The exclusive reissue of Bal-Sagoth's sixth album, the first in five years since 2001's "Atlantis Ascendant" and it's rumored to be their last album. Although Bal-Sagoth's vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts most often refers to "The Chthonic Chronicles" as "the end of the Hexalogy", this could also refer to the end of this particular set of stories. Bal-Sagoth's now-established tradition of lyrics revolving around antediluvian settings such as Atlantis, Lemuria and Mu is once again present, and song titles such as "Shackled to the Trilithon of Kutulu" indicate that the heavy H. P. Lovecraft inspiration, that set a tone of cosmic horror to the lyrical aspects of their previous albums, is present too.
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