Battle Magic

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Battle Magic
Battle Magic cover
Studio album by Bal-Sagoth
Released 1998
Genre Symphonic black metal
Label Cacophonous Records
Professional reviews
  • The Metal Observer 9/10 stars link
Bal-Sagoth chronology
Starfire Burning Upon the Ice-Veiled Throne of Ultima Thule
(1996)		 Battle Magic
(1998)		 The Power Cosmic
(1999)

Battle Magic is the third album by Bal-Sagoth, released in 1998 on Cacophonous Records. It is the last album to feature Jonny Maudling on drums, who would go on to concentrate on the keyboards and composition of Bal-Sagoth.

The band were awarded one full month to record, much of which was spent on orchestral arrangements and recording - Circus Maximus' keyboards alone took six full days to complete. [1]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Battle Magic" – 2:45
  2. "Naked Steel (The Warriors Saga)" – 4:44
  3. "A Tale from the Deep Woods" – 5:37
  4. "Return to the Praesidium of Ys" – 6:30
  5. "Crystal Shards" – 2:17
  6. "The Dark Liege of Chaos is Unleashed at the Ensorcelled Shrine of A'Zura Kai (The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire Part II)" – 4:14
  7. "When Rides the Scion of the Storms" – 6:17
  8. "Blood Slakes the Sand at the Circus Maximus" – 8:53
  9. "Thwarted by the Dark Blade (Blade of the Vampyre Hunter)" – 6:19
  10. "And Atlantis Falls" – 2:22

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