Tales of Absolution and Obsoletion
| Tales of Absolution & Obsoletion | ||||
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| Released | June 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2009 Intervention Studios Johannesburg, South Africa and Chicago, IL USA | |||
| Genre | Gothic rock, darkwave | |||
| Label | Intervention Arts | |||
| Producer | Ashton Nyte | |||
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Tales of Absolution & Obsoletion is the eighth studio album by South African gothic rock band The Awakening, released worldwide via Intervention Arts in June 2009.
Recording
[edit]The Awakening's eighth full-length studio album released June 2009, Tales is described as "a return to Zeen/Dark Romantics-era classic gothic rock."[1] The album represents the longest lapse between releases, a full three years having passed since the band's previous release, Razor Burn. It was the first of the band's albums to be cross-continentally written and recorded, as the band has been based in the United States since late 2007 but recorded various tracks from Tales in both South Africa and the USA.[2] It is also the first of the band's albums to include Rose Mortem on piano and keyboards.[3]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Ashton Nyte.
- "Ivory (Part 1 and 2)" - 6.17
- "Indian Summer Rain" - 4.29
- "Upon the Water" - 4.24
- "A Carnival of Souls" - 3.59
- "Frozen" - 4.52
- "Nothing Like the Rain" - 4.08
- "Where the Shadow Goes" - 4.01
- "Open" - 4.02
- "Prayer for the Song" - 3.06
- "Alone" - 3.29
