Dreamweaver (Sabbat album)
| Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our Yesterdays) | ||||
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| Studio album by Sabbat | ||||
| Released | 15 May 1989 | |||
| Recorded | January–March 1989 | |||
| Studio | Sky Trak Studio, Berlin, Germany | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 44:05 | |||
| Label | Noise | |||
| Producer | Roy M. Rowland, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10 |
| Kerrang! | |
| Metal Hammer | (10/10) |
| Rock Sound | (10/10) |
| Time Out (New York) | |
Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our Yesterdays) is the second full-length album by the British thrash metal band Sabbat, released in 1989
Dreamweaver is a concept album based on the 1983 book by British psychologist Brian Bates - The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer. The album demonstrated singer and lyricist Martin Walkyier's deep held beliefs in Wyrdism, Anglo-Saxon spirituality, Celtic mysticism and paganism. Musically the album reflected composer Andy Sneap's predilection at that time for increasingly lengthy and progressively technical thrash metal songs. Shortly before the album was recorded, former Holosade guitarist Simon Jones was recruited into the band as an additional lead and rhythm guitarist.
The album has come to be regarded as a classic of the thrash metal genre, described variously upon its re-release in 2007 as "essential listening" (Rock Sound), a "staggering work of total excellence" (Kerrang!), a "seminal chapter in the evolution of British metal" and one of the "finest metal albums ever made" (Metal Hammer).
At the time of the album's release, lyricist Martin Walkyier spoke to the metal press about the story behind the concept album, including the magazines Kerrang! (No. 240, 27 May 1989) and Metal Forces (No. 39, May 1989).
"The Clerical Conspiracy" sets the scene for the story and themes to come, introducing us to Wat Brand, the Christian missionary from northern England who, a thousand years ago, is sent down to southern England to learn about the pagan ways of the southern Anglo-Saxons and in doing so determine the best way in which they can be converted to Christianity. Speaking to Kerrang!, Walkyier explained that in "The Clerical Conspiracy", "the monks are talking in an abbey in the north of England, discussing the best way of converting Pagans in the south to Christianity."
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