Si monvmentvm reqvires, circvmspice

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Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice is a 2004 album by the black metal band Deathspell Omega. (The album title is Latin for "If you seek His monument, look around you", from the epitaph of Christopher Wren's tomb at St Paul's Cathedral.)

Musically, it represents a massive departure in sound from the band's previous work, both for the increase in recording quality and for the pursuit of far more avant-garde and experimental directions than the band's previous work. The album is also intentionally structured in the manner of 1970s double albums, with each LP side opening with a "prayer" (side four, which opens with "Carnal Malefactor," being an arguable exception).

The track "Malign Paradigm" is a tribute to the Swedish black metal band Malign, and their track 'Ashes and Bloodstench'. Additionally, "Drink the Devil's Blood" is a re-recording of a song of the same title appearing on the band's first album, Infernal Battles; however, this version features the greatly improved musicianship and studio production characteristic of Si Monumentum Requires, and contains completely new lyrics dealing with a Eucharistic theme, in keeping with the more cerebral lyrical approach of this and subsequent releases.

Track listing

1. "First Prayer" – 5:44
2. "Sola Fide I" – 5:14
3. "Sola Fide II" – 7:53
4. "Second Prayer" – 4:41
5. "Blessed Are the Dead Whiche Dye in the Lorde" – 5:47
6. "Hétoïmasia" – 7:08
7. "Third Prayer" – 3:57
8. "Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice" – 6:32
9. "Odivm Nostrvm" – 4:46
10. "Jvbilate Deo (O Be Joyfvl in the Lord)" – 6:08
11. "Carnal Malefactor" – 11:45
12. "Drink the Devil's Blood" – 4:32
13. "Malign Paradigm" – 3:40