Judas Iscariot - Distant In Solitary Night (1999) Reissue [2005]

 

 Judas Iscariot was created by Akhenaten back in 1992 as a solo band. He released his first demo in 1993. In 1995 the debut album "The Cold Earth Slept Below" was released on Moribund Records.

He released the 7" EP "Arise, My Lord" in 1996. He also participated in two other bands, Sarcophagus and Seeds of Hate. "Thy Dying Light" was recorded and was to be released at Head Not Found but the parent company Voices of Wonder refused to release due to the extremity of Judas Iscariot. It was later released by Moribund Records Cult.

Akhenaten moved from America to Germany and recorded "Of Great Eternity" which was released in 1997. The following two years he managed to release "Distant in Solitary Night" which was recorded back in 1996. He also signed a contract with the American label Red Stream. They had heard his new work "Heaven in Flames" and agreed to release it. In 2000 he released the MCD "Dethroned, Conquered and Forgotten".

Same year, a live album "Under the Black Sun" was released and a split 7" EP with Krieg, "To the Coming Age of Intolerance" in 2001.

In 2002, "To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding" and the MCD "Moonlight Butchery" were released, also the EPs "March of the Apocalypse" and "Midnight Frost". Shortly after, Akhenaten announced that he decided to end the band.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 1.  The Wind Stands Silent     05:05
2.  Where the Winter Beats Incessant     10:35
3.  The Black Clouds Roll Under the Parapet of the Sky     06:13
4.  The Clear Moon, and the Glory of the Darkness     07:17
5.  To the Black Tower of Victory     03:27
6.  In the Bliss of the Eternal Valleys of Hate     06:35
7.  Portions of Eternity Too Great for the Eye of Man     11:39

50:51

 

-Lineup:

 ⛧Akhenaten : All instruments, vocals.

 

 

 

 

 Label: Moribund Records – DEAD 21 CD

The full name of this album is: Distant In Solitary Night (Seven Hymns to the Triumph of Evil).

The album was recorded as the third Judas Iscariot album in 1996 and partly released on "Arise, My Lord" 7"EP in the same year. Moribund Records had delayed the CD release due to the fast sequence of the first two albums' publishing.

The lyrics to "Portions of Eternity Too Great for the Eye of Man" are taken from excerpts of William Blake's "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell".

Recorded in Eternal Fire, May 1996.