Celestial Entrance

Infobox Album
Name = Celestial Entrance
Type = studio
Artist = Pagan's Mind


Released = February 25, 2003
Recorded = January-March, 2002 at Klyve Lydstudio, Skien, Norway
Genre = Progressive power metal
Length = 71:42
Label = flagicon|Germany Limb
Producer = Pagan's Mind
Fredrik Nordström
Last album = "Infinity Divine"
(2001)
This album = "Celestial Entrance"
(2003)
Next album = ""
(2005)

"Celestial Entrance" is the second album by the progressive/power metal band Pagan's Mind, released on February 25, 2003. Partially inspired by Erich von Däniken, about the search for alien life and the connections of the major religions, as well as the television series and feature film Stargate. Also a picture of a Stargate is part of the album cover. This concept would continue and be expanded on in the band's next album.

The first verse on track 12, 'The Prophecy of Pleiades', bears striking resemblance in melody, rhythm and lyrics to the second verse in Dream Theater's "Learning to Live", from the album "Images and Words". The song "The Prophecy of Pleiades" is also the longest running "Pagan's Mind" song ever written so far.

Track listing

# "Approaching" – 2:48
# "Through Osiris' Eyes" – 6:08
# "Entrance: Stargate" – 6:01
# "...Of Epic Questions" – 6:10
# "Dimensions of Fire" – 7:28
# "Dreamscape Lucidity" – 6:39
# "The Seven Sacred Promises" – 6:28
# "Back to the Magic of Childhood: Conception, Pt.1" – 2:46
# "Back to the Magic of Childhood: Exploring Life, Pt.2" – 9:17
# "In Brilliant White Light" – 2:44
# "Aegean Shores" – 5:14
# "The Prophecy of Pleiades" – 9:53

Credits

Band members

* Nils K. Rue − vocals, design, logo, layout and graphics
* Jørn Viggo Lofstad − electric guitars
* Thorstein Aaby − electric guitars
* Steinar Krokmo − bass guitar
* Stian Kristoffersen − drums
* Ronny Tegner − electronic keyboards

Other

* Fredrik Nordström − mixed at Studio Fredman, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 2002
* Øyvind Eriksen − engineer
* Per Sælør − engineer
* Patrik J. Sten − editing at Studio Fredman
* Morten Lund − mastering at Masterhuset, Oslo, Norway, April 2002
* Vocals recorded at Images & Word, Skien, Norway, March 2002
* Vocal transfer by Espen Mjøen at Mediamaker Studio, Skien Norway
* Clean guitars on "Conception" recorded at Mediamaker Studio, January 2002