''Zero Nexus'' is the third

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by the Finnish

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band

Shade Empire Shade Empire is a Finnish symphonic black metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio. Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are death, destruction, hatred, anti-religion and pain. The music on their first three official full-length ...

. It was released on March 12, 2008, by Dynamic Arts Records.

Track listing

# "9 in 1" – 4:38 # "Adam & Eve" – 4:21 # "Blood Colours the White" – 4:15 # "Flesh Relinquished" – 4:49 # "Harvesters of Death" – 3:59 # "Serpent-Angel" – 4:33 # "Whisper from the Depths" – 4:22 # "Ecstasy of Black Light" – 4:11 # "Victory" – 9:32

Personnel

;Band members *

Juha Harju Juha Harju (born 1981 in Kuopio) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. He was the vocalist of the Finnish dark metal/black metal band Shade Empire and dark-metal band Chaosweaver (Cypher Commander). He also plays bass in black metal bands Ajattar ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

* Janne Niiranen –

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* Juha Sirkkiä – guitar * Eero Mantere –

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* Rasane –

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* Olli Savolainen –

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;Additional credits * Female vocals by Petra Lisitsin * Tenor vocals by Jorma Koponen * Male speech on track 9 by Graham Wilson *

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played by Aku Kolari

References

Official website

''Zero Nexus'' at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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