The Stargate is an album by Norwegian solo artist Mortiis

Mortiis

Mortiis is a band from Notodden, Norway fronted by Håvard Ellefsen, who is also known as the namesake of the band. The name is a misspelling of the word 'mortis', which is the pronunciation used by the band. However, Mortiis started as the solo project of Ellefsen as a means to convey a story...

 that was scheduled for release with the book Secrets of My Kingdom, alongside a limited gold press version of the CD, which was for unknown reasons later released in 2001, prior to The Smell of Rain

The Smell of Rain

The Smell of Rain is the name of an album released by solo artist Mortiis in 2001.The initial CD press run for Germany contained a bonus DVD including the 'Parasite God' video. The LP was a double gatefold with a 12" lyric insert. A remastered version was released later, as Mortiis requested. It...

. The LP was a 3-sided gatefold with a 12" fold-out lyric sheet. The fourth side was etched. Initially there was to be a large poster, however this was dropped by the record label. There was going to be a reprint of this CD, but it never happened.

Track listing

1. "Child of Curiosity & the Old Man of Knowledge" - 5:33 (Mortiis)
2. "I am the World" - 6:18 (Mortiis)
3. "World Essence" - 5:58 (Trane)
4. "Across the World of Wonders" - 6:42 (Mortiis)
5. "(Passing by) an Old and Raped Village" - 5:09 (Trane)
6. "Towards the Gate of Stars" - 7:45 (Mortiis)
7. "Spirit of Conquest/the Warfare" - 9:16 (Mortiis)
8. "Army of Conquest/the Warfare (Ever Onwards)" - 13:04 (Trane)

Personnel

• Sarah Jezebel Deva
  Sarah Jezebel Deva
  Sarah Jane , better known by her stage name Sarah Jezebel Deva, is a British vocalist. She was the female vocalist in Cradle of Filth for 14 years and also fronts her own band, Angtoria. In 2009, Deva started her self-titled solo project. The debut album A Sign of Sublime was released in February...
  
  : Female Lead Vocal
• Kalle Metz: Male Lead Vocal, Additional Backing Vocal
• Mortiis: Keyboards, Synthesizers, Backing Vocal
• Niklad Trane: Acoustic Guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
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Production

• Arranged By Mortiis
• Produced, Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Mortiis, Niklas Trane & Conny Larsson
• Mastered By Mortiis

Reissue

• Earache Records
  Earache Records
  Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
  
   reissued the CD as part of a 3 CD set, along with Fodt til a Herske and Crypt of the Wizard
  Crypt of the Wizard
  Crypt of the Wizard is a compilation album by Norwegian solo artist Mortiis, though it is largely recognised as a complete album.Recorded in Norway, it was initially released in 1996 as a series of 5 12" EP singles...
  
  . Remastered by Mortiis and repackaged in a deluxe embossed slipcase. It came included with liner notes by Tommy Udo.