Paul Chain - Alkahest mp3 album

While Paul Chain’s work made a name for itself in underground doom circuits, it remained shrouded in complete obscurity. His relatively best known work came to light in 1995. But otherwise, Alkahest is a solidly enjoyable album; I think my personal favourite might actually be the ballad, ‘Lake Without Water’ - it’s very cool to hear Lee sing like this, as his voice actually has a very beautiful quality to it when he’s not indulging in some of his more maniacal, stoned warbling. So, Alkahest has certainly piqued my interest further in Paul Chain’s work.

Alkahest by Paul Chain, released 24 April 1995 1. Roses of Winter 2. Living Today 3. Sand Glass 4. Three Water 5. Reality 6. Voyage to Hell 7. Static End 8. Lake without Water 9. Sepulchral Life. Dark Doom project founded by Paul Chain in 1984, after the split of Death SS. During this project's activity, over 50 different musicians cooperated under direction of the founder and bandleader. In 1987 the name was shortened to Paul Chain, and Chain started experimenting with other forms of music.

Alkahest (1995) by Paul Chain. Genres: Doom Metal, Heavy Metal Members: Paul Chain, Sandra Silver, Lu Spitfire, Fabrice Francese, Andrea Seki, Nembo.

Composed By – Paul Chain, Paul Dark (tracks: C3). Engineer, Mixed By, Executive-Producer – Paul Chain. Lacquer Cut By – Gengy. Mastered By – Neal Summerville. Double LP gatefold reissue. Alkahest ‎(LP, Album, Ltd). Alkahest ‎(CD, Album, RE, Unofficial).

Alkahest is the result of a collaboration with Lee Dorrian, the then lead vocalist of doom legends Cathedral. The story goes that Dorrian stayed at Paul’s house in Italy for a certain amount of time where the two would take up visits to local graveyards, ruins and undiscovered swaths of land. Being a collaborative work, the album itself can roughly divided into two parts. The first five songs are pretty much quintessential Paul Chain: droning Sabbathian doom riffs repeated to hypnotizing effect, solos based on blues schemes that are suddenly stretched into almost Hawkwind-esque space rock territory, ominous keyboard soundscapes and wordless but introspective vocal work which all come together in a mystical yet unsettling fog that envelops the space you find yourself in.