CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charSet="utf-8"/><meta content="IE=edge" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"/><meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" name="viewport"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-60x60.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-76x76.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-120x120.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-152x152.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png" rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/favicon-32x32.png" rel="icon" sizes="32x32" type="image/png"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/favicon-16x16.png" rel="icon" sizes="16x16" type="image/png"/><link href="/static/images/favicons/site.webmanifest" rel="manifest"/><link color="#bb4890" href="/static/images/favicons/safari-pinned-tab.svg" rel="mask-icon"/><link href="/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon"/><meta content="#f1f1f1" name="msapplication-TileColor"/><meta content="/static/images/favicons/mstile-144x144.png" name="msapplication-TileImage"/><meta content="#ffffff" name="theme-color"/><title>Release group “The 1st Chapter” by Circus Maximus - MusicBrainz</title><link href="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common-95898b0.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/icons-2745a86.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/><link href="/static/search_plugins/opensearch/musicbrainz_artist.xml" rel="search" title="MusicBrainz: Artist" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/><link href="/static/search_plugins/opensearch/musicbrainz_label.xml" rel="search" title="MusicBrainz: Label" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/><link href="/static/search_plugins/opensearch/musicbrainz_release.xml" rel="search" title="MusicBrainz: Release" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/><link href="/static/search_plugins/opensearch/musicbrainz_track.xml" rel="search" title="MusicBrainz: Track" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml"/><noscript><link href="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/noscript-dfb70de.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/></noscript><script>Object.defineProperty(window,"__MB__",{value:Object.freeze({"DBDefs":Object.freeze({"CRITIQUEBRAINZ_SERVER":"https://critiquebrainz.org","DB_STAGING_TESTING_FEATURES":false,"DEVELOPMENT_SERVER":false,"DISABLE_IMAGE_EDITING":false,"GIT_BRANCH":"production","GIT_SHA":"01c6cc01f4","MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN":"pk.eyJ1IjoibXVzaWNicmFpbnoiLCJhIjoiVmUzVE5ETSJ9.ZAiQ0I_Qf0i8FySu5uCAUQ","MAPBOX_MAP_ID":"mapbox/streets-v11","MB_LANGUAGES":["de","fr","it","nl","en"],"SENTRY_DSN_PUBLIC":"https://cacc6cf52cccb823aad30ffa7f75a7b3@sentry.metabrainz.org/4","STATIC_RESOURCES_LOCATION":"https://static.metabrainz.org/MB","WEB_SERVER":"musicbrainz.org","WIKITRANS_SERVER":"wiki.musicbrainz.org"}),"$c":Object.freeze({"action":{"name":"show"},"relative_uri":"/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3","req":{"method":"GET","query_params":{},"uri":"https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3"},"session":{},"stash":{"current_language":"en","server_languages":[{"native_language":"Deutsch","native_territory":null,"id":null,"name":"de"},{"name":"en","id":null,"native_territory":null,"native_language":"English"},{"native_language":"français","native_territory":null,"name":"fr","id":null},{"native_territory":null,"native_language":"italiano","id":null,"name":"it"},{"native_territory":null,"native_language":"Nederlands","id":null,"name":"nl"}]},"user":null})})})</script><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/runtime-f756083.js"></script><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common-chunks-ded643e.js"></script><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/jed-data-48e9f0d.js"></script><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common-7f5e314.js" data-args="{"user":null}"></script><script type="application/ld+json">{"creditedTo":"Circus Maximus","albumProductionType":"http://schema.org/StudioAlbum","@context":"https://schema.org/docs/jsonldcontext.json","albumReleaseType":"http://schema.org/AlbumRelease","byArtist":{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a","@type":"MusicGroup","name":"Circus Maximus"},"@type":"MusicAlbum","image":{"contentUrl":"//coverartarchive.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/front","representativeOfPage":"True","@type":"ImageObject","encodingFormat":"png","thumbnail":[{"encodingFormat":"jpg","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"//coverartarchive.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/front"},{"@type":"ImageObject","encodingFormat":"jpg","contentUrl":"//coverartarchive.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/front"},{"encodingFormat":"jpg","@type":"ImageObject","contentUrl":"//coverartarchive.