Lyrically the band is influenced by modern satanism and by the Church of Satan's major exposer Anton Szandor La Vey. His Beliefs, essays and the whole Satanic Bible and Satanic Rituals inspired a lot of verses for the band.
In early 96' born a project band called Mephisto's Sanctum Sectarum with Devilucifer on guitar, Pedro on bass and Jairo on drums, but the project rested due the main band's ocupations of each one of the members. Then Liber Spirituum was formed in february '98 by vocalist Zephyr and guitarist Devilucifer, who left mediocre bands to form a band with more satanic and blasphemous approach and mantaining the philoshopy in which was inspired Mephisto's and retaking its old tunes. In march '98 bassist Lucho joined and the band was baptized with its actual name. The three-piece line-up start rehearsing and concentrate in composing own songs. Drummer ApocalypticHammer joined the band in may '98. In July '98 the band performed its first gig, which was private for only friends and exclusive people in the scene. Right after this, bassist Lucho left the band. Then Liber Spirituum deep into the five tracks which would appear in a possible demo. A couple of covers was rehearsed besides, and the band was ready to enter the studio at the end of '98. But our drummer sold his drum kit, so he had to be kicked out. After several delays due the lack of members, summer solstice '99 was chosen for the recording of this masterful piece of metal: "...Frugativi et appellativi". Guitarrist Muerto and drummer Fernando joined to the recording sessions as guest musicians; after 40 hours into the studio, Muerto remained as permanent member and Fernando was kicked out. Actually the band had moved to the U.S. As a matter of fact, the tape was mastered at DDM studios in New Jersey, the CD format was decided, and Halloween was the date for the releasing of the first totally selfproduced CD from a metal band from Ecuador: "...Frugativi et appellativi".
The meaning of "Liber Spirituum" is "Book of the Spirits" and came from Latin language. The "Liber Spirituum" is an old collection of parchments where the initiated in the black arts writes and signs their pacts and invocations for demonic entities.
We focused in staying underground until any stuff being recorded and released, which had ocurred in fact until just now. Liber Spirituum is a band philosophically and musically into pure and true black/death metal, especially for beliefs, attitude and lyrics, and despising the whole imagery. The band's main goal is play an hybrid between brutal death in american style and black metal in the nordic vein. Putting all together with sheer doses of heaviness, brutality, intensity, hyper fast velocity and several doomy and obscure slow parts, dark and occult passages combinig ultra-low growls and aggressive screeching vocals. In fact, we would rather heaviness and brutality than boring technnical ability; straight forward to your face riffs instead uncatchy complex structures. Our main influences and favorite bands are: Acheron, Ancient Rites, Vital Remains, Sanctum Regnum (Gods!), Varathron, Thou Art Lord, Sarcófago, Mystifier, Mortuary Drape, Belial, Imprecation, Belphegor, Demonic Christ (Hail Dana Duffy!), Blasphemy, Luciferion, Fallen Christ, Pessimist, old Rotting Christ, old Samael, old Hypocrisy, etc. In fact, we prefer the Greek scene than the Norse one.
Lyrically the band is influenced by modern satanism and by the Church of Satan's major exposer Anton Szandor La Vey. His Beliefs, essays and the whole Satanic Bible and Satanic Rituals inspired a lot of verses for the band.
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