Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio – La Fleur Du Mal (EP – Out Of Line)
Genre/Influences: Neo-Folk, Chanson, Dark-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: About three years after their last full length masterpiece “Let’s Play (Two Girls & A Goat)” Swedish formation Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio are back on track. The title “La Fleur Du Mal” clearly is a wink to the famous poems of Charles Baudelaire.
Content: Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio moves on from where the previous works stopped. They moved on, creating a perfect twist between their Neo-Folk & Dark-Pop sound on one side and their dark, provocative & sensual poetry on the other side. The sphere is sometimes a bit hostile but always holding on to a kind of evasive feeling. Bombastic- and refined arrangements are in perfect harmony with Tomas Pettersson’s deep timbre of voice.
+ + + : The opening song “In The Name Of The Sun, My Father And The Spirit” is a new masterpiece. Dark sensuality emerging from the composition creates a true symbiosis with the poetry of the lyrics. The next cut “No Time Like The Present – La Fleur Du Mal” sounds darker and even more intimidating but also uplifting. Different feelings are emerging when listening to this music but fascination always remains. These 4 cuts are a perfect teaser to the new album.
– – – : It’s all about personal taste but to me the best cuts are right in the beginning so after having heard the outstanding opener there’s no similar climax coming up.
Conclusion: Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio is a true artistic creation in the purest sense of the word and this EP is much more than simply an appetizer for the next work.
Best songs: “In The Name Of The Sun, My Father And The Spirit”, “No Time Like The Present – La Fleur Du Mal”.
Rate: 8½.
Artist: https://ordo-rosarius-equilibrio.net / www.facebook.com/ordorosariusequilibrio
Label: www.outofline.de / www.facebook.com/outoflinelabel
About Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, often shortened to ORE, is a neofolk and martial industrial group from Stockholm. Tomas Pettersson started it in 1993 after his previous band Archon Satani ended, working at first under the name Ordo Equilibrio with his then-partner Chelsea Krook. Rose-Marie Larsen replaced Krook on backing vocals in 2001, and the word Rosarius was added to the name at that point. Fredrik Leijström and Ronnie Bäck joined on bass and guitar in 2008.
As Ordo Equilibrio the group released “Reaping the Fallen, The First Harvest” in 1995, “The Triumph of Light…. and Thy Thirteen Shadows of Love” and the “I4I” 7” in 1997, and “Conquest, Love & Self Perseverance” in 1998, all on Cold Meat Industry. Under the extended name came “Make Love, And War; The Wedlock of Roses” and “Make Love, And War; The Wedlock of Equilibrium” in 2001, “Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion And Pornography” in 2003, the Spiritual Front split “Satyriasis” in 2005, “Apocalips” in 2006, the “Four” 10” on Raubbau in 2007 and “O N A N I [Practice Makes Perfect]” in 2009.
The group moved to Out Of Line in 2010 with “Do Angels Never Cry, And Heaven Never Fall?” and “Songs 4 Hate & Devotion”, followed by the “4Play” EP in 2013, “Vision: Libertine – The Hangman’s Triad” in 2016 and “Let’s Play (two girls and a goat)” in 2019. The “La Fleur Du Mal” EP precedes the album “Nihilist Notes (And The Perpetual Quest 4 Meaning In Nothing)”, also issued in 2022.
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