Anno Domini High Definition
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Anno Domini High Definition is the fourth full length studio album by Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 band Riverside
Riverside (band)
Riverside is a progressive rock band from Warsaw, Poland. It was founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared a love for progressive rock and heavy metal...

 and also the first full length Riverside album that is separate from the Reality Dream suite. The album was released in Poland on June 15, 2009 through Mystic Production and was released worldwide on June 19, 2009 through InsideOut
Insideout
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. The album was a commercial success in the band's home country of Poland where it reached the top of the official album chart. The art design and direction was, once again, handled by Travis Smith.

A special edition of the album includes a bonus DVD, filmed during a December 2008 live performance at Amsterdam
Amsterdam
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's Paradiso
Paradiso (Amsterdam)
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 club.

Track listing

  1. "Hyperactive" – 5:45
  2. "Driven to Destruction" – 7:06
  3. "Egoist Hedonist" – 8:57
    1. "Different?"
    2. "Hedonist Party"
    3. "Straw Man Dance"
  4. "Left Out" – 10:59
  5. "Hybrid Times" – 11:53

Special edition bonus DVD 'Live in Amsterdam 2008'

  1. "Volte-Face"
  2. "I Turned You Down"
  3. "Reality Dream III"
  4. "Beyond The Eyelids"
  5. "Conceiving You"
  6. "Ultimate Trip (excerpt)"
  7. "02 Panic Room (single version)"

Riverside

  • Mariusz Duda
    Mariusz Duda
    Mariusz Duda is a Polish vocalist and bassist best known for his position in the band Riverside. He is also a former member of Xanadu and did guest vocals for Indukti's album S.U.S.A.R. He released his debut solo album under the moniker Lunatic Soul on the Kscope label in October 2008. Mariusz...

     – vocals
    Singing
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    , bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , acoustic guitar
    Acoustic guitar
    An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...

  • Piotr Grudziński – guitar
    Guitar
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  • Michał Łapaj – keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
    A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...

    , theremin
    Theremin
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  • Piotr Kozieradzki – drums
    Drum kit
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Guest musicians

  • Rafał Gańko – trumpet
    Trumpet
    The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

     on "Egoist Hedonist"
  • Karol Gołowacz – saxophone
    Saxophone
    The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

     on "Egoist Hedonist"
  • Adam Kłosiński – trombone
    Trombone
    The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...

     on "Egoist Hedonist"

Production

  • Produced by Riverside and Szymon Chech
  • Recorded and mixed by Szymon Chech
  • Mastered by Grzegorz Piwkowski

Charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Polish Albums Chart
OLiS
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