Phantasmagore

Phantasmagore is the 2006 follow-up to 2002's Commencement, the debut album of rock band Deadsy. It was released August 22, 2006 through Immortal Records. Phantasmagore had been delayed numerous times since its original release date in 2004, citing label issues and overall complications. A video shoot for the original choice for first single, "Book of Black Dreams" was planned for June, but had to be rescheduled, and was later canceled when director Kenneth Anger actually heard the band's music. The official first single slated for release is 'Carrying Over', which will be released in two forms, the album version, and the acoustic version from the Family Values 2006 compilation album..

The album leaked on or around July 31, 2006. This could be due to the band selling copies of the album while on the Family Values Tour, before the actual public release of the album.

1 Miscellaneous
2 Track listing
3 B-sides
4 Personnel
5 External links

[edit] Miscellaneous

Track 9 ("Phantasmagore") contains elements from Tangerine Dream's "No Future (Get Off the Babysitter)" from the Risky Business original soundtrack.
Track 10 ("Time") was originally titled "Sands of Time" and contains elements of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song". The synthesizer melody is a direct melodic reference to the song, and the accompanying guitar riffs may be somewhat derived from the song as well.

[edit] Track listing

"Razor Love" (3:02)
"Carrying Over" (3:50)
"Babes in Abyss" (3:15)
"Paint It Black" (3:19)
"Better than You Know" (5:37)
"Book of Black Dreams" (3:32)
"Asura" (3:24)
"The Last Story Ever" (3:33)
"Phantasmagore" (5:04)
"Time" (3:08)
"Health & Theory" (4:55)

[edit] B-sides

There are several tracks which were recorded but did not make it onto the album. A demo of one of these, Colossus, was given to Myspace members who participated in a promotional effort. There have been rumors that there will be a special edition of the CD in the future featuring extended artwork and additional tracks, but no announcements have been made by the band regarding these rumors. The following tracks have been mentioned by the band in various interviews, yet did not appear on the album:

Do You Want it All?
Comforter Cave
Heaven & Earth
Acacia
Dreamcrusher

"Friends" was released exclusively on iTunes. Other tracks are rumored to be released in other means of promotion. The track "My Only Friend" appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Winter Passing and was recorded along with the Phantasmagore tracks. It is a cover song, written and originally recorded by The Magnetic Fields.

"Strength of Mind" is the newest Demo to have surfaced.

Also rumored for inclusion was the track "Dreamcrusher" which existed as an incomplete demo mp3 officially released by the band around the time of Commencement as "A taste of things to come". The track has been said to be still being worked on. A band member commented that it "needs a lot of work."