''Terminal'' is the third full-length album by the Norwegian band Ancestral Legacy, released under Norwegian record label Whispering Voice Records on September 29, 2014.

Background

''Terminal'' is an album with less

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elements than its distant predecessor '' Nightmare Diaries'' (2010), switching to a greater mix of gothic metal and

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, utilizing the usual mixture of light female vocals and harsh male vocals. It's the first album with Mexican singer Isadora Cortina (guest musician in '' Trapped Within the Words''), who joined the band after the longtime vocalist Elin Anita Omholt had an injury in a car accident in 2008.INTERVIEW : ISADORA CORTINA – ANCESTRAL LEGACY
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Releases

30 CDs were released in slim jewel cases, 6 each with the colours red, orange, green, blue and purple, with a 4-page booklet.

Track listing

Personnel

Ancestral Legacy

*Isadora Cortina - Vocals (female) *Eddie Risdal - Guitars, Vocals (harsh) *Tor Arvid Larsen - Guitars *Christopher Midtsvéen Vigre- Drums *Jarl Ivar Brynhildsvoll - Bass

Guest/session musicians

*Jone Väänänen - Keyboards, Effects *Jean-Baptiste Frichet - Bass on track 10 *Øyvind Rosseland - Keyboards on track 3 *Anette Ødegaard, Sune Berthelsen - Choir on tracks 4, 6, 7, 12

Production and engineering

* Jone Väänänen - Mixing, Mastering

References

External links

Discogs.comMetallum Archives
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