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The Serpent's Lair
Studio album by Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf
Released	October 10, 2000
Recorded	1999–2000 at The Timeroom in Tucson, Arizona
Genre	Ambient
Length	141:18
Label	Projekt Records
Producer	Steve Roach
Steve Roach chronology
Midnight Moon (2000) The Serpent's Lair (2000) Prayers to the Protector (2000)
Byron Metcalf chronology
Helpers, Guides & Allies... (Navigating the Shamanic Landscape) (1998) The Serpent's Lair (2000) Not Without Risk (2001)

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The Serpent’s Lair is a two disc collaborative album by the American ambient artists Steve Roach and Byron Metcalf.

In the music, Steve Roach used a technique called Groove Alchemy.

Track listing

Disc one: “The Serpent’s Lair”

1. ”The Lair” (12:14)
2. ”Rite of Passage” (14:09)
3. ”Shedding the Skin” (5:39)
4. ”Big Medicine” (12:53)
5. ”Future Tribe” (8:30)
6. ”Birthright” (5:59)
7. ”Osmosis”(4:04)
8. ”Egg Chamber Dreaming” (8:53)

Disc two: “Offerings from the Underworld”

1. ”Offering in Waves” (10:55)
2. ”Impending Sense of Calm” (9:03)
3. ”Cave Dwellers” (23:08)
4. ”Primal Passage” (4:47)
5. ”Serpent Clan” (5:02)
6. ”Breathing Heart of the Dragon Mother” (6:50)
7. ”Ochua” (9:26)

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Personnel

• Steve Roach (synthesizers, samplers, percussion, didgeridoo, breath, shakers, ocarinas, voice)
• Byron Metcalf (percussion, frame drums, djembe, tom-toms, bass drum, clay pots, shakers, rattles, ashiko, rainstick)
• Vicki Richards (violin)
• Lena Stevens (voice)
• Vidna Obmana (guitar)
• Jeffrey Fayman (djembe)
• Momodu Kah (djembe)
• Jorge Reyes (flutes, ocarinas, whistles, percussion, voice)
• Jim Cole (voices)
• Vir Unis (synthesizers)