Tribe is the second full-length studio album

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 by the Italian

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 progressive death metal band Sadist

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, released in 1996 by Rising Sun Productions. It features two live

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 Japanese bonus tracks on the original release; "Enslaver of Lies (live)" and "Sometimes They Come Back (live)". Also, a video

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 was shot for "Tribe" in the same year. The album was re-released in 2006 by Beyond Productions and features a cover song after Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

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, "Wrathchild" and two live tracks; "From Bellatrix to Betelgeuse (live)" and "Guitar solo (live)", a live guitar solo

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 by the band.

Track listing

1. "Escogido" − 5:03
2. "India" − 4:44
3. "From Bellatrix to Betelgeuse " − 4:43
4. "Den Siste Kamp" − 4:14
5. "Tribe" − 4:00
6. "Spiral of Winter Ghosts" − 3:46
7. "The Ninth Wave" − 4:10
8. "The Reign of Asmat" − 6:21

2006 re-release bonus tracks

1. "Wrathchild (Iron Maiden
   Iron Maiden
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    cover)" − Recorded and mixed at Bluetrain, Torino, 1996.
2. "From Bellatrix to Betelgeuse (live)"
3. "Guitar solo (live)"

• Live tracks recorded at Dracma Club, Torino, 1996

Band members

• Peso − drums
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  , percussion
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• Chicco − bass
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  , fretless bass
• Zanna − death vocals
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• Tommy − guitars
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  , keyboards
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  , effects
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Songwriting and arrangement

• All music
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   by Tommaso Talamanca
• All lyrics
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   by Zanna, except "India" (Zanna/Yoko) and "Spiral of Winter Ghosts" (Zanna, Peso, Talamanca)
• Additional vocals on "The Ninth Wave" by Jane Vaughan
• Spoken vocals on "India" by Alam Khondaker

Production

• Mastered by Alessandro Cutolo at Elettromati, Milano, Italy
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• Produced by Alberto Penzin
• Mixed by Paul Johnston and Tommy Talamanca
• Engineered by Paul Johnston
• Recorded and Mixed
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   at Rhythm Recording Services, Bidford-on-Avon
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  , Warwickshire
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  , England
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  , May-August 1995