Dead Can Dance – The Serpent's Egg (VG+/VG+) – LP, UK 1988

The Serpent's Egg is an LP by Dead Can Dance from 1988 released on the 4AD label.

About this album

The Serpent's Egg is a defining Dead Can Dance album, deepening the duo’s dark, stately fusion of ethereal electronics, folk and modern classical ideas. Released in 1988, it broadened their palette with solemn chants, chamber-like textures and Lisa Gerrard’s wordless vocals, while Brendan Perry’s writing gave the record a more grounded, ceremonial focus. Songs such as The Host of Seraphim and In the Kingdom of the Blind the One-Eyed Are Kings became central to the group’s reputation for music that felt both ancient and unmistakably contemporary. Widely regarded as one of their key statements, the album helped establish their lasting influence across ambient, gothic and neoclassical circles.