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Set Sail to Mystery

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Released
  
April 2, 2010

Producer
  
Martin Koller

Artist
  
The Vision Bleak

Label
  
Prophecy Productions

Length
  
44:46

Set Sail to Mystery (2010)
  
Witching Hour (2013)

Release date
  
2 April 2010

Genre
  
Gothic metal

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Similar
  
The Vision Bleak albums, Gothic metal albums

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Set Sail to Mystery is the fourth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on April 2, 2010 through Prophecy Productions. A digipak edition containing seven bonus tracks was also released. It counted with a guest appearance by Niklas Kvarforth of Shining fame.

Contents

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Track listing

All tracks written by The Vision Bleak unless noted.

Trivia

  • "A Curse of the Grandest Kind" takes its lyrics from an excerpt of Lord Byron's 1817 dramatic poem Manfred.
  • "Descend into Maelstrom" references both in its title and lyrics Edgar Allan Poe's short story "A Descent into the Maelström".
  • "I Dined with the Swans" was inspired by the life of German serial killer Peter Kürten.
  • "A Romance with the Grave" was based upon a poem by Heinrich Heine.
  • "Mother Nothingness (The Triumph of Ubbo-Sathla)" references the eponymous deity created by Clark Ashton Smith as a part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
  • "The Foul Within" is based upon the 1973 film The Exorcist.
  • "He Who Paints the Black of Night" was inspired by Oscar Wilde's novel The Portrait of Dorian Gray.
  • "By the Misery of Fate He Was Haunted" is an English-language adaptation of Czech black metal band Master's Hammer's song "Já mizérií osudu jsem pronásledován...", originally present on their 1992 album Jilemnický okultista.

    • Critical reception

    Sonic Seducer lauded the album's mix of hardness and atmosphere, and noted the theatrical style that is typical of The Vision Bleak.

    The Vision Bleak

  • Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
  • Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards

    • Guest musicians

  • Niklas Kvarforth – vocals (on track 9)
  • Thomas Helm – additional tenor vocals
  • Sophia Brommer – additional vocals (track 5)

    • Miscellaneous staff

  • Martin Koller – production

    • Songs

    1A Curse of the Grandest Kind3:54
    2Descend Into Maelstrom5:25
    3I Dined With the Swans4:19

    References

    Set Sail to Mystery Wikipedia
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