A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors is a 2001

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 demo by the American

United States

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 black metal

Black metal

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 one-man-band Xasthur

Xasthur

Xasthur was a Californian one-man black metal band formed in 1995 by Scott Conner, who goes by the pseudonym "Malefic". Although similar in terms of low-fi production and the wearing of corpse paint, musically and lyrically Xasthur's focus is usually not on paganism, Satanism or anti-Christian...

. Reviews of that release, first published by Profane Productions as a limited CD-R

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 edition of 150 copies, proved to be positive, comparing the material to old Graveland

Graveland

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 and Burzum

Burzum

Burzum is a musical project by Varg Vikernes . It began during 1991 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene...

. 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

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 (double-CD release, the second CD containing further rare material, 2008). The record is rumored to have influenced at least one suicide.

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
    Burzum
    Burzum is a musical project by Varg Vikernes . It began during 1991 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene...
    
     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

Mütiilation

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 cover. Track 13 is a Burzum

Burzum

Burzum is a musical project by Varg Vikernes . It began during 1991 in Bergen, Norway and quickly became prominent within the early Norwegian black metal scene...

 cover.

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalog Nr.
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	12 September 2001	Ma-Kahru / Profane Productions	mono Monaural Monaural or monophonic sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or channels are fed from a common signal path...  CD-R CD-R A CD-R is a variation of the Compact Disc invented by Philips and Sony. CD-R is a Write Once Read Many optical medium, though the whole disk does not have to be entirely written in the same session....  (150 copies)	profanecdr 001
Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....	2004	Total Holocaust Records	Remaster Remaster Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began... ed cassette	thr-048
			Remaster Remaster Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began... ed CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...  (1000 copies)	thr-050
France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	31 August 2004	Debemur Morti Prod.	Remaster Remaster Remaster is a word marketed mostly in the digital audio age, although the remastering process has existed since recording began... ed double-12" (500 copies)	DMP0003
United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	29 January 2008	Hydra Head Records Hydra Head Records Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in heavy metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner in 1993...	double CD	HH666-150

External links

• album page on Xasthur's official website
• album page on Encyclopaedia Metallum
  Encyclopaedia Metallum
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• original release on discogs.com
• 2004 CD reissue on discogs.com
• 2004 double-vinyl reissue on discogs.com
• 2008 double-CD reissue on discogs.com