To Violate the Oblivious is a 2004 album by the American

United States

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 one-man black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 act Xasthur

Xasthur

Xasthur was a Californian one-man black metal band formed in 1995 by Scott Conner, who goes by the pseudonym "Malefic". Although similar in terms of low-fi production and the wearing of corpse paint, musically and lyrically Xasthur's focus is usually not on paganism, Satanism or anti-Christian...

. After the original release on Swedish Total Holocaust Records, a re-mastered US pressing was released on Moribund Records

Moribund Records

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 in 2005 (featuring one bonus track). The same year, a limited double-vinyl edition was released on German label Perverted Taste (with yet another bonus track).

Track listing

1. Intro - 2:06
2. Xastur Within - 6:14
3. Dreams Blacker than Death - 5:24
4. Screaming at Forgotten Fears - 8:24
5. Consumed by a Dark Paranoia - 3:40
6. Marked by Shadows - 6:43
7. Apparitional Void of Failure - 4:37
8. A Gate Through Bloodstained Mirrors - 12:06
9. Walker of Dissonant Worlds - 5:40

External links

• album page on Xasthur's official website
• album page on Encyclopaedia Metallum
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• Original edition, US edition and Double-vinyl edition on discogs.com