Archives Of An Enchanted Philosophy, by The Bishop of Hexen

Archives Of An Enchanted Philosophy

by The Bishop of Hexen

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Ancient Call A classic of symphonic black metal beauty. Amazing and captivating beyond words. From the first second to the last note, an album of high quality! Favorite track: Lure My Spelled Emotions.

RidgeForest This band's name was familiar to me in the early 2000s when I was obsessed with symphonic black metal but somehow I never got to really listen to their music. Maybe because this cd was hard to find. This is super keyboard-oriented bm, reminiscent of early Emperor, Dimmu Borgir's debut, and the neoclassical style of Obtained Enslavement. Very nice to find an old album that you wish you had when you were younger and even today it sounds as awesome Favorite track: When A Witch Becomes A Pale Bride.

LycanWitch Unfortunately I never actually owned an official release of this album, that old long out of print and never re-released CD, so for all these years since I been a fan of this album, I hate to say were unofficial pirated mp3 and later flac downloads.. and I always wished for a re-release.

And when one day browsing youtube, seeing the album re-release announcement/full-album stream, I immediately followed the link and ordered the last copy of the limited edition vinyl! Favorite track: Lure My Spelled Emotions.

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2023 Repressing

- 180g Vinyl, limited to 80 copies worldwide
- 16/Page booklet
- Exclusive A3 Poster

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Gatefold 12" LP LIM Marbled-Red vinyl
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- 180g Vinyl, limited to 100 copies worldwide
- 16/Page booklet
- Exclusive A3 Poster

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1.	Crossing The Borders Between Light & Darkness 02:27	buy track
2.	The Surreal Touch Between Steel & Flesh 04:32	buy track
3.	Lure My Spelled Emotions 05:54	buy track
4.	Wading Through Sensuous Journeys 10:00	buy track
5.	When A Witch Becomes A Pale Bride 07:38	buy track
6.	Diaries Of Primeval Tragedies 07:12	buy track
7.	To Begin The Quest Towards The Noble Dark Cause 05:02	buy track
8.	The Fascinating Installment Of Triumph 02:02	buy track

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One of the most anticipated reissue of recent years, finally sees the light !

THE BISHOP OF HEXEN undoubted masterpiece “Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy” came out way back in 1997 by underground S. Korean label Hammerheart Productions and immediately aroused amazing worldwide interest until the album went out of print and the label disappeared afterwards.

For all the years to come this became a milestone album of the so-called symphonic black metal movement always being quoted and requested nonstop by fans all over the world.

After the huge success of the latest 2020 album "The Death Masquerade", THE BISHOP OF HEXEN decided that the next one it could only be their legendary debut.

Undoubtedly this is a very solid album and the atmosphere generated by the music is one which could be described as dark, epic and sometimes depressing. It makes you feel as if you were surrounded by dark castles and grim forests..
Their lyrics are a redeeming quality. The band created the stories based on an ancient legend concept created by themselves. What's there is extremely poetic and really cool to read. As well as that, there are very well placed sound effects like wolves howling, birds chirping, and wind blowing that create the perfect nighttime atmosphere. Mix that, with the heavily symphonic sound, fitting sound effects and you've got yourself a nice recipe for one of the best symphonic black metal album in time.

“Archives of an Enchanted Philosophy” has been reissued on wonderful digipack CD w/16page booklet as well as limited to 100 copies 12” LP marbled red vinyl (with A3 poster and 16page booket) as well as regular 12” LP black vinyl + booklet.

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released September 2, 2022

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