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- "A now blacked heart is reaching out in divinity." The band released their first EP in 2002, and their first album, ''Allegory'', in 2007,Whish, Bill (2007)
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'', August 13, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2018 the latter picked up by Nuclear Blast for release in 2008.Kitteringham, Sarah (2017)
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'', January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2018 They went on to release a series of three EPs between 2013 and 2017. These were compiled on the 2017 album ''The Immortalist''.

Discography

Albums

*''Allegory'' (2008), self-released - reissued (2008),

*''The Singularity'' (2009), self-released - reissued (2010), Candlelight ;Compilations: *''The Immortalist'' (2017)

EPs

*''Intensify'' (2002) *''The Immortalist, Pt. 1: Awestruck'' (2013) *''The Immortalist, Pt. 2: Momentum'' (2016) *''The Immortalist, Pt. 3: Conqueror'' (2017)

References

External links

* Canadian heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1997 Musical groups from Calgary 1997 establishments in Alberta {{Canada-band-stub