Bal-Sagoth "A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria (2016 Reissue, Remastered, UK, Cacophonous Records, NIHIL 53CD)"

A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria, is Bal-Sagoth's 1995 debut album after their 1993 demo. The album was recorded in a two-week period in June 1994, but due to label problems the album was released almost a year later. The name Lemuria comes from a hypothetical land mass in the Indian Ocean. The keyboard intro on this album was written and performed by Keith Appleton, the proprietor of Academy Music Studio, the studio where the album was recorded.

On 13 May 2016 the album was re-released by Cacophonous Records as a special edition CD featuring remastered audio, expanded lyric booklet, new sleeve notes and exclusive new artwork.

'A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria' remains the only one of the band's Cacophonous era albums to have been given a vinyl release, first in 1995 as a single disc LP, and then as a double vinyl gatefold edition in 2016.

In January 2018 the album was issued as a limited edition cassette version by the Malaysian label Diabolicurst Productions under license from Cacophonous Records. The edition was limited to just 100 copies.

Tracklist:

1. Hatheg Kla 02:01   
2. Dreaming of Atlantean Spires 06:15  
3. Spellcraft & Moonfire (Beyond the Citadel of Frosts) 07:11   
4. A Black Moon Broods over Lemuria 09:53
5. Enthroned in the Temple of the Serpent Kings 05:09
6. Shadows 'Neath the Black Pyramid 06:31  
7. Witch-Storm 05:08
8. The Ravening 02:53
9. Into the Silent Chambers of the Sapphirean Throne (Sagas from the Antediluvian Scrolls) 08:26   
10. Valley of Silent Paths 01:35

Time:  55:02  

Reissued with remastered sound, new artwork by Martin Hanford and new layout.

Comes with 16 page booklet. with revised text and illustrations.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Academy Studios June/July 1994.

Remastered by Danny [Pentagram Chile] at HVR Studios.