''Passenger'' is the third album by Danish industrial metal band
Mnemic
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, and their first to feature vocalist Guillaume Bideau (formerly of
Andy Sneap
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, but the band later decided to have Tue Madsen (producer and mixer on both previous albums) mix instead.
Christian Olde Wolbers
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from
Fear Factory
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also did co-production work for this album. Since this album, the guitarists use downtuned 7-string guitars.
To promote the album, the band went on a tour of North America in January and February 2007 with
God Forbid
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,
Goatwhore
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Goatwhore was formed by guitarist/backing vocalist Sammy Duet, who was previously the lead guitarist for Louisiana sludge metal band Acid Bath. Th ...
,
Arsis
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Byzantine
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and on a tour of the UK with the
Deftones
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in March.
Track listing
Personnel
* Guillaume Bideau – vocals
* Mircea Gabriel Eftemie – guitar, keyboards
* Rune Stigart – guitar, keyboards
* Tomas Koefoed – bass
* Brian Rasmussen – drums