''A Million Degrees'' is the third studio album by the

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band

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. It was released on November 30, 2018, via

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. First recorded in 2015, the album was destroyed in a flood in 2017, and had to be re-recorded. Recording sessions took place at Studio Engine 55 in

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with drums recorded at Funkhaus Studio. It features guest appearances from

Ben Kowalewicz Benjamin Ian Kowalewicz (; born December 16, 1975) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of rock band Billy Talent. Early life Kowalewicz, of Polish descent, was born December 16, 1975, in Pierrefonds, Quebec, and raised ...

Cardinal Copia Tobias Forge (; born 3 March 1981) is a Swedish singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the leader and primary songwriter of the masked rock band Ghost, performing live as their vocalist under the stage names Papa Emeritus and Cardinal Cop ...

, Margaux Bossieux and

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. Frontman

Richard Kruspe Richard Kruspe (born Sven Kruspe; 24 June 1967) is a German musician. He is the lead guitarist of the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, as well as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the US-based industrial metal band Emigrate. Early life ...

's equipment included

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Rectifier amps,

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and

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. Music videos for "1234" and "You Are So Beautiful" were shot in

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directed by Bill Yukich and released on October 18 and November 30, 2018, respectively. The video for "War" was directed by David Gesslbauer and released on March 5, 2019.

Track listing

Personnel

– guitars, vocals, keyboards, electro sequencer, lyrics *Terry Matlin – lyrics *Thomas Borman – lyrics (track 5) *

– lyrics & vocals (track 8) *Margaux Bossieux – lyrics & vocals (track 4), backing vocals *Olsen Involtini – vocal recording & production, drum recording &

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, backing vocals *

Tom Dalgety Tom Dalgety is an English record producer and audio engineer. He is most noted for his work with Pixies, Ghost, and Royal Blood. He was nominated for Grammy Awards in 2019 for his production work on the Ghost album ''Prequelle'' (Best Rock Albu ...

– vocal recording (track 9) *Sky Van Hoff – additional guitar recording & production, bass, mixing *Sascha Moser – drum editing *Possi Possberg – drum tuning *Arnaud Giroux – backing vocals, bass *Meral Al Me – backing vocals *Kriss Jacob – backing vocals * Steve Binetti – additional solo guitar (tracks: 1, 11) *

Mikko Sirén Apocalyptica is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Helsinki, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso, and jazz drummer Mikko Sirén. Originally a classica ...

– drums *Svante Forsbäck – mastering *

Benjamin Kowalewicz Benjamin Ian Kowalewicz (; born December 16, 1975) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of rock band Billy Talent. Early life Kowalewicz, of Polish descent, was born December 16, 1975, in Pierrefonds, Quebec, and raise ...

– vocals (track 2) *

Tobias Forge Tobias Forge (; born 3 March 1981) is a Swedish singer, musician, and songwriter. He is the leader and primary songwriter of the masked rock band Ghost, performing live as their vocalist under the stage names Papa Emeritus and Cardinal Cop ...

– vocals (track 9) *Sven Kaselow – management *Birgit Fordyce – management *Stefan Mehnert – management *Büro Dirk Rodolph – artwork *Gregor Hohenberg – photography *Anthony Kurtz – photography

Charts

References

External links

* 2018 albums Emigrate (band) albums Vertigo Records albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub