| A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors | |
| Type: | demo |
| Artist: | Xasthur |
| Cover: | A_Gate_Through_Bloodstained_Mirrors_2001.jpg |
| Caption: | Cover to the original edition of the album |
| Released: | September 12, 2001 |
| Genre: | Black metal |
| Length: | 72:31 |
| Label: | Profane Productions (2001) Total Holocaust Records (2004) Debemur Morti Productions (2004) Hydra Head Records (2008) |
| Prev Title: | A Darkened Winter |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Xasthur / Acid Enema split |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors is a 2001 demo by the American black metal one-man-band Xasthur. Reviews of that release, first published by Profane Productions as a limited CD-R edition of 150 copies, proved to be positive, comparing the material to old Graveland and Burzum.[1] With the increasing cult status of Xasthur, the demo was reissued by Total Holocaust Records, featuring a different mix and track list (CD and cassette, 2004). This edition was also published as a double-12" vinyl release by Debemur Morti Productions (2004) and finally by Hydra Head Records (double-CD release, the second CD containing further rare material, 2008).[2]
For this first official release as a regular CD, all the tracks of the demo (which was originally published in mono) were remixed in 2003. The remixed version was used for the vinyl and double-CD editions (2004 and 2008).
Notes: Track 9 is a Mütiilation cover. Track 13 is a Burzum cover.
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog Nr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | September 12, 2001 | Ma-Kahru / Profane Productions | mono CD-R (150 copies) | profanecdr 001 | |
| Sweden | 2004 | Total Holocaust Records | Remastered cassette | thr-048 | |
| Remastered CD (1000 copies) | thr-050 | ||||
| France | August 31, 2004 | Debemur Morti Prod. | Remastered double-12" (500 copies) | DMP0003 | |
| United States | January 29, 2008 | Hydra Head Records | double CD | HH666-150 |