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/front"}]},"albumRelease":[{"@type":"MusicRelease","name":"The 1st Chapter","duration":"PT1H03M23S","@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/44ed7895-8e79-4271-9b1c-048e708945e8"},{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/0664a1a3-6da8-4aa2-8a3f-e8445e1b096c","duration":"PT1H10M38S","@type":"MusicRelease","name":"The 1st Chapter"},{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e","duration":"PT1H10M38S","name":"The 1st Chapter","@type":"MusicRelease"},{"duration":"PT1H09M55S","@type":"MusicRelease","name":"The 1st Chapter","@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/8fe76090-21d1-486a-af35-73211531981c"},{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/97246fec-bcc1-35d2-8cf0-75307490b3f0","name":"The 1st Chapter","@type":"MusicRelease","duration":"PT1H09M55S"},{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/81beafa5-f026-4cf2-80b8-b68be42c8f60","name":"The 1st Chapter","@type":"MusicRelease","duration":"PT1H17M08S"},{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/853fd033-e124-4103-b238-416285776016","@type":"MusicRelease","name":"The 1st Chapter","duration":"PT1H09M37S"},{"@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/a301f485-ddda-4fe4-b332-cadbd3d1d9a8","duration":"PT1H09M55S","name":"The 1st Chapter","@type":"MusicRelease"},{"@type":"MusicRelease","name":"The 1st Chapter","duration":"PT1H17M06S","@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release/d5a8fce2-015d-4ac5-95c3-b9a75ba00b2d"}],"sameAs":["http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/1539334d-a6a1-398b-b854-11f293788dec","http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1756550","https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1st_Chapter_(album)","https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000345456","https://www.discogs.com/master/268060"],"name":"The 1st Chapter","@id":"http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3","genre":["http://musicbrainz.org/genre/5c7785e6-a0b4-4441-a1e6-4fd4c0066a5f","http://musicbrainz.org/genre/8e7216a9-c5c2-4d47-b70b-2ef148c727c6","http://musicbrainz.org/genre/c02cd2c5-9316-4046-a241-f74b773fee06","http://musicbrainz.org/genre/2b4f0036-79a0-4ce0-a38c-4c0c8e61c579","http://musicbrainz.org/genre/0e3fc579-2d24-4f20-9dae-736e1ec78798"]}</script></head><body><div class="header"><a class="logo" href="/" title="MusicBrainz"><img alt="MusicBrainz" class="logo" src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/header-logo-1f7dc2a.svg"/></a><div class="right"><div class="top"><div class="links-container"><ul class="menu" tabindex="-1"><li><a href="/login?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Log in</a></li><li><a href="/register?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Create account</a></li></ul></div><div class="search-container"><form action="/search" method="get"><input id="headerid-query" name="query" placeholder="Search" required="" type="text"/> <select id="headerid-type" name="type"><option value="artist">Artist</option><option value="event">Event</option><option value="recording">Recording</option><option value="release">Release</option><option value="release_group">Release group</option><option value="series">Series</option><option value="work">Work</option><option value="area">Area</option><option value="instrument">Instrument</option><option value="label">Label</option><option value="place">Place</option><option value="annotation">Annotation</option><option value="tag">Tag</option><option value="cdstub">CD stub</option><option value="editor">Editor</option><option value="doc">Documentation</option></select> <input id="headerid-method" name="method" type="hidden" value="indexed"/><button type="submit"><img alt="Search" class="search" src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/search-52f8034.svg"/></button></form></div></div><div class="bottom"><ul class="menu"><li class="about" tabindex="-1"><span class="menu-header">About us ▾</span><ul><li><a href="/doc/About">About MusicBrainz</a></li><li><a href="https://metabrainz.org/sponsors">Sponsors</a></li><li><a href="https://metabrainz.org/team">Team</a></li><li><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/metabrainz/shop">Shop</a></li><li><a href="https://metabrainz.org/contact">Contact us</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/doc/About/Data_License">Data licenses</a></li><li><a href="https://metabrainz.org/social-contract">Social contract</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li><li><a href="https://metabrainz.org/privacy">Privacy policy</a></li><li><a href="https://metabrainz.org/gdpr">GDPR compliance</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Copyright_and_DMCA_Compliance">Copyright and DMCA compliance</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Data_Removal_Policy">Data removal policy</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/elections">Auto-editor