Occasus Explained

Occasus
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Amenta
Cover:	occasusalbum.jpg
Released:	November 9, 2004
Recorded:	2004
Genre:	Experimental metal, industrial metal, blackened death metal^[1]
Length:	41:58
Label:	Listenable Records
Producer:	Lachlan Mitchell
Next Title:	n0n
Next Year:	2008

Occasus (Latin "setting (of the sun)") is the first studio release album by industrial/experimental metalband The Amenta. The album won them the Best Metal Newcomers award for 2004 by the Australian edition of Kerrang! magazine. The album also contains multimedia content including a detailed discography, promotional photos, lyrics and songs on the downloadable ambient album "Soundtrack To A Hidden Earth". The album was re-released in 2007 with four bonus tracks, originally from the Mictlan E.P., along with the DVD 'Virus'.

Track listing

1. Erebus – 4:09
2. Mictlan – 4:52
3. Zero – 4:16
4. Senium – 2:04
5. Nihil – 5:19
6. Geilt – 4:15
7. Sekem – 4:46
8. Occasus – 3:10
9. Ennea – 4:10
10. Sangre – 4:56
11. Inritus - 1:14*
12. Mictlan 2002 - 5:05*
13. Ennea 2002 - 4:09*
14. Nekuia - 1:54*

• Bonus tracks on the 2007 re-issue.

Credits

Personnel

• Erik Miehs - guitar
• Timothy Pope - keyboards, samples, programming
• Mark Bevan - vocals
• Nathan Jenkins - bass guitar
• Dave Haley - drums

Production

• Lachlan Mitchell - producer, mixing, mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Daniels. Matt. The Amenta – Revelator. Echoes and Dust. 2 June 2024. 24 February 2021.