Jesu - "Conqueror" (2007)

CONQUEROR Track Listing: "Conqueror" – 8:10 "Old Year" – 5:46 "Transfigure" – 5:58 "Weightless & Horizontal" – 10:06 "Medicine" – 7:22 "Brighteyes" – 7:20 "Mother Earth" – 7:16 "Stanlow" – 5:58 Personnel Justin Broadrick - guitars, vocals, programming Diarmuid Dalton - bass Ted Parsons - drums, percussion Notes Release Date: 2007 - February 2 Japan | February 19 UK | February 20 US 8 tracks clocking in at just over an hour comprise the 2nd Jesu LP. CD versions out in February 2007. Vinyl version released in black/gold, gold and clear formats. It was later repressed in standard black. Japanese release contains the 2 tracks found on the Sun Down / Sun Rise EP.

Reviews

• Decibel Review: "Conquerer" March 2007
• PitchforkMedia.com Review: "Conqueror", by Zach Baron.

  It's no coincidence that his lyrics throughout the album dwell on clouds, sunsets, sunrises, medicine and its dully narcotic effects; his music comes over the stereo like its own weather pattern, an experience with more layers and detail than even 10 or 20 listens can trace out.

  One might hope that others follow Broadrick's lead, but there's probably no surer way to convince him to abandon Jesu and its rush of pure ecstatic sound. If he could hear exactly what he wanted without having to make it himself, he most likely wouldn't make it at all.

• PopMatters.com Review: "Conqueror"
• MetalReview: "Congqueror".