Serpent's Embrace

Serpent's Embrace
Studio album by Agathodaimon
Released	21 June 2004
Genre	Symphonic black metal, gothic metal
Length	48:57
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Kristian Kohlmannslehner
Agathodaimon chronology
Chapter III (2003) Serpent's Embrace (2004) Phoenix (2009)

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Serpent's Embrace is the fourth studio album by the German symphonic black metal band Agathodaimon. It was released 21 June 2004 through Nuclear Blast records. On 25 August 2008, Polish record label Metal Mind Productions reissued the album as a remastered digipak edition. The reissue is limited to numerated 2000 copies and was digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on golden disc.

The album had a more progressive style compared to previous albums. Allmusic described the album as one that "does not play by pre-established black metal rules" and a "genre-busting" LP.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cellos for the Insatiable"	04:05
2.	"Serpent's Embrace"	04:15
3.	"Rebirth"	05:03
4.	"Light Reborn"	04:03
5.	"Faded Years"	05:42
6.	"Solitude"	05:41
7.	"Limbs of a Stare"	05:27
8.	"The Darkness Inside"	05:00
9.	"Bitter End"	03:37
10.	"Feelings"	05:26
Total length:		48:57

Russian edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Sacred Divinity"	04:34
12.	"Noaptea neființei" ("The Night of the Menace")	03:38
Total length:		57:09

Nuclear Blast limited 2CD edition bonus CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Spirit Soldier"	05:28
2.	"Paradise Beyond"	04:04
3.	"Burden of Time"	05:22
4.	"Sacred Divinity" (Beauty in Darkness Vol. 6 version)	04:34
5.	"Banner in Blasphemy"	05:42
6.	"Near Dark"	15:36
7.	"Noaptea neființei"	03:38
8.	"Outro"	02:11
Total length:		57:09

• The bonus CD tracks 1-3 are demo versions, and 5-8 are taken from the band's 1997 Near Dark demo.

Personnel

• Sathonys - guitars, clean vocals
• Matze - drums
• Frank "Akaias" Nordmann - vocals
• Felix Ü. Walzer - keyboards
• Eddie - bass

Additional personnel and staff

• Ruth Knepel - female vocals
• Kristian Kohlmannslehner - producer, mixing
• Katja Piolka - photography