Before the Bleeding Sun

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Before the Bleeding Sun
Studio album by Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Released	April 21, 2006
Recorded	Tico-Tico Studio (Kemi, Finland) 2005 by Ahti Kortelainen & EToS and Note-On Studio (Kuopio, Finland), 2005 by Janne Tolsa
Genre	Symphonic death metal
Length	43.08
Label	Spinefarm
Professional reviews
Lords of Metal 84/100
Eternal Tears of Sorrow chronology
A Virgin and a Whore (2001) Before the Bleeding Sun (2006)

Before the Bleeding Sun is the fifth studio album released by the Finnish melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. The recording was started in 2005, after the band came back together and reforged their line-up. The album counts guest performances from Marco Hietala (Tarot and Nightwish), Sfinx (Ram-Zet) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica).

The album is hailed for being attractive to both the symphonic and death metal scene.

According to the band, The album is damn heavy but still more diverse and more melodic than any of our previous albums. The whole process has rarely been so easy and rewarding for us before, all the pieces really clicked together this time. [1]

[edit] Trivia

• This is the third EToS album that included material from two recording sessions. Sinner's Serenade was recorded in July 1996 but also included material from their Bard's Burial demo tape (recorded in October 1994). A Virgin and a Whore was recorded in May 2001 but one of its songs (Last One for Life) was recorded in December 2000. Before the Bleeding Sun was recorded in two sessions, in spring 2005 and in December 2005-January 2006.
• This is the first EToS album that was recorded in two different studios (excluding some random recordings on previous albums). Keyboards were recorded by Janne Tolsa, a member of the band, at his Note On Studios - the rest of the instruments were recorded at Tico-Tico Studios.
• During the writing and recording processes for this album, the band also had a blog "Studio Diary Blog - The Making of the Fifth Album". [2]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sweet Lilith of My Dreams" – 4:51
2. "Another Me" – 3:52
3. "Red Dawn Rising" – 5:06
4. "Upon the Moors" – 4:48
5. "Sakura No Rei" – 2:12
6. "Sinister Rain" – 5:41
7. "Lost Rune of Thunder" – 4:03
8. "Tar Still Flows" – 3:55
9. "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act I: Before the Bleeding Sun)" – 8:40

[edit] Credits

• Altti Veteläinen - Vocals, Bass
• Jarmo Puolakanaho - Guitar
• Risto Ruuth - Lead guitar
• Janne Tolsa - Keyboards
• Petri Sankala - Drums
• Jarmo Kylmänen - Lead vocals (on #3, #5, #6 and #9), backing vocals (on #3, #5, #6 and #9)
• Miriam Elisabeth "Sfinx" Renvåg - Lead vocals (on #5, #6 and #9), backing vocals (on #3, #5, #6 and #9)
• Marco Hietala - Backing vocals (on #3, #5, #6 and #9)
• Tony Kakko - Backing vocals (on #3 and #9)