elections</a></li><li><a href="/privileged">Privileged user accounts</a></li><li><a href="/statistics">Statistics</a></li><li><a href="/statistics/timeline">Timeline graph</a></li><li><a href="/history">MusicBrainz history</a></li></ul></li><li class="products" tabindex="-1"><span class="menu-header">Products ▾</span><ul><li><a href="//picard.musicbrainz.org">MusicBrainz Picard</a></li><li><a href="/doc/AudioRanger">AudioRanger</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Mp3tag">Mp3tag</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Yate_Music_Tagger">Yate Music Tagger</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_for_Android">MusicBrainz for Android</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_Server">MusicBrainz Server</a></li><li><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_Database">MusicBrainz Database</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/doc/Developer_Resources">Developer resources</a></li><li><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_API">MusicBrainz API</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Live_Data_Feed">Live Data Feed</a></li></ul></li><li class="search" tabindex="-1"><span class="menu-header">Search ▾</span><ul><li><a href="/search">Advanced search</a></li><li><a href="/search/edits">Edit search</a></li><li><a href="/tags">Tag cloud</a></li><li><a href="/cdstub/browse">Top CD stubs</a></li></ul></li><li class="documentation" tabindex="-1"><span class="menu-header">Documentation ▾</span><ul><li><a href="/doc/Beginners_Guide">Beginners guide</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Style">Style guidelines</a></li><li><a href="/doc/How_To">How tos</a></li><li><a href="/doc/Frequently_Asked_Questions">FAQs</a></li><li><a href="/doc/MusicBrainz_Documentation">Documentation index</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/doc/Edit_Types">Edit types</a></li><li><a href="/relationships">Relationship types</a></li><li><a href="/instruments">Instrument list</a></li><li><a href="/genres">Genre list</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="/doc/Development">Development</a></li></ul></li><li class="language-selector" tabindex="-1"><span class="menu-header">English ▾</span><ul><li><a href="/set-language/de?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Deutsch</a></li><li><strong><a href="/set-language/en?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">English</a></strong></li><li><a href="/set-language/fr?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Français</a></li><li><a href="/set-language/it?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Italiano</a></li><li><a href="/set-language/nl?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Nederlands</a></li><li><a href="/set-language/unset?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">(reset language)</a></li><li class="separator"><a href="https://translations.metabrainz.org/projects/musicbrainz/">Help translate</a></li></ul></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="" id="page"><div id="content"><div class="wrap-anywhere rgheader"><h1><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></h1><p class="subheader"><span class="prefix">~</span> Release group by <bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></p></div><div class="tabs"><ul class="tabs"><li class="sel"><span class="name-variation"><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3" title="The 1st Chapter"><bdi>Overview</bdi></a></span></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/aliases"><bdi>Aliases</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/tags"><bdi>Tags</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/ratings"><bdi>Reviews</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/details"><bdi>Details</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/edit"><bdi>Edit</bdi></a></li></ul></div><script type="application/json">{"collapse":true,"entity":{"entityType":"release_group","gid":"ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3"},"numberOfRevisions":0}</script><div class="annotation"></div><script type="application/json">{"cachedWikipediaExtract":null,"entity":{"entityType":"release_group","gid":"ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3"}}</script><div class="wikipedia-extract"></div><h2>Album</h2><form action="/release/merge_queue?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3" method="post"><table class="tbl"><thead><tr><th>Release</th><th>Artist</th><th>Format</th><th>Tracks</th><th>Country/Date</th><th>Label</th><th>Catalog#</th><th>Barcode</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="subh"><th colSpan="8">Official</th></tr><tr class="odd"><td><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release/44ed7895-8e79-4271-9b1c-048e708945e8"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>Digital Media</td><td>8</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"month":5,"year":2005,"day":14},"country":null}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="release-country no-country" title="Missing country">-</span><span class="release-date">2005-05-14</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td><a href="/label/62bacb99-8616-4145-ae88-5d37000ae7db"><bdi>Remember Records?</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Circus Maximus releases</bdi>)</span></td><td></td><td class="barcode-cell"></td></tr><tr class="even"><td><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release/0664a1a3-6da8-4aa2-8a3f-e8445e1b096c"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>(unknown)</td><td>9</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"country":{"name":"Europe","id":241,"iso_3166_3_codes":[],"entityType":"area","primary_code":"XE","editsPending":false,"gid":"89a675c2-3e37-3518-b83c-418bad59a85a","typeID":null,"iso_3166_2_codes":[],"country_code":"XE","iso_3166_1_codes":["XE"],"end_date":null,"primaryAlias":"Europe","begin_date":null,"ended":false,"last_updated":"2013-08-28T11:55:13Z","comment":""},"date":{"month":6,"day":6,"year":2005}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-XE release-country"><a href="/area/89a675c2-3e37-3518-b83c-418bad59a85a"><abbr title="Europe">XE</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2005-06-06</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td></td><td></td><td class="barcode-cell"></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/release/94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e/cover-art"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span></a><a href="/release/94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>(unknown)</td><td>9</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"country":{"name":"Russia","id":176,"entityType":"area","iso_3166_3_codes":[],"editsPending":false,"primary_code":"RU","typeID":1,"gid":"1f1fc3a4-9500-39b8-9f10-f0a465557eef","iso_3166_2_codes":[],"country_code":"RU","end_date":null,"iso_3166_1_codes":["RU"],"begin_date":null,"ended":false,"comment":"","last_updated":"2015-01-01T23:56:40Z"},"date":{"month":6,"year":2005,"day":6}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-RU release-country"><a href="/area/1f1fc3a4-9500-39b8-9f10-f0a465557eef"><abbr title="Russia">RU</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2005-06-06</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td></td><td></td><td class="barcode-cell"></td></tr><tr class="even"><td><a href="/release/8fe76090-21d1-486a-af35-73211531981c/cover-art"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span></a><a href="/release/8fe76090-21d1-486a-af35-73211531981c"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>(unknown)</td><td>9</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"day":7,"year":2005,"month":6},"country":{"end_date":null,"iso_3166_1_codes":["CA"],"begin_date":null,"primaryAlias":"Canada","ended":false,"comment":"","last_updated":"2013-05-27T13:15:52Z","entityType":"area","iso_3166_3_codes":[],"id":38,"name":"Canada","typeID":1,"gid":"71bbafaa-e825-3e15-8ca9-017dcad1748b","editsPending":false,"primary_code":"CA","iso_3166_2_codes":[],"country_code":"CA"}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-CA release-country"><a href="/area/71bbafaa-e825-3e15-8ca9-017dcad1748b"><abbr title="Canada">CA</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2005-06-07</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td></td><td></td><td class="barcode-cell"></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release/97246fec-bcc1-35d2-8cf0-75307490b3f0"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>CD</td><td>9</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"country":{"iso_3166_1_codes":["US"],"end_date":null,"begin_date":null,"ended":false,"last_updated":"2013-06-15T18:06:39Z","comment":"","iso_3166_3_codes":[],"entityType":"area","name":"United States","id":222,"gid":"489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98","typeID":1,"primary_code":"US","editsPending":false,"country_code":"US","iso_3166_2_codes":[]},"date":{"month":6,"day":7,"year":2005}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-US release-country"><a href="/area/489ce91b-6658-3307-9877-795b68554c98"><abbr title="United States">US</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2005-06-07</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td><a href="/label/ab10fa3e-ba6b-411d-91bd-f751aab854d7"><bdi>Sensory</bdi></a></td><td><span class="catalog-number">SR3026</span></td><td class="barcode-cell">763232302624</td></tr><tr class="even"><td><span class="blank-icon"></span><a href="/release/81beafa5-f026-4cf2-80b8-b68be42c8f60"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>Digital Media</td><td>10</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"month":null,"year":2005,"day":null},"country":null}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="release-country no-country" title="Missing