Back to Times of Splendor

Back to Times of Splendor is the full-length debut album by the German band Disillusion. It contains a concept-based story, written by Vurtox; with each song dividing the story into separate conjoined sections (or chapters). The album received positive reviews, and was rated as the best album of 2004 by public review congregation website Rate Your Music.^[1]

1 Track listing
2 Credits
- 2.1 Guest musicians
- 2.2 Album information
3 References

[edit] Track listing

"... And the Mirror Cracked" – 8:27
"Fall" – 4:54
"Alone I Stand in Fires" – 6:53
"Back to Times of Splendor" – 14:39
"A Day by the Lake" – 4:54
"The Sleep of Restless Hours" – 17:03

[edit] Credits

Vurtox − Vocals, Guitar, acoustic guitar, Bass guitar, Keyboards, Orchestral arrangements
Rajk Barthel − Guitar
Jens Maluschka − Drums

[edit] Guest musicians

Thomas Bremer − Piano on "... And the Mirror Cracked"
Matthias Schifter − Fretless bass on "And the Mirror Cracked" and "A Day by the Lake"
Denise Schneider − Female voice on "Fall" and "The Sleep of Restless Hours"
Stefan Launicke − Piano intro on "Back to Times of Splendor" strings on "The Sleep of Restless Hours"
Alex Tscholakov − Drumloops and percussion on "Alone I Stand in Fires"

[edit] Album information

All songs by Vurtox and Disillusion
Recorded May through Nov. 2003 by Vurtox and Jan Stצlzel at Salvation Recording/ Leipzig
Vocals and acoustic guitars recorded by Alexander Tscholakov at TAM Recordings Nov / December 2003* Mixed by Alexander Tscholakov, Vurtox and Disillusion during Dec / Jan 2003 at TAM Recordings
Mastered at Mastersound Studio / Fellbach January 2004 by Alexander Krull and Disillusion
Art direction by Disillusion and Matka Hallmann
Artwork by Maika Hallman and Vurtox
Cover and portrait pictures by Natalie Pichler
"The Wanderer" pictures taken by Axel Heyder