Limbonic Art

With “Arcane Past: The Celestial Grimoire,” LIMBONIC ART deliver the ultimate testament to their early years. This massive 8-CD legacy edition, presented as a large-format hardcover artbook, collects the Norwegian black metal cult band’s classic works, from demos to the first albums, along with the previously unreleased “1994 Demo.” The edition also features an in-depth memoir by Daemon himself, plus enhanced photos and artwork. Founded in 1993, LIMBONIC ART released their debut album “Moon in the Scorpio” in 1996 via Nocturnal Art Productions, the label of EMPEROR guitarist Samoth, aka Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen, after the band’s early tapes had captured his ear. Their then-unique combination of harsh Nordic black metal with cinematic elements inspired by classical orchestral music proved highly influential. In the new century, Daemon also joined Samoth’s band ZYKLON for a while, but in 2006, LIMBONIC ART officially broke up. Daemon later reformed the band on his own, releasing “Phantasmagoria” (2010), “Spectre Abysm” (2017), and “Opus Daemoniacal” (2024). Although vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Vidar “Daemon” Jensen continued along a more straightforward black metal path, the 2024 album deliberately referred back to the dense, atmospheric, and cinematic feel of LIMBONIC ART’s groundbreaking early works. With “Arcane Past: The Celestial Grimoire” (2026), the circle closes, offering LIMBONIC ART’s complete classics and rarities collected all together for the first time.