''Nespithe'' is the only album recorded by
Finnish death metal
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band
Demilich.
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/ref> Originally issued by Necropolis Records in 1993,[ it was reissued in 1996 for the European market by ]Repulse Records
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[ and in 2003 by ]Century Media
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. The reissued version includes ''The Four Instructive Tales... of Decomposition'' demo and new artwork.[Demilich Official Website]
/ref> This version, unlike the previous Necropolis Records and Century Media releases, is approved by the band.
The album title, "Nespithe", is the anagram
An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once. For example, the word ''anagram'' itself can be rearranged into the phrase "nag a ram"; which ...
of "The Spine", constructed by reversing order of three-letter groups from the end of the word. The track title "Erecshyrinol", meaning "No Lyrics Here" was constructed using the same algorithm.
In 2016, music website '' No Echo'' included ''Nespithe'' in a feature called "1993: The Year of Death Metal Albums With Killer Groove Parts."
Track listing
;Original track listing
*All lyrics by Antti Boman. Music by Demilich. Arranged by Demilich.
# "When the Sun Drank the Weight of Water" – 3:43
# "The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)" – 3:29
# "Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort" – 3:22
# "The Echo (Replacement)" – 4:27
# "The Putrefying Road in the Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside the Bowels of Endlessness...)" – 2:40
# "(Within) The Chamber of Whispering Eyes" – 4:12
# "And You'll Remain... (In Pieces in Nothingness)" – 3:12
# "Erecshyrinol" – 3:17
# "The Planet That Once Used to Absorb Flesh in Order to Achieve Divinity and Immortality (Suffocated to the Flesh That It Desired...)" – 3:17
# "The Cry" – 3:42
# "Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep" – 3:42
;Reissued track listingRepulse version of ''Nespithe''
/ref>
# "When the Sun Drank the Weight of Water"
# "The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions..."
# "Inherited Bowel Levitation - Reduced Without Any Effort"
# "The Echo (Replacement)"
# "The Putrefying Road in the Nineteenth Extremity (...Somewhere Inside the Bowels of Endlessness...)"
# "(Within) The Chamber of Whispering Eyes"
# "And You'll Remain... (In Pieces in Nothingness)"
# "Erecshyrinol"
# "The Planet That Once Used to Absorb Flesh in Order to Achieve Divinity and Immortality (Suffocated to the Flesh That It Desired...)"
# "The Cry"
# "Raped Embalmed Beauty Sleep"
# "Introduction (Embalmed Beauty Sleep)"
# "Two Independent Organisms → One Suppurating Deformity"
# "And the Slimy Flying Creatures Reproduce in Your Brains"
# "The Uncontrollable Regret of the Rotting Flesh"
Personnel
;Demilich
* Antti Boman - Vocals, Guitars
* Aki Hytönen - Guitars
* Ville Koistinen - Bass
* Mikko Virnes - Drums
;Additional personnel
* Turkka G. Rantanen - Cover art, Photography
* Tuomo Valtonen - Recording, Mixing, Engineering
* Antti Boman - Logo art
* Stilgu - Photography
* Luxi - Photography
References
External links
''Nespithe'' download at An Entity
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Demilich (band) albums
1993 albums
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