Battle Magic is the third album by Bal-Sagoth

Bal-Sagoth

Bal-Sagoth is a symphonic black metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 1993.Originally formed as an epic/symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from the Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"...

, released in 1998 on Cacophonous Records. It is the last album to feature Jonny Maudling

Jonny Maudling

Jonny Maudling is an English composer, keyboard player and former drummer for the band Bal-Sagoth. Maudling's primary instruments are Roland synthesizers when playing live. He comes from a musical family and was classically trained on piano from an early age...

 on drums, who following this album would go on to concentrate fully on playing the keyboards.

The cover artwork for the album features the fantasy character "Caylen-Tor", created by Bal-Sagoth

Bal-Sagoth

Bal-Sagoth is a symphonic black metal band from Yorkshire, England, formed in 1993.Originally formed as an epic/symphonic black metal band with strong death metal elements, vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts took the name 'Bal-Sagoth' from the Robert E. Howard short story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"...

 vocalist/lyricist Byron Roberts

Byron Roberts

Byron Roberts, also known as Byron A. Roberts, is the vocalist/lyricist and founder of the British symphonic extreme metal band Bal-Sagoth.Originally hailing from Yorkshire, England, and also holding full Canadian citizenship, due to many years spent living in Ontario and Quebec, Roberts graduated...

.

The band were awarded one full month to record, much of which was spent on the orchestral arrangements. The keyboards in "Blood Slakes the Sand at the Circus Maximus" alone took six full days to complete.

Track listing

• All Tracks Written By Byron Roberts
  Byron Roberts
  Byron Roberts, also known as Byron A. Roberts, is the vocalist/lyricist and founder of the British symphonic extreme metal band Bal-Sagoth.Originally hailing from Yorkshire, England, and also holding full Canadian citizenship, due to many years spent living in Ontario and Quebec, Roberts graduated...
  
  , Jonny Maudling
  Jonny Maudling
  Jonny Maudling is an English composer, keyboard player and former drummer for the band Bal-Sagoth. Maudling's primary instruments are Roland synthesizers when playing live. He comes from a musical family and was classically trained on piano from an early age...
  
   & Chris Maudling.

1. "Battle Magic" – 2:45
2. "Naked Steel (The Warrior's Saga)" – 4:44
3. "A Tale from the Deep Woods" – 5:37
4. "Return to the Praesidium of Ys" – 6:30
5. "Crystal Shards" – 2:17
6. "The Dark Liege of Chaos is Unleashed at the Ensorcelled Shrine of A'Zura Kai (The Splendour of a Thousand Swords Gleaming Beneath the Blazon of the Hyperborean Empire Part II)" – 4:14
7. "When Rides the Scion of the Storms" – 6:17
8. "Blood Slakes the Sand at the Circus Maximus" – 8:53
9. "Thwarted by the Dark Blade (Blade of the Vampyre Hunter)" – 6:19
10. "And Atlantis Falls" – 2:22

Personnel

• Byron Roberts
  Byron Roberts
  Byron Roberts, also known as Byron A. Roberts, is the vocalist/lyricist and founder of the British symphonic extreme metal band Bal-Sagoth.Originally hailing from Yorkshire, England, and also holding full Canadian citizenship, due to many years spent living in Ontario and Quebec, Roberts graduated...
  
   - vocals
• Chris Maudling - guitars and studio bass
• Alistair MacLatchy - bass guitar (live only)
• Jonny Maudling
  Jonny Maudling
  Jonny Maudling is an English composer, keyboard player and former drummer for the band Bal-Sagoth. Maudling's primary instruments are Roland synthesizers when playing live. He comes from a musical family and was classically trained on piano from an early age...
  
  - drums, keyboards