Ophthalamia "A Journey In Darkness"

Ophthalamia was formed in 1989 by singer All and guitarist IT, both also active in the musical groups Abruptum and Vondur. The band named themselves Ophthalamia after a fantasy-world created by IT. He created and named the geography, the land's creatures and a language for Ophthalamians. The Goddess of this world is a demon woman called Elishia. Almost all songs written by the band are connected in some way to this fantasy-world, until their last album, which was inspired by Macbeth.

A Journey In Darkness is their first full-length, released in 1994.

Tracklist:

1. A Cry from the Halls of Blood / Empire of Lost Dreams 02:26   
2. Enter the Darkest Thoughts of the Chosen / Agony's Silent Paradise 07:12
3. Journey in Darkness / Entering the Forest 06:26  
4. Shores of Kaa-Ta-Nu / The Eternal Walk (Part II) 05:36  
5. A Lonely Soul / Hymn to a Dream 00:50  
6. Little Child of Light / Degradation of Holyness 09:54   
7. Castle of No Repair / Lies from a Blackened Heart 05:06   
8. This Is the Pain Called Sorrow / To the Memory of Me 08:23  
9. I Summon Thee, Oh Father / Death Embrace Me 01:56   

Time:  47:49  

Reissued by Avantgarde Music, release date unknown (somewhere 2000-2007), difference in matrix.

Recording information:

Recorded in Spring 1993 at Unisound Studio, Sweden.

Produced by Dan Swanö and Ophthalamia.