A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

Cover to the original edition of the album
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)
Xasthur chronology

A Darkened Winter
(2001)		 A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors
(2001)		 Xasthur / Acid Enema split
(2002)
Total Holocaust Records re-release
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Pitchfork Media (8/10) link

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.[1] 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). The record is rumored to have influenced at least one suicide.[2]

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 Burzum cover.

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. The remixed version was used for the vinyl and double-CD editions (2004 and 2008).

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.

Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalog Nr.
United States September 12, 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 August 31, 2004 Debemur Morti Prod. Remastered double-12" (500 copies) DMP0003
United States January 29, 2008 Hydra Head Records double CD HH666-150

References

  1. ↑ Eduardo Rivadavia. "Allmusic review". Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  2. ↑ US. "Xasthur | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved February 17, 2012.

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