''Forever Is the World'' is the seventh and final
studio album
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by the
Norwegian gothic metal
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band
Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which influenced the gothic metal genre.
History Formation (1993)
Theatre of Tragedy was founded on 2 October 199 ...
. It was released on 18 September 2009, on
AFM Records
AFM Records GmbH is a music label based in Schwalmstadt, Germany. They focus on the heavy metal musical genre, signing bands such as U.D.O., Doro, Lordi, Kotipelto, Masterplan, Nostradameus, Redlight King, and Annihilator.
In 2005, Can ...
. The album was produced by the
Zeromancer singer Alexander Møklebust and mastered by Bjørn Engelmann.
The cover art was designed by Thomas Ewerhard, who made the covers for the previous two albums by the band, ''
Storm
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'' and ''
Assembly''. When the cover art was revealed on the band's website, they said that it had been designed to incorporate elements from the covers of all of their previous studio albums as a challenge to their most diehard fans.
Since the release of the record there have been complaints about the mixing and mastering of the album with claims of fuzzing and clipping. The album has been linked by fans to the
loudness war.
Track listing
Personnel
Theatre of Tragedy
*
Nell Sigland – vocals
*Raymond István Rohonyi – programming, vocals
*
Frank Claussen – guitar
*Vegard K. Thorsen – guitar
*
Lorentz Aspen – keyboards
*
Hein Frode Hansen – drums
Additional musicians
*Magnus Westgaard – bass guitar
Production
*Alexander Møklebust – producer, engineer, mixing
*Mads Storkersen, Aleksander Nyhus - engineers
*
Pzy-clone - drum editing & additional string arrangements
*Kristian Sigland - additional writing and arrangements on tracks 1, 3 and 7
*Björn Engelmann – mastering at Cutting Room, Sweden
*Thomas Ewerhard – cover art
References
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2009 albums
Theatre of Tragedy albums
AFM Records albums