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. It was recorded in Ivory Shoulder Studios and Juke Joint Studio by Vegard Tveitan and Heidi Solberg Tveitan, and mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studio by

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. Additional editing by Ivar Barstad. Art direction and design by Ritxi Ostáriz. Cover painting by Jeff Jordan. All songs published by Magic Art Publishing. In order to define the band's vision about music and what it means to be progressive, guitarist Tor Oddmund Shurke provided his insight on this matter and other subjects in an interview with the monthly

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magazine '' Guitar World''. The album features guest vocals by

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on the 4th track of the album, "Thorn", and the trumpet on "Thorn" and "Painful Detour" are played by Vegard Sandbukt. Trumpet and additional keyboards were recorded in Kulturkirken Jacob, in

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by Rune Børø.

Track listing

Personnel

;Leprous * Einar Solberg – vocals, keyboards * Tor Oddmund Suhrke – guitars * Øystein Landsverk – guitars * Rein Blomquist – bass guitar * Tobias Ørnes Andersen – drums ;Other musicians *

– vocals on "Thorn" * Vegard Sandbukt – trumpet on "Thorn" and "Painful Detour" *

– mixing and mastering

References

External links

* 2011 albums Leprous albums Inside Out Music albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub