Release Date: 20 September 2005
Label: Relapse / Relapse Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 781676651023
Release Date: 22 July 2022
Label: Relapse / Relapse Records
Packaging Type: Gate Fold Vinyl
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 840588165445
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
Exhumed
Author & Punisher
Author & Punisher
Author & Punisher
Exhumed
Candy
Coalesce
Coalesce
Karl Sanders
Karl Sanders
Karl Sanders
