''Acceleration'' is the first full-length album by Norwegian

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

progressive metal band

Age of Silence Age of Silence is a Norwegian avant-garde metal, avant-garde progressive metal band formed in 2004 by Andy Winter (musician), Andy Winter of Winds (band), Winds. Discography Full-lengths * ''Acceleration (album), Acceleration'' (The End Re ...

.Conor Fyne,
Age of Silence - Acceleration
',

Encyclopaedia Metallum Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives (commonly known as Metal Archives per the URL or abbreviated as MA) is an online encyclopedia based upon musical artists who predominantly perform heavy metal music along with its various sub-genres. E ...

, December 9th, 2011. It was released on September 14, 2004.

Track listing

# "Auditorium of Modern Movements" (Winter, Lazare) – 3:36 # "Acceleration" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:30 # "The Concept of Hate" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:09 # "A Song for D. Incorporated" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:58 # "The Green Office and the Dark Desk Drawer" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:17 # "The Flow at 9:30 am" (Winter, Lazare) – 6:25 # "Of Concrete and Glass" (Winter, Lazare) – 3:14 # "90° Angles" (Extant, Lazare) – 7:19 # "I No Longer Know If I Am Mad" (Extant, Kobbergaard) – 2:28 # "Synthetic, Fabricated, Calculated" (Extant, Lazare) – 4:11

Personnel

* Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

*Lars Eikind "Si" –

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

*Joacim "Extant" Solheim – guitar *Helge "Kobbergaard" Haugen –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, vocals on “I No Longer Know If I Am Mad” * Andy Winter –

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

References

{{Authority control Age of Silence albums 2004 debut albums The End Records albums Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)