Italy-based prog/goth/black metal act HORTUS ANIMAE will release their new album, Secular Music, via Flicknife Records on March 24th. The same day Satanica Productions will release Godless Years, a 2CD compilation containing rare and unreleased tracks from the vault, plus two completely unreleased tracks. The frontcover artwork has been created especially for this release by Aaron Stainthorpe of MY DYING BRIDE. The titles of the first two tracks of CD 1 will be announced near the album’s release.

Godless Years tracklisting:

CD 1

New Song 1*

New Song 2*

WINDFALL introducing ‘Summoning Of The Muse’ (featuring Liv Kristine)**

WINDFALL introducing ‘Summoning Of The Muse’ (rough instrumental version)**

‘Enter’***

‘A Lifetime Obscurity’***

‘Springtime Deaths’***

‘Souls Of The Cold Wind’***

‘Welcome The Godless’***

‘Freezing Moon’ including ‘Terzo Incontro’ and ‘Tubular Bells’***

‘A Feeble Light Of Hope’***

CD 2

‘The Bless Of Eternal Bleeding’****

‘A Lifetime Obscurity Pt. 2’****

‘Freezing Moon’****

‘Welcome The Godless’****

‘Enter’****

‘Luciferian Twilight’****

‘Introduction – An Abode For Spirit And Flesh’*****

‘Welcome The Godless’*****

‘In Adoration Of The Weeping Skies’*****

‘Souls Of The Cold Wind’*****

‘Outro – ‘Hortus Animae’*****

*Secular Music Outtakes – previously unreleased (2014)

**Dead Can Dance promo single (2004)

***Waltzing Mephisto – The Demos (2002)

****Live At The Brunch (2002)

*****An Abode For Spirit And Flesh – Demo tape (1998)

Secular Music tracklisting:

'Disgusting God And His Children'

'Blood Of The Earth / The Truth Against The World'

'Dystopian Apocalypse'

'At The End Of Doomsday'

'The Poison Of The N?ga'

'Impromptu Op II - Pain Relieved'

'Chamber Of Endless Nightmares'

'Aqualung' (JETHRO TULL cover - bonus track)

More details to follow. More on Hortus Animae at this location.