Members
Tomas Pettersson (Vocals & Tyranny)
Rose-Marie Larsen (Vocals & Debauchery)
Ronnie Bäck (Guitar, Backing Vocals & Sorcery)
Fredrik Leijström (Bass & Adultery)
Axel Menzer (Percussions & Liberty)

Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio (ORE) is a neofolk and martial industrial music group from Stockholm. The band is composed of its founding member and vocalist Tomas Pettersson, and Rose-Marie Larsen, who replaced Chelsea Krook on backup vocals. In 2008 Fredrik Leijström and Ronnie Bäck joined the band on bass and guitar.

In 1993, following the discontinuation of Tomas Pettersson's previous band, Archon Satani, he decided to start a new project. This project was initially called Ordo Equilibrio and joined by Chelsea Krook, his then-girlfriend. Together they made three full length releases and one 7".

In 2001 the band had a change in line-up; Chelsea Krook was gone and replaced by Rose-Marie Larsen. This also spawned a change in the bandname; the word Rosarius was added. The couple has so far released five albums, one 10" and a split album with Spiritual Front.

The band's musical style has been described as "apocalyptic folk", a neofolk subgenre. The name Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio can be translated to "Order of the Rose and the Balance" from Latin (See Ordo Templi Orientis).

In its sombre lyrics, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio combines seemingly incompatible polarities, such as "creation and destruction, dark and light, joy and sorrow, sex and war", often using Christian and specifically Catholic symbols. Other connotations are however used, like in Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion And Pornography (CCCP) opening with the national anthem of the Soviet Union. Sources of inspiration are well-known prophets of Dystopia; for example Aleister Crowley and William Blake. Other influences include the bands Depeche Mode, Laibach, SPK, Death In June, Current 93, Coil, writers Daniil Kharms and Ayn Rand and filmmakers Tinto Brass and Andrew Blake. Occultism and gnosticism in general largely make up the themes of the band. BDSM topics are also often featured and in the first years, sadomasochism was performed live on stage as well.

A wide range of instruments are used, including acoustic guitars, percussions and piano, together with all sorts of sound-aggregating devices combined with projected imagery. Lyrics are delivered, typically by Petterson himself, in a performance including spoken word and traditional song. en.wikipedia.org

Albums

Make Love, And War (The Wedlock Of Roses) ‎(CD, Album) Cold Meat Industry CMI.84 2000
Make Love, And War (The Wedlock Of Equilibrium) ‎(CD, Album) Cold Meat Industry CMI.94 2001
  Make Love, And War: The Wedlock Of Roses, And Equilibrium ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Whi) Cold Meat Industry CMI.84/94 2001
  Make Love And War - The Wedlock Of Roses & Equilibrium ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) Out Of Line OUT 510 2012
Cocktails Carnage Crucifixion And Pornography ‎(CD, Album, Dig) Cold Meat Industry CMI124 2003
  Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion And Pornography ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RP) Cold Meat Industry CMI124 2006
  [C.C.C.P - Cocktails, Carnage, Crucifixion & Pornography] ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) Out Of Line OUT 511 2012
Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio & Spiritual Front - Satyriasis - Somewhere Between Equilibrium And Nihilism ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Dig) / (CD, Album) Cold Meat Industry CMI144 2005
  Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio & Spiritual Front - Satyriasis - Somewhere Between Equilibrium And Nihilism ‎(CD, Album, RP) Cold Meat Industry CMI144 2009
Apocalips ‎(CD, Album, RP) / (2xLP, Album, Ltd, Pin) / (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig) Cold Meat Industry CMI141 2006
  Apocalips ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM) Out Of Line OUT 512 2012
O N A N I - [Practice Makes Perfect] ‎(LP, Ltd, Whi) Cold Meat Industry CMI191LP 2008
  O N A N I - [Practice Makes Perfect] ‎(CD, Album, RP) / (CD, Album, Dig) / (LP, Album, Pic, Ltd) / (CD, Album, Dig + DVD-V, Car + Box, Ltd) Cold Meat Industry CMI191 2009
Songs 4 Hate & Devotion ‎(LP, Album, Ltd) Out Of Line OUT 434 2010
  Songs 4 Hate & Devotion ‎(CD, Album) Out Of Line OUT 433 2010
  Songs 4 Hate & Devotion ‎(CD, Album + CD, Ltd) Out Of Line OUT 433, OUT 436 2010

Singles & EPs

Four ‎(10", Pic, EP, Ltd) Raubbau RAUB-001 2007
  Four ‎(CD, EP, RE, RM + Box, Ltd) / (Cass, EP, RE, RM, C90) / (CD, EP, RE, RM) Raubbau RAUB-004 2012
Do Angels Never Cry, And Heaven Never Fall? ‎(12", Maxi, Ltd, Num) / (CD, Maxi, Enh, Ltd) Out Of Line OUT 425 2010
4Play ‎(CD, EP, Ltd, Num) Out Of Line OUT 588 2013

Unofficial releases

Through Time And Space - Collected Gospels ‎(10xFile, Comp, Unofficial, MP3) Not On Label none 2006
In High Heels Through Nights Of Broken Glass ‎(CD, Mini, Ltd) Not On Label none 2008

