Porta Obscura
| Professional ratings |
| Review scores |
| Source |
Rating |
| Lords of Metal |
(67/100)[1] |
| Metal Perspective |
[2] |
| Stormbringer |
[3] |
Porta Obscura is the second studio album by German gothic metal band Coronatus. It contains 11 tracks plus 2 bonus tracks included in the limited edition digipak which was released along with the standard edition. Those bonus tracks are "Flos Obscura", a new recorded Latin version of the track "Dunkle Blume" from their last album, Lux Noctis, and "Volles Leben", the bands first song in its initial form with male vocals. [4]
Track listing
- "Prologue" - 1:57
- "Exitus" - 4:00
- "Fallen" - 6:50
- "In Silence" - 4:22
- "Beauty In Black" - 4:36
- "Cast My Spell" - 5:09
- "In Your Hands" - 2:41
- "Mein Herz" - 3:16
- "Am Kreuz" - 4:39
- "Der Vierte Reiter" - 4:30
- "Strahlendster Erster" - 3:23
- "Flos Obscura" - 5:14 (Bonus Track)
- "Volles Leben" - 3:56 (Bonus Track)
Personnel
- Carmen R. Schäfer - Vocals
- Ada Flechtner - Vocals
- Jo Lang - Guitars
- Fabian Merkt - Keyboards & Programming
- Chriz diAnno - Bass
- Mats Kurth - Drums
Info
- Mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, Finland. [5][6]
- The songwriting started when the soprano singer Carmen R. Schäfer was pregnant. Before finishing it she gave birth to her daughter, Beatrice Anita. [4][7]
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