A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

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A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors
A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors cover
Demo album by Xasthur
Released September 12, 2001
Genre Black metal
Length 72:31
Label Profane Productions (2001)

Total Holocaust Records (2004)
Debemur Morti Productions (2004)

Hydra Head Records (2008)
Professional reviews
Xasthur chronology
A Darkened Winter
(2001)		 A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors
(2001)		 Xasthur / Acid Enema split
(2002)
Total Holocaust Records re-release
Total Holocaust Records re-release


A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors is a 2001 demo by the American black metal one-man-band Xasthur. Reviews of that release, first published by Profane Productions as a limited CD-R edition of 150 copies, proved to be positive, comparing the material to old Graveland and Burzum.[cite this quote] With the increasing cult status of Xasthur, the demo was reissued by Total Holocaust Records, featuring a different mix and tracklist (CD and cassette, 2004). This edition was also published as a double-12" vinyl release by Debemur Morti Productions (2004) and finally by Hydra Head Records (double-CD release, the second CD containing further rare material, 2008).

Contents

[edit] Track listing of the original demo (2001)

  1. Intro - 01:16
  2. Moon Shrouded in Misery, Part 1 - 6:46
  3. Suicide in Dark Serenity - 10:39
  4. Dwell Beneath the Woods of Evil - 5:14
  5. Cursed Be the Memory of Light - 7:04
  6. Possession of Desolate Magick - 5:40
  7. Storms of Red Revenge - 4:16
  8. A Spell Within the Winds - 4:34
  9. Summon the End of Time - 4:52
  10. Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors - 8:32
  11. Kingdom of Burning Crucifixions - 4:21
  12. Moon Shrouded in Misery, Part 2 - 1:47
  13. Black Spell of Destruction / Channeling the Power of Souls Into a New God - 7:34

Note: Track 13 are 2 Burzum covers.

[edit] Total Holocaust Records release (2004)

For this first official release as a regular CD, all the tracks of the demo (which was originally published in mono) were remixed in 2003. Reviewer Charles Theel mentions that the material "has been heavily remixed including the removal of many vocal parts"[1]. This remixed version was also used for the vinyl and double-CD editions (2004 and 2008).

[edit] Track listing

  1. Intro (1:25)
  2. Moon Shrouded In Misery (Part I) - 7:19
  3. Suicide In Dark Serenity - 12:27
  4. Dwelling Beneath The Woods - 5:29
  5. Cursed Be The Memory Of Light - 7:28
  6. Possession Of Desolate Magick - 5:47
  7. Spell Within The Winds - 4:47
  8. Storms Of Red Revenge - 2:45
  9. Eternal Empire Of Majesty Death - 7:17
  10. A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors - 8:40
  11. Kingdom Of Burning Crucifixions - 4:43
  12. Moon Shrouded In Misery (Part II) - 2:09
  13. Black Spell Of Destruction (Version I) - 6:14
  14. Lost Behind Bloodstained Mirrors (Outro) - 0:45

Notes: Track 9 is a Mütiilation cover. Track 13 is a Burzum cover.

[edit] Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog Nr.
United States 12 September 2001 Ma-Kahru / Profane Productions mono CD-R (150 copies) profanecdr 001
Sweden 2004 Total Holocaust Records Remastered cassette thr-048
Remastered CD (1000 copies) thr-050
France 31 August 2004 Debemur Morti Prod. Remastered double-12" (500 copies) DMP0003
United States 29 January 2008 Hydra Head Records double CD HH666-150

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Charles Theel. The Metal Observer review. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.

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A Darkened Winter (2001) · Suicide in Dark Serenity (2003) · Xasthur (2006)
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