''Children of the Dark Waters'' is the sixth studio album by Finnish

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band

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. It was released in May 2009 through

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for Finland,

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for the rest of Europe and Marquee/Avalon Records for Asia. It is the second album to feature Jarmo Kylmänen on clean vocals, but his first album as an official member. The album is in the same vein as ''

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'', but darker. "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act II: Children of the Dark Waters)" is the second part of "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act I: Before the Bleeding Sun)" from ''Before the Bleeding Sun''. On the UK

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edition, "Vilda Mánnu" is replaced by "Sea of Whispers (Acoustic Reprise)" as a bonus track. The album's first single was "Tears of Autumn Rain" released in Finland on 18 February and featured vocals by Miriam Renvåg (

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) and Heidi Parviainen (

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). The

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of the single is a reworked version of "Vilda Mánnu" from the self-titled album ''

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''. The album was mixed at Finnvox Studios (

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) in March and April 2009 by Mikko Karmila, and like the previous five albums, it was recorded at Tico-Tico Studios in

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. Lead guitarist Risto Ruuth left the band right before the release of the album and was replaced by Mika Lammassaari (from

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Track listing

Charts

Personnel

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 variou ...

– lead vocals, bass guitar * Jarmo Kylmänen – clean vocals/backing vocals *

Janne Tolsa Janne Tolsa (born 7 March 1970) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in Tarot from the late 1980s, Tolsa also takes part in the melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, which he joined in 2005 for their albu ...

– keyboards *

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 variou ...

– rhythm guitar * Risto Ruuth – lead guitar * Juho Raappana – drums * Petri Sankala – drums (on tracks 2, 3, 6 and 11) Petri left the band after the first recording session.

Guest musicians

Miriam Elisabeth Renvåg Ram-Zet is an avant-garde metal band formed in Hamar, Norway in 1998. Genre classification Ram-Zet's music is very diverse ranging from black metal to thrash metal. It has industrial sounds, progressive structures, and traditional instrument ...

– vocals (

) *

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– vocals (

)

Release history

References

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