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. It was initially released on September 27, 2011 through

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. The album is considered an important contributor to the

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sound, among other albums released in the same year, such as

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' '' The Discovery''. The album was re-released in 2016 independently under the 91367 Records moniker, remastered and with a new cover. However, the album's fifth track, ''Serenity'', originally contained a solo towards the end of the song, but it was removed from the remastered edition of the album, likely due to copyright issues relating to Chris Letchford of

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performing the solo on the album's original edition.

Track listing

Credits

;Volumes * Gus Farias - lead vocals * Michael Barr - lead vocals * Diego Farias – lead guitar, production, composing, programming, engineering, editing, mixing * Daniel Schwartz – rhythm guitar, clean vocals, drums * Raad Soudani – bass ;Additional personal/musicians * Daniel Braunstein – production, composing, programming, engineering, editing, mixing * Zack Ohren – mastering

Chart performance

References

2011 debut albums Volumes (band) albums Mediaskare Records albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub