Description
Reduced price due to a big barcode sticker on the backside
Limited cassette box featuring the first four albums, a poster and a patch. Limited 500 copies
First formed as Dolmen in 1989 by Shaftiel (vocals/guitar/bass) and Equitant Ifernain (lead guitar, bass), the black/death metal band Absu hails from the least likely of extreme metal watering grounds: Dallas, Texas. By 1991, the name change to Absu (borrowed from ancient Mesopotamian beliefs) had taken effect, two demos, ‘Immortal Sorcery’ and ‘Return of the Ancients’ were in the can, and independent labels were now showing interest in the self-proclaimed ‘mythological occult metal’ group. Its when drummer/vocalist Proscriptor (a.k.a. Russ R. Givens) joins that the band finds its style. Proscriptors academic lyrics and songwriting begins to dominate the band, starting with Barathrum. In 1993 there wasn’t so common to play black metal in the States and especially to have a different sound than the dominant force of the early ’90s (Norway). Having a wealthy background in the underground, Absu showed a strange attraction for the occult in their early days and Barathrum features some rough, aggressive and with explosive fast rhythms black metal. The band continued their occult ride with The Sun Of Tiphareth before taking a more intellectual approach with The Third Storm Of Cythraul, drawing inspiration from ancient Middle Eastern mythology and the celtic history with their fourth album Tara, that even included bagpipes.
Track list:
Cassette 1: Barathrum
1. An Involution Of Thorns
2. Descent To Acheron (Evolving Into The Progression Of Woe)
3. An Equinox Of Fathomless Disheartenment
4. The Thrice Is Greatest To Ninnigal
5. Infinite And Profane Thrones
6. Fantasizing To The Third Of The Pagan Vision (Qouth The Sky, Nevermore Act III)
7. An Evolution Of Horns
Cassette 2: The Sun Of Tiphareth
1. Apzu
2. Feis Mor Tin Na N’Og (Across The North Sea To Visnech)
3. Cyntefyn’s Fountain
4. A Quest For The 77th Novel
5. Our Lust For The Lunar Plains (Nox Luna Industris)
6. The Coming Of War
7. The Sun Of Tiphareth
Cassette 3: The Third Storm Of Cythraul
1. Prelusion To Cythraul including …And Shineth Unto The Cold Cometh…
2. Highland Tyrant Attack
3. A Magician’s Lapis-Lazuli
4. Swords And Leather
5. The Winter Zephyr (Within Kingdoms Of Mist)
6. Morbid Scream
7. Customs Of Tasseomancy (Quoth The Sky, Nevermore) Act 1
8. Intelligence Towards The Crown
9. Of Celtic Fire, We Are Born incl. Terminus (In the Eyes Of Ioldanach)
Cassette 4: Tara
1. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- Tara
2. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- Pillars Of Mercy
3. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- A Shield With An Iron Face
4. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- Manannan
5. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- The Cognate House Of Courtly Witches Lies West Of County Meath
6. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- She Cries The Quiet Lake
7. Phase One: Ioldanachs Pedagogy- Yrp Lluyddawc
8. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klans Scrutiny- From Ancient Times (Starless Skies Burn To Ash)
9. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klans Scrutiny- Four Crossed Wands (Spell 181)
10. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klans Scrutiny- Vorago (Spell 182)
11. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klans Scrutiny- Bron (Of The Waves)
12. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klans Scrutiny- Stone Of Destiny (…For Magh Slecht And Ard Righ)
13. Phase Two: The Cythraul Klans Scrutiny- Tara (Recapitulation)