Temple of Knowledge

Temple of Knowledge
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 26, 1996
RecordedDecember 1995-Jan 1996
StudioMorin-Heights Studios
GenreDeath metal
Length39:32
LanguageEnglish, French
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerJean-François Dagenais
Kataklysm chronology
Sorcery
(1995)
Temple of Knowledge
(1996)
Victims of This Fallen World
(1998)

Temple of Knowledge (Kataklysm Part III) is the second full-length by Kataklysm released in 1996 by Nuclear Blast. Each of the tracks on the original 9-song disc was part of a "trilogy/trinity"; thus, tracks 1-3 were "The Transenflamed Memories (Trinity)", tracks 4-6 were "Through The Core Of The Damned (Trinity)" and track 7-9 were known as "Era Of The Aquarius (Trinity)". It was re-issued in 2003 as a digipak and included their demo The Vortex of Resurrection.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."The Unholy Signature (Segment I: Utterly Significant)"6:19
2."Beckoning of the Xul (Segment II: In the Midst of the Azonei's Dominion)"5:53
3."Point of Evanescence (Segment III: Of Sheer Perseverance)"3:41
4."Fathers from the Suns (Act I: The Occurred Barrier)"4:23
5."Enhanced by the Lore (Act II: Scholarship Ordained)"3:41
6."In Parallel Horizons (Act III: Spontaneous Aura Projection)"4:01
7."The Awakener (Epoch I: Summon the Legends)"4:06
8."Maelstrom 2010 (Epoch II: Omens About the Great Infernos)"3:20
9."Exode of Evils (Epoch III: Ladder of Thousand Parsecs)"4:06
Total length:39:32
2003 Digipak Edition
No.TitleLength
10."L'Odyssée..."3:15
11."Mould in a Breed" (original uncut version)6:03
12."Whirlwind of Withered Blossoms" (Demo version)5:15
13."Feeling the Netherworld" (Demo version)5:58
14."The Orb" (original uncut version)2:32

Kataklysm

Production

  • Produced and mixed by Jean-Francois Dagenais
  • Recorded by Glen Robinson and Jocelyn Daoust; assisted by Don Hackey