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The Ark of Gemini

album by Kryptos

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ7714254
Source-derived summary

The Ark Of Gemini is the second album by Indian heavy metal band Kryptos. The album was released worldwide on June 13, 2008 through Old School Metal Records. Founding member and guitarist of the band, Nolan Lewis, takes over vocal duties for this album following the departure of original vocalist Ganesh K. The lyrics for the songs on album were written by Nolan Lewis, except for "Trident" which was written by Lewis and bassist, Jayawant Tewari.

The artwork and inner sleeves were designed by Prasad Bhat and Diwakar Das.

It was rated a 7 out of 10 by Rock Hard.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “The Ark of Gemini” is album by Kryptos. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Gemini, album and Kryptos, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2008. For this dossier, Gemini, album and Kryptos is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “album by Kryptos” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7714254. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008.

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Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “The Ark of Gemini”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow The Ark of Gemini primary sources, The Ark of Gemini archive and Gemini research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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This entry incorporates text from The Ark of Gemini” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.