Absu - Tara
Tracklist
01. Tara02. Pillars Of Mercy
03. A Shield With An Iron Face
04. Manannán
05. The Cognate House Of Courtly Witches Lies West Of County Meath
06. She Cries The Quiet Lake
07. Yrp Lluyddawe
08. From Ancient Times (Starless Skies Burn To Ash)
09. Four Crossed Wands (Spell 181)
10. Vorago (Spell 182)
11. Born (Of The Waves)
12. Stone Of Destiny (...For Magh Slécht And Ard Righ)
13. Tara (Recapitulation)
14. V.I.T.R.I.O.L. [bonus]
15. Hallstatt [bonus]
16. Manannán [bonus]
17. Never Blow Out The Eastern Candle [bonus]
Additional info
Recorded between September and December 2000 at Nomad Recording Studios in Carrollton, TX.All music composed and written by Shaftiel except "Tara" and "Tara (Recapitulation)", written and performed by Sir Don Shannon.
Arrangements and all voices sung by Proscriptor.
Lyrics written by Proscriptor and Equitant.
Additional synthesizers and piano performed by David Harbour.
Additional acoustic guitars and mandolins performed by Sir Vincent Rossi.
Backing vocals performed by Masthema Mazzaqim (Azazel's Torch), Melechesh Ashmedi (Melechesh) and Sir Ronnie Trent (10 Kingdoms).
Produced by Kol Marshall and Absu.
"Manannán" is a re-recorded version of the song which originally appeared on the mini-album 'In the Eyes of Ioldánach' (1998).
Vinyl version is limited to 1000 copies. Re-released as collector's picture disc in May 2006 by Agonia Records.
Remastered digipak released in September 2007 with the 'In the Eyes...' EP as bonus tracks.
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Can't believe none of our people ever reviewed this album. It's so fucking brutal and majestic. 
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Posts: 3553 Written by [user id=160508] on 21.08.2016 at 00:21 The instrumentation in general is quite impressive. Definitely a group of skilled musicians, and the songwriting kicks ass as well, so there's nothing not to love.
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Wow, all this time I never knew those were King Diamond's vocals on "Stone of Destiny."
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This is an insane album! The buzzing guitar riffs and the fast-paced brutality strangely remind me of Nile (if they played black metal, I guess). And the drummer is indeed fantastic! By the way, here is that same drummer auditioning in 2002 to be the drummer in Slayer. Apparently he was too fast and extreme for them  Here he performs "Postmortem"/"Raining Blood" with Kerry King: And he he plays "Hell Awaits" with Kerry King: Enjoy!
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