The Third Storm of Cythraul
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The Third Storm of Cythraul is the third full length studio album
by the black metal
band Absu. It was released on Osmose Productions
in 1997.
Digipak Bonus Track
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the 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 Absu. It was released on 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...
in 1997.
Track listing
- All Songs Written & Arranged By Absu, except where noted.
- "Prelusion to Cythraul featuring...and Shineth Unto the Cold Cometh... - (6:48)
- "Highland Tyrant Attack" - (4:48)
- "A Magician's Lapis-Lazuli" - (3:08)
- "Swords and Leather" - (3:08)
- "The Winter Zephyr (...Within Kingdoms of Mist)" - (2:59)
- "Morbid Scream" - (2:10) (Trent White)
- "Customs of Tasseomancy (Quoth the Sky, Nevermore - Act I)" - (3:59)
- "Intelligence Towards the Crown" - (1:56)
- "...of Celtic Fire, We Are Born/Terminus (...in the Eyes of Ioldánach)" - (8:32)
Digipak Bonus Track
- "Akhera Goiti - Akhera Beiti (One Black Opalith for Tomorrow)" - (7:26)
Personnel
- Shaftiel - Electric Lead & Bass Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Voice
- Equitant Ifernain - Electric Lead and Bass Guitars
- Proscriptor McGovern - Drums, Percussion, Gong, Bells and Voice
Production
- Arranged & Produced By Absu
- Executive Producer: Osmose Productions
- Recorded & Engineered By Absu & Alex Gerst
- Assistant Engineer: Gary Long
- Edited & Mastered By Peter Clark