Damascus Steel
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Damascus Steel is the fourth full-length studio album by the United Kingdom
-based experimental black metal
band The Meads of Asphodel
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-based experimental black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band The Meads of Asphodel
The Meads of Asphodel
The Meads of Asphodel are an experimental black metal band with pronounced medieval and Eastern influences from Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.-Biography:...
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Track listing
- "Psalm 666 (Intro)" - 2:32
- "Creed of Abraham" - 5:46
- "Hollow Womb of Suicide" - 2:53
- "Sword of the East" - 6:53
- "Satanic Black Nubian Pharaohs" - 6:39
- "Wonderful World" - 2:17
- "The Gods Who Mock Us" - 5:27
- "Behold the Kindred Battle Carcasses Strewn Across the Bloodied Dunes of Gilgamesh Mute in the Frenzied Clamour of Death's Rolling Tongue and Ravenous Bursting Steel" - 11:01
- "Beyond Death and Darkness" - 17:57
- "Sword of the East" is a cover of a song done by HawkwindHawkwindHawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
. - "Wonderful World" is a cover of the song done by Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
, with the lyrics being almost completely changed. - "Beyond Death and Darkness" is a bonus track that is an updated version of a song found on the Metatron and the Gleaming Red Serpent demo.