Sanctified is the fourth album for Swedish heavy metal band

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. The album received a review of 9/10 from '' Rockhard.de''. In the Swedish mainstream press, the album got short reviews in ''

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''. Each critic though the album lacked innovation, but ''Aftonbladet'' noted that "If every song were as good as "To Isengard", I could not shut off the record". ''

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'' compared Morgana Lefay to "a bleak

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".Review by Martin Carlsson, ''

'' 13 April 1995

Track listing

''All music & lyrics written and arranged by:

'' #Out In The Silence - 4:05 #Time Is God - 5:09 #To Isengard - 5:17 #Why? - 5:03 #Mad Messiah - 5:04 #Another Dawn - 4:43 #In The Court Of The Crimson King - 3:51 #Sorrow Calls - 8:21 #Where Insanity Rules - 4:15 #Shadows Of God - 4:13 #Gil-Galad (The Sanctified) - 7:34 (''4:06 minutes into "Gil-Galad (The Sanctified)" there's a "hidden" bonus track'')

Credits

* Charles Rytkönen - vocals * Tony Eriksson - guitars * Daniel Persson - guitars * Joakim Heder - bass * Jonas Söderlind - Drums

References

{{Authority control 1995 albums Morgana Lefay albums Albums with cover art by Kristian Wåhlin