The Isolation Game
Encyclopedia
The Isolation Game is the fourth full-length studio album
by the Italian
melodic death metal
band Disarmonia Mundi
, and was released on December 9, 2009 by Coroner Records. It features guest appearances by Björn "Speed" Strid, Antony Hämäläinen
, and Olof Mörck
on some guitar solos.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by the Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
melodic death metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band Disarmonia Mundi
Disarmonia Mundi
Disarmonia Mundi is a melodic death metal band from Avigliana, Italy that started out as a progressive metal band. After Benny Bianco Chinto left the band it featured Soilwork's vocalist Björn "Speed" Strid for two albums...
, and was released on December 9, 2009 by Coroner Records. It features guest appearances by Björn "Speed" Strid, Antony Hämäläinen
Antony Hämäläinen
Antony Hämäläinen , is a Finnish musician and composer living in the United States.-Biography:In the early 1990s, he started playing bass, drums, and singing for multiple bands based both in the USA and Finland...
, and Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck
Olof Mörck is a guitarist in the melodic death metal band Nightrage and guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. Besides Marios, Olof is the longest running member of Nightrage...
on some guitar solos.
Track listing
- "Cypher Drone" – 4:29
- "Structural Wound" – 3:18
- "Perdition Haze" – 4:20
- "Building An Empire of Dust" – 4:23
- "Stepchild of Laceration" – 5:01
- "The Isolation Game" – 4:05
- "Blacklight Rush" – 3:47
- "Glimmer" – 2:01
- "Ties That Bind" – 4:05
- "Losing Ground" – 4:14
- "Same Old Nails for a New Messiah" – 3:58
- "Digging the Grave of Silence" – 4:18
- "Beneath a Colder Sun" – 1:25
- "The Shape of Things to Come" (Japanese Bonus Track) – 4:10
Personnel
- Ettore Rigotti – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, 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 ....
, keyboardsElectronic keyboardAn electronic keyboard is an electronic or digital keyboard instrument.The major components of a typical modern electronic keyboard are:...
, clean vocals - Claudio Ravinale − death vocals, lyrics
- Björn "Speed" Strid – guest vocals on tracks 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 11, and 14
- Olof MörckOlof MörckOlof Mörck is a guitarist in the melodic death metal band Nightrage and guitarist of the power metal band Dragonland. Besides Marios, Olof is the longest running member of Nightrage...
– guitar solos on tracks 5 and 10