''Soul Survivor'' is the fourth studio album by Dutch

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band

Gorefest Gorefest was a Dutch death metal band from Goes in Zeeland. It was founded in 1989 by Jan-Chris de Koeijer, Frank Harthoorn, Alex van Schaik and Marc Hoogendoorn. History Within two months of existence Gorefest recorded their first demo. A ...

, released in 1996 via

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Track listing

# "Freedom" (Boudewijn Bonebakker, Jan Chris de Koeyer, Ed Warby) 4:32 # "Forty Shades" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer, Warby) 4:14 # "River" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer, Warby) 4:33 # "Electric Poet" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer, Warby) 4:20 # "Soul Survivor" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer) 4:30 # "Blood Is Thick" (de Koeyer, Frank Harthoon) 3:41 # "Dog Day" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer, Harthoon) 2:51 # "Demon Seed" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer, Warby) 3:46 # "Chameleon" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer) 2:45 # "Dragon Man" (Bonebakker, de Koeyer) 6:38

Bonus tracks

"Tired Moon" 4:26 #"Goddess in Black" (orchestral version) 6:34

Band members

Jan-Chris de Koeijer Jan-Chris de Koeijer or Jan Chris de Koeyer (born 20 October 1966, Yerseke) is a Dutch bass player and singer. He is best known for his position in Gorefest. He also co-founded the band. He provided vocals for Ayreon's 1995 debut album, ''The F ...

– vocals, bass guitar *

Frank Harthoorn Gorefest was a Dutch death metal band from Goes in Zeeland. It was founded in 1989 by Jan-Chris de Koeijer, Frank Harthoorn, Alex van Schaik and Marc Hoogendoorn. History Within two months of existence Gorefest recorded their first demo. A ...

– guitar * Boudewijn Bonebakker – guitar *

Ed Warby Edward R. Warby (born 7 March 1968) is a Dutch musician, best known as the drummer for death metal band Gorefest and progressive rock/metal project Ayreon. He also appeared in the band Agressor in 1982 and joined the Eindhoven-based metal band ...

– drums * Rene Merkelbach –

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and grand piano

References

1996 albums Gorefest albums Nuclear Blast albums {{1990s-metal-album-stub