For the first time in memory, we at Maelstrom are highly recommending an album based on the work’s packaging and care in putting it together. The AL 100th Anniversary is a 2CD compilation of dark ambient bands (separated into „songs“ and „electronix / experimental“ disks). The impetus for this release is the 100th anniversary of a significant even in the history of Aleister Crowley, the patron saint of the occult....

AL – 100th Anniversary is a new illustrious double CD compilation that commemorates Aleister Crowley’s celebrated spiritual text Liber AL vel Legis or The Book of the Law. Liber AL vel Legis was written after Aleister Crowley channeled the manuscripts text from a disembodied spirit named Aiwass while in a deep trance induced state. Liber AL vel Legis has in the last 100 years become a seminal text of western occult literature and has...

AL – 100th Anniversary is 2 CD boxed set, compilation of Occultural and Ambient musick inspired, I would say, by Coil, Industrial, Thelema, Sisters of Mercy, et al. Limited edition – only 418 hand-numbered copies are being published – A3 poster, 8-page booklet and a short introduction by Carl Abrahamsson. So its got to be worth 29 EUR excl. shipping. I’ve played my copy several times now – which believe me, is a big...

Already the third special compilation released by the Czech label HORUS CyclicDaemon. After the relatively modest Chaos and the luxurious Lust from the Underworld, this time it’s another spectacular compilation: AL, dedicated to the 100 year old Liber AL vel Legis, the Book of the Law, the classic esoteric work by the enigmatic Aleister Crowley. 25 artists were asked to contribute a song inspired by Crowley or using his texts. The...

The first thing that strikes you about AL – 100th Anniversary from the Czech HORUS CyclicDaemon is the sheer quality of the production. We’re talking here about a 2 CD compilation of broadly “Industrial” and Ambient musical sketches inspired by Liber AL. This limited edition album – only 418 hand-numbered copies are being published – arrives in an attractive and sturdy A5 box, numbered on the back. Inside is a splendid A3 poster, by...