''Winter Enclosure'', the debut album by Norwegian

gothic metal Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal music, heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different ...

band

Octavia Sperati Octavia Sperati, formerly known as Octavia, is a Norwegian gothic metal band from Bergen, Norway. The group released their debut album '' Winter Enclosure'' in 2005. Their second album, '' Grace Submerged'', was released in May 2007. Both albu ...

, was released on 14 June 2005 on the

Candlelight Records Candlelight Records is a British record label based in London, founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bass guitarist Lee Barrett in 1993. The record label originally specialized in black metal, but quickly expanded to various other forms of hea ...

label. The album was promoted with two music videos: "Lifelines of Depths" (a second version after the already known one in 2004) and "Hunting Eye", both made by the director Asle Birkeland.

Track listing

Personnel

Octavia Sperati

Silje Wergeland Silje Wergeland (born 9 November 1974) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and pianist. She is best known as the current lead vocalist of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering (since 2009). She was also the frontwoman of Norweg ...

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vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

*Bodil Myklebust –

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*Gyri S. Losnegaard –

*Trine C. Johansen –

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*Tone Midtgaard –

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*Hege S. Larson –

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Additional musicians

Pytten Eirik Hundvin (born 8 February 1950), also known as Pytten, is a Norwegian producer, musician and recording engineer. He is widely known for producing and collaborating with influential acts in the Norwegian black metal scene, including Mayhem, Bu ...

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grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...

Ivar Bjørnson Ivar Skontorp Peersen, best known by his stage name Ivar Bjørnson (born 27 November 1977), is a Norwegian musician and composer. He is a founding member and the main songwriter of the extreme metal band Enslaved, and has previously been a memb ...

- effects in track 11

Production and Engineering

*Produced, recorded, mixed By –

Herbrand Larsen Herbrand Larsen (born February 3, 1973) is a Norwegian musician, record producer, mixer and engineer. He is best known for being a member of extreme metal band Enslaved from 2004 to 2016, and hard rock band Audrey Horne from 2002 to 2007. Larsen ...

*Engineer – Eirik "Pytten" Hundvin, Arve "Squanky" Isdal *Layout – Adrian Wear *Mastered By – Tim Turan *Hair & Styling – Jeanette Myrvoll, Veronika Kindervåg *Make Up – Tina Solberg Torstad *Photography – Chris McFall *Photography By ront Image– Evil Twin (10), Gregory J. Summers *Recorded At – Earshot Studio *Recorded At – Grieghallen Studio and Earshot Studio, Bergen *Produced At – Earshot Studio *Mastered At – Turan Audio *Cover image: Sunshine on a Cloudy Day ©2000 by Gregory J. Summers.

References

External links

Discogs.comMetallum Archives
{{Authority control 2005 debut albums Octavia Sperati albums Candlelight Records albums