Cold Moon Over Babylon

'Cold Moon Over Babylon' is the debut album from Australian Metal band Vulvagun.

Cold Moon Over Babylon has a central theme based on the mythical Lesser Key of Solomon, an ancient text that was later interpreted and used by renaissance scholars to warn of the dangers of demon worship and associated dark arts. The fabled Hammer of Witches is an interpretive subtext and extrapolation of the Key.

Within the music and lyrics of Cold Moon Over Babylon, these themes are explored and expanded to include the idea that many of our fears and modern superstitions are a result of the doors to the underworld being opened in the distant past; of the detailed secrets now lost and the struggle to keep our demons, both real and imagined, at arms length.

Album cover shown here is the 2013 re-pressing

The epic track "Transit of Venus" features a guest vocal appearance by Kelly Lean of Austalian gothic metal band Temujin. A stirring duet, "Transit of Venus" is a melodic feast, the story a tragedy, with massive and orchestral soundscapes - it is an inspirational finale to the album

Cold Moon Over Babylon was recorded at Orbit Studios near Melbourne in Australia and was written, produced and recorded by Wayne Dwyer.

Wayne, George, Evan and Chris look forward
to bringing you this slab of molten Metal;
from the cradle of history to the fires of
Hell...join us!

Artwork shown here is the 2011 original release

The twelve tracks from
'Cold Moon Over Babylon' are:

Cold Moon Over Babylon
The Black Pyramid
Arise Neophyte
A Murder of Demons
Malachi
Heart of the Mountain (instrumental)
Equinox
Confessions of a Flesh Eater
Union of the Snake
Of Pain, Transcendence and the Dark Design
The Transit of Venus
Clavicula Salomonis (instrumental)
+ Confessions of a Flesh Eater - Extended Version - 2017 re-release

Artwork shown here is the 2017 Hellfire re-release

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“Cold Moon Over Babylon” is destined to be a metal classic; from the opening note, the album is fantastically rich both musically and lyrically. It has a central theme based on the mythical Lesser Key of Solomon, an ancient text that was later interpreted and used by renaissance scholars to warn of the dangers of demon worship and associated dark arts. The fabled Hammer of Witches is an interpretive subtext and extrapolation of the Key. Within the music and lyrics of “Cold Moon Over Babylon”, these themes are explored and expanded to include the idea that many of our fears and modern superstitions are a result of the doors to the underworld being opened in the distant past; of the detailed secrets now lost and the struggle to keep our demons, both real and imagined, at arms length."