Tara (album)
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Tara is the fourth album by black/thrash metal band Absu.
It was released on May 23rd, 2001 by Osmose Productions
. A remastered edition was supposed to come out in September 2007 but was delayed until March of 2009. It contains the In the Eyes of Ioldánach
EP
as bonus tracks.
2009 Digipack Re-release Bonus Tracks
It was released on May 23rd, 2001 by Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions
Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...
. A remastered edition was supposed to come out in September 2007 but was delayed until March of 2009. It contains the In the Eyes of Ioldánach
In the Eyes of Ioldánach
In the Eyes of Ioldánach is an EP by black metal band Absu.It was released in 1998 by Osmose Productions. In March of 2009, the EP was re-released with the 2001 album Tara in a digipak.-Credits:*Proscriptor - Drums and Vocals...
EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
as bonus tracks.
Track listing
All music composed by Shaftiel except where noted.-
- Phase One: "Ioldanach's Pedagogy"
- "Tara" (Shannon) - 1:57
- "Pillars of Mercy" - 4:22
- "A Shield With an Iron Face" - 3:22
- "Manannán" - 6:39
- "The Cognate House of Courtly Witches Lies West of County Meath" - 4:19
- "She Cries the Quiet Lake" - 4:11
- "Yrp Lluyddawe" - 1:52
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- "Phase Two: "The Cythraul Klan's Scrutiny"
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- "From Ancient Times (Starless Skies Burn to Ash)" - 3:54
- "Four Crossed Wands (Spell 181)" - 4:47
- "Vorago (Spell 182)" - 5:46
- "Bron (Of the Waves)" - 1:32
- "Stone of Destiny (...for Magh Slecht and Ard Righ)" - 7:47
- "Tara (Recapitulation)" (Shannon) - 1:46
2009 Digipack Re-release Bonus Tracks
- "V.I.T.R.I.O.L."
- "Hallstatt"
- "Manannán"
- "Never Blow Out The Eastern Candle"
Absu
- Shaftiel - LeadLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, RhythmRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, AcousticAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
& BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Guitars, Voice - Equitant Ifernain - Electric BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Sir Proscriptor McGovern - Voices, Drums, Percussion and Analog Synthesizers
Additional Personnel
- Sir Don Shannon - Bagpipes
- Sir Vincent Rossi - Acoustic guitar, Mandolin
- David HarbourPaul David HarbourPaul David Harbour is an American musician, virtuoso bass guitar player, piano and guitar player, and a composer from Dallas, TX. He collaborated with renowned guitarists David T. Chastain, Michael Harris and Tony MacAlpine...
- Additional keyboards and piano - Masthema Mazziqim - Additional vocals
- Ronnie Trent - Additional vocals
- Ashmedi (MelecheshMelecheshMelechesh is a Assyrian-Armenian black metal band that originated in Jerusalem. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added to the line-up...
) - Additional vocals