Music

The Stargate 1999

dark ambient, dungeon synth, rock 60 min 8 tracks Earache Records

The Stargate is an album by Norwegian solo artist Mortiis that was scheduled for release with the book Secrets of My Kingdom, alongside a limited gold press version of the CD, which was for unknown reasons later released in 2001, prior to The Smell of Rain.

dark ambient dungeon synth rock

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Character

Grave, character-led, open-ended and raw.

gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven
resolved

Tracks

1Child of Curiosity and the Old Man of Knowledge5:34
2I Am the World6:19
3World Essence5:58
4Across the World of Wonders6:42
5(Passing by) An Old and Raped Village5:09
6Towards the Gate of Stars7:45
7Spirit of Conquest / The Warfare9:17
8Army of Conquest / The Warfare (Ever Onwards)13:05

8 tracks, 60 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Mortiis
Label: Earache Records
Released: September 13, 1999
Type: Album
Format: CD
Country: GB

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