Sacrificial Etchings

Sacrificial Etchings
Studio album by The Awakening
Released	1 January 2002
Recorded	1996-2002
Genre	Gothic rock, darkwave, alternative rock
Label	Intervention Arts
Producer	Leon Erasmus
The Awakening chronology
Roadside Heretics (2002) Sacrificial Etchings (2002) Darker Than Silence (2004)

Sacrificial Etchings (Selected Works 1996-2002) is a compilation album by South African gothic rock band The Awakening released 1 January 2002.

Reception

A review by the German Sonic Seducer wrote that the band was similar to original British gothic bands like Rosetta Stone, but the reviewer was critical about singer Nyte's timbre and the frequent use of words like "dark" and "darkness" in the lyrics.

Track listing

All songs written by Ashton Nyte.

1. "The Dark Romantics (Single Mix)" – 4:44
2. "The Sounds of Silence (Splintered version)" – 4:43
3. "Vampyre Girl (Previously Unreleased)" – 4:07
4. "Eve (Wish Version)" – 4:31
5. "Before I Leap (Dark Mix)" – 4:39
6. "The March (single version)" – 4:59
7. "Rain" – 4:15
8. "Martyr" – 5:05
9. "Maree (version 2)" – 4:40
10. "To Give" – 4:03
11. "The Fountain" – 4:06
12. "Standing (Solitude Version '02)" – 4:11
13. "Dreams in Fire" – 4:47
14. "Sacrificial (Lacerated Version 2002)" - 4:47
15. "Amethyst (Live Piano version)" - 3:21