KARL SANDERS - Saurian Exorcisms (Re-issue) (CD)

In 2009, four years after the release of his debut solo work, Saurian Meditation (2004), Nile founder and visionary Karl Sanders returned with Saurian Exorcisms. After taking listeners on a hypnotizing ride with Meditation, Sanders upped the ante and dimmed the darkness on Exorcisms, diving into a disturbing, cinematic expression of what might happen if one spent too much time in a deep Saurian Theta State, dabbling too closely with the dangerous spiritualism that lies beneath. Drawing on broadened inspirations ranging from Tibetan, Hindu, Arabic, and Ancient Egyptian spiritual themes, Saurian Exorcisms û alike its predecessor û explores the use of unique and exotic instrumentation like the baglama saz (Turkish lute), electro-acoustic Glissentar and more. Blending ethnic flavors with emotive vocals and chants ranging from soothing to disturbing, pounding ancestral rhythms, trancelike atmosphere and weeping, wailing, soaring, bewitching guitars, the album transports listeners into what Lambgoat, upon the albumÆs release, described as ôdark, mystic soundscapes filled with ancient spirits, mind altering visions, and catacombs complexö. From the scintillating first notes of ritualistic ôPreliminary Purification Before the Calling of Inannaö and the threatening, tribal climax of ôA Most Effective Exorcism Against Azagthoth and His Emissariesö, to the supernatural horn reverberations in ôKali Maö and pensive final march of dynamic percussiveness ôDying Embers of the Aga Mass SSSratuö, Karl Sanders illustrates a contemplative yet darkly unique-in-aura second chapter of the Saurian saga with Saurian Exorcisms, now available via Napalm Records!