A Dead Poem
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A Dead Poem is the fourth full length album from Greek
black metal
band Rotting Christ
.
The band slowed down their tempos significantly and added occasional usage of acoustic guitars and regional music, making this particular record one of their more mainstream of releases, and the farthest removed from black metal
music styles.
Moonspell
's Fernando Ribeiro contributed backing vocals to the track "Among Two Storms".
It was produced at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen
, Germany
by Xy, programmer/percussionist for Samael
, who also contributed keyboards to some tracks.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ
Rotting Christ is a Greek black metal band formed in 1987. They are noted for being one of the first black metal bands within this region, as well as a premier act within the European underground metal scene.- Line-up :...
.
The band slowed down their tempos significantly and added occasional usage of acoustic guitars and regional music, making this particular record one of their more mainstream of releases, and the farthest removed from black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
music styles.
Moonspell
Moonspell
Moonspell is a Portuguese gothic metal band from Brandoa, Lisbon. Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart...
's Fernando Ribeiro contributed backing vocals to the track "Among Two Storms".
It was produced at Woodhouse Studios in Hagen
Hagen
Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
by Xy, programmer/percussionist for Samael
Samael (band)
Samael is a industrial black metal band formed in 1987 in Sion, Switzerland.-Biography:Although much of their music from the mid-1990s onwards has incorporated electronic sounds which would best define their genre as industrial metal, they are an early 2nd Wave black metal band and an innovator for...
, who also contributed keyboards to some tracks.
Track listing
- Sorrowfull Farewell – 4:52
- Among Two Storms – 4:09
- A Dead Poem – 4:08
- Out of Spirits – 4:06
- As If by Magic – 5:51
- Full Colour Is the Night – 4:47
- Semigod – 4:39
- Ten Miles High – 4:34
- Between Times – 5:03
- Ira Incensus – 5:16
Credits
- Sakis Tolis- guitar, vocals
- Kostas Vassilakopoulos – guitar
- Andreas Lagios – bass
- Georgios Tolias – keyboards
- Themis Tolis – drums, backing vocals