Upon Promeathean Shores is the first full-length album by the British black metal band Hecate Enthroned

Hecate Enthroned

Hecate Enthroned are a symphonic black metal band from Cheshire, England.-Biography :The band formed in 1993 under the name Daemonum by singer Jon and guitarist Nigel, as a black/death metal hybrid. After a few practices and recording a demo, vocalist Jon left the band after taking up an offer to...

. It was released in Europe by Blackend Records/Plastic Head, and in America by Death Records, a subsidiary of Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

. This is essentially their Ode for a Haunted Wood demo remastered and released as the first album under their record label.

Stylistically this found the band in a more "true" black metal sound, with squashed production, growled vocals, raging tempos, blast-beats and symphonic arrangements. Accusations of the band being a "Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth

Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...

rip-off" began to manifest as the band's name got bigger.

By the second album, the band would replace their drummer, keyboardist, and guitarist.

On the side packaging for the Death Records release, the album's title is misspelled as "Upon Promeatheau Shores".

Production

Recorded summer 95, remixed winter 95 at Academy Studios, Dewsbury, Yorkshire.

Engineered by Mags, Produced and Mixed by Mags and Hecate Enthroned.

Art Direction by Hecate Enthroned and pod communication.

Track listing

All music by Hecate Enthroned

All lyrics by Jon, concepts by Marc and Jon

1. "Promeathea - Thy Darkest Mask Of Surreality" (Intro)
2. "The Crimson Thorns (My Immortal Dreams)"
3. "A Graven Winter"
4. "To Feed Upon Thy Dreams"
5. "An Ode For A Haunted Wood"
6. "Through Spell-binding Branches (Deepest Witchcraft)" (Outro)

Line-up

• Nigel - Guitars
• Jon - Vocals
• Marc - Guitars
• Craig - Drums
• Paul - Bass
• Michael - Keyboards