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Crypt of the Wizard

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Released
  
1996

Artist
  
Mortiis

Producer
  
Mortiis

Genre
  
Dark ambient

Crypt of the Wizard
  
The Stargate

Release date
  
1996

Label
  
Dark Dungeon Music

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Recorded
  
Silverstone Studio, Fredrikstad, Norway, '95-'96

Similar
  
Mortiis albums, Other albums

Mortiis ferden og kallet the journey and the call


Crypt of the Wizard is a compilation album by Norwegian solo artist Mortiis, released in 1996.

Contents

Recorded in Norway, it was initially a series of 5 12" EP singles, with the EPs press run consisting of 1,000 copies.

Mortiis crypt of the wizard


Recording

Recording began in January 1996 at Silver Dragoon Studio, Norway,

Track listing

  • All Songs Written & Arranged By Mortiis.
    1. "Ferden og Kallet (The Journey & The Call)" - 5:50
    2. "Da Vi Bygde Tårnet (When We Raised the Tower)" - 8:02
    3. "Under Tårnets Skygge (Underneath the Shadow of the Tower)" - 5:49
    4. "En Sirkel av Kosmisk Kaos (A Circle of Cosmic Chaos)" - 7:31
    5. "Vandrerens Sang (The Song of the Wanderer)" - 8:00
    6. "Den Bortdrevne Regnbuen (The Banished Rainbow)" - 5:40
    7. "Trollmannens Krypt (The Crypt of the Wizard)" - 6:10
    8. "Stjernefødt (Starborn)" - 4:54
    9. "I Mørket Drømmende (In the Darkness Dreaming)" - 5:58
    10. "Fanget i Krystal (Captured in Crystal)" - 3:37

    Personnel

  • Mortiis: Vocals, All Instruments

    • Production

  • Arranged, Produced, Recorded, Engineered, Mixed & Mastered By Mortiis.
  • Layout by Dennis Ironmountain.

    • Reissues

  • Released by Dark Dungeon Music in 1997 as a compilation album on LP and CD.
  • Earache Records issued the CD with new cover artwork on 1 November 1999.
  • Earache Records reissued the CD as part of a 3-CD set, along with Født til å Herske and The Stargate. Remastered by Mortiis and repackaged in a deluxe embossed slipcase, it included liner notes by Tommy Udo and featured the original artwork from the LP.

    • Songs

    1Ferden og kallet5:50
    2Da vi bygde tårnet8:02
    3Under Tarnet's Skycce5:49

    References

    Crypt of the Wizard Wikipedia
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