country">-</span><span class="release-date">2005</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td></td><td></td><td class="barcode-cell"></td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/release/853fd033-e124-4103-b238-416285776016/cover-art"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span></a><a href="/release/853fd033-e124-4103-b238-416285776016"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>CD</td><td>9</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"month":2,"day":20,"year":2008},"country":{"primaryAlias":"Japan","begin_date":null,"iso_3166_1_codes":["JP"],"end_date":null,"last_updated":"2013-05-27T12:29:56Z","comment":"","ended":false,"primary_code":"JP","editsPending":false,"gid":"2db42837-c832-3c27-b4a3-08198f75693c","typeID":1,"name":"Japan","id":107,"iso_3166_3_codes":[],"entityType":"area","iso_3166_2_codes":[],"country_code":"JP"}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-JP release-country"><a href="/area/2db42837-c832-3c27-b4a3-08198f75693c"><abbr title="Japan">JP</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2008-02-20</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td><a href="/label/477f4aaa-9791-4683-b907-26f3d3386412"><bdi>Soundholic</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>HR/HM label</bdi>)</span></td><td><span class="catalog-number">TKCS-85187</span></td><td class="barcode-cell">4988008968330</td></tr><tr class="even"><td><a href="/release/a301f485-ddda-4fe4-b332-cadbd3d1d9a8/cover-art"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span></a><a href="/release/a301f485-ddda-4fe4-b332-cadbd3d1d9a8"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>Digital Media</td><td>9</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"month":3,"year":2009,"day":9},"country":{"country_code":"XW","iso_3166_2_codes":[],"typeID":null,"gid":"525d4e18-3d00-31b9-a58b-a146a916de8f","editsPending":false,"primary_code":"XW","entityType":"area","iso_3166_3_codes":[],"name":"[Worldwide]","id":240,"comment":"","last_updated":"2013-08-28T11:55:07Z","ended":false,"begin_date":null,"end_date":null,"iso_3166_1_codes":["XW"]}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-XW release-country"><a href="/area/525d4e18-3d00-31b9-a58b-a146a916de8f"><abbr title="[Worldwide]">XW</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2009-03-09</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td><a href="/label/ab10fa3e-ba6b-411d-91bd-f751aab854d7"><bdi>Sensory</bdi></a></td><td></td><td class="barcode-cell">[none]</td></tr><tr class="odd"><td><a href="/release/d5a8fce2-015d-4ac5-95c3-b9a75ba00b2d/cover-art"><span class="artwork-icon caa-icon" title="This release has artwork in the Cover Art Archive"></span></a><a href="/release/d5a8fce2-015d-4ac5-95c3-b9a75ba00b2d"><bdi>The 1st Chapter</bdi></a></td><td><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></td><td>CD</td><td>10</td><td><script type="application/json">{"events":[{"date":{"year":2019,"day":28,"month":8},"country":{"entityType":"area","iso_3166_3_codes":[],"name":"Japan","id":107,"typeID":1,"gid":"2db42837-c832-3c27-b4a3-08198f75693c","editsPending":false,"primary_code":"JP","country_code":"JP","iso_3166_2_codes":[],"end_date":null,"iso_3166_1_codes":["JP"],"begin_date":null,"primaryAlias":"Japan","ended":false,"comment":"","last_updated":"2013-05-27T12:29:56Z"}}]}</script><div class="release-events-container"><ul aria-label="Release events" class="release-events abbreviated"><li aria-label="Release event" class="release-event"><span class="flag flag-JP release-country"><a href="/area/2db42837-c832-3c27-b4a3-08198f75693c"><abbr title="Japan">JP</abbr></a></span><span class="release-date">2019-08-28</span></li></ul></div><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/ReleaseEvents-0bdfc10.js" async=""></script></td><td><a href="/label/ff323341-deac-4caa-8446-f1e487816898"><bdi>Rubicon Music</bdi></a> <span class="comment">(<bdi>Japanese metal reissues</bdi>)</span></td><td><span class="catalog-number">RBNCD-1521</span></td><td class="barcode-cell">4560329805213</td></tr></tbody></table></form><h2 class="relationships">Relationships</h2><table class="details" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr><th>Wikipedia:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1st_Chapter_(album)"><bdi>en: The 1st Chapter (album)</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/76290715-ac27-4944-8ad9-2584ed3730a5">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Discogs:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.discogs.com/master/268060"><bdi>https://www.discogs.com/master/268060</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/c06be32d-d34e-4beb-84b4-47c753ec44f5">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Allmusic:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000345456"><bdi>https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000345456</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/644b1c9d-7179-4aee-b629-7a8bf4efa3d6">info</a>]<br/></td></tr><tr><th>Wikidata:</th><td