Tracklist
| Altar (58:48) | ||||
| 1-1 | Etna | 9:50 | ||
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Drums -
Atsuo
Guitar [Lead] - Wata | ||||
| 1-2 | N.L.T. | 3:49 | ||
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Bass [Upright] -
Bill Herzog
Cymbal [Bowed] - Atsuo | ||||
| 1-3 | The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) | 7:37 | ||
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Drums [Traps] -
Atsuo
Effects [Space Echo] - Wata Percussion - Adrienne Davies Piano - Stephen O'Malley Vocals - Bill Herzog , Jesse Sykes , Phil Wandscher | ||||
| 1-4 | Akuma No Kuma | 7:52 | ||
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Drums [Lead] -
Atsuo
Drums [Snare] - Bill Herzog Effects [Sherman Filter Bank, Echoplex] - Randall Dunn Synthesizer [Korg Ms20] - Stephen O'Malley Synthesizer [Moog Rogue] - Greg Anderson Synthesizer [Oberheim] - Tos Nieuwenhuizen , Troy Swanson Synthesizer [Roland Sh101] - Mell Dettmer Synthesizer [Vocoder] - Joe Preston Trombone - Steve Moore (5) | ||||
| 1-5 | Fried Eagle Mind | 9:46 | ||
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Guitar [Bottle Lead] -
Takeshi
Guitar [Clandestine], Performer [Califone] - Stephen O'Malley Performer [Natural Trouble] - Randall Dunn Synthesizer [Oberheim Voice 4] - Troy Swanson Vocals, Guitar [Space] - Wata | ||||
| 1-6 | The Sinking Belle (Black Sheep) | 5:05 | ||
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Guitar [Space Echo] -
Wata
Viola, Violin - Eyvind Kang | ||||
| 1-7 | Blood Swamp | 14:45 | ||
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Guitar -
Kim Thayil
Synthesizer [Moog Rogue] - Tos Nieuwenhuizen Synthesizer [Moog Taurus] - Rex Ritter | ||||
| Altar Prelude (28:14) | ||||
| 2-1 | HerLipsWereWetWithVenom satanoscillatemymetallicsonatas | 28:14 | ||
Credits
Artwork By -
Aaron Horkey
,
Fangsanalsatan
Artwork By [Art Direction] - Fangsanalsatan , SOMA
Bass - Greg Anderson (tracks: 1-3, 1-5) , Takeshi (tracks: 1-1, 1-7)
Engineer [Assistant] - Floyd Reitzmah
Gong - Atsuo (tracks: 1-2, 1-7)
Guitar - Greg Anderson (tracks: 1-1, 1-7) , Stephen O'Malley (tracks: 1-1, 1-7) , Takeshi (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-7) , Wata (tracks: 1-3, 1-7)
Photography [Portraits] - W.T. Nelson
Producer - Boris (3) , Sunn O)))
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By - Mell Dettmer
Recorded By, Recorded By [Additional], Mixed By - Randall Dunn
Synthesizer [Kork Ms20] - Randall Dunn (tracks: 1-4, 1-5, 1-6)
Synthesizer [Moog Taurus] - Tos Nieuwenhuizen (tracks: 1-5, 1-6)
Artwork By [Art Direction] - Fangsanalsatan , SOMA
Bass - Greg Anderson (tracks: 1-3, 1-5) , Takeshi (tracks: 1-1, 1-7)
Engineer [Assistant] - Floyd Reitzmah
Gong - Atsuo (tracks: 1-2, 1-7)
Guitar - Greg Anderson (tracks: 1-1, 1-7) , Stephen O'Malley (tracks: 1-1, 1-7) , Takeshi (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-7) , Wata (tracks: 1-3, 1-7)
Photography [Portraits] - W.T. Nelson
Producer - Boris (3) , Sunn O)))
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By - Mell Dettmer
Recorded By, Recorded By [Additional], Mixed By - Randall Dunn
Synthesizer [Kork Ms20] - Randall Dunn (tracks: 1-4, 1-5, 1-6)
Synthesizer [Moog Taurus] - Tos Nieuwenhuizen (tracks: 1-5, 1-6)
Notes
This 2CD japanese edition is limited to 1000 copies.
Recorded at Litho, October 2005
Additional Recording at Aleph, December 2005
Mixed at Avast, June 2006
Mastered at Sinister Kitchen, July 2006
Recorded at Litho, October 2005
Additional Recording at Aleph, December 2005
Mixed at Avast, June 2006
Mastered at Sinister Kitchen, July 2006
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Reviews & Discussion
The album Altar has been released in various formats, but this Japanese release is the most complete and sought after. There are only 1000 copies, all sold out! Featured are great extra tracks: (i) "The Sinking Belle (Black Sheep)", a meltingly beautiful instrumental of her sister "The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep)", and (ii) "HerLipsWereWetWithVenom", a drone epic featuring Dylan Carlson (of Earth). Here, the intention of a long and painful kiss of death is clear: the boys mount a metallic wall of grinding guitars that is searingly hot, diabolic, and relentless. Blessed with the rest of the superb tracks on the original Altar (reviewed elsewhere), this release is a perfect 10 out of 10.