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Release date: 1993
Style: Progressive death metal

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01. When The Sun Drank The Weight Of Water
02. The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son Of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
03. Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort
04. The Echo (Replacement)
05. The Putrefying Road In The Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside The Bowels Of Endlessness...)
06. (Within) The Chamber Of Whispering Eyes
07. And You'll Remain... (In Pieces In Nothingness)
08. Erecshyrinol
09. The Planet That Once Used To Absorb Flesh In Order To Achieve Divinity And Immortality (Suffocated To The Flesh That It Desired...)
10. The Cry
11. Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep

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Lyrics (10)


Additional info
A mention in the booklet reads:
"Absolutely no effects were used on the vocals in any way"

Nespithe means "The Spine", and Erecshyrinol means "No Lyrics Here." They can be decrypted by grouping the letters in three, starting at the end of the word, and reversing the order of those groups.

Reissued by Repulse Records (RPS 014) with "The Four Instructive Tales Of Decomposition" demo as bonus tracks. Unlike the rumor that was going around, Repulse had the band's permission. Demilich only decided to let people download this album because they've never received any payment from the Necropolis reissue. This album was also reissued by Pavement Records. It was reissued again in 2002 by Century Media Records as a digipak with "The Four Instructive Tales Of Decomposition" demo as bonus tracks.

Also released on tape by Sick Records (Poland). This release was licensed by Repulse.

Also released on 12" vinyl and CD by Spanish label Xtreem Music in 2009. It contains no insert and has typos on the back side of the cover. This version was mastered by label owner Dave Rotten at Xtreem Music Masterings in January 2009 (It has the same bonus tracks as the Repulse edition).

Staff review by
Lucas

Rating:
9.1
It seems so simple. All you have to do in order to acquire a legendary status in the underground Death metal world is this - be unique. It is, apparently, one of the most difficult things of all for many a band these days.

Back to '93. Death metal was still young so it was easier to stand out, I'll give you that, but there were still a couple of bands that did something in those days that nobody was ever able to copy. Not then, not now. One of those bands is the bizarre Demilich. 1993 sees the release of their sole full-length Nesphite (or "The Spine") and to this day it remains an incredible and breath-taking album.

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published 19.12.2009 | Comments (7)

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Tetravirulence - 27.05.2011 at 14:20  
  Absolute masterpiece
!J.O.O.E.! - 10.01.2012 at 23:00  
Rating: 9 I forgot how much this album absolutely slays every death metal album released in the last decade, practically.
Troy Killjoy - 10.01.2012 at 23:07  
  I should listen to this again. It's been... uh, holy shit. I think it's actually been like 4 years since I gave this any attention. :/
!J.O.O.E.! - 10.01.2012 at 23:13  
Rating: 9
Written by Troy Killjoy on 10.01.2012 at 23:07

I should listen to this again. It's been... uh, holy shit. I think it's actually been like 4 years since I gave this any attention. :/

Pretty much the same with me. Before I thought it was cool, now it's like the best set of Lego with everything slotting into place. It boggles the mind that this is from 1993.
Troy Killjoy - 10.01.2012 at 23:15  
 
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 10.01.2012 at 23:13
It boggles the mind that this is from 1993.

I thought it was really good when I first heard it, but that was even before I was really into death metal and more extreme forms of already extreme genres, so I don't know if I'd think better or worse of it now. Maybe I'll listen to it... right now actually, while I've got the place to myself.
BoxCar Willy - 28.01.2012 at 00:33  
  Listened to the first track and didn't really like it...
InnerSelf - 17.05.2012 at 20:19  
Rating: 9 I've played this about 10 times in the past couple of days, this just ninja'd all of the other album on my mp3 player and I can't seem to get enough of it
!J.O.O.E.! - 17.05.2012 at 20:45  
Rating: 9
Written by InnerSelf on 17.05.2012 at 20:19

I've played this about 10 times in the past couple of days, this just ninja'd all of the other album on my mp3 player and I can't seem to get enough of it

It has a habit of doing that.
InnerSelf - 17.05.2012 at 22:40  
Rating: 9
Written by !J.O.O.E.! on 17.05.2012 at 20:45

Written by InnerSelf on 17.05.2012 at 20:19

I've played this about 10 times in the past couple of days, this just ninja'd all of the other album on my mp3 player and I can't seem to get enough of it

It has a habit of doing that.

The second track is the one I played the most, it almost makes me dance xD
Alex Lemon - 29.11.2012 at 23:29  
Rating: 6 Honestly. The vocals just don't sound good in my opinion. It's been a while since I've listened to this... which was once a long time ago, and I remember finding the vocals more attractive then :/ Good songwriting on the other hand (and an awesome album cover)
Illog1cal - 04.02.2013 at 20:21  
Rating: 8 Its unique and possesses a very twisted and warped atmosphere, yet there are many flaws. If only they had had the chance to do a followup.
disarray - 21.02.2013 at 00:30  
Rating: 7 A should-work-and-be-free -byebye reh.room gig stream, open for thee on the forthcoming Friday: http://www.anentity.com/fatoru/

Demilich, Jess and the long name, Winterwolf, and a few more.
Lit. - 08.04.2013 at 02:44  
  Nice riffs and the vocals sound like someone drowning. Crushing.

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