This Wretched Alchemy

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This Wretched Alchemy Playlist

20 tracks

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Nov 5, 2026

Tense strings, shadowy electronics, and stark orchestral pieces evoke the god-shards’ dangerous power and the Houses’ ruthless contest for the throne. The vocal songs trace Revel’s grief and defiance through the shifting bargains, betrayals, and peril of the Call.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Les sauvages

Jean-Philippe Rameau · Debussy – Rameau

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2

Entr'acte

Caroline Shaw · Caroline Shaw: Orange

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3

Esther's

Amon Tobin · Foley Room

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4

Thor’s Stone - 2025 Remaster

Forest Swords · Engravings (2025 Remastered)

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5

Burnt

Kiasmos · Kiasmos

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6

Bubbles

Yosi Horikawa · Wandering

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7

Mogwai Fear Satan

Mogwai · Young Team (Deluxe Edition)

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8

Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima

Krzysztof Penderecki · Penderecki: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1

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9

Finlandia, Op. 26

Jean Sibelius · Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse triste; Tapiola; The Swan of Tuonela

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10

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto

Dmitri Shostakovich · Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 1, 8 & 14

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11

Feral Love

Chelsea Wolfe · Pain Is Beauty

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12

If I Had a Heart

Fever Ray · Fever Ray

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13

The Curse

Agnes Obel · Aventine

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14

Dangerous Days

Zola Jesus · Taiga

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15

The Words That Maketh Murder

PJ Harvey · Let England Shake

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16

Trøllabundin

Eivør · Slør

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17

The Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove

Dead Can Dance · Wake

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18

Glory And Gore

Lorde · Pure Heroine

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19

A Pearl

Mitski · Be the Cowboy

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20

Cruel

St. Vincent · Strange Mercy

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