Above the Light
| Above the Light | ||||
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| Studio album by Sadist | ||||
| Released |
July 15, 1993 2006 (re-release) | |||
| Recorded |
1993 re-release: September, 2000, Nadir Recording and Mastering, Genova, Italy | |||
| Genre |
Technical death metal Progressive metal | |||
| Length | 43:20 | |||
| Label | Nosferatu Records | |||
| Producer | Alberto Penzin | |||
| Sadist chronology | ||||
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Above the Light is the debut studio album by the Italian progressive death metal band Sadist, released in 1993 by Nosferatu Records. The album was re-released in 2006 after their return by Beyond Productions with "Dreaming Deformities" and "Musicians Against Yuppies" as the bonus tracks. Also, a music video was made for "Sometimes They Come Back" in the same year.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nadir" | 2:12 | |
| 2. | "Breathin' Cancer" | 7:25 | |
| 3. | "Enslaver of Lies" | 5:37 | |
| 4. | "Sometimes They Come Back" | 6:27 | |
| 5. | "Hell in Myself" | 5:32 | |
| 6. | "Desert Divinities" | 5:06 | |
| 7. | "Sadist" | 4:21 | |
| 8. | "Happiness 'N' Sorrow" | 6:40 | |
Total length: |
43:20 | ||
| Japanese bonus tracks | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 9. | "T.C. Psyche" (live) | |||||||||
| 10. | "Spiral of Winter Ghosts" (live) | |||||||||
| 2006 Re-release bonus tracks | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 9. | "Dreaming Deformities" | 4:33 | ||||||||
| 10. | "Musicians Against Yuppies" | 4:11 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Sadist
- Tommy − Guitars, Keyboards
- Peso − Drums
- Andy − Bass, Death Vocals
- Production
- Luciano Berlingeri - Photography
- Roberto "Robferatu" Cannavo - Executive producer
- Paolo Mauri - Additional Recording
- Luigi Scuderi - Mixing
- Salvo Mazzone - Engineering
- Alberto Penzin - Producer
- Michele Vitiello - Art direction