''Rendered in Vain'' is the second demo recording by

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band,

Zonaria Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formerly known as Seal Precious. The band is currently signed to Century Media Records. Background Formed in 2001 by Simon Berglund, Christoffer Vikström, and Mikael Hammarberg, the ba ...

. This album was recorded at Black Lounge studios,

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with Jonas Kjellgren of

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and would feature a guest appearance by Christian Älvestam. The song, "Rendered in Vain" would also be used in the video game ''The Darkness''. All three tracks would go on to be re-recorded for their full-length debut.

Track listing

# "Rendered In Vain" - 4:17 # "Attending Annihilation" ft. Christian Älvestam of Miseration - 3:32 # "Ravage The Breed" - 3:56

Credits

All music by S.Berglund.
Lyrics on track 1 and 3 by S.Berglund and on track 2 by K.Holmberg, E.Isaksson and S.Berglund.
Arrangements by Zonaria, keyboard arrangements by S.Berglund.
Cover artwork by Seth. Other artworks by E2Media.
Clean vocals on track 2 by Christian Älvestan.

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on track 1 by E.Isaksson and E.Nyström

External links

* {{Authority control Zonaria albums 2006 EPs