''Bloodstained Endurance'' is the sixth

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. It was the first full-length album recorded after Kjetil Nordhus, Runar Hansen, Kjell Rune Hagen and Jonathan Perez left the band in November 2006, forcing frontman Ronny Thorsen to assemble a new band. It is also the first album to feature soprano Cathrine Paulsen since ''

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'' in 2002. The cover, by Travis Smith, uses the band logo from that album. On April 2, 2009, the song "The Feverish Alliance" was posted on the band's official Myspace profile.TRAIL OF TEARS: New Song Posted Online - News @ blabbermouth.net
/ref> Later, the song "Once Kissed by the Serpent (Twice Bitten by Truth)" was also added.

Track listing

# "The Feverish Alliance" – 4:02 # "Once Kissed by the Serpent (Twice Bitten by Truth)" – 3:22 # "Bloodstained Endurance" – 3:36 # "Triumphant Gleam" – 3:41 # "In the Valley of Ashes" – 3:55 # "A Storm at Will" – 4:00 # "Take Aim. Reclaim. Prevail" – 3:12 # "The Desperation Corridors" – 4:13 # "Farewell to Sanity" – 4:32 # "Dead End Gaze" – 3:58 # "Faith Comes Knocking" – 4:32 # "Onward March the Merciless" ''(Bonus track on

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)'' – 3:08

Personnel

Trail of Tears

* Ronny Thorsen –

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* Cathrine Paulsen −

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* Bjørn Erik Næss −

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* Pål Olsen − guitar * Endre Moe −

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* Cato Jensen −

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Additional musicians

*Audun Grønnestadt - additional orchestration, synths and programming

Production

*Terje Refsnes - producer, engineer, mixing *Mika Jussila - mastering at

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, Finland, January 2009 * Travis Smith - cover art

Release dates

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References

{{Authority control 2009 albums Trail of Tears (band) albums Napalm Records albums Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)