Back to Times of Splendor

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Released April 6, 2004 Back to Times of Splendor (2004) Gloria (2006) Release date 6 April 2004 Label Metal Blade Records		Length 56:48 Artist Disillusion Producer Andy Schmidt

Recorded May–November, 2003 - Salvation Recording, Leipzig Genres Progressive metal, Melodic death metal Similar Gloria, Ghost Reveries, Blackwater Park

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Back to Times of Splendor is the full-length debut album by the German band Disillusion. It contains a concept-based story, written by Vurtox; with each song dividing the story into separate conjoined sections (or chapters). The album received critical acclaim upon release and is considered by many to a modern metal classic.

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Track listing

All Songs Written By Disillusion.

Disillusion

Vurtox − Vocals, Guitar, acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Orchestral arrangements

Rajk Barthel − Guitar

Jens Maluschka − Drums

Additional Musicians

Thomas Bremer − Piano on "... And the Mirror Cracked"

Matthias Schifter − Fretless bass on "And the Mirror Cracked" and "A Day by the Lake"

Denise Schneider − Female voice on "Fall" and "The Sleep of Restless Hours"

Stefan Launicke − Piano intro on "Back to Times of Splendor" strings on "The Sleep of Restless Hours"

Alex Tscholakov − Drum loops and percussion on "Alone I Stand in Fires"

Production

Recorded May through Nov. 2003 by Vurtox and Jan Stצlzel at Salvation Recording, Leipzig

Vocals and acoustic guitars recorded by Alexander Tscholakov

Mixed by Alexander Tscholakov, Vurtox and Disillusion during December to January 2003 at TAM Recordings

Mastered at Mastersound Studio (Fellbach) January 2004 by Alexander Krull and Disillusion

Songs

1And the Mirror Cracked8:28
2Fall4:54
3Alone I Stand in Fires6:53

References

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