''Pure Therapy'' is the debut album by

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band

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released on April 30, 2000 under the Finnish record label

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. The band produced the album by themselves. ''Pure Therapy'' starts the

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theme, continued in the following two releases ''

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(''2002) and ''

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'' (2005), with a unique story about this

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in two main characters.

Track listing

# "The Fall" - 4:37 # "King" - 5:59 # "For The Sake Of Mankind" - 5:59 # "Eternal Voice/Peace?" - 8:50 # "No Peace" - 7:38 # "Kill My Thoughts" - 5:08 # "Sense" - 5:17 # "Through The Eyes Of The Children" - 6:41

Personnel

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

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* Henning "Zet" Ramseth -

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, stuff, lyrics *

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;Additional musicians * Aud Ingebjørg Barstad - violin * Sissel Strømbu, Randi Strømbu, Anne Linne Staxrud - female vocals * 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 * Lars E Nordrum - photography * Tore L. Larsen - cover art

References

External links

Metallum ArchivesDiscogs.com
2000 debut albums Ram-Zet albums Century Media Records albums Spinefarm Records albums Concept albums {{2000s-metal-album-stub