Septic Flesh – Mystic Places Of Dawn
Genre: | Rock |
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Style: | Death Metal, Doom Metal |
Year: |
Tracklist
Mystic Places Of Dawn | 6:15 | ||
Pale Beauty Of The Past | 5:57 | ||
Return To Carthage | 3:40 | ||
Crescent Moon | 8:25 | ||
Chasing The Chimera | 4:50 | ||
The Underwater Garden | 6:50 | ||
Behind The Iron Mask | 3:11 | ||
(Morpheus) The Dreamlord | 6:58 | ||
Mythos | (8:48) | ||
Part I: Elegy | |||
Part II: Time Unbounded |
Credits (13)
- Spiros*Bass, Vocals
- Kostas*Drums
- Antonis Delaportas*Engineer
- George ZaharopoulosEngineer
- Chris*Guitar
- Sotiris*Guitar
Notes
The original artwork by Boris Vallejo shows god Pan with one of his mistresses.
It has been used before for the cover of the book Το Άρωμα Του Ονείρου originally Jitterbug Perfume, 1984.
Original artwork LP:
1994 picture disc.
2015 black in 100 copies.
2015 blood red in 200 copies.
2015 yellow in 200 copies.
Alternative artwork LP:
2013 transparent in 500 copies.
2020 gold in 250 copies.
* Second alternative artwork CD:
2002 digipack.
It has been used before for the cover of the book Το Άρωμα Του Ονείρου originally Jitterbug Perfume, 1984.
Original artwork LP:
1994 picture disc.
2015 black in 100 copies.
2015 blood red in 200 copies.
2015 yellow in 200 copies.
Alternative artwork LP:
2013 transparent in 500 copies.
2020 gold in 250 copies.
* Second alternative artwork CD:
2002 digipack.
Versions
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31 versions
Image | , | – | In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory | Version Details | Data Quality | ||||
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Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album | Holy Records – HOLY 05 CD, Holy Records – SPV 84-141212 CD | France | 1994 | France — 1994 | Recently Edited | |||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn Cassette, Album | Holy Records – HOLY05MC | France | 1994 | France — 1994 | New Submission | |||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album | Holy Records – HOLY05, Holy Records – SPV 084 - 24882 CD | France | 1994 | France — 1994 | New Submission | |||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn LP, Album, Picture Disc | Holy Records – HOLY 05 PD | France | 1994 | France — 1994 | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Promo | Holy Records – HOLY 05 CD | France | 1994 | France — 1994 | Recently Edited | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release | Agat Company Ltd. – none | Russia | 1998 | Russia — 1998 | New Submission | ||||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn Cassette, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release | Moon Records (2) – none | Ukraine | 1998 | Ukraine — 1998 | New Submission | |||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Digipak | Holy Records – HOLY05CD | France | 2002 | France — 2002 | Recently Edited | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Irond – IROND CD 03-568 | Russia | 2003 | Russia — 2003 | Recently Edited | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered | Season of Mist – SOM 274LP | France | 2012 | France — 2012 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing | Season of Mist – SOM 274LP | France | 2012 | France — 2012 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak | Season Of Mist – SOM 274 | Europe | 2013 | Europe — 2013 | Recently Edited | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition, Clear | Season of Mist – SOM 274LP | US | 2013 | US — 2013 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Limited Edition, Red Transparent | Season of Mist – SOM 274LP | France | 2013 | France — 2013 | Recently Edited | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue | Season Of Mist – SOM 274 | US | 2013 | US — 2013 | Recently Edited | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue | Mazzar Records – MZR CD 588 | Russia | 2013 | Russia — 2013 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue | Del Imaginario Discos – D.I. 276 | Argentina | 2013 | Argentina — 2013 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue, Digipak | Mazzar Records – MZR CD 588 D | Russia | 2013 | Russia — 2013 | New Submission | ||||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Yellow | The Crypt – CRYPT 64 | US | 2015 | US — 2015 | Recently Edited | |||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Blood Red | The Crypt – CRYPT 64 | US | 2015 | US — 2015 | Recently Edited | |||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue | The Crypt – CRYPT 64 | US | 2015 | US — 2015 | Recently Edited | |||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Numbered, Test Pressing, White Label | The Crypt – CRYPT 64 | 2015 | 2015 | Needs Changes | |||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue, Digifile | Mazzar Records – MZR CD 588 | Russia | 2020 | Russia — 2020 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Gold | Season Of Mist – SOM 274LP, Season Of Mist – SOM 274LPCG | France | 2020 | France — 2020 | New Submission | ||||
Image hidden | Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Slipcase, OBI | My Dark Desires Records – MDD 010 | Brazil | 2020 | Brazil — 2020 | New Submission | |||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered | Season of Mist – SOM 274LP | France | 2021 | France — 2021 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn 2×LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Test Pressing | Season of Mist – SOM274LP | France | 2023 | France — 2023 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Limited Edition | Living Metal – LMCD063 | Colombia | 2024 | Colombia — 2024 | New Submission | ||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn Cassette, Album, Unofficial Release | Angel's Of Hell Records – 096 | Russia | Russia | New Submission | |||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn CD, Album, Reissue | Season Of Mist – SOM 274 | Europe | Europe | Recently Edited | |||||
Mystic Places Of Dawn Cassette, Album, Reissue | Moon Records (2) – none | Ukraine | Ukraine | New Submission |
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Reviews
- Edited 4 months ago
referencing Mystic Places Of Dawn (CD, Album) HOLY 05 CD
There is no reason that Septic Flesh can't reissue their back catalog properly and, it genuinely pisses me the hell off because if anyone wants good quality artwork and sound, they basically have to burglarize several wealthy homes to muster up the cash to get the original pressings. It's aggravating as hell. Septic Flesh's first three albums should have some God dang Peaceville or Osmose reissues, they deserve it. Too bad this looks as if it won't change. The band ought to know that the fans want the old stuff reissued properly, we'd be delighted to buy the old album reissues if they were done right. Oh well, I suppose, such is life. - Edited 3 years agoThis is a very bad release. It's so brick-walled that the sound is actually distorted. Avoid at any cost.
This is a monumental album, I can't believe they screwed it up so badly.
Proof:
Original, Holy Records release spectrogram of song Mystic Places Of Dawn: https://prnt.sc/w1vjbn
My Dark Desires Records – MDD 010 spectrogram of song Mystic Places Of Dawn: http://prntscr.com/w1vjxz - Just had to comment, the sound quality on this one is unreal! This has to be one of the cleanest albums I own. Not a single molecule of pops, surface noise or anything else. Stunning pressing of a fantastic album.
referencing Mystic Places Of Dawn (CD, Album) HOLY05
Hello
What are the differences between this release and this one:http://www.discogs.com/Septic-Flesh-Mystic-Places-Of-Dawn/release/1565156
Thanks
Regards- Classic Wax is a recurring series covering exceptionally great sounding metal releases on vinyl. As all of these albums are classics, our usual music and sound scores are superfluous. Dynamic range measurements are still provided for reference.
I’ve always admired Septic Flesh for their unusual blend of atmospherics, doom, and death metal that isn’t quite like anything else out there. While their last several albums both before and after their four year hiatus have definitely been enjoyable, there’s a certain quality to the band’s early albums that really makes them stand out. There’s no orchestras or overly elaborate structures, just Spiros’ deathly roars and the riffs from the duo of Christos and Sotiris, which are largely slow moving, dreary doom melodies punctuated with bursts of thundering death.
The band’s lineup has been remarkably stable over the years since their formation in 1990, with drummer Fotis Benardo being the only relatively new member. Their first EP, Temple of The Lost Race, was released in 1991 and landed them a record deal, and three years later they returned with their debut full length, Mystic Places Of Dawn. After a buildup of heavy death riffs and leads, the album’s title track kicks things off with pounding blast beats and delightfully sinister doom infused melodies. The subtle atmospherics and Spiros’ tortured growls and roars will work their way into your head in short order. If those alone don’t get you, the reserved, almost progressive interludes and brilliant solos certainly will.
“Pale Beauty Of The Past” opens with a gorgeously haunted melody that you’ll want to hear over and over. The song eventually shifts to lumbering doom, and then at just past the 2 minute mark, the energy suddenly jumps with high-speed riffs that are infectious as hell. This one is simply a must listen. “Crescent Moon” is another highlight. The trudging death riffs are the very definition of evil, and the vocals seem to emanate from hell itself. “(Morpheus) The Dreamlord,” and the album’s two part closer, “Mythos” also cannot be missed.
Mystic Places Of Dawn was produced and engineered by the band and “Magus Wampyr Daoloth” of Necromantia, with the exception of “(Morpheus) The Dreamlord,” which was recorded earlier in 1993 and was produced and engineered by Antonis Delaportas. Mastering was by Didier Chesneau at Melodie Studio and Joel Vitu at Sonic Contact. This album is a great example of why the dynamic range meter is only a guide post, and should not be used as a judge of sound quality.
The original 1994 CD release was totally unaffected by the Loudness War, clocking in at DR11. The drums are high in the mix and have nice depth and punch, and though the highs are somewhat buried and the guitars don’t have much weight to them, overall this version sounds quite good. Holy Records remastered and reissued the album in 2002 as a digipack, with the tracks from Temple of The Lost Race added as a bonus. The new master showed surprising restraint for 2002, coming in at DR9. Unfortunately, despite the relatively minimal loss in dynamics, the sound is considerably worse than the original. The guitars are not only pushed up too far compared to the drums, but their tone is also different, and they just don’t sound right.
Last year I was happy to see Season Of Mist reissue the album both on CD and double LP vinyl, as the original CD is rare and pretty expensive, and the original vinyl was a picture disc and costs even more. Sadly, the latest CD version shows none of the restraint of the 2002. The tone of the guitars is at least correct, but it was crushed down to DR6 and just sounds like an over-loud mess. Luckily, the new vinyl release doesn’t share that fate. It is on the loud side for vinyl (the TT meter reports DR9), and is definitely louder than the original CD, but it has the best balance of guitars and drums of any version, and some real weight to the riffs and presence from the highs as well.
The US clear vinyl release is available for under $20, and at that price, it’s a no brainer. Buy it. The French red transparent version is a little bit more. This is a phenomenal album, and if you don’t have a turntable, the 1994 CD release is the version you’re going to want. It’s expensive and I wish I could say the 2002 reissue is a good alternative, but it isn’t. Whatever you do, don’t buy the new CD.
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