"The Mirror's Truth" is a song by Swedish heavy metal band

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from their ninth album, '' A Sense of Purpose''. It was released as a single/ EP on 7 March 2008. The disc contains the title track and three songs that did not appear on the album, of which two are previously unreleased. The cover artwork was created by

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, who had designed the artwork for the whole ''A Sense of Purpose'' album. The

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was shot in an abandoned

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in Scharins, Skellefteå, Sweden, and debuted on Myspace on 18 February 2008. "The Mirror's Truth" is one of the songs chosen for the ''

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'' video game soundtrack. It is also featured in another video game, ''

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.'' The same version of "Abnegation" appeared on ''

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''.

Track listing

Personnel

* Anders Fridén – vocals *

Jesper Strömblad Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad (born 28 November 1972) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist of the bands The Halo Effect, Dimension Zero and Cyhra, and formerly of In Flames and The Resistance. He is best known as the founder and former ...

– guitar * Björn Gelotte – guitar * Peter Iwers – bass guitar *

Daniel Svensson Daniel Svensson (born 20 November 1977) is a Swedish drummer. He is currently a member of the Swedish supergroup The Halo Effect (2021–) and formerly a drummer of the metal bands In Flames, Sacrilege GBG (also the vocalist) and Diabolique. ...

– drums

References

External links

The Mirror's Truth @ MusicBrainz

Nuclear Blast

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