Regarding “Power from the Center of the Cosmic Black Spiral", Frontman Dagon comments on behalf of the duo: "This is Inquisition in its mid paced, heavy and hypnotic form; classic Inquisition. Here we have tight neck breaking riffs and percussive rhythms while mixed with an open and wide atmospheric segment that comes later in the song opening an entire new dimension; this contrasting works with the song's theme of: death and destruction from chaos, perfection and creation from order all from within the center of the galactic battlefield where the gods of creation and the mechanics of the universe are one, working as destroyer and creator enabling cosmic evolution. In short, this is tribute to the center of galaxies and their law as an all consuming force, a great Satan.”
Inquisition recorded Bloodshed across the Empyrean Altar beyond the Celestial Zenith at the legendary London Bridge Studios in Seattle (Alice in Chains, Queensryche, Wolves in the Throne Room, and many more) with long time engineer Arthur Rizk (Prurient, Power Trip).
Tracklist:
1. Intro: The Force Before Darkness
2. They Came From Chaos
3. Wings of Anu
4. Vortex from the Flying Celestial Throne of Storms
5. A Black Aeon Shall Cleanse
6. The Flames of Infinite Blackness Before Creation
7. Mystical Blood
8. Through the Divine Spirit of Satan in Glorious Universe Is Known
9. Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond the Celestial Zenith
10. Power from the Center of the Cosmic Black Spiral
11. A Magnificent Crypt of Stars
12. Outro: The Invocation of the Absolute, the All, the Satan
13. Coda: Hymn to the Cosmic Zenith
PRESS RELEASE
(The streaming of the first premiered track is available here)