''Escape'' is the second album by

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band

Ram-Zet Ram-Zet is a progressive metal band (music), band formed in Hamar, Norway in 1998. Genre classification Ram-Zet's music is very diverse ranging from black metal to thrash metal. It has Industrial music, industrial sounds, Progressive metal, pr ...

released on April 30, 2002 in the US by

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and

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a German heavy metal record label with offices in Germany, the United States and the United Kingdom. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by R ...

. The band produced the album themselves. They recorded and engineered it at their personal studio in

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, Space Valley Studios.

Track listing

# "R.I.P." - 8:54 # "Queen" - 7:03 # "The Claustrophobic Journey" - 7:54 # "Sound of Tranquillity - Peace" - 8:41 # "The Seeker" - 9:18 # "Pray" - 6:59 # "I'm Not Dead" - 6:38 # "The Moment She Died" - 8:08

Personnel

;Ram-Zet * Miriam Elisabeth "Sfinx" Renvåg - lead vocals *

Küth Ram-Zet is a progressive metal band formed in Hamar, Norway in 1998. Genre classification Ram-Zet's music is very diverse ranging from black metal to thrash metal. It has industrial sounds, progressive structures, and traditional instrument ...

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- keyboards, stuff * Henning "Zet" Ramseth -

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, lyrics * Solem -

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* Ingvild "Sareeta" Johannesen -

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, backing vocals ;Additional musicians * Sissel Strømbu, Renate Grimsbø Kuldbrandstad, Randi Strømbu, Mari Bakke Ottinsen, Ane Thune Børresen - Choirs * Mie Kristine Storbekken Lindstad - lyrics ;Production *

- arrangements, producing, engineering * Space Valley Studios - recording studio * Mikko Karmilla at

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- mixing * Mika Jussila at

- mastering ;Artwork * Torel Larsen - photography * Aage Villy Skaaret - photography * Yngve Sørli - cover model * Sunniva Daae Andersen - cover model

References

2002 albums Ram-Zet albums Century Media Records albums Spinefarm Records albums 2000s concept albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub