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The Awakening (Merciless album)

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Released
  
1990

Release date
  
1990

Artist
  
Merciless


Recorded
  
2-6 July 1989 at Tuna Studio

Length
  
Original: 27:02 Re-issue: 38:09

The Awakening (1990)
  
The Treasures Within (1992)

Label
  
Deathlike Silence Productions

Genres
  
Thrash metal, Death metal, Black metal

Black metal albums
  
Scorn Defeat, Vikingligr Veldi, Burzum / Aske, Obsessed by Cruelty, De Mysteriis Dom Sath

The Awakening is the debut album by the Swedish death metal band Merciless. The original album was recorded in Summer 1989 but was not released by Deathlike Silence Productions until February 1990. The original press was limited to 1000 CDs and LPs and is now considered one of the most rare and expensive albums in heavy metal collecting. It was later re-issued in 1999 by Osmose Productions with a different color cover and four live bonus tracks. The live tracks were recorded in Uppsala, Sweden on 7 December 1990.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Pure Hate" – 3:28
  2. "Souls of the Dead" – 2:59
  3. "The Awakening" – 3:11
  4. "Dreadful Fate" – 2:47
  5. "Realm of the Dark" – 3:52
  6. "Dying World" – 4:18
  7. "Bestial Death" – 2:26
  8. "Denied Birth" – 4:01

1999 Re-issue bonus tracks

  1. "Bestial Death" (Live) – 2:20
  2. "The Awakening "(Live) – 3:10
  3. "Nuclear Attack" (Live) – 2:27
  4. "Pure Hate" (Live) – 3:10

Credits

  • Roger "Rogga" Pettersson - Vocals (1988-)
  • Erik Wallin - Guitars (1986-)
  • Fredrik Karlén - Bass (1986)
  • Stefan "Stipen" Carlsson - Drums (1986-1992)

    • Songs

    1Pure Hate3:28
    2Souls of the Dead2:59
    3The Awakening3:11

    References

    The Awakening (Merciless album) Wikipedia
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