Atlantis Ascendant

Infobox Album | Name = Atlantis Ascendant
Type = studio
Artist = Bal-Sagoth


Released = 2001
Recorded =
Genre = Symphonic black metal
Length = 48:53
Label = Nuclear Blast
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Power Cosmic"
(1999)
This album = "Atlantis Ascendant"
(2001)
Next album = "The Chthonic Chronicles"
(2006)

"Atlantis Ascendant" is Bal-Sagoth's fifth album. It was released in 2001 through Nuclear Blast. The album's primary story centres around the exploits of a fictional nineteenth century British archaeologist and adventurer named Professor Caleb Blackthorne III, who has dedicated his life to the field of antediluvian anthropology and to seeking out evidence as to the true nature of mankind's origin.

Track listing

# "The Epsilon Exordium" - 3:37
# "Atlantis Ascendant" - 5:27
# "Draconis Albionensis" - 6:18
# "Star-Maps of the Ancient Cosmographers" - 5:12
# "The Ghosts of Angkor Wat" - 2:22
# "The Splendour Of A Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath The Blazon Of The Hyperborean Empire (Part: III)"- 7:18
# "The Dreamer in the Catacombs of Ur" - 5:16
# "In Search of the Lost Cities of Antarctica" - 5:42
# "The Chronicle of Shadows" - 5:34
# "Six Keys to the Onyx Pyramid" - 2.08
# "Dreaming Of The Atlantean Spires: Alpha" (Bonus Track) - 5:03
# "By The Blaze Of The Fire Jewels: Zero" (Bonus Track) - 5:02

Credits

*Chris Maudling - guitars
*Byron Roberts - vocals
*Mark Greenwell - Bass
*Dave Mackintosh – drums
*Jonny Maudling - keyboards

External links

* [http://www.bal-sagoth.co.uk/ Official Bal-Sagoth website.]