''Prominence and Demise'' is the third full-length album by Norwegian

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band

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, released on 4 September 2007.

Track listing

# "Universal Creation Array" – 8:20 # "Distorted Dimensions" – 4:34 # "The Grand Design" – 6:20 # "When the Dream of Paradise Died" – 5:10 # "Fall and Rise" – 7:17 # "The Darkest Path" – 5:05 # "Convictions and Contradictions" – 3:39 # "Where the Cold Winds Blow" – 6:52 # "The Last Line" – 8:09

Personnel

* Lars E. Si ( Age of Silence, ex-

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, Tulus) – vocals * Carl August Tidemann (ex-

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) – guitars * Andy Winter ( Age of Silence) – piano, keyboards *

Hellhammer Hellhammer was a Swiss extreme metal band from Nürensdorf, active from 1982 to 1984. Although the band's sound and style were heavily criticized and poorly reviewed during their active years, they have been widely praised in retrospect and are ...

( Age of Silence,

, ex-

The Kovenant The Kovenant is a Norwegian industrial metal band from Hamar. The band originally formed as a symphonic black metal act known as Covenant in 1993, but in 1999 were forced to change their name to The Kovenant due to a dispute with a Swedish elec ...

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) – drums

Additional musicians

*Agnete M. Kirkevaag – soprano voices (

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) *

Lars Nedland Lars Are Nedland (born 13 May 1976), known also as Lazare, from Kristiansand, Norway, is the vocalist, drummer, and keyboardist for acclaimed avant-garde black metal band Solefald. He is also co-lead vocalist and keyboardist for the heavy meta ...

– alto voices ( Age of Silence,

Borknagar Borknagar is a Norwegian progressive metal band with black metal and folk influences. It was founded in Bergen in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun primarily as a black metal band before later switching to a more melodic and progressive style. Borkn ...

Solefald Solefald is a Norwegian avant-garde metal/black metal band that was formed by members Lars Are "Lazare" Nedland and Cornelius Jakhelln in August 1995, with Nedland singing and playing keyboard/synthesizer/piano and drums, and Jakhelln singing ...

) *

Dan Swanö Dan-Erland Swanö (born 10 March 1973), also known as Dan "The Man" Swanö, is a Swedish musician and record producer who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale, lately vocalist, keyboardist and ...

– tenor voices, death growls (

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, Second Sky, ex-

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) *Øystein Moe – bass (ex. Tritonus,

Ulver Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is a Norwegian Experimental electronic music, experimental electronica band founded in 1993, by vocalist Kristoffer Rygg. Their early works, such as debut album ''Bergtatt – Et eeventyr i 5 capitler, Bergtatt'', ...

) Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra *Andre Orvik – first violin *Vegard Johnsen – second violin *Dorthe Dreier – viola *Hans Josef Groh – cello

External links

kvltsite.com review
{{Authority control Winds (band) albums 2007 albums