''Phantom'' is the second studio album by French metalcore band Betraying the Martyrs. The album was released on 15 July 2014 through

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Background

The first song to be released from the album was "Where the World Ends", released on 28 May 2014. The song was first performed live on 25 May in Lyon, France. On 17 June, a lyric video for the second single, "Jigsaw", was released. "

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" is a cover of the song from the 2013 film, '' Frozen''. The cover was critically acclaimed, with

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contributor Gregory Heaney stating that the cover conveys the same emotion as the original (sung by

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) while radically altering the delivery, adding that it "feels like a testament to both the versatility of metal and the universality of show tunes." Heavy metal website

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labelled the cover as "truly exceptional" in an otherwise negative review of the album. However, ''Under the Gun'' named the cover as their "least metal moment of the week" on 14 July. The cover became one of the band's most popular songs and has accumulated 8.5 million views on

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, as of April 2022. The song "Legends Never Die" is a tribute dedicated to late

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vocalist

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, who agreed to appear on one of the album's tracks on 31 October but died a day later in an accident.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Betraying the Martyrs, except "

", which was originally written by

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and

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Personnel

;Betraying the Martyrs *Aaron Matts –

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*Lucas D'Angelo –

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, production, engineering *Baptiste Vigier –

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

*Valentin Hauser – bass *Mark Mironov –

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*Victor Guillet –

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;Additional musicians *Gus Farias of

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– guest vocals on track 6 ;Additional personnel * Betraying the Martyrs and Nick Walters – vocal production *Allan Hessler – vocal engineering, vocal production *Theophile Denis – drum engineering *Nicolas Delestrade – mastering, mixing *George Vallee – publicity *Daniel McBride – artwork, layout *Ann Buster – band photo

References

{{Authority control Betraying the Martyrs albums 2014 albums Sumerian Records albums