The Book of the Dead

by Ars Nova

The Book of the Dead cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1998
  • Label: Musea
  • Country: Japan
  • Length: 44:17
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Keiko Kumagai, Akiko Takahashi, Numero Ueno, Ken Ishita

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Heavily inspired by the ELP-style classical rock of the 1970s, the Japanese all-female trio reached their creative peak with this grandly ambitious concept album. Focused on Egyptian mythology, the entirely instrumental recording is dominated by Keiko Kumagai's virtuosic, highly aggressive keyboard wizardry and complex, symphonic arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: technical, progressive, instrumental, mythology

Tracklist

  1. Prologue: Re (1:35)
  2. Ankh (5:11)
  3. Interlude 1: Nut (1:11)
  4. The 42 Gods (5:15)
  5. Interlude 2: Anubis (0:40)
  6. Held of Iaru (10:43)
  7. Interlude 3: Sekhem (1:03)
  8. The Judgement of Osiris (7:41)
  9. Interlude 4: Nephthys (0:33)
  10. Ani's Heart and Maat's Feather (9:20)
  11. Epilogue: Hapi (1:01)

Credits

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