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+ Bonus live tracks "Bestial Death" , "The Awakening" ,"Nuclear Attack" , and "Pure Hate". Complete new artwork close to the original with lyrics.

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 digipak reissue

After the big success of “Futile” in 1999, Rapture released the sophomore “Songs For The Withering”, following the path traced two years.

Austin Lunn from Panopticon would say on the album: “This album is for me, the joy and comfort in melancholy... The bittersweet sound track to autumn, the echoes of rainy days... Nostalgic yet relevant but above all, an honest and relatable glimpse into human sorrow.  It is a warm but wet blanket, reminding me of worse days and how I fucking made it through: One foot in front of the other, consoled by the honest and exposing lyrics, powerful melodies and crushing drums of Rapture’s unsung masterpiece. Before the last breath, inhaling. Before the final death, to exhale and never let hope die that I would one day conquer the great distance.”

Fourth and last album, this is Emperor´s swansong. The band left the death metal field for a more symphonic and metal opus.

Giving a follow up to a masterpiece like Black shining leatherà was hard, but C.F. confirms their unique class in creating a waird opus like this, true Black Metal.
 

Produced by frontman Ken Sorceron and mixed by renowned engineer Dave Otero (Aborted, Akhlys), "A Void Within Existence" is a scorched offering of black metal transcendence: harrowing, cinematic, and utterly uncompromising. Drums are performed by the virtuosic Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Ghost Bath), whose work here blurs the line between precision and chaos. The record is accompanied by striking cover art from Eliran Kantor (Testament, Bloodbath), whose visual interpretation mirrors the inner desolation and mythic scope of the music. Line-up: Ken Sorceron (ex-Aborted, ex-The Faceless, Vale Of Pnath) - vocals, guitars. Vance Valenzuela (Vale Of Pnath) - guitars. John Porada (ex-Nachtmystium, ex-Wolvhammer) - bass. Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Ghost Bath) - drums.

Produced by frontman Ken Sorceron and mixed by renowned engineer Dave Otero (Aborted, Akhlys), "A Void Within Existence" is a scorched offering of black metal transcendence: harrowing, cinematic, and utterly uncompromising. Drums are performed by the virtuosic Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Ghost Bath), whose work here blurs the line between precision and chaos. The record is accompanied by striking cover art from Eliran Kantor (Testament, Bloodbath), whose visual interpretation mirrors the inner desolation and mythic scope of the music. Line-up: Ken Sorceron (ex-Aborted, ex-The Faceless, Vale Of Pnath) - vocals, guitars. Vance Valenzuela (Vale Of Pnath) - guitars. John Porada (ex-Nachtmystium, ex-Wolvhammer) - bass. Mike Heller (Fear Factory, Ghost Bath) - drums.

Debut album by the Gothic Doom/Death Metal Gods remastered! Very Explicit! First time on vinyl!

Debut album by the Gothic Doom/Death Metal Gods remastered! Very Explicit! First time on vinyl!