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Encyclopedia > Desolation
Desolation
Album cover
Album by Amphoteric
Released September 15, 1998
Recorded March - May, 1998 – Carmel Valley Studios, Carmel Valley, California
Genre(s) Progressive Rock
Length 44 min 38 sec
Label Noseman Records/Underground Music
Producer Amphoteric
Professional reviews
Allmusic (4/5)
Amphoteric chronology
none
Desolation
(1998)
When Time Folds and Dimensions Meet
(1999)

Desolation is the first full-length studio album by progressive rock band Amphoteric. Although the album was praised by critics and earned the band an almost 'cult-like' following, it received marginal commercial success. It is the only album which features the original lineup. An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... Left to right: Bryan Blair (bass,) Hart Hancock (vocals, guitar, keyboards,) Craig Brown (drums) Amphoteric is a progressive rock band from Monterey, California. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... This article is about the month of May. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Carmel Valley is a town located in Monterey County, California, and has a population of 6,019. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... A minute is: a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... The second (symbol s) is a unit for time, and one of seven SI base units. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... In the music industry, a record producer is responsible for completing a master recording so that it is fit for release. ... In chemistry, an amphoteric substance is one that can react with either an acid or base (more generally, the word describes something made of, or acting like, two components). ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a large, comprehensive and high quality metadata database about music. ... Left to right: Bryan Blair (bass,) Hart Hancock (vocals, guitar, keyboards,) Craig Brown (drums) Amphoteric is a progressive rock band from Monterey, California. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... When Time Folds and Dimensions Meet is the second full-length studio album by progressive rock band Amphoteric. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Progressive rock (shortened to prog, or prog rock when differentiating from other progressive genres) is an ambitious, eclectic, and often grandiose style of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the early 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ... Left to right: Bryan Blair (bass,) Hart Hancock (vocals, guitar, keyboards,) Craig Brown (drums) Amphoteric is a progressive rock band from Monterey, California. ...


Track listing

  1. Calling Me
  2. Denial
  3. No Way Out
  4. Another Dimension
  5. Silhouette
  6. Sleep
  7. Halo
  8. Desolation

Personnel

  • Tim Thompson – vocals, guitar
  • Andrew Nielsen – guitar, vocals
  • Dan Ellis – drums
  • Nick West – bass

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Abomination of Desolation (608 words)
While thus disagreeing as to the precise sense of the Hebrew phrase usually rendered by "the abomination of desolation", Christian scholars are practically at one with regard to its general meaning.
It is true that the standards were worshipped by the Roman soldiers and abhorred by the Jews as the emblem of Roman idolatry.
But this view is commonly rejected for the simple reason that "the abomination of desolation" spoken of by Daniel and referred to in St.
Encyclopedia of Arda: Desolation of the Dragon (146 words)
The borders of the Desolation harboured a little clinging greenery and life, but its heart was scorched and utterly barren.
The desolate lands extended southwards some miles along the banks of the River Running from Smaug's lair beneath the Lonely Mountain, but the lands to the north of the mountain seem to have suffered even more fiercely, if the map accompanying The Hobbit is a reliable record.
After Smaug's death, it seems that the Desolation was slowly reclaimed, so that both Erebor and Dale were eventually to recover from their destruction and prosper once again.
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