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Track listing

# "Auditorium of Modern Movements" (Winter, Lazare) – 3:36 # "Acceleration" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:30 # "The Concept of Hate" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:09 # "A Song for D. Incorporated" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:58 # "The Green Office and the Dark Desk Drawer" (Winter, Lazare) – 4:17 # "The Flow at 9:30 am" (Winter, Lazare) – 6:25 # "Of Concrete and Glass" (Winter, Lazare) – 3:14 # "90° Angles" (Extant, Lazare) – 7:19 # "I No Longer Know If I Am Mad" (Extant, Kobbergaard) – 2:28 # "Synthetic, Fabricated, Calculated" (Extant, Lazare) – 4:11

Personnel

* Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland –

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* Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg –

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*Lars Eikind "Si" –

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*Joacim "Extant" Solheim – guitar *Helge "Kobbergaard" Haugen –

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References

{{Authority control Age of Silence albums 2004 debut albums The End Records albums Albums with cover art by Travis Smith (artist)