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Saurian Meditation

Karl Sanders

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Format: 2LP

Cat No: NPR1138VINYL_1

Release Date:  20 September 2005

Label:  Relapse / Relapse Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  781676651023

Genres:  Rock  Hard Rock  

Release Date:  22 July 2022

Label:  Relapse / Relapse Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  840588165445

Genres:  Rock  Hard Rock  

  • Description

    Nearly 20 years ago, Karl Sanders - the founder, principal songwriter, and driving creative force behind the exotic, devastatingly heavy stylings of American extreme death metal icons Nile - forayed from his metallic leanings to serve listeners with a transfixing dose of the cinematic, meditative, world music-driven Saurian Meditation (2004). The album explores highly original compositions of hypnotizing, primarily Middle Eastern inspired music, featuring the unique inclusion of instruments such as the balagma saz (Turkish lute) and Glissentar, often blended with dark electronic ambience and deft electric guitar work. Saurian Meditation marked the beginning of Sanders' Saurian journey, being the first of now three Saurian releases. From the haunting first notes of "Awaiting the Vultures", which dreamily conjures images of traversing through the dark, mysterious halls of an abandoned ancient temple, to the slithering, percussion-driven pulses and searing electric solos on the ominous album closer "Beckon the Sick Winds of Pestilence" - Saurian Meditation provides a diverse escape for both fans of Nile and the outer realms beyond. Thematically centered around its acoustically-driven, spellbinding seventh track, "Dreaming Through the Eyes of Serpents", the album ebbs and flows from a higher, rhythmic consciousness to a darker, hypnotic inner balance, achieving a Reptilian Theta State of deep meditation. Saurian Meditation launches the multi-dimensional Saurian universe - witness the very first, transcendental solo output by Karl Sanders, available for the very first time on vinyl, as well as in CD and digital formats, via Napalm Records!

  • Tracklisting

    1. Awaiting the Vultures
    2. Of the Sleep of Ishtar
    3. Luring the Doom Serpent
    4. Contemplations of the Endless Abyss
    5. The Elder God Shrine
    6. Temple of Lunar Ascension
    7. Dreaming Through the Eyes of Serpents
    8. Whence No Traveler Returns
    9. The Forbidden Path Across the Chasm of Self-Realization
    10. Beckon the Sick Winds of Pestilence

    Tracklisting

      Disc 2

      Side 1

      • 3. Beckon the Sick Winds of Pestilence
      • 2. The Forbidden Path Across the Chasm of Self-Realization
      • 1. Whence No Traveler Returns

      Disc 1

      • 4. Dreaming Through the Eyes of Serpents
      • 3. Luring the Doom Serpent
      • 2. Of the Sleep of Ishtar
      • 1. Awaiting the Vultures