''Polars'' is the debut studio album by Dutch

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band Textures. It was released on August 25, 2003, by Listenable Records. The album was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves.Textures Official Website
The label re-issued the album in 2004 with slightly different cover art (adding images of machinery and gears) and in some cases, a different casing. The album contains eight songs, the sixth and eighth of which are wholly

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with assorted sound effects. It is their only album featuring vocalist Pieter Verpaalen, who was replaced by Eric Kalsbeek for their second release. The CD also features the video for "Ostensibly Impregnable".

Track listing

Personnel

;Textures *

Jochem Jacobs Jochem Jacobs (born 26 March 1977) is a Dutch guitarist, producer and recording engineer, noted for his work as founder, guitarist and producer for Textures. He works at Split Second Sound, a studio in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has been involv ...

- guitars, backing vocals * Stef Broks - drums *Dennis Aarts - bass guitar *Bart Hennephof - guitars, backing vocals *Pieter Verpaalen - lead vocals *Richard Rietdijk - synthesizer, keyboards ;Production *Jochem Jacobs - recording, mixing, mastering *Richard Rietdijk - recording, mixing *Bart Hennephof - artwork, layout

References

2003 debut albums Textures (band) albums Listenable Records albums Nuclear Blast albums {{2000s-metalcore-album-stub