Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1

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Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1

Studio album by Nachtmystium
Released	June 10, 2008 (in US), June 23 (in EU)
Recorded	December 2007 at Volume Studios
Genre	Heavy metal Psychedelic rock
Length	N/A
Label	Century Media Records

Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 is the fourth full-length album by Chicago band Nachtmystium. It was released via Century Media Records in the United States on June 10, 2008, and by Candlelight Records in Europe on June 23, 2008. The record was recorded in December of 2007 at Sanford Parker's Volume Studios. The album contains such experimental musical flirtations as saxophones and other non-black metal musical "meddling".^[1]

According to the Chicago Tribune, Blake Judd, the band's founder, claims the idea for the album's name came from his desire to reestablish Nachtmystium's image in the music community. He states, "The idea of 'Assassins' is that an assassin kills, gets rid of or destroys something. It's not directly about us. We want to assassinate all these preconceived notions about where the metal community feels we belong in music and want to do our own thing. And what we do is black meddle."^[1]

The band uploaded "Your True Enemy", a song from Assassins, onto their MySpace page in February of 2008, and the title track "Assassins" in April.[1]

Daymare Recordings will be releasing a Japanese version of Assassins: Black Meddle, Part 1 with bonus tracks on June 20, 2008.

1 Track listing
2 Reception
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Track listing

"One of These Nights" – 1:50
"Assassins" – 8:07
"Ghosts of Grace" – 4:49
"Away from Light" – 2:19
"Your True Enemy" – 4:15
"Code Negative" – 6:48
"Omnivore" - 5:05
"Seasick, Part I: Drowned at Dusk" – 4:52
"Seasick, Part II: Oceanborne" - 2:48
"Seasick, Part III: Silent Sunrise" - 4:12

[edit] Reception

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