The Chthonic Chronicles

by Bal-Sagoth

The Chthonic Chronicles cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 March 2006
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:39
  • Community rating: 3.31/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Chris Maudling, Jonny Maudling, Jaap Waagemaker, Achim K枚hler, Byron Roberts, Dan Mullins, Mark Greenwell

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the final chapter in their sprawling conceptual hexalogy, 'The Chthonic Chronicles' presents Bal-Sagoth's trademark symphonic black metal[cite: 8]. The album is densely layered with heroic keyboards, hyper-fast drumming, and complex spoken-word narratives that merge epic fantasy with dark science fiction[cite: 8].

Genres

Descriptors: fantasy, melodic

Tracklist

  1. The Sixth Adulation of His Chthonic Majesty (4:19)
  2. Invocations Beyond the Outer-World Night (5:25)
  3. Six Score and Ten Oblations to a Malefic Avatar (6:07)
  4. The Obsidian Crown Unbound (5:58)
  5. The Fallen Kingdoms of the Abyssal Plain (4:38)
  6. Shackled to the Trilithon of Kutulu (4:01)
  7. The Hammer of the Emperor (6:58)
  8. Unfettering the Hoary Sentinels of Karnak (4:21)
  9. To Storm the Cyclopean Gates of Byzantium (4:57)
  10. Arcana Antediluvia (5:07)
  11. Beneath the Crimson Vaults of Cydonia (5:14)
  12. Return to Hatheg-Kla (3:27)

Credits

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