Death's Design

Death's Design
Studio album by Diabolical Masquerade
Released	2 March 2001
Genre	Ambient Avant-garde metal Extreme metal
Length	43:23
Label	Avantgarde Music Century Media Records
Producer	Dan Swanö
Diabolical Masquerade chronology
Nightwork (1998) Death's Design (2001)

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Death's Design is Blakkheim's fourth and final album, released under the moniker of Diabolical Masquerade and his most experimental. The album is broken up into 20 movements, the shortest of which is just 6 seconds long. Also the album seems to be without genre, changing directions many times. According to the last update of Blakkheim's website it was to be an original motion picture soundtrack to a movie that was never made but that turned out to be a prank on everyone by Blakkheim. The European version features 61 tracks while the US release has 36, both have a similar lengths.

Track listing

1st movement

1. Nerves in Rush - 0:06

2. Death Ascends - The Hunt (Part I) - 00:15

3. You Can't Hide Forever - 00:24

4. Right on Time for Murder - The Hunt (Part II) - 01:31

2nd movement

5. Conscious in no Materia - 00:39

6. A Different Plane - 00:21

7. Invisible to Us - 00:40

8. The One Who Hides a Face Inside - 01:09

3rd movement

9. ... And Don't Ever Listen to What it Says - 00:56

10. Revelation of the Puzzle - 00:56

11. Human Prophecy - 00:20

12. Where the Suffering Leads - 00:18

4th movement

13. The Remains of Galactic Expulsions - 00:11

14. With Panic in the Heart - 00:22

15. Out from the Dark - 00:45

16. Still Coming at You - 00:29

17. Out from a Deeper Dark - 00:27

5th movement

18. Spinning Back the Clocks - 01:42

6th movement

19. Soaring Over Dead Rooms - 02:18

7th movement

20. The Enemy is the Earth - 00:35

21. Recall - 00:13

22. All Exits Blocked - 00:35

23. The Memory is Weak - 00:11

24. Struck at Random / Outermost Fear - 00:19

25. Sparks of Childhood Coming Back - 00:27

8th movement

26. Old People's Voodoo Seance - 01:24

27. Mary-Lee Goes Crazy - 00:31

28. Something Has Arrived - 00:15

29. Possession of the Voodoo Party - 00:46

9th movement

30. Not of Flesh, Not of Blood - 00:49

31. Intact with a Human Psyche - 01:02

32. Keeping Faith - 01:06

10th movement

33. Someone Knows What Scares You - 00:29

34. A Bad Case of Nerves - 00:50

35. The Inverted Dream / No Sleep in Peace - 00:16

36. Information - 00:16

37. Setting the Course - 00:52

11th movement

38. Ghost Inhabitants - 00:49

39. Fleeing from Town - 01:01

40. Overlooked Parts - 00:50

12th movement

41. A New Spark - Victory Theme (Part I) - 00:48

42. Hope - Victory Theme (Part II) - 01:00

43. Family Portraits - Victory Theme (Part III) - 00:35

13th movement

44. Smokes Start to Churn - 00:08

45. Hesitant Behaviour - 01:35

46. A Hurricane of Rotten Air - 00:18

14th movement

47. Mastering the Clock - 00:54

15th movement

48. They Come, You Go - 02:10

16th movement

49. Haared El Chamon - 00:19

50. The Egyptian Resort - 00:35

51. The Pyramid - 00:23

52. Frenzy Moods and Other Oddities - 01:10

17th movement

53. Still Part of the Design - The Hunt (Part III) - 00:17

54. Definite Departure - 00:36

18th movement

55. Returning to Haared El Chamon - 00:45

56. Life Eater - 00:32

57. The Pulze - 00:27

58. The Defiled Feeds - 00:35

19th movement

59. The River in Space - 00:56

60. A Soulflight Back to Life - 01:17

20th movement

61. Instant Rebirth - Alternate Ending - 00:05

Credits

Diabolical Masquerade

• Blakkheim - rhythm/lead/ acoustic and midi guitars,ambiances and vocals
• Dan Swanö - Keyboards, ambiences and lead guitar solo on "Keeping Faith" plus keyboard solo on "A Hurricane Of Rotten Air" (Session musician)
• Sean C. Bates - Drums and percussion (Session musician)
• Ingmar Döhn - Bass guitar (Session musician)

The Maalten Quartet, Estonia

• Artieer Garsnek - violin #1
• Jaak Gunst - violin #2
• Heiki Schmolski - violin #3
• Elmo Meltz - viola

Other Personnel

• AAG (Dag Swanö)^[1] - Guitar solo on "Possession Of The Voodoo Party", "Frenzy Moods And Other Oddities", "They Come, You Go", "Still Part Of The Design - The Hunt (Part III)" and "The Defiled Feeds"
• Patrik Sesfors - jazz guitar on "Overlooked Parts" and "Mastering The Clock"
• Konstantin Uweholst - cello
• Jaari Fleger - grand piano

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