Swanlike
Encyclopedia
Swanlike is the first album by German
progressive metal
band Dark Suns. It is their only album to employ death vocals. It was originally self-released, but on February 21, 2005 it was re-released through Prophecy Productions
, with a bonus track
. The bonus track, "Suffering", was a rewritten version of the band's 1999 demo, Suffering the Psychopathic Results of Daily Blasphemy.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band Dark Suns. It is their only album to employ death vocals. It was originally self-released, but on February 21, 2005 it was re-released through Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions
Prophecy Productions is a German record label located in Zeltingen-Rachtig, founded by Martin Koller in 1996. It proclaims being a "label for eerie emotional music", which roughly comprises artists with a dark metal, black metal, or neofolk background, but a unique and unconventional approach to...
, with a bonus track
Bonus track
In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
. The bonus track, "Suffering", was a rewritten version of the band's 1999 demo, Suffering the Psychopathic Results of Daily Blasphemy.
Track listing
- "Swanlike" - 11:31
- "Infiltration" - 5:35
- "The Sun Beyond Your Eden" - 8:52
- "Virtuous Dilemma" - 4:51
- "Inside Final Dreams" - 8:19
- "The Neverending" - 5:27
- "In Silent Harmony II" - 3:09
- "Suffering" (bonus track) - 14:24
Credits
- Niko Knappe - vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Maik Knappe - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Torsten Wenzel - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s - Christoph Bormann - BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Thomas Bremer - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA 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...