The Cainian Chronicle is Ancient’s second full length release. On another note, the album’s length is 66 minutes and six seconds long. The concept of the first part of the record (tracks 1-4) is a retelling of the story of Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer, based not on the traditional Biblical tale, rather on the supplement The Book of Nod of the Vampire: the Masquerade roleplaying game. It chronicles his casting out, his relations with Lilith (the first wife of Adam in this interpretation) and the leading to the procreation of their children, the Disciplines of Cain. The three part opus corresponds to three parts of The Book of Nod. "At the Infernal Portal" contains lines from Dante’s Divine Comedy, and the rest of the album is based on traditional Paganism.
Double Blue Marbled Vinyl.
TRACKLIST:
1. Ponderous Moonlighting
2. The Cainian Chronicle Part I: The Curse
3. The Cainian Chronicle Part II: Lilith’s Embrace
4. The Cainian Chronicle Part III & IV: Disciplines of Caine / Zillah and the Crone
5. At the Infernal Portal (Canto III)
6. Cry of Mariamne
7. Prophecy of Gehenna
8. Song of Kaiaphas
9. Exu
10. The Pagan Cycle
11. Homage to Pan
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