''A Dead Poem'' is the fourth full-length album by
Greek
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extreme metal
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band
Rotting Christ
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.
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
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music styles.
Moonspell
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's Fernando Ribeiro contributed backing vocals to the track "Among Two Storms".
It was produced at Woodhouse Studios in
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by Xy, programmer/percussionist for
Samael
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, 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
*Costas Vassilakopoulos – guitar
*Andreas Lagios – bass
*Georgios Tolias – keyboards
*Themis Tolis – drums, backing vocals
References
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1997 albums
Rotting Christ albums