''Amorous Anathema'' is the debut studio album by the Swedish

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band

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released in 1998 on

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. It was recorded in November 1997 at

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and mastered at Masteringroom. In 2003 Regain Records re-released the album with two bonus tracks recorded during the ''

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'' session.

Track listing

Personnel

*Kalle Johansson - vocals,

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on "The End... And Here We All Die" *Daniel Lindberg - drums *Julius Chmielewski - keyboards *Sven Karlsson - keyboards, piano, mastering *Michael Håkansson - bass, vocals, mastering, cover art and layout concept *Davor Tepic - guitars *Peter Mårdklint - guitars

Additional personnel

*Kalle Metz - additional vocals on "The Beautiful Flow of an Autumn Passion" *Lasse Hejll - photography *Helene Toresdotter - cover art, photography *Göran Finnberg - mastering *

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- producer, mixing *

Fredrik Nordström Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström (born 5 January 1967) is a Swedish musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal and power metal producers in Sweden ...

- engineering *Ron Boldsurfer - logo

External links

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