Atlantis Ascendant is the fifth studio album by English metal band BAL-SAGOTH. It was released in April 2001 through Nuclear Blast. This was the first Bal-Sagoth album to be recorded (albeit only partially) with digital recording technology.

The album's primary story and lyrical concept as written by vocalist-lyricist Byron Roberts centres on the exploits of a fictional nineteenth century British archaeologist and adventurer named Professor Caleb Blackthorne III, who has dedicated his life to the field of antediluvian anthropology and to seeking out evidence as to the true nature of humanity's origin. As with many protagonists in the Lovecraftian fashion, his investigations lead to madness and death. 

Bal-Sagoth are a symphonic black metal band from Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, formed in 1989. Originally an epic symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from the Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth". Their first demo was recorded in 1993, and Bal-Sagoth have since released three albums on Cacophonous Records, and three with Nuclear Blast. 

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• Atlantis Ascendant is the fifth studio album by English metal band BAL-SAGOTH. It was released in April 2001 through Nuclear Blast. This was the first Bal-Sagoth album to be recorded (albeit only partially) with digital recording technology 

• The artwork for the album was designed by Martin Hanford, who has also designed covers for Orange Goblin and Twilight Force 

• Available on this amazing limited edition Clear / Red Splatter vinyl (BOBV906LP)! 

• Re-mastered 

 

TRACKLIST

SIDE A

1. The Epsilon Exordium 

2. Atlantis Ascendant  

3. Draconis Albionensis  

4. Star-map Of The Ancient Cosmographers  

5. The Ghosts Of Angkor Wat 

SIDE B

6. The Splendour Of A Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath The Blazon Of The Hyperborean Empire  

7. The Dreamer In The Catacombs Of Ur  

8. In Search Of The Lost Cities Of Antarctica 

9. The Chronicle Of Shadow 

10. Six Keys To The Onyx Pyramid