''Waking into Nightmares'' is the second album by the American

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band

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, released on May 19, 2009, in the U.S. and May 25, 2009, in Europe. It was produced by Gary Holt, guitarist of thrash metal band

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. The cover art was painted by

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. A video for the song Severed Reality was produced. Waking into Nightmares sold around 2,000 copies in its first week of release in the U.S.

Track listing

All music by Warbringer, all lyrics by John Kevill, except track 8 by Ben Bennett

Bonus tracks

Personnel

Warbringer * John Kevill – vocals * John Laux – guitars * Adam Carroll – guitars * Ben Bennett – bass, vocals on track 8 * Nic Ritter – drums Production * Gary Holt – production, guitar solo on track 11 * Adam Myatt – engineering * Zack Ohren – mixing *

– artwork

References

2009 albums Warbringer albums Century Media Records albums Albums with cover art by Dan Seagrave {{2000s-thrash-metal-album-stub