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musician

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. The album was released on 4 May 2018 through

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. Official videos were released for "Arcana Imperii", "Wake" and "Lend Me the Eyes of Millennia". The deluxe edition also features a bonus track, which is a poem by

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Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, production Additional musicians *Tobias Ørnes Andersen – drums *

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– additional guitar solo on "Arcana Imperii" *Angell Solberg Tveitan – additional marching drum on "Where You Are Lost and I Belong" Additional personnel * Linus Corneliusson – mixing *

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– mastering * Ritxi Ostáriz – design * Bjørn Tore Moen – front cover photo

Charts

References

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