Xasthur - A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors

Recorded in 2000/01 and initially issued on a mere 150 CD-Rs, A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors is a crucial transitional release in Xasthur's blackened oeuvre, the turning point at which mastermind Malefic was thrust into the unenviable (but ultimately more satisfying) position of running Xasthur as a one-man operation for the first time. As such, A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors is the accursed genesis of Xasthur as you know it/him today: cold, black and solitary, the sequestered misanthrope with a heart full of hate and no 'band members' to impair his bleak and terrifying visions. In 2004, a more instrumental version of the album was released on cassette and CD by Sweden¹s Total Holocaust Records‹this version eventually appeared on vinyl in a limited edition of 500 from France¹s Debemur Morti Productions. Hydra Head¹s deluxe 2xCD package‹the last-ever edition of A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors‹includes that definitive version of the album in all its miserable mono-aural glory, complete with Burzum ('Black Spell Of Destruction') and Mütiilation ('Eternal Empire Of Majesty Death') covers and a six-track bonus disc of unreleased material from the same era. It's impressive, we know‹but let's just say HH are doing their part to keep hate alive.

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