as a unifying music of talent and protest. Ethnic expressions in metal are like vegetarian steaks. They do not belong. The band's music is good, bad or average depending on the song. The album opens well, but a track like Satanik Statement On Good And Evil is a waste given how it is essentially a collection of noises. The band is fundamentally uneven even if it largely takes its own independent path. The problem of too much style, given the amount of substance, also hits the vocalist who occasionally comes across as affected. Having said that, closer attention to the lyrics sometime explains the singer's plan. Non Opus Dei should maintain its heartfelt devotion, but take care to add more music of the kind that makes the sub-genre proud next time. - Ali "The Metallian"


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