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THE RECORD COLLECTION

The Martyr

The third album, released in November 2020, closes this four-release listening route.

2 November 2020

8 tracks / Band-published release

Listen on Bandcamp Illustration made for this guide; original artwork is on the release page.

Release notes

Bandcamp gives the release date as 2 November 2020. The credits place recording and mixing at Headroom Studio in Rethymno between October 2019 and April 2020, with production credited to the band and Aristotelis Telis.

Read the credits as part of the record

The published credits distinguish writing, arrangement, recording and artwork. These roles answer different questions about how a record takes shape. Start with the band’s full credit list when you want to follow one of those threads.

Leave room for a second listen

Choose a transition that interests you and note its position in the recording. Return later and listen to what leads into it. A memorable moment can change character when heard as part of the whole sequence.

The running order

01Birth of the Martyr02Wings of Stray03Lady Spring04Guillotine05Up in the Sky06Black Sea07Mother of Death08Martyr's End

Sources & further listening

The Martyr — band-published release