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Track listing

Personnel

*Fernando Ribeiro – vocals *Ricardo Amorim – guitars *Aires Pereira – bass *Pedro Paixão – keyboards, guitars *Miguel Gaspar – drums

Charts

References

2012 albums Moonspell albums Napalm Records albums Albums produced by Tue Madsen Albums with cover art by Spiros Antoniou {{2010s-death-metal-album-stub