Kings of Chaos (album)

Kings of Chaos is the third studio album by British symphonic black metal band Hecate Enthroned. It was released in 1999 via Blackend Records, and it was the band's first album to feature Dean Seddon as vocalist (who replaced the former one, Jon Kennedy, who was fired in the same year) and keyboardist Darren "Daz" Bishop (who replaced Michael Snell).

Kings of Chaos
Studio album by
Hecate Enthroned
Released1999
GenreMelodic death metal, blackened death metal
Length33:05
LabelBlackend Records
ProducerPete Coleman
Hecate Enthroned chronology
Dark Requiems... and Unsilent Massacre
(1998)		 Kings of Chaos
(1999)		 Miasma
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

With this album, Hecate Enthroned greatly tones down their previous symphonic black metal sonority and aesthetics, dropped the corpse paint used on the previous few albums and adopting a style more reminiscent of melodic blackened death metal, albeit still retaining the keyboards and dark black metal melodies of the older albums.

The track "I Am Born" is the first part of the "I Am Born" trilogy; the second part can be heard on 2001's Miasma, and the third one on 2004's Redimus.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Hecate Enthroned.

No.TitleLength
1."Miasma" (instrumental)0:28
2."Perjurer"3:29
3."Deceiving the Deceiver"3:06
4."Malignant Entity" (instrumental)1:06
5."Blessing in Disguise"3:45
6."I Am Born"3:46
7."Exalted in Depravity" (instrumental)2:09
8."Conquest Complete"4:11
9."The Downfall"3:49
10."Repent"5:36
11."Witch-Queen Ascending" (instrumental)1:44

Personnel
Hecate Enthroned
  • Dean Seddon — vocals
  • Andy Milnes — guitar
  • Nigel Dennen — guitar
  • Rob Kendrick — drums, percussion
  • Dylan Hughes — bass guitar
  • Darren Bishop — keyboards
Additional personnel
  • Pete "Pee-Wee" Coleman — production
  • Andrea Wright — engineering

References
  1. Brian Whitener. "Kings of Chaos - Hecate Enthroned | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 30, 2013.



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