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Timeless Departure is the debut full-length studio album

Studio album

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by the Swedish melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

band Skyfire

Skyfire (band)

Skyfire is a melodic death metal band from Höör, Sweden.-Biography:Skyfire was formed in the town of Höör, Sweden in 1995 by Andreas Edlund , Martin Hanner , Jonas Sjögren and Tobias Björk . The four were friends since high school and had similar tastes in music. The band recorded two demos:...

, released on March 12, 2001 by Hammerheart Records. Themes of death

Death

Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....

, mysticism

Mysticism

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, and armageddon

Armageddon

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pervade throughout the album's contents.

Track listing

"Intro" – 2:05 [Music: Hanner/Edlund]
"Fragments of Time" – 3:32 [Music: Hanner/Reinholdz, Lyrics: Hanner/Björk]
"The Universe Unveils" – 4:56 [Music: Hanner/Edlund, Lyrics: Björk]
"Skyfire" – 3:52 [Music: Edlund/Hanner, Lyrics: Björk]
"Timeless Departure" – 6:49 [Music: Edlund/Hanner, Lyrics: Björk]
"Breed Through Me, Bleed for Me" – 5:10 [Music: Hanner/Edlund, Lyrics: Hallin]
"Dimensions Unseen" – 4:54 [Music: Hanner/Edlund, Lyrics Björk/Wenngren]
"By God Forsaken" – 4:57 [Music: Hanner/Edlund, Lyrics: Hanner]
"From Here to Death" – 5:32 [Music: Edlund/Hanner, Lyrics Björk]

Band members

Martin Hanner − guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

, keyboards
Musical keyboard
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Andreas Edlund − guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

, keyboards
Musical keyboard
A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument, particularly the piano. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the...
Jonas Sjögren − bass
Bass guitar
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Henrik Wenngren − death vocals
Death growl
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Tobias Björk − drums
Drum kit
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Production and other

Produced, engineered and mixed by Tommy Tägtgren and Skyfire
Skyfire (band)
Skyfire is a melodic death metal band from Höör, Sweden.-Biography:Skyfire was formed in the town of Höör, Sweden in 1995 by Andreas Edlund , Martin Hanner , Jonas Sjögren and Tobias Björk . The four were friends since high school and had similar tastes in music. The band recorded two demos:...

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Mastered at Franky's Recording Kitchen by Berthus Westerhuys.

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