''Oblivion Clock'' is an
EP by the Norwegian
avant-garde metal
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band
Virus
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Since Dmitri Ivanovsky's 1 ...
. It was released on 1 December 2012 by
Duplicate Records.
Background
The working title of ''Oblivion Clock'' was ''Flux the Fluent''. It was recorded at various locations in a period of eleven years; the work on the EP began as far as 2001 and it was finished by the end of 2012.
[
This was the band's last album with the session bassist and keyboardist Bjeima. Additional session bassists on the album were Plenum, who at the time was an ex-member of Virus, and Bård Ingebrigtsen. Cover art for EP was made by the band's drummer ]Einar Sjursø
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.
Track listing
Personnel
;Virus
* Einz — drums, cover art, production
*Czral
Carl-Michael Eide (born 24 July 1974) is a Norwegian black metal musician, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. He is also known under stage names Aggressor, Czral and Exhurtum.
Biography
Carl-Michael Eide has played in various black metal and a ...
— vocals, guitars, production
;Other staff
* Zweizz
Zweizz is the primary performing alias of Norwegian musician and composer Svein Egil Hatlevik (born May 27, 1977).
History
Hatlevik started using the Zweizz alias in 2003 after leaving the Norwegian black metal group Dødheimsgard. Accordin ...
— lyrics (track 5)
;Additional personnel
* Plenum — bass guitar (tracks 1, 5)
* Bård — bass guitar (track 7)
* Bjeima — bass guitar (tracks 2, 3, 6), keyboards, samples, production
References
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2012 EPs
Virus (Norwegian band) EPs