''Opus Magnum'' is the third

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...

band

Hollenthon Hollenthon is a heavy metal band from Austria founded in 1994. History The beginnings of Hollenthon date back to 1994, a time of an active Austrian Black Metal Syndicate and an incognito project known as Vuzem. He joined forces with drummer ...

, released by

Napalm Records Napalm Records is an Austrian independent record label focused on heavy metal and hard rock. Originally, Napalm focused on black metal bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and folk metal bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later ...

in 2008. Limited edition

digipack Optical disc packaging is the packaging that accompanies CDs, DVDs, and other formats of optical discs. Most packaging is rigid or semi-rigid and designed to protect the media from scratches and other types of exposure damage. Jewel case A ...

contains bonus track, "The Bazaar" (originally performed by

The Tea Party The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with industrial rock, blues, progressive rock, and Middle Eastern music influences, dubbed " Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s and up until 2005, the band re-formed in 2011. The Tea P ...

) and video clip for "Son of Perdition".

Track listing

Music by

Martin Schirenc Martin Schirenc (born 18 December 1968 in Vienna) is an Austrian guitarist and vocalist, best known as a founder of death metal/grindcore band Pungent Stench and symphonic death metal band Hollenthon. His former wife, Elena Schirenc, Elena, is a ...

, lyrics by Elena Schirenc, except "The Bazaar" by Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood and

Jeff Burrows Jeffrey John Burrows (born August 19, 1968 in Windsor, Ontario) is the drummer and percussionist for Canadian rock band Crash Karma, and The Tea Party. Jeff Burrows begun drumming at eleven years of age and professionally since 1990 when he join ...

# "On the Wings of a Dove" – 5:00 # "To Fabled Lands" – 5:53 # "Son of Perdition" – 4:52 # "Ars Moriendi" – 5:33 # "Once We Were Kings" – 4:50 # "Of Splendid Worlds" – 6:08 # "Dying Embers" – 5:28 # "Misterium Babel" – 7:30 # "The Bazaar" – 4:28 (

cover, bonus track)

Personnel

Hollenthon

- vocals, guitars, keyboards, orchestration * Martin Arzberger - guitars * Gregor Marboe - bass, vocals * Mike Gröger - drums, percussion * Elena Schirenc - vocals

Production

*Produced, recorded, engineered & mixed By Martin Schirenc

References

Hollenthon albums 2008 albums Napalm Records albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub