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Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars is the seventh album by French avant-garde black metal band Blut Aus Nord. The album demonstrates more traditional black metal songwriting and structure than previous album MoRT, with critics noting that stylistically this album represents a balance between the band's more experimental work and the band's earlier, more traditional black metal releases.[1]

Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars
Studio album by Blut Aus Nord
Released	February 23, 2009
Genre	Atmospheric black metal, melodic black metal
Length	59:56
Label	Candlelight Records (CANDLE141CD)
Blut Aus Nord chronology
Odinist: The Destruction of Reason by Illumination (2007) Memoria Vetusta II – Dialogue with the Stars (2009) 777 – Sect(s) (2011)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Metal Injection	Very positive[3]
MetalSucks	[4]
PopMatters	8/10[1]

The album was received very positively by critics. Writing for AllMusic, Alex Henderson gave the album 4/5. He described it as "melodic in a dark, brooding, atmospheric way", concluding that "This isn't happy, escapist music; the material is full of gloom and pessimism, but it is well-crafted and nicely executed. Detractors can claim that Dialogue with the Stars is "too artsy" all they want; the bottom line is that from a creative standpoint, Blut Aus Nord get to have the last laugh."[2]

Stereogum's Brandon Stosuy named the album as the 8th best metal album of 2009, writing that "Memoria Vetusta II does what it promises, creating an hour’s worth of sky-shooting epics (fluid guitar solos, repeating motifs, etc.) that move from fragile and meditative to blistering in a heartbeat and really do feel like they’re talking to the constellations. Endless boogie, for sure."[5]

Track listing

Personnel

• Vindsval - vocals, electric guitar
• GhÖst - bass guitar
• W.D. Feld - keyboards, drums, percussion

Additional Personnel

• David Cragné - artwork

References

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