style="word-break:break-all"><span></span><a class="wrap-anywhere" href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756550"><bdi>Q1756550</bdi></a> [<a href="/url/4655fa62-0b21-4232-bf72-0a5d9e8bf1e0">info</a>]<br/></td></tr></tbody></table><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/release-group/index-9bf1251.js" async=""></script><script src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/common/components/TaggerIcon-e1c3f90.js" async=""></script></div><div id="sidebar"><div class="cover-art present"><a class="artwork-image" href="//coverartarchive.org/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/front" title=""><noscript><img src="//archive.org/download/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e-25608962029_thumb250.jpg"/></noscript><span class="artwork-image" data-huge-thumbnail="//archive.org/download/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e-25608962029_thumb1200.jpg" data-large-thumbnail="//archive.org/download/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e-25608962029_thumb500.jpg" data-message="Image not available, please try again later." data-small-thumbnail="//archive.org/download/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e/mbid-94fca3eb-3008-3e61-93ad-17216a19a08e-25608962029_thumb250.jpg" data-title=""></span></a></div><a class="styled-button listenbrainz-button" href="//listenbrainz.org/album/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"><img alt="ListenBrainz" class="warning" src="https://static.metabrainz.org/MB/listenbrainz-02d5163.png"/> Play on ListenBrainz</a><h2 class="release-group-information">Release group information</h2><dl class="properties"><dt>Artist:</dt><dd class="artist"><bdi><a href="/artist/51d51dbe-b13a-4169-a3f6-c9f6c8b9908a" title="Circus Maximus (Norwegian progressive metal band)">Circus Maximus</a></bdi></dd><dt>Type:</dt><dd class="type">Album</dd></dl><h2 class="rating">Rating</h2><p><span class="inline-rating"><span class="star-rating" tabindex="-1"><span class="current-rating" style="width:90%">4.5</span></span></span> (<a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/ratings"><bdi>see all ratings</bdi></a>)</p><div id="sidebar-tags"><h2>Tags</h2><h3>Genres</h3><div class="genre-list"><p><a href="/tag/progressive%20metal">progressive metal</a>, <a href="/tag/christian%20metal">christian metal</a>, <a href="/tag/christian%20rock">christian rock</a>, <a href="/tag/contemporary%20christian">contemporary christian</a>, <a href="/tag/rock">rock</a></p></div><h3>Other tags</h3><div id="sidebar-tag-list"><p>(none)</p></div><p><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/tags"><bdi>See all tags</bdi></a></p></div><h2 class="external-links">External links</h2><ul class="external_links"><li class="allmusic-favicon"><a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000345456">AllMusic</a></li><li class="discogs-favicon"><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/268060">Discogs</a></li><li class="wikipedia-favicon"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_1st_Chapter_(album)">en: The 1st Chapter (album)</a></li><li class="wikidata-favicon"><a href="//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756550">Wikidata: Q1756550</a></li></ul><h2 class="editing">Editing</h2><ul class="links"><li><a href="/login?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Log in to edit</a></li><li class="separator" role="separator"></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/open_edits"><bdi>Open edits</bdi></a></li><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/edits"><bdi>Editing history</bdi></a></li></ul><h2 class="collections">Collections</h2><ul class="links"><li><a href="/release-group/ad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3/collections"><bdi>Found in 0 user collections</bdi></a></li></ul><p class="lastupdate">Last updated on 2009-05-27 23:02 UTC</p></div></div><div id="footer"><p class="left" id="footer-menu"><a class="internal" href="https://metabrainz.org/donate">Donate</a><a class="internal" href="//wiki.musicbrainz.org/">Wiki</a><a class="internal" href="https://community.metabrainz.org/">Forums</a><a class="internal" href="/doc/Communication/ChatBrainz">Chat</a><a class="internal" href="http://tickets.metabrainz.org/">Bug tracker</a><a class="internal" href="https://blog.metabrainz.org/">Blog</a><a class="internal" href="https://mastodon.social/@MusicBrainz">Mastodon</a><a class="internal" href="https://bsky.app/profile/musicbrainz.org">Bluesky</a><a class="internal" href="/set-beta-preference?returnto=%2Frelease-group%2Fad96f158-9958-3b3a-b190-91da2a9b97b3">Use beta site</a></p><p class="right">Brought to you by <a href="https://metabrainz.org/">MetaBrainz Foundation</a> and our <a href="https://metabrainz.org/sponsors">sponsors</a> and <a href="https://metabrainz.org/supporters">supporters</a>.</p></div></body></html>