Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters)

Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters) is an EP and the first studio release by the British symphonic black metal band Hecate Enthroned. It was released by Blackend Records on 7 July, 1995. This is essentially their An Ode for a Haunted Wood demo reworked and released as the first album under their record label.

Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters)
EP by
Hecate Enthroned
Released7 July 1995
RecordedAcademy Studios, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, 1995
GenreSymphonic black metal
Length30:19
LabelBlackend Records
ProducerRobert Magoolagan, Hecate Enthroned
Hecate Enthroned chronology
An Ode for a Haunted Wood
(1995)		 Upon Promeathean Shores (Unscriptured Waters)
(1995)		 The Slaughter of Innocence, a Requiem for the Mighty
(1997)

Stylistically this found the band in a more "true" black metal sound, with squashed production, growled vocals, raging tempos, blast beats and symphonic arrangements. Accusations of the band being a "Cradle of Filth rip-off" began to manifest as the band's name got bigger.

The album was remastered and re-released in 1998 by Blackend with two bonus tracks and a different cover art.

A music video was made for the track "An Ode for a Haunted Wood".

A picture of the famous ruins of the Whitby Abbey was used as the cover.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Jon Kennedy; all music is composed by Hecate Enthroned (Kennedy, Nigel, Marc, Mark Watson-Jones, Steve, Andy O'Hara – 1995)

No.TitleLength
1."Promeathea (Thy Darkest Mask of Surreality)"2:15
2."The Crimson Thorns (My Immortal Dreams)"4:26
3."A Graven Winter"7:30
4."To Feed Upon Thy Dreams"6:46
5."An Ode for a Haunted Wood"7:13
6."Through Spellbinding Branches (Deepest Witchcraft)" (instrumental)2:08
1998 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
7."The Danse Macabre" (new version)5:13
8."Luciferian Death Code"2:22

Personnel
Hecate Enthroned
Miscellaneous staff
  • Robert "Mags" Magoolagan – production, mastering
  • Simon Marsden – cover art
Recording lineup – 1995


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