''Mortal Throne of Nazarene'' is the second studio album by the American
death metal
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band
Incantation
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. The album was released in 1994 on
Relapse Records
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History
The label was ...
(US) and
Nuclear Blast Records
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(Europe).
This particular album had been recorded in its entirety already in August 1993 but Relapse Records wanted the band to record again due to not being happy with the results. Situations like this and other incidents that followed led to the infamous bad blood between John McEntee and the label. The alternate version of the album was released in 1995 as Upon the Throne of Apocalypse, with a different mix and track orders reversed.
Track listing
All songs written by Craig Pillard and John McEntee.
Credits
*Craig Pillard – guitar/vocals
*John McEntee – guitars, mixing
*Jim Roe – session drums
*Dan Kamp – bass
*Incantation and Garris Shippon – producers
*Garris Shipon – engineer
*Mr Bill – engineer
*Brian Sekula – mixing
*Dave Shirk – mastering
*Miran Kim – cover artwork
*Wes Benscoter – booklet and tray art
References
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Incantation (band) albums
1994 albums
Albums produced by Steve Evetts
Albums with cover art by Wes Benscoter