Salarian Gate is the second studio album by
death metal band
Graves of Valor
Graves of Valor is an American death metal band formed in 2005, hailing from Florence, South Carolina, United States. They signed a deal with Relapse Records and have since released their only album, ''Salarian Gate'', on May 26, 2009.
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. It was released on May 26, 2009 through
Relapse Records
Overview
On Friday, May 29 at Earshot Records in Greenville, South Carolina
Graves of Valor
Graves of Valor is an American death metal band formed in 2005, hailing from Florence, South Carolina, United States. They signed a deal with Relapse Records and have since released their only album, ''Salarian Gate'', on May 26, 2009.
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played a free concert in honor of their second studio album Salarian Gate. The album marked the band's first full-length release and their Debut on
Relapse Records. The Album was available for streaming in its entirety exclusively on iLike.com before it was officially released in the U.S. The Album's lyrical content centers around the fall of Rome. Damon Welch, in an interview with Mass Movement Magazine stated "I’m really into history and had just finished reading Edward Gibbon’s ‘The Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire when I began the writing process for this album so that’s what was on my mind at the time...I still love some good ole Satanism myself, I just don’t know enough about it to write a song. Whatever makes for an interesting album is good enough for me."
Track listing
# "Salarian Gate" - 3:26
# "Suffocation of the Last King" - 3:45
# "Pestilence" - 3:34
# "Bridles of Incitatus" - 3:25
# "Six Sember Tyrannis" - 3:
# "Letter of the Blind" - 1:02
# "To Breathe Blood" - 3:29
# "The Clever Ape" - 2:50
# "Diderot" - 1:21
# "Locusta" - 5:00
# "No Gods Left" - 4:35
Personnel
*David Hasselbring - bass
*Jeff Springs - guitar
*Richard Turbeville - guitar
*Dayton Cantley - drums
*Damon Welch - vocals
References
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2009 albums
Graves of Valor albums