A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

Infobox Album |
Name = A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors
Type = demo
Artist = 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)
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfqxz9hldke link]
*Pitchfork Media (8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48291-defective-epitaph-a-gate-through-bloodstained-mirrors link]
* The Metal Observer (8.5/10) [http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=7689 link]
Last album = "A Darkened Winter"
(2001)
This album = "A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors"
(2001)
Next album = "Xasthur / Acid Enema split"
(2002)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Total Holocaust Records re-release

"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 [citeweb
url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfqxz9hldke
author=Eduardo Rivadavia
title=Allmusic review
accessdate=2008-07-05] . 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).

Track listing of the original demo (2001)

#Intro - 01:16
#Moon Shrouded in Misery, Part 1 - 6:46
#Suicide in Dark Serenity - 10:39
#Dwell Beneath the Woods of Evil - 5:14
#Cursed Be the Memory of Light - 7:04
#Possession of Desolate Magick - 5:40
#Storms of Red Revenge - 4:16
#A Spell Within the Winds - 4:34
#Summon the End of Time - 4:52
#Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors - 8:32
#Kingdom of Burning Crucifixions - 4:21
#Moon Shrouded in Misery, Part 2 - 1:47
#Black Spell of Destruction / Channeling the Power of Souls Into a New God - 7:34

Note: Track 13 are 2 Burzum covers.

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. Reviewer Charles Theel mentions that the material "has been heavily remixed including the removal of many vocal parts" [citeweb
url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=7689
author=Charles Theel
title=The Metal Observer review
accessdate=2008-05-13] . This remixed version was also used for the vinyl and double-CD editions (2004 and 2008).

Track listing

#Intro (1:25)
#Moon Shrouded In Misery (Part I) - 7:19
#Suicide In Dark Serenity - 12:27
#Dwelling Beneath The Woods - 5:29
#Cursed Be The Memory Of Light - 7:28
#Possession Of Desolate Magick - 5:47
#Spell Within The Winds - 4:47
#Storms Of Red Revenge - 2:45
#Eternal Empire Of Majesty Death - 7:17
#A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors - 8:40
#Kingdom Of Burning Crucifixions - 4:43
#Moon Shrouded In Misery (Part II) - 2:09
#Black Spell Of Destruction (Version I) - 6:14
#Lost Behind Bloodstained Mirrors (Outro) - 0:45

Notes: Track 9 is a Mütiilation cover. Track 13 is a Burzum cover.

Release history

References

External links

* [http://www.xasthur.mercurous.net/agtbm.html album page] on Xasthur's official website
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=12072 album page] on Encyclopaedia Metallum
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1246420 original release] on discogs.com
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/585561 2004 CD reissue] on discogs.com
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1334560 2004 double-vinyl reissue] on discogs.com
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/1245394 2008 double-CD reissue] on discogs.com