Porta Obscura is the second studio album by German

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...

 gothic metal

Gothic metal

Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...

 band Coronatus

Coronatus

-Band history:Coronatus was founded in 1999 by Georgios Grigoriadis and Mats Kurth, and the single Von Engeln nur was recorded in 2003. Grigoriadis left at the end of 2004 and, under Kurth, the group took on two new singers, Carmen R. Schäfer and Viola Schuch. Fabian Merkt joined in early 2006,...

. It contains 11 tracks plus 2 bonus tracks included in the limited edition digipak which was released along with the standard edition. Those bonus tracks are "Flos Obscura", a new recorded Latin

Latin

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 version of the track "Dunkle Blume" from their last album, Lux Noctis

Lux Noctis

Lux Noctis is the first full-length studio album by German gothic metal band Coronatus.-Track listing:#"Interrote Speranze" - 1:28#"The Scream of the Butterfly" - 4:17#"Silberlicht" - 4:01#"Dunkle Blume" - 4:37#"My Rose Desire" - 4:01...

, and "Volles Leben", the bands first song in its initial form with male vocals.

Track listing

1. "Prologue" - 1:57
2. "Exitus" - 4:00
3. "Fallen" - 6:50
4. "In Silence" - 4:22
5. "Beauty In Black" - 4:36
6. "Cast My Spell" - 5:09
7. "In Your Hands" - 2:41
8. "Mein Herz" - 3:16
9. "Am Kreuz" - 4:39
10. "Der Vierte Reiter" - 4:30
11. "Strahlendster Erster" - 3:23
12. "Flos Obscura" - 5:14 (Bonus Track)
13. "Volles Leben" - 3:56 (Bonus Track)

Personnel

• Carmen R. Schäfer - Vocals
• Ada Flechtner - Vocals
• Jo Lang - Guitars
• Fabian Merkt - Keyboards & Programming
• Chriz diAnno - Bass
• Mats Kurth - Drums

Info

• Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios
  Finnvox studios
  Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1965, it was the first studio in Finland dedicated for music recording. Many metal bands have had albums mastered here , including Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, Finntroll, HIM, Moonsorrow, Holy Knights, Ram-Zet, Throes of...
  
  in Helsinki, Finland.
• The songwriting started when the soprano singer Carmen R. Schäfer was pregnant. Before finishing it she gave birth to her daughter, Beatrice Anita.