THE 2004 ALBUM OF HIGH-CALIBRE EXTREMITY FROM THE FRENCH METAL MASTERS, MARKING TWENTY YEARS SINCE RELEASE. PRESENTED ON THE VINYL FORMAT FOR THE FIRST TIME. Seth formed back in 1995 and is known as being among the primary acts in the French black metal scene, with their 1998 debut, ‘Les Blessures de L’Ame’ regarded as a landmark album and a cornerstone of French Black metal since its release on the then freshly-established label, Season of Mist, with Seth becoming firmly established as an internationally recognised act as a result. Seth went on to release a further five studio offerings over the next twenty five years, branching out into other spectrums of extreme metal along the way before returning to the more grimly atmospheric sounds of yore, with the band also set to return in 2024 with their new studio album. ‘Era Decay’ was Seth’s fourth studio opus, originally surfacing in 2004, and continued to establish a more brutal integration of riffing & compositional styles and ideas which was indicative of the times, whilst also still retaining some blackened metal elements among more progressively technical ingredients. With a cleaner, more cutting production, this resulted in one of the band’s heaviest outputs, with some intricate riffs and melodies interweaving to create a powerfully dark and at times experimental opus. This edition of ‘Era Decay’ marks twenty years since its original release, and is presented on the vinyl format for the very first time. Also includes printed inner sleeve with full lyrics. A.1. Marchemergence (intro) [01:33] A.2. March Of The Consistory [04:51] A.3. Umbilical Cutting [05:09] A.4. Co-Existent Species [04:42] A.5. Ascension [04:16] B.1. H-Eradicate [03:35] B.2. Xtasian Ostix [05:44] B.3. A Pallbearer`s Gloom [04:57] B.4. The Blade Upon Mankind [07:36]
