  Antonius Rex/Jacula Amidst the depths of obscurity, this almost unknown band from Italy will spring an eerie surprise to any purveyor of Extreme metal. It is a universally accepted fact that Black Sabbath are quite the orignators of metal. Well, not really so. A singular spin of "Jacula - In cauda semper stat venenum"should be enough to drive home the fact that dark music in the form of rock/metal did exist before Black Sabbath.
What impresses most about this classic is its sheer progressive nature. Not only this album easily stands up to brilliant progessive epics of bands like Van der graaf generator, camel but also at the same time is as dark/doomish as the best doom metal bands till date. Check out http://www.italianprog.com/a_antonius.htm for more info. Mp3's can be found at spleen.no-ip.org - A doom metal hub on direct connect. 
