''The Morning Never Came'' is the debut studio album by Finnish metal band

Swallow the Sun Swallow the Sun is a Finnish death-doom band founded in 2000 by Juha Raivio. Their death-doom style emphasizes melody and atmosphere, and occasionally steps into gothic and black metal territory. They have released eight full-length albums, one ...

, released on November 15, 2003. Tracks 1, 3, 4 and 7 are all re-recorded versions from the band's first demo, ''Out of This Gloomy Light''. The album was later released in the United States on February 22, 2005, via Olympic Recordings.

Track listing

U.S. & limited double vinyl edition bonus track

Personnel

Swallow the Sun

*Mikko Kotamäki – vocals *Markus Jämsen – lead guitar *Juha Raivio –

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; songwriting (1–8) *Matti Honkonen – bass guitar *Aleksi Munter –

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*Pasi Pasanen –

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Additional personnel

*Flavia Lester – spoken word (5) *Petteri Kivimäki – photography *fo2003 – logo *Tuomo Lehtonen –

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and layout * Sami Kokko – recording, engineering and mixing (Sam's Workshop) * Minerva Pappi – mastering at Finnvox Studios *Albert Witchfinder – guest vocals (9)

Arrangements (9)

* Candlemass **Johan Längqvist **Christian Weberyd **Klas Bergwall **

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– songwriting **Mats Björkman **Mats Ekström

References

Swallow the Sun albums 2003 debut albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub