Credits

• Chad M. Fjerstad - Bass
• Jonathan D. Hunt - Vocals
• Tim Java - Drums
• Logan Kelly - Guitars
• Aaron Nelson - Guitars

• Art Direction, Artwork and Design - Paul A. Romano
• Produced by Eric Rachel and Dead to Fall
  Dead to Fall
  Dead to Fall was originally a melodic death metal band from the Chicago suburbs and later stretched from Chicago to Minneapolis. Formed in 1999, it drew influences from Swedish Gothenburg metal, death metal, and other genres, and is usually labeled as a melodic death metal band...
  
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Reception

• HCS.net link
• Punknews.org
  Punknews.org
  Punknews.org is a website founded by Aubin Paul which launched in 1999. The website publishes music news and album reviews relating to punk rock, hardcore punk, ska, indie rock and heavy metal...
  
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Trivia

• Some digital media players, such as iTunes
  ITunes
  iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
  
  , recognize the track Smoke & Mirrors as "Pawns."
• Michael Romeo
  Michael Romeo
  Since 2005, Romeo has taken advantage of a new custom model, Caparison Dellinger II - Michael Romeo Custom, which he used to record the Symphony X album Paradise Lost...
  
   of Symphony X
  Symphony X
  Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
  
  provides the orchestra/choir present in "Death & Rebirth."