Farmakon
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- This article describes the album by Skepticism. For the Finnish progressive death metal band, see Farmakon (band)Farmakon (band)Farmakon is a Finnish progressive death metal band formed in 2001. The band is currently made up of guitarist/vocalist Toni Salminen, vocalist Marko Eskola, and bassist Pekka Kauppila. They have released two studio albums to date, and are writing a third, as of January 2009...
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Farmakon is the third album of the Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
funeral doom metal band Skepticism
Skepticism (band)
Skepticism is a funeral doom metal band from Finland. Formed in 1991, they are regarded as one of the pioneers of the genre.-Overview of studio work:...
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"The Raven and the Backward Funeral" and "Farmakon Process" are alternate versions of tracks that appeared on the band's previous EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, The Process of Farmakon
The Process of Farmakon
The Process of Farmakon is an EP by Skepticism, which consists of two tracks taken from the Farmakon album but in a different version. It was released in 2002 by Red Stream Inc.-Track listing:# "Backward Funeral and the Raven" – 7:49...
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Track listing
- "The Raven and the Backward Funeral" – 7:39
- "Shred of Light, Pinch of Endless" – 8:19
- "Farmakon Process" – 6:17
- (untitled) – 13:16 (The song's title appears on the album cover as a small smudge of color)
- "Nowhere" – 14:09
- "Nothing" – 12:40
- "Nothing" actually only lasts for 10:34; it is followed by 1:00 of silence, then a 0:45 hidden track, then an additional 0:21 of silence.