{"id":2141,"date":"2016-09-18T06:08:32","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T06:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gradualhate.info\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:39:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:39:51","slug":"the-soil-bleeds-black-quintessence-cod-tw-186","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/?p=2141","title":{"rendered":"THE SOIL BLEEDS BLACK &#8211;\u00a0Quintessence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Soil Bleeds Black \u2013 Quintessence<\/strong><br>Label: The Fossil Dungeon \u2013 FD0040<br>Format: CD, Album, Digipack<br>Country: US<br>Released: 2011<br>Style: Medieval<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long out-of-print, The Fossil Dungeon and Argentina\u2019s Twilight Records have teamed-up to re-issue \u201cQuintessence,\u201d the fifth full-length album from THE SOILS BLEEDS BLACK lengthy discography of esoteric, folk-driven, traditionally inspired medieval music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cQuintessence\u201d consists of five neo-medieval folk songs, each based on the alchemical elements of earthe, air, fyre, water, and quintessence. This fifth album of theirs showcases the longest songs ever recorded by the band and accomplishes a sound unlike any of their previous musical efforts, while still maintaining their standard of medieval atmosphere. Considered their \u00abneo-folk\u00bb album, this release is filled with rich lyrical intricacies and lush acoustic instrumentations. Two additional bonus tracks are included on this album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fans of DEAD CAN DANCE, MEDAEVAL BAEBES, QNTAL, ATARAXIA, ESTAMPIE, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Soil Bleeds Black - Fyre\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/exsS83xzbQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/seller\/gradual\/profile\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Buy_It_Discogs-1024x128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Buy_It_Discogs-1024x128.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Buy_It_Discogs-500x63.jpg 500w, https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Buy_It_Discogs-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Buy_It_Discogs-1140x143.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Buy_It_Discogs.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Soil Bleeds Black \u2013 QuintessenceLabel: The Fossil Dungeon \u2013 FD0040Format: CD, Album, DigipackCountry: USReleased: 2011Style: Medieval Long out-of-print, The Fossil Dungeon and Argentina\u2019s Twilight Records have teamed-up to re-issue \u201cQuintessence,\u201d the fifth full-length album from THE SOILS BLEEDS BLACK lengthy discography of esoteric, folk-driven, traditionally inspired medieval music. \u201cQuintessence\u201d consists of five neo-medieval folk songs, each based on the alchemical elements of earthe, air, fyre, water, and quintessence. This fifth album of theirs showcases the longest songs ever recorded by the band and accomplishes a sound unlike any of their previous musical efforts, while still maintaining their standard of medieval atmosphere. Considered their \u00abneo-folk\u00bb album, this release is filled with rich lyrical intricacies and lush acoustic instrumentations. Two additional bonus tracks are included on this album. For fans of DEAD CAN DANCE, MEDAEVAL BAEBES, QNTAL, ATARAXIA, ESTAMPIE, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1033,118],"tags":[39,128,475,32,417],"class_list":["post-2141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cd","category-distribution","tag-dark-folk","tag-medieval","tag-medieval-folk","tag-neofolk","tag-the-soils-bleeds-black","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2141"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13374,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2141\/revisions\/13374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gradualhate.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}