Triple CD in Triple 7′ vinyl Gatefold (500 copies - Numbered Edition)

Originally released in the mid-2000s, this defining work now returns in a gloriously expanded edition - and for the first time ever, pressed onto double vinyl. This 2025 edition, meticulously remastered to K14-level standards by Andersson himself, features not only the core studio album (Disc I, recorded winter 2005-2006), but also two full discs of evocative live performances from across Europe, including Gent, Sofia, Salzburg, Alkmaar, Budapest, and a stunning set recorded in the Sophienkirche of Wuppertal during the Phobos II Dark Ambient Festival (2010) - a performance that plays like a liturgy for forgotten gods.

The sound is monumental yet subtle: subterranean drones coil beneath spectral chants, decaying harmonics ripple through ancient cathedrals of reverb, and slow-shifting textures create a space where the listener floats between the sacred and the surreal. There are echoes here of Lustmord's somber gravity, Thomas Köner's icy isolationism, and the ritualistic depth of Inade or Desiderii Marginis, but it's RAISON D'ÊTRE's singular spiritual voice that rises from the abyss.

The artwork by Kati Astraeir perfectly captures the album's meditative darkness - fluid forms, organic decay, and transcendent abstraction - while the layout, also designed by Andersson, reinforces the ritualistic purity of the listening experience.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Metamorphyses Phase I
• Metamorphyses Phase II
• Metamorphyses Phase III
• Metamorphyses Phase IV
• Metamorphyses Phase V
• Metamorphyses Phase VI
• Metamorphyses Phase I (Sketch)
• Metamorphyses Phase IV (Sketch)

Disc 2:

• Metamorphyses Phase I (Gent)
• Metamorphyses Phase IV (Gent)
• TheTransformal Landscape (Gent)
• Metamorphyses Phase III (Budapest)
• Pathfinder (Budapest)
• Metamorphyses PhaseI (Sophia)
• The Invisible Gate Of The Temple (Salzburg)
• Metal Stone Mental Heart (Salzburg)
• Metamorphyses Phase III (Alkmaar)
• Metamorphyses Phase IV (Alkmaar)

Disc 3:

• Reflecting In Shadows
• Agnus Dei
• Desecrated By The Blood
• The Spirit Will Not Share The Guilt
• My Soul Is Darkened
• Spira Mirabilis
• Without Shedding There Is No Forgiveness
• Passing Inner Shields

Additional Details

Label: The circle music

Genre: Ambient/Experimental

Language: English

Run Time: 60:30 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/05/26

UPC: 617669421352