''Through My Dog's Eyes'' is the fourth studio album by the
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avant-garde metal
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band
Ephel Duath. The album's
concept
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was conceived by guitarist and founding member
Davide Tiso, in which the whole album is from the viewpoint of a dog. The album's artwork is done by
Seldon Hunt
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, who has done artwork for bands such as
Sunn O)))
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,
Isis
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,
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, and
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.
[ The recording and mixing was handled by Novembre's drummer Giuseppe Orlando.][
In the same announcement that proclaimed professional poker player Guillermo Gonzales as the vocalist after Luciano George Lorusso quit the band, they also announced that the song "Breed" was listenable on their Myspace.
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Track listingThrough My Dog's Eyes @ metalkingdom.net
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''All music and lyrics by Ephel Duath''
# "Gift" - 2:27
# "Promenade" - 3:33
# "Breed" - 3:28
# "Silent Door" - 2:48
# "Bella Morte" - 2:24
# "Nina" - 4:27
# "Guardian" - 3:20
# "Spider Shaped Leaves" - 4:56
# "Bark Loud" - 4:55
Personnel
*Luciano George Lorusso - vocals
* Davide Tiso - guitar, bass
*Marco Minnemann
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Career
Marco Minnemann has released over a dozen solo albums as drummer, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist, and performed on over 100 studio alb ...
- drums
Credits
*Seldon Hunt - Artwork, layout
*Giuseppe Orlando - Mixing, guitar and vocal recording
*Marco Minnemann - Drum recording
*Finnvox Studios
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- mastering
*Riccardo Gamondi - Preproduction
*Raffaele Buono (Rough) - Synthesizer on "Nina"
*Francesco Fracassi (Fuzzy) - Synthesizer mixing on "Nina"
*Lou Chano - Programming on "Nina"
*Ben Weinman
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- Programming on "Bark Loud"
Recording
Preproduction of the album was done at Fiscer-Prais Studio in Alessandria, Italy
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. The guitars and vocals were recorded and mixed at Outer Sound Studios in Rome
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beginning in July 2008. The drums were recorded by Marco Minnemann at Homebase Seacoast Studio in California
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before the rest of the band had even entered the studio.
References
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2009 albums
Concept albums
Ephel Duath (band) albums
Earache Records albums