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Septicflesh - Mystic Places Of Dawn



8 | 179 votes |
Release date: 1994
Style: Atmospheric death metal

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01. Mystic Places Of Dawn
02. Pale Beauty Of The Past
03. Return To Carthage
04. Crescent Moon
05. Chasing The Chimera
06. The Underwater Garden
07. Behind The Iron Mask
08. (Morpheus) The Dreamlord
09. Mythos
    1 - Part I: Elegy
    2 - Part II: Time Unbounded
10. Erebus [reissue bonus]
11. Another Reality [reissue bonus]
12. Temple Of The Lost Race [reissue bonus]
13. Setting Of The Two Suns [reissue bonus]

Additional info
Recorded in January-February 1994 except "(Morpheus) The Dreamlord", recorded in May 1993.
Produced by M.W. Daoloth and Septic Flesh.
Engineered by George Zaharopoulos (M.W. Daoloth) except "(Morpheus) The Dreamlord", produced and engineered by Antonis Delaportas.
Mastered by Didier Chesneau (Melodie studio) & Joel Vitu (Sonic Contact).

Reissued in 2002 as a digipak with different artwork and the "Temple of the Lost Race" EP as bonus tracks. Reissued again with new artwork.

Reissued again in 2013 by Season of Mist with the "Temple of the Lost Race" EP as bonus tracks, available on Digipak CD and double gatefold LP and transparent coloured double gatefold LP.

Staff review by
KwonVerge
Rating:
8.0
Septic Flesh were formed back in 1990 by the two Antoniou brothers, Spyros (bass guitar/vocals) and Chris (guitars) and they were playing death metal. Then came Sotiris that added a strange lyricism and melody to the band and all together they started forming the sound Septic Flesh, a sound filled with aggressive moments but without losing in melody, emotion and dark/mystic atmosphere. From the very beginning Sotiris was the main figure behind the lyrics (and most of the music) of Septic Flesh since he was concerned around magic and occult writings.

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published 20.09.2004 | Comments (1)

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03.01.2012 - 18:45
musicalkaratekid

I love septicflesh's latter material, but their earlier albums have just as much talent and a better balance of death metal conventions and symphonic material. A truly brilliant album, and proof that Septicflesh had it in the bag right from the start.
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07.07.2013 - 17:14
Rating: 8
NocturnalStalker
Metal Addict
A very fine debut album, if I may say so. A bit too rough at many times, but still pleasant for the ears.
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"And we are not who we think we are
We are who we're afraid to be"
- Lux Occulta "The Opening of Eleventh Sephirah"
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21.09.2021 - 19:21
Rating: 7
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Something about this album that isn't nearly mentioned as often as it should be is that this definitely was very influential in the realm of dungeon synth
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24.12.2022 - 17:57
Rating: 10
Gag reflex

A brilliant debut that possesses a truly dark and magic atmosphere. Probably among the very best of atmospheric death metal.
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'The thoughts of dead babies
Wiped away with my semen'
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18.01.2023 - 20:35
Rating: 10
HoboStew

Beautiful death metal album full of emotion, the clear gothic influence makes this something special. I wish the Hellenic scene was bigger. I don't get how Communion can be considered their best when this exists.
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30.01.2024 - 19:43
Rating: 9
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Aw yeah this is easily my favorite work of theirs from the first boxset. I wished it had a production like the Temple Of The Lost Race EP which felt just a little bit fuller but overall this is an excellent release. Love the mix of different styles here the gothic/doom approaches to the death metal songs add to the mysterious atmosphere.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass
Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.
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