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A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

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{{Infobox album||||||

| name = A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

| type = demo

| artist = Xasthur

| cover = A_Gate_Through_Bloodstained_Mirrors_2001.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Cover to the original edition of the album

| released = September 12, 2001

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Depressive suicidal black metal

| length = 72:31

| label = Profane Productions (2001)
Total Holocaust Records (2004)
Debemur Morti Productions (2004)
Hydra Head Records (2008)

| producer =

| prev_title = A Darkened Winter

| prev_year = 2001

| next_title = Xasthur / Acid Enema split

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Total Holocaust Records re-release

| type = demo

| cover = A_Gate_Through_Bloodstained_Mirrors_2004.jpg

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1290311|pure_url=yes}} link]

|rev2=Pitchfork Media|rev2Score= (8/10) [https://web.archive.org/web/20080416113950/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48291-defective-epitaph-a-gate-through-bloodstained-mirrors link]|noprose=yes}}

A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors is a 2001 demo by the American black metal one-man-band Xasthur. Reviews of that release, first published by Profane Productions as a limited CD-R edition of 150 copies, proved to be positive, comparing the material to old Graveland and Burzum.{{cite web

|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1290311|pure_url=yes}}

|author=Eduardo Rivadavia

|title=Allmusic review

|accessdate=July 5, 2008}} With the increasing cult status of Xasthur, the demo was reissued by Total Holocaust Records, featuring a different mix and track list (CD and cassette, 2004). This edition was also published as a double-12" vinyl release by Debemur Morti Productions (2004) and finally by Hydra Head Records (double-CD release, the second CD containing further rare material, 2008).{{cite web|author=US |url=https://www.myspace.com/xasthurband |title=Xasthur | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's |publisher=Myspace.com |date= |accessdate=February 17, 2012}}

Track listing of the original demo (2001)

  1. Intro – 01:16
  2. Moon Shrouded in Misery, Part 1 – 6:46
  3. Suicide in Dark Serenity – 10:39
  4. Dwell Beneath the Woods of Evil – 5:14
  5. Cursed Be the Memory of Light – 7:04
  6. Possession of Desolate Magick – 5:40
  7. Storms of Red Revenge – 4:16
  8. A Spell Within the Winds – 4:34
  9. Summon the End of Time – 4:52
  10. Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors – 8:32
  11. Kingdom of Burning Crucifixions – 4:21
  12. Moon Shrouded in Misery, Part 2 – 1:47
  13. Black Spell of Destruction / Channeling the Power of Souls Into a New God – 7:34 Burzum cover.

Total Holocaust Records release (2004)

For this first official release as a regular CD, all the tracks of the demo (which was originally published in mono) were remixed in 2003. The remixed version was used for the vinyl and double-CD editions (2004 and 2008).

=Track listing=

  1. Intro (1:25)
  2. Moon Shrouded In Misery (Part I) – 7:19
  3. Suicide In Dark Serenity – 12:27
  4. Dwelling Beneath The Woods – 5:29
  5. Cursed Be The Memory Of Light – 7:28
  6. Possession Of Desolate Magick – 5:47
  7. Spell Within The Winds – 4:47
  8. Storms Of Red Revenge – 2:45
  9. Eternal Empire Of Majesty Death – 7:17
  10. A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors – 8:40
  11. Kingdom Of Burning Crucifixions – 4:43
  12. Moon Shrouded In Misery (Part II) – 2:09
  13. Black Spell Of Destruction (Version I) – 6:14
  14. Lost Behind Bloodstained Mirrors (Outro) – 0:45

Notes: Track 9 is a Mütiilation cover. Track 13 is a Burzum cover.

Release history

class="wikitable"
Country

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog Nr.

United States

|September 12, 2001

|Ma-Kahru / Profane Productions

| mono CD-R (150 copies)

| profanecdr 001

rowspan=2| Sweden

|rowspan=2| 2004

|rowspan=2| Total Holocaust Records

| Remastered cassette

| thr-048

Remastered CD (1000 copies)

| thr-050

France

| August 31, 2004

| Debemur Morti Prod.

| Remastered double-12" (500 copies)

| DMP0003

United States

| January 29, 2008

| Hydra Head Records

| double CD

| HH666-150

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080411152037/http://xasthur.mercurous.net/agtbm.html album page] on Xasthur's official website
  • [http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=12072 album page] on Encyclopaedia Metallum
  • [http://www.discogs.com/release/1246420 original release] on discogs.com
  • [http://www.discogs.com/release/585561 2004 CD reissue] on discogs.com
  • [http://www.discogs.com/release/1334560 2004 double-vinyl reissue] on discogs.com
  • [http://www.discogs.com/release/1245394 2008 double-CD reissue] on discogs.com

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