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== Comments ==
 
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* Introit is the opening chant of a Catholic Mass — a liturgical procession into the sanctuary. As an album opener it positions ''[[Inferno]]'' as a ritual or journey, in keeping with the Dante title's cosmology of descent.
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* '''Introit''' is the opening chant of a Catholic Mass — the prayer sung or recited as the priest processes into the sanctuary. As ''[[Inferno]]'''s first track (0:36), it frames the whole album as a liturgical act — the listener enters the space as if entering a Mass, or, following the album's title, the gate of Dante's ''Inferno''.
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* The first word of the Introit proper in the traditional Latin Mass is ''Introibo'' — "I will go in." ''[[Inferno]]'' likewise opens with an act of entry.
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* Sits with "[[Father And Son]]" and "[[The Word Becomes Flesh]]" as the album's explicitly Christian-liturgical triad.
  
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==
 
== Samples / Lyrics ==

Revision as of 17:12, 22 April 2026

Introit
Running time 0:36
Appears on Inferno
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  • Introit' is the opening chant of a Catholic Mass — the prayer sung or recited as the priest processes into the sanctuary. As Infernos first track (0:36), it frames the whole album as a liturgical act — the listener enters the space as if entering a Mass, or, following the album's title, the gate of Dante's Inferno.
  • The first word of the Introit proper in the traditional Latin Mass is Introibo — "I will go in." Inferno likewise opens with an act of entry.
  • Sits with "Father And Son" and "The Word Becomes Flesh" as the album's explicitly Christian-liturgical triad.

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