''Serenity in Fire'' is the seventh studio album from

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band

Kataklysm Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They have released fourteen studio albums, one EP and two DVDs as of 2020. Kataklysm won their first Juno Award (Canadian equivalent of the Grammy) for best album of the year in the "heavy metal" categor ...

. The spoken passage in the track ''The Ambassador of Pain'' is a quote from

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's character in the film, Road to Perdition. Peter Tägtgren contributed guest vocals on the album. The song "As I Slither" was featured on the soundtrack for the film '' Alone in the Dark'' (2005) via

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, considered to be one of the worst movies ever created, featuring the actress Tara Reid. The song "The Night They Returned" was originally composed for the feature film (also titled 'The Night They Returned') by independent filmmaker Sv Bell. Ultimately

did not authorize the use of the track for the film. Members of the band make a brief cameo in the movie, released in 2004.

Track listing

Personnel

;Kataklysm *Maurizio Iacono - Vocals *

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- Guitar *Stephane Barbe - Bass * Martin Maurais - Drums ;Guest musicians * Peter Tägtgren - Guest vocals on "For All Our Sins" * Jordan Dare - Guest vocals on "10 Seconds from the End" ;Production *Jean-François Dagenais - Producer, engineering, mixing *Bernard Belly - Mastering *Yannick St. Amand - Engineering *Maurizio Iacono - Lyrics *Markus Staiger - Executive producer

References

2004 albums Kataklysm albums Nuclear Blast albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub