1. Introduction
2. The Triumvirate’s Flight to Nippur
3. A Message Blows East on Sumerian Winds
4. Plaguewood
5. The Great Battle at the Ruins of Ninurta’s Temple
6. Enki (The Ascendance of the Three to the Immortal Seats), including: a) Anu and b) Eternal Revitalisation
7. Epilogue
As regards the concept of the extended play [taken from an interview with Luke Hayhurst of Northern Darkness Magazine]:
"It follows a trio of sorcerers in ancient Sumer (where modern-day Iraq exists) who are summoned to the temple of the god Enlil, who informs them that his Tablet of Destinies (the relic that enables him to be universally recognised as the Supreme deity) has been stolen by the Anzû bird. Now, in traditional Sumerian folklore, the story goes that Enlil sent his son Ninurta (the God of War), who slew the bird and retrieved the Tablet for his father. In our version, Anzû entered the Acausal realm (described in our lyrics more primitively, as a 'spirit world') and slew Enlil's son Ninurta in his temple. The sorcerers consume high quantities of ayahuasca (dimethyltriptamine) under instruction from Enlil, and thus enter the spirit world. They arrive in Plaguewood, a disease-ridden forest bound by eternal night in which they are attacked by five horrific creatures. After the leader of the sorcerers, Quiblis, rids the forest of the five, light once again shines in the forest and they can find the way to Ninurta's temple. There, they encounter Anzû; two sorcerers [Vvorth and J'amaek] are killed, though Quiblis successfully slays the bird. Afterwards, he re-enters the world of matter and delivers the Tablet to Enlil, though Quiblis ultimately succumbs to the lethal dose of ayahuasca and dies also"
Cat number: LAR019
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released August 27, 2015
Dominator Xul'Ahabra - Vocals; electric lead guitar; electric rhythm guitar; electric bass guitar; drums; percussion (including glockenspiel and ice bells); a variety of keyboards; church organ; mellotron; theremin (solo on track 3); lyrical sorceries.
Featuring members of Noothgrush, Graves at Sea, and more, the Oakland metal band juxtapose cavernous doom with spaced-out shoegaze. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2024
