Set Sail to Mystery

Set Sail to Mystery
Studio album by
The Vision Bleak
Released2 April 2010
GenreGothic metal
Length44:46
LabelProphecy Productions
ProducerMartin Koller
The Vision Bleak chronology
The Wolves Go Hunt Their Prey
(2007) 		Set Sail to Mystery
(2010) 		Witching Hour
(2013)

Set Sail to Mystery is the fourth studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 2 April 2010[1] through Prophecy Productions. A digipak edition containing seven bonus tracks was also released. It counted with a guest appearance by Niklas Kvarforth of Shining fame.

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Vision Bleak unless noted.

No.TitleLength
1."A Curse of the Grandest Kind" (lyrics by Lord Byron)3:55
2."Descend into Maelstrom"5:26
3."I Dined with the Swans"4:19
4."A Romance with the Grave" (lyrics by Heinrich Heine)5:50
5."The Outsider"5:11
6."Mother Nothingness (The Triumph of Ubbo-Sathla)"8:11
7."The Foul Within"5:59
8."He Who Paints the Black of Night"5:54
Digipak release bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."I Dined with the Swans (Alternate Version)" (feat. Niklas Kvarforth)4:20
10."By the Misery of Fate He Was Haunted" (Master's Hammer cover)5:06
11."Descend into Maelstrom (Classic Version in Monochrome)" (instrumental)2:47
12."Mother Nothingness (Classic Version in Monochrome)" (instrumental)2:57
13."The Foul Within (Classical Version in Monochrome)" (instrumental)2:33
14."I Dined with the Swans (Piano Version in Monochrome)" (instrumental)3:06
15."A Farewell at Sea (Classical Version in Monochrome)" (instrumental)2:14

Trivia

Critical reception

Sonic Seducer lauded the album's mix of hardness and atmosphere, and noted the theatrical style that is typical of The Vision Bleak.[2]

Personnel

The Vision Bleak

  • Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
  • Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards

Guest musicians

  • Niklas Kvarforth – vocals (on track 9)
  • Thomas Helm – additional tenor vocals
  • Sophia Brommer – additional vocals (track 5)

Miscellaneous staff

  • Martin Koller – production

References

  1. ^ "News from the studio". 5 August 2009.
  2. ^ a b Zymolka, Yvonne. "The Vision Bleak — Tod überm Schwanensee". Sonic Seducer (in German). Vol. 17, no. 4–2010.
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