Judas Iscariot - Thy Dying Light (1996) Enhanced [2000]

 

Judas Iscariot was created in 1992 in DeKalb (Illinois), originally called Heidegger, formed as a “one-man-band” project by Andrew Jay Harris, an American sociologist and philosopher, using the pseudonym “Akhenaten”. However, with the release of "Heaven in Flames" (1999), Duane Timlin (Cryptic Winter) joined him as a session drummer. From 1999 to 2000, Akhenaten performed just two live concerts with a lineup featuring members of Nargaroth, Krieg, Absu, and Maniac Butcher.The band's last show took place at the Under the Black Sun festival in Germany in July 2000. This show was captured on vinyl. The album was limited to a mere 500 copies, which included the live cuts and an 11-minute studio track ("Portions Of Eternity Too Great For The Eyes Of Man"), leading to inflated prices over the Internet, much to Akhenaten's chagrin. At this last show, "The Black Clouds Roll Under the Parapet of the Sky" was dedicated to "the destruction of the capitalist scum who tried to destroy black metal." All of the band's releases were given to the labels who originally released them, and Akhenaten took no money, as he owned his own recording equipment, instead asking that the money be put back into the underground.

The subjects that commonly touched were directed from the point of view of nihilistic philosophy. After returning from Germany, Akhenaten announced that he had ended Judas Iscariot on August 25, 2002. This date coincided with the 102nd anniversary of the death of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, whose work was a major influence on the ideological foundations of the band. "Midnight Frost (To Rest With Eternity)" EP was the band's last official release, in 2003.

Akhenaten has been a part of many side projects, including Weltmacht and Sarcophagus.

In 2018, Ascension Monuments Media began selling pre-orders for numerous re-releases from Judas Iscariot's discography, falsely claiming they were authorized by the band. Akhenaten has described these records as "disgraceful unauthorized bootlegs."

 

DEAD 24 CD

 

 

 

 

 

-Tracklist:

1. But Eternals Beheld His Vast Forests   07:59
2. His Eternal Life, Like A Dream Was Obliterated   09:14
3. Helpless It Lay, Like A Worm In His Frozen Track   10:54
4. Behold, Our Race Of Unstoppable Genius   03:52
5. From His Woven Darkness Above   04:24
6. Writhing Upon The Wind Of Mystic Philosophy And Dreams   04:46
7. They Saw His Pale Visage Emerge From The Darkness   04:28
8. Thy Dying Light, And Desolate Darkness   05:42
9. Arise, My Lord Of Infernal Wisdom   00:39
   
 Bonus:
Video: The Heavens Drop With Human Gore (Live)

 

-Line up:

 • Akhenaten: all instruments, vocal. 

 

 

Label: Moribund Records.

Recorded by Akhenaten in March 1996.

Reissued in 2000 with bonus video of ''The Heaven Drop With Human Gore'' (live) (06:56) and a different cover art.

All music written, performed and recorded by Akhenaten in total solitude.