''A Virgin and a Whore'' is the fourth album by Finnish

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band

Eternal Tears of Sorrow Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic/melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi. Biography The band was formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after variou ...

. It was their last album before the band's hiatus between 2001 and 2004. This is the last EToS album to feature keyboardist Pasi Hiltula (who had been in the band since early 1999) and the only album to feature guitarist

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. The seventh song on the album, "Sick, Dirty and Mean" is a cover song, originally written and performed by

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. The band had rehearsed the song for a two-part

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(''Tribute to Accept Vol. 1 & 2'') in 1999 but didn't have any extra time to record it. So, they decided to include the song on ''A Virgin and a Whore''. The album's cover art was made by

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and guitarist of

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Track listing

Japanese edition bonus tracks: #

"As I Die" (

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cover) – 4:03 # "The River Flows Frozen" (Acoustic Version) – 5:47

Credits

Band members

Altti Veteläinen Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic/melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi. Biography The band was formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after vario ...

– vocals, bass *

Jarmo Puolakanaho Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic/melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi. Biography The band was formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after vario ...

– guitar *

– lead guitar * Pasi Hiltula – keyboards * Petri Sankala – drums

Guest appearances

Juha Kylmänen Juha Kylmänen (born 20 January 1981) is a Finnish singer who is the lead vocalist of gothic metal bands For My Pain... and Reflexion. Discography Studio albums * ''A Virgin and a Whore'' (2001, with Eternal Tears of Sorrow) * ''Fallen'' ...

– clean vocals (on tracks 5, 6 and 11)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Virgin and a Whore, A 2001 albums Eternal Tears of Sorrow albums