Confines Of Mortality
Label | Sleaszy Rider Srl. – SR-0282 |
Format | CD, Compilation, Remastered |
Barcode | 5200328701848 |
Country | Europe |
Released | 18 Feb 2022 |
Genre | Rock |
Style | Doom Metal, Death Metal |
For fans of Paradise Lost, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Saturnus, On Thorns I Lay, Swallow The Sun, Nightfall, Septic Flesh, Cemetary, Lake Of Tears, Amorphis.Founded in western Athens during the much fruitful mid-Nineties Garden of Gods brand of melodic but aggressive and anthemic alike death/doom metal. It all began when Andrew B. former guitarist of PHLEBOTOMY during the infamous "Dawn of Grief" 7" ep days parted ways with that band. Despite having a 7" Ep out on Molon Lave records, it soon became obvious that there wasn't a unified musical vision among band members, hence ON THORNS I LAY and GARDEN OF GODS were born out of PHLEBOTOMY's demise. So the first line-up of GARDEN OF GODS recorded at "Studio 5" (OBSECRATION, ASTARTE, etc) their first demo "Dreamy emotional ecstasy". The year was 1995 and the influences of the band had somehow diversified . That demo still sounds fresh, despite the very much "of its time" production job. Session vocals were provided by Stefanos Kintzoglou of PARALYSIS/PHLEBOTOMY/ON THORNS I LAY and were suitably brutal. While the demo garnered enthusiastic reviews, the band went silent and came with a changed line-up in 1999. Second demo "Upon the ethereal skies of Heaven" was recorded, again at studio 5 and the style followed some of the gothic/doom/death trappings of that era. It was the year 2000 when the band decided they wanted a stable vocalist that could invest time in the band and perform live with them.
1 | A Great Day For The Fantasy | |
2 | Into A Blue Sea | |
3 | Nostalgia | |
4 | Forest Raindrops | |
5 | Amadora | |
6 | Intro (The Return Of The Angels) | |
7 | The Return Of The Angels | |
8 | Your Astral Eyes | |
9 | Little Gods (Live) | |
10 | Born To Suffer (Live) | |
11 | Return Of The Angels (Live) |
Tracks 4-8 taken from "Upon The Ethereal Skies Of Heaven" demo '99.
Tracks 9-11 recorded live at "Ston Aera" venue in 2002.
All Music by Andreas Bereris GARDEN OF GODS
Lyrics by S. Kintzoglou
"Born To Suffer" written by Chris Dragamestianos.
Lyrics of "Little Gods" by Kostas K.
Matrix / Runout – 75509
Mastering SID Code – IFPI LZ88
Mould SID Code – IFPI Z935