Burdens is a debut album of the Portuguese

Portugal

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 Gothic metal

Gothic metal

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 band Ava Inferi

Ava Inferi

Ava Inferi is a musical group created in Almada, Portugal, by guitarist and songwriter Rune Eriksen .The debut album, Burdens, was released in January 2006....

. It was released in January 2006 by Season of Mist

Season of Mist

Season of Mist is a record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing...

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"The title describes the collective soul of the band, with its clear roots referring to the past and its troubled paths. Other titles included on this album are [...] rooted in the essences of pain and fear, as well as the eerie and the unknown"
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Track listing

1. "Ava Inferi" – 4:52
2. "The Shrine" – 7:06
3. "A Glimpse of Sanity" – 5:35
4. "The Wings of Emptiness" – 6:17
5. "Sinisters" – 3:19
6. "Vultos" – 4:50
7. "Fate of Mountains" – 8:38

Band members

• Carmen Susana Simões — voices
• Rune Eriksen - electric and clean guitar
  Guitar
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  s, effects
• Jaime S. Ferreira - bass
  Bass guitar
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• João Samora (Bandido) - drum
  Drum
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  s and percussion

Session musicians

• Miguel Do Vale - piano
  Piano
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   on 1, 2
• Nuno Roberto - Portuguese guitar
  Portuguese guitar
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  on 5, acoustic rhythm on 7

Production

• Piano recorded at My Home Your Tomb Studio, Almada, Portugal.
• Everything else recorded between June 20 - July 8, 2005 at Top Room Studio, Norway.
• Mixed between July 12–18, 2005 by Börge Finstad (BBF) and Rune Eriksen.
• All songs by Rune Eriksen, lyrics by Carmen Susana Simões.

External links

• Interview with Ava Inferi