''Damascus Steel'' is the third full-length studio album by the

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band The Meads of Asphodel. It was their last album to feature contributions from Max Rael ( History of Guns).

Track listing

# "Psalm 666 (Intro)" - 2:32 # "Creed of Abraham" - 5:46 # "Hollow Womb of Suicide" - 2:53 # "Sword of the East" - 6:53 # "Satanic Black Nubian Pharaohs" - 6:39 # "Wonderful World" - 2:17 # "The Gods Who Mock Us" - 5:27 # "Behold the Kindred Battle Carcasses Strewn Across the Bloodied Dunes of Gilgamesh Mute in the Frenzied Clamour of Death's Rolling Tongue and Ravenous Bursting Steel" - 11:01 # "Beyond Death and Darkness" - 17:57 *"Sword of the East" is a cover of a song done by

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. *"Wonderful World" is a cover of the song done by

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, with the lyrics being almost completely changed. *"Beyond Death and Darkness" is a bonus track that is an updated version of a song found on the Metatron and the Gleaming Red Serpent demo.

References

External links

Damascus Steel by The Meads of Asphodel @ Encyclopaedia Metallum
{{Authority control 2005 albums The Meads of Asphodel albums