Appearances

Albums

  tr. Ashen Like Love, And Black Like The Snow
Various - CD Side 1 ‎(CD, Smplr) D-Side DSICD0001 2000
  tr. Love Conquers All
Various - Quid Sit Futurum Cras, Fuge Quaerere (III) ‎(CDr, Unofficial) MM CD MM04 2001
  tr. Serpent Kisses And Serpent Smiles Inside The Order Of Roses And Equilibrium
Various - Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 29 ‎(CD, Smplr, Enh) Sonic Seducer 2003-07/08 2003
  tr. Serpent Kisses And Serpent Smile - Inside The Order Of Roses And Equilibrium
Various - Elegy Sampler 29 ‎(CD, Smplr) Elegy ELGCD0029 2003
  tr. Many Dances In The Shadow - The Holiest Of Harlots
Various - :Per:Version: Vol. 8 ‎(CD, Enh, Smplr) :Ritual: none 2003
  tr. In High Heels Through Nights Of Broken Glass
Various - CD Side 17 ‎(CD, Smplr) D-Side DSICD0017 2003
  tr. Three Is An Orgy, Four Is Forever
Various - CD Side 29 ‎(CD, Smplr) D-Side DSICD0029 2005
  tr. (Mercury Rising) Seduced By The Kisses Of Cinnabar Sweet
Various - CD Side 35 ‎(CD, Smplr) D-Side DSICD0035 2006
  tr. Glory To Thee, My Beloved Masturbator
Various - CD Side 48 ‎(CD, Smplr) D-Side DSICD0048 2008
  tr. The Love And Defiance Of Being Alive
Various - Elegy Sampler 58 ‎(CD, Smplr) Elegy ELGCD0058 2009
  tr. Out In The Rain
Solitary Experiments - Phenomena 4 versions Out Of Line 2013
  tr. Rituals Of Love In The Passage Of Genocide, Song Of Rose
Various - Volume 6 ‎(CD, Comp) Prospective Music Magazine PROPR006 2001
  tr. 4 Roses, Iron Flames, And Phoenix Falls
Various - The Ascension Of Mother Dance ‎(CD, Comp) Alice In... AIW 115 2002
  tr. 4 Roses - Iron Flames And Phoenix Falls
Various - Leichenschrei - Trisol Bible Chapter 2 ‎(3xCD, Comp) Trisol Music Group GmbH TRI 200 CD 2004
  tr. Sheep For A Lifetime Or Lion For A Day
Various - Acoustica Noir ‎(CD, Comp) Angelwings SPV 085-81752 2004
  tr. Yesterday Brings But A Serpent Of Ash
Various - Flowers Made Of Snow ‎(2xCD, Comp) Cold Meat Industry CMI130 2004
  tr. The Miscarriage Of Paradise Regained
Various - Looking For Europe - The Neofolk Compendium 5 versions Auerbach Tonträger 2005
  tr. Your Sex Is The Scar
Various - Orkus Compilation 12 ‎(CD, Comp) Orkus 2005-09 2005
  tr. Yesterday Brings But A Serpent Of A Wind
Various - Sonic Seducer Cold Hands Seduction Vol. 45 ‎(2xCD, Comp) Sonic Seducer 2005-02 2005
  tr. Masturbate
Various - Maschinenfest 2007 2 versions Pflichtkauf 2007
  tr. Glory To Thee, My Beloved Masturbator
Various - Ascension Magazine Sampler ‎(CDr, Comp) Ascension Productions AP01 2007
  tr. Forgive Me, I Am Not Satan; I Am Mary Just Like You
Various - Compiled: 5 Years Of Operation Mindfuck ‎(CD, Comp) Tribune Records TRIBUNE_005 2007
  tr. Three Is An Orgy, Four Is Forever
Various - M'era Luna Festival 2008 ‎(2xCD, Comp) Sonic Seducer, Totentanz TOT 23069 2008
  tr. Which Word Confines The Truth?
Various - Abby - The Compilation Part 3 ‎(2xCD, Comp) UpScene, Indigo UP 0908, INDIGO 92759-2 2009
  tr. Do Angels Never Cry And Heaven Never Fall?
Various - Amphi Festival 2011 ‎(CD, Comp) Out Of Line OUT 497 2011
  tr. Are We That Afraid To Die? and 1 more…
Various - Awake The Machines Vol. 7 ‎(3xCD, Comp) Out Of Line OUT 498, OUT 499, OUT 500 2011
  tr. How We Loved That Night, In The Torture Garden
Various - Machineries Of Joy Vol. 5 ‎(2xCD, Comp) Out Of Line OUT 576, OUT 577 2012
  tr. C.C.C.P.
Various - Gothic/Doom Part II ‎(CDr, Comp, Unofficial) Not On Label none Unknown

Mixes

  tr. In High Heels Through Nights Of Broken Glass
Various - Death Guild 2005 12 Year Anniversary DJ Merrick's Mix ‎(CDr, Comp, Mixed) Not On Label none 2005
  tr. Make Love And War
Various - Enchain Nil Sin - CMI DJ Mix ‎(CDr) Not On Label none 2005
  tr. Make Love And War
HØDj - Enchain Nil Sin — 10 Minutes In The Mix ‎(File, MP3, Mixed, P/Unofficial) Not On Label NOLABEL001 2008

Videos

  tr. I M B E C I L E, My Idiot Lover
Various - Visions Of Machines ‎(DVD-V, NTSC, Comp) Out Of Line OUT 578 2012



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