{"product_id":"the-gates-of-slumber-the-awakening-lp-orange-vinyl","title":"THE GATES OF SLUMBER 'THE AWAKENING' LP (Orange Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: Svart Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 10\/16\/2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: Lime Vinyl LP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gates of Slumber’s debut album and EP reissued in August \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSvart Records continue to reissue the works of Indiana’s true doom metal legends The Gates \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof Slumber by bringing back their debut album The Awakening and early EP Like a Plague \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUpon the Land in late August 2026. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrushing debut The Awakening from 2004 is an album of raw, slow, monolithic traditional \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edoom with a gritty sound. Featuring heavy, battleaxe-in-the-gut riffs and depressing, slow \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eleads, The Awakening is strongly influenced by Pentagram and Candlemass, with Conanstyle \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elyrical themes and Ozzy-like vocals. An essential, cult classic album for the fans of true \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edoom. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gates of Slumber was formed by Karl Simon in 1998. Various people were in and out of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe group between 1998 and 2001, when the Blood Encrusted Deth Axe demo was recorded \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith Jamie Walters aka Dr. Phibes\/Athenar (Boulder, Midnight) on drums and bass. In 2003 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJason McCash took over the bass duties  and was a long-time member of the band until his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003euntimely demise in 2014, after which Simon decided it was time to call it quits. That was until \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2019 when the renowned metal festival Hell Over Hammaburg wanted to bring the band \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eback on stage to perform at the festival’s 2020 edition. Simon reformed the band with its \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoriginal member Chuck Brown on drums and Steve Janiak on bass and got back to work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewhich resulted in the new self titled album released in 2024 on Svart Records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACKLIST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE A\u003cbr\u003e1. Hell\u003cbr\u003e2. The Awakening\u003cbr\u003e3. The Judge\u003cbr\u003e4. The Jury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSIDE B\u003cbr\u003e1. Broken On The Wheel\u003cbr\u003e2. The Executioner\u003cbr\u003e3. Blessed Pathway To The Celestial Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e4. The Burial\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ORCHARD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46065836785724,"sku":"THE-GATES-OF-SLUMBER-THE-AWAKENING-ORANGE-LP-8237","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/4427\/7308\/files\/4bbb319b79234049b923eb2b2753398b_fb614754_27a0_4084_9ee2_c6f6f8f2d15d.jpg?v=1787849265","url":"https:\/\/shop.veeps.com\/products\/the-gates-of-slumber-the-awakening-lp-orange-vinyl","provider":"Veeps Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}