''Amorous Anathema'' is the debut studio album by the Swedish
melodic black metal
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band
Embraced
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released in 1998 on
Regain Records
Regain Records was a Swedish-based independent record label. The label predominantly released death metal and black metal albums. Regain Records was founded from what remained of the former label, Wrong Again Records, by Per Gyllenbäck in 1 ...
. It was recorded in November 1997 at
Studio Fredman and mastered at Masteringroom. In 2003 Regain Records re-released the album with two bonus tracks recorded during the ''
Within
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* ''Within'' (Embraced album) (2000), by Swedish melodic black metal band Embraced
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'' session.
Track listing
Personnel
*Kalle Johansson - vocals,
didgeridoo
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on "The End... And Here We All Die"
*Daniel Lindberg - drums
*Julius Chmielewski - keyboards
*Sven Karlsson - keyboards, piano, mastering
*Michael Håkansson - bass, vocals, mastering, cover art and layout concept
*Davor Tepic - guitars
*Peter Mårdklint - guitars
Additional personnel
*Kalle Metz - additional vocals on "The Beautiful Flow of an Autumn Passion"
*Lasse Hejll - photography
*Helene Toresdotter - cover art, photography
*Göran Finnberg - mastering
*
Anders Fridén
Pär Anders Fridén (born 25 March 1973) is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of heavy metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and Passenger, a side project.
Career
Early career
Fridén was original ...
- producer, mixing
*
Fredrik Nordström
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- engineering
*Ron Boldsurfer - logo
External links
Amorous Anathemaat
Allmusic
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1998 debut albums
Embraced albums
Black metal albums by Swedish artists
Albums recorded at Studio Fredman
Regain Records albums