Set Sail to Mystery
{{Short description|2010 studio album by the Vision Bleak}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Set Sail to Mystery
| type = studio
| artist = The Vision Bleak
| cover = The Vision Bleak Set Sail to Mystery.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2 April 2010
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Gothic metal
| length = 44:46
| label = Prophecy Productions
| producer = Martin Koller
| prev_title = The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Witching Hour
| next_year = 2013
}}
Set Sail to Mystery is the fourth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 2 April 2010{{cite news|url=http://www.the-vision-bleak.de/|title=News from the studio|date=5 August 2009}} through Prophecy Productions. A digipak edition containing seven bonus tracks was also released. It counted with a guest appearance by Niklas Kvarforth of Shining fame.
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = The Vision Bleak unless noted
| title1 = A Curse of the Grandest Kind
| note1 = lyrics by Lord Byron
| length1 = 3:55
| title2 = Descend into Maelstrom
| length2 = 5:26
| title3 = I Dined with the Swans
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = A Romance with the Grave
| note4 = lyrics by Heinrich Heine
| length4 = 5:50
| title5 = The Outsider
| length5 = 5:11
| title6 = Mother Nothingness (The Triumph of Ubbo-Sathla)
| length6 = 8:11
| title7 = The Foul Within
| length7 = 5:59
| title8 = He Who Paints the Black of Night
| length8 = 5:54
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Digipak release bonus tracks
| title9 = I Dined with the Swans (Alternate Version)
| note9 = feat. Niklas Kvarforth
| length9 = 4:20
| title10 = By the Misery of Fate He Was Haunted
| note10 = Master's Hammer cover
| length10 = 5:06
| title11 = Descend into Maelstrom (Classic Version in Monochrome)
| note11 = instrumental
| length11 = 2:47
| title12 = Mother Nothingness (Classic Version in Monochrome)
| note12 = instrumental
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = The Foul Within (Classical Version in Monochrome)
| note13 = instrumental
| length13 = 2:33
| title14 = I Dined with the Swans (Piano Version in Monochrome)
| note14 = instrumental
| length14 = 3:06
| title15 = A Farewell at Sea (Classical Version in Monochrome)
| note15 = instrumental
| length15 = 2:14
}}
=Trivia=
- "A Curse of the Grandest Kind" takes its lyrics from an excerpt of Lord Byron's 1817 dramatic poem Manfred.
- "Descend into Maelstrom" references both in its title and lyrics Edgar Allan Poe's short story "A Descent into the Maelström".
- "I Dined with the Swans" was inspired by the life of German serial killer Peter Kürten.{{cite magazine|title=The Vision Bleak — Tod überm Schwanensee |first=Yvonne |last=Zymolka |magazine=Sonic Seducer |language=German |volume=17 |issue=4–2010}}
- "A Romance with the Grave" was based upon a poem by Heinrich Heine.
- "Mother Nothingness (The Triumph of Ubbo-Sathla)" references the eponymous deity created by Clark Ashton Smith as a part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
- "The Foul Within" is based upon the 1973 film The Exorcist.
- "He Who Paints the Black of Night" was inspired by Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray.
- "By the Misery of Fate He Was Haunted" is an English-language adaptation of Czech black metal band Master's Hammer's song "Já mizérií osudu jsem pronásledován...", originally present on their 1992 album Jilemnický okultista.
Critical reception
Personnel
=The Vision Bleak=
- Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
- Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards
=Guest musicians=
- Niklas Kvarforth – vocals (on track 9)
- Thomas Helm – additional tenor vocals
- Sophia Brommer – additional vocals (track 5)
=Miscellaneous staff=
- Martin Koller – production
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105070756/http://www.the-vision-bleak.de/ The Vision Bleak's official website]
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