"Nosce Te Ipsum" is a step back into the ancient times of this very important medieval / neoclassical band from Italy. This long-deleted album (out of print for well over a decade) is finally brought back into the light. The songs here were taken from Ataraxia's 1991 self-released demo tape, and many gained a wider audience when they featured on the Apollyon release "Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam".

Is destiny driven by accident or by Fortune? A Kafkian succession of questions without answer in a re-created inquisitorial trial of our times, the slow march of a humanity who tries desperately and unsuccessfully to know itself bearing the burden of its own chaotic existence and blindness. Finally, an act of rebellion and courage, an awakened consciousness that could lead to a new birth and refound harmony in the fluid cycle of Nature where every gesture and sound acquires a metaphysical value. Will we be able to transform the wrought material into Gold? Each of us, believe me, is just what he chooses to be.

Digipak.