The Smell of Rain
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- This entry covers a music album. For the entry about the scent observed when it rains go to Petrichor.
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| Studio album by Mortiis | ||
| Released | 2001 | |
| Recorded | A Studio (Sweden), 2001 | |
| Genre | industrial rock/darkwave | |
| Length | 50:54 | |
| Label | Earache Records | |
| Producer(s) | Mortiis | |
| Mortiis chronology | ||
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| The Stargate | The Smell of Rain | The Grudge
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The initial CD press run for Germany contained a bonus DVD including the 'Parasite God' video. The LP was a double gatefold with a 12" lyric insert. A remastered version was released later, as Mortiis requested. It contained four remixed songs. Initial attempts at getting the CD booklet printed as transparent layers of art and text was turned down by the label, several times. The artwork was produced by Johan Hammarman.
Released in 2001 under the Earache label. This was the first album where Mortiis took the role as lead vocalist, which had previously been filled by Sarah Jezebel Deva. Mortiis looks back on this album, and is amazed at how gothic it sounds - even though it wasn't intended. In the booklet, Mortiis is seen unmasked under the pseudonym of 'John Prozac'.
On the back of the album, there is a circle with symbols inside. This is a form of the 'Secret Seal of Solomon'.
[edit] Track listing
- "Scar Trek / Parasite God" – 6:02
- "Flux Mental Maelstrom" – 6:46
- "Spirit in a Vacuum" – 4:53
- "Monolith" – 3:59
- "You Put a Hex on Me" – 5:45
- "Everyone Leaves" – 6:41
- "Marshland" – 4:43
- "Antimental" – 6:17
- "Smell the Witch" – 5:43
The following tracks were remixes available on a special remastered edition:
- "Paranoid God Pt.1 (the iconoclast mix)" – 7:00 - Brian Lustmord
- "Marshland (the excursion mix)" – 4:40 - Raven Fox
- "Monolithic dub" – 7:44 - Brian Lustmord
- "You Put a Hex on Me" – 3:51 - Tarmvred
