Contra Omnes

About the Release

“Contra Omnes” is an album by Afraid of Destiny from Italy. The release places Afraid of Destiny within Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal and appeared in the Talheim Records catalogue on 24 March 2023. Written between 2019 and 2021, “Contra Omnes” looks at social self-deception, paralysis and refusal. Afraid of Destiny treat the title as the album’s guiding idea and broaden their atmospheric black metal with quieter, rock-oriented and ambient passages. The tracklist contains 7 tracks with a documented total running time of 53:00. It opens with “Abyss” and closes with “Requiem in Do Diesis Minore”. The sequence centres on “Breath”. “Requiem in Do Diesis Minore” occupies the most space at 15:28. The documented credits name Hannes Grossmann (Mixing / Mastering), Fabio "Black" Gatto (Recording / Production), Andrea De Marchi (Drum recording / Engineering) and Thomas Cole, The Course of Empire: Destruction (1836) (Cover artwork). The catalogue lists the release as Digipak CD and Digital / Streaming under TR084CD; the corresponding edition is marked as limited. Within the catalogue documented on this website, it follows “S.I.G.H.S.”.