Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our Yesterdays) | ||||
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Released | 15 May 1989 | |||
Recorded | January–March 1989 | |||
Studio | Sky Trak Studio, Berlin, Germany | |||
Genre | Thrash metal, progressive metal | |||
Length | 44:05 | |||
Label | Noise | |||
Producer | Roy M. Rowland, Karl-Ulrich Walterbach | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
Kerrang! | [citation needed] |
Metal Hammer | (10/10)[citation needed] |
Rock Sound | (10/10)[citation needed] |
Time Out (New York) | [citation needed] |
Dreamweaver (Reflections of Our Yesterdays) is the second full-length album by the British thrash metal band Sabbat, released in 1989
Dreamweaver is a concept album based on the 1983 book by British psychologist Brian Bates - The Way of Wyrd: Tales of an Anglo-Saxon Sorcerer.[3][4] The album demonstrated singer and lyricist Martin Walkyier's deep held beliefs in Wyrdism, Anglo-Saxon spirituality, Celtic mysticism and paganism. Musically the album reflected composer Andy Sneap's predilection at that time for increasingly lengthy and progressively technical thrash metal songs. Shortly before the album was recorded, former Holosade guitarist Simon Jones was recruited into the band as an additional lead and rhythm guitarist.
The album has come to be regarded as a classic of the thrash metal genre, described variously upon its re-release in 2007 as "essential listening" (Rock Sound), a "staggering work of total excellence" (Kerrang!), a "seminal chapter in the evolution of British metal" and one of the "finest metal albums ever made" (Metal Hammer).