Cries from the Quiet World

miércoles, 20 de mayo de 2026

Eternal Oath "Re-Released Hatred (Russia, Mystic Empire, MYST CD 175)"

Eternal Oath is a Swedish Symphonic/Melodic Death Metal band, formed in 1991 in Stockholm, Sweden. In their 15-year existence, they released three albums, one demo, one EP and one compilation album. The group had been in the process of recording a fourth album, but ultimately disbanded in January 2007. In 2011, the band reunited and released a new album in 2013.

Two notable past members include Peter Nagy (former multi-instrumentalist for Mörk Gryning) and Ted Lundström (current Amon Amarth bassist).

Re-Released Hatred is a compilation album (So Silent and Through The Eyes Of Hatred on one CD), released in 2006.

Tracklist:

The Dawn 04:56
Harmonic Souls Departed 03:47
So Silent 05:04
Insanity 04:43
Eternal Rest 05:02
Dream of Rising 04:28
Beyond Forgiveness 03:37
Without Tears 05:47
Angel of Deception 04:04
When the Dreams Die 04:02
The Funeral Winds 05:31
Lost Somewhere Between 04:04
Through the Eyes of Hatred 04:34
The Secret Flame 04:33
Soulpoem 03:57
The Fevered Circle (At the Gates cover) 04:32

Time: 01:12:41

Tracks 1-6 taken from So Silent.

Tracks 7-15 taken from Through the Eyes of Hatred.

Track 16 taken from Slaughterous Souls - A Tribute to At The Gates (2004)

Esoteric "Parangon Of Dissonance (2CDS, France, Season Of Mist, SOM 248)"

Paragon of Dissonance is the sixth studio album by the British doom metal band Esoteric. It is a double album and was released in 2011 through Season of Mist Records. A two-disc vinyl edition of the album was released through Finnish label Svart Records on 25 April 2012.

For unknown reasons, long-time guitarist Gordon Bicknell temporarily left the group early during the recording sessions, the only track that features Bicknell is "Non Being". The majority of the album was written between Greg Chandler, Gordon Bicknell, and Jim Nolan.

Track listing:

Disc one

"Abandonment" Chandler, Nolan 13:34
"Loss of Will" Chandler 7:05
"Cipher" Nolan, Bodossian 9:15
"Non Being" Bicknell, Chandler 15:30

Total length: 45:24

Disc two

"Aberration" Chandler 15:44
"Disconsolate" Chandler, Nolan 15:33
"Torrent of Ills" Chandler 13:37

Total length: 44:54

Total time: 90:18

Recording information:

Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered at Priory Recording Studios, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, England, UK during May/June 2011.

Produced by Esoteric.

Mauro Berchi – graphics, layout

Kati Astraeir – artwork

Esoteric "The Maniacal Vale (2CDS, France, Season Of Mist, SOM 172)"

The Maniacal Vale is the fifth studio album by the British funeral doom metal band Esoteric. It is a double album and was released on 26 June 2008 through French label Season of Mist.

Track listing

All songs credited to Esoteric. Actual writers listed below.

Disc 1

"Circle (Greg Chandler, Gordon Bicknell)" 20:45
"Beneath This Face (Chandler)" 11:21
"Quickening (Chandler, Oliver Goyet)" 12:18
"Caucus of Mind (Bicknell)" 7:21

Total length: 51:45

Disc 2

"Silence (Chandler)" 15:44
"The Order of Destiny (Chandler, Bicknell)" 11:32
"Ignotum Per Ignotius (Mark Bodossian)" 22:42

Total length: 49:58

The album was available from the band (on tour) in May 2008.

Release date in the US: July 9th, 2008.

Recording information:

Recorded in 2008.

Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, England, UK.

Artwork by Kati Astraeir.

Esoteric "Subconscious Dissolution Into The Continuum (France, Season Of Mist, SOM 085)"

Subconscious Dissolution Into the Continuum is the fourth studio album by the British doom metal band Esoteric. It was released on 28 June 2004 through Season of Mist records, and is engineered, mixed and mastered by Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios. Artwork by Chris Peters.

Track listing

"Morphia" 15:56
"The Blood of the Eyes" 12:38
"Grey Day" 17:05
"Arcane Dissolution" 5:18

Total length: 50:57

Recording information:

Recorded in 2004.

Engineered, mixed and mastered by Esoteric at Priory Recording Studios, Canwell, Sutton Coldfield, England, UK in 2004.

Esoteric "Metamorphogenesis (Italy, Eibon Records, ESO015)"

Metamorphogenesis is the third studio album by the British doom metal band Esoteric. It was released in August 1999 through Eibon records.

Track listing

"Dissident" 17:17
"The Secret of the Secret" 15:11
"Psychotropic Transgression" 11:47

Total length: 44:15

Recording information:

Mastered at Strype Audio (Oslo, Norway).

Esoteric "The Pernicious Enigma (2004 Reissue, UK, Aesthetic Death, ADCD 004)"

The Pernicious Enigma is the second studio album by the British doom metal band Esoteric. It was released in 1997 through Aesthetic Death Records. The Pernicious Enigma comprises two discs with a total running time of an hour and 55 minutes.

The album has received much praise since its release, and is seen as one of the band's best works. It has been cited to have helped influence the funeral doom and death-doom genres. The album would later be remastered and released as a three-disc vinyl set in 2016, limited to only 600 copies. A CD edition based on this remaster was issued in 2018.

The album was recorded at Rich Bitch Studios during the month of July 1996 and was mixed in October the same year, starting on the 9th and ending on the 15th. Mixing duties were held by the band itself, while the production and engineering featured the band being assisted by Steve Wilson. Anthony Brewer was hired as a session drummer to record on a few tracks on the album. The album was mastered at Strype Audio Studios, Oslo, Norway by Tom Kvalsvoll. The track "NOXBC9701040" was improvised in studio on 21 July 1996.

For the remaster, the album was mixed and mastered by Greg Chandler in 2015. Kevin Metcalfe also helped cut the lacquer used for the record manufacturing for the album at Soundmasters, London, United Kingdom.

Track listing:

Disc one