''Defiant Imagination'' is the third and final full-length studio album by the
Canadian
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melodic death metal
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band
Quo Vadis
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The phrase originates from the Christian tradition regarding Saint Pete ...
. It was released on November 4, 2004 by
Skyscraper Music.
Track listing
Personnel
;Quo Vadis
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Bart Frydrychowicz
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Bart is a Dutch and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, and derives from the name ''Bartholomäus'', a German form of the biblical name ''Barth ...
– lead and rhythm guitars
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Yanic Bercier
Yanic Bercier is a Canadian physicist and musician. Aside from being the former drummer for melodic technical death metal band Quo Vadis and the more traditional death metal band Violence Unleashed, he also sessions for other bands such as T ...
– drums, backing vocals
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Stéphane Paré – vocals
;Guest musicians
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Steve DiGiorgio
Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bass guitarist. He is known for working with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of whom he was one of the co-founders), Death, Testament, Megadeth, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth, Autop ...
– bass
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William Seghers – lead guitar
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Roxanne Constantin
Roxanne Constantin is a Canadian musician who is formerly the member of the bands Quo Vadis, Negativa and Rostrum. She has a B.A. in piano performance from the Montreal Conservatory of Music.
Biography
In December 2007, Roxanne Constantin was ...
– keyboard, soprano, alto
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Elizabeth Giroux – cello
;Quo Vadis Choir
*Roxanne Constantin
*Bart Frydrychowicz
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Marco Calliari
Marco Calliari is a singer-songwriter born in Quebec from Italian parents. He began his career in 1989 in forming the thrash metal group Anonymus alongside Carlos Araya and brothers Daniel and Oscar Souto. Since 2003, he pursued a solo career ...
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Sophie Martin
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Early life
Sophie Martin was ...
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Arianne Fleury
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Marc Vaillancourt
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Oscar Souto
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Julie Bélanger Roy
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Mathieu Groulx
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Carlos Lopez
;Guest vocals
*Marco Calliari – guest vocals in "Tunnel Effect"
*Oscar Souto – guest vocals in "Tunnel Effect"
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Ian Campbell – guest vocals in "To the Bitter End"
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Alexandre Erian – guest vocals in "To the Bitter End"
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Armen – guest vocals in "To the Bitter End"
References
2004 albums
Quo Vadis (band) albums
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