A Case for Death Metal’s Greatest Album : Septicflesh – Mystic Places of Dawn

Malus(Apokatastasis) and Nick go over Septicflesh’s classic full length debut as well as the incredible “Temple of the Lost Race” and discuss how Septicflesh went far and beyond the constraints of death metal to create a highly dramatic and emotional piece of art that blurs the boundaries of extreme metal with its unique use of harmony, melody and narrative compositional style.

0:00 Background and Initial Impressions
5:04 Temple of Lost Race Analysis
14:42 Further Analysis and Comparison with Following Works
22:29 Aesthetics and The Problem with Drum Machines in Metal
29:06 The “Timelessness” of Mystic Places of Dawn
41:24 “Return to Carthage” and How Septic Flesh creates Mystery in their music
51:51 Further Look at Harmony and its Underused Potential Within Death Metal
1:00:51 Orchestration and Arrangements On “(Morpheus) The Dreamlord”
1:15:09 Legacy and Conclusion