Ethereal Menace is the third album by the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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Gothic rock

Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

 band The Awakening

The Awakening (band)

The Awakening is an alternative rock band from Johannesburg, South Africa, formed in 1995 by vocalist, guitarist and producer Ashton Nyte. The band is credited in the press as "South Africa's most successful Gothic Rock act and one of the top bands in the far broader Alternative scene." The band...

 released in July 1999. The album utilizes elements of industrial music, a style later later dubbed as "dark future rock" by Nyte

Ashton Nyte

Ashton Nyte is a South African born singer, songwriter, producer, composer and front man of the South African alternative rock band The Awakening. Nyte has released five solo albums both as Ashton Nyte and Ashton Nyte and the Accused in addition to his numerous releases as The Awakening...

. Another music video was produced by South African Music Awards

South African Music Awards

The South African Music Awards are an annual award ceremony, run by the Recording Industry of South Africa , where accolades are presented to members of South Africa's music industry. Winners receive a statuette is called a SAMA. The event was established in 1995...

 winner, director Eban Olivier's Concrete Productions, for the single "The March." The video was placed in rotation on MTV Europe

MTV Europe

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Recording

In November 1998, the album Ethereal Menace was written, performed, engineered, and produced by Ashton Nyte, and mastered by Graham Handley at Street 16.

Track listing

All songs written by Ashton Nyte

Ashton Nyte

Ashton Nyte is a South African born singer, songwriter, producer, composer and front man of the South African alternative rock band The Awakening. Nyte has released five solo albums both as Ashton Nyte and Ashton Nyte and the Accused in addition to his numerous releases as The Awakening...

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1. "In Etherea"
2. "Naked"
3. "Chains"
4. "Wasted Miracle"
5. "Still the Sun"
6. "Sentimental Runaways"
7. "Nostalgia"
8. "The March (part 1)"
9. "The March (part 2)"
10. "Dreams on Fire"