The Latter Rain
| The Latter Rain | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by In Vain | ||||
| Released | March 29, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | June–October 2006 | |||
| Genre | Progressive death metal, Progressive black metal | |||
| Length |
64:58 69:11 (with bonus track) | |||
| Label | Indie Recordings | |||
| Producer | Endre Kirkesola, Johnar Håland | |||
| In Vain chronology | ||||
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The Latter Rain is the debut album by Norwegian progressive death metal band In Vain, released on March 29, 2007 in Europe by Indie Recordings.[1] The album was recorded at the Dub Studio, in Kristiansand, between June and October 2006, except from the Organ, recorded in Kristiansand Symfoniorkesters studio in Marvika, Kristiansand.
The album features a lot of guests, including producer Endre Kirkesola on organs, Jan Kenneth Transeth on vocals, and George Wright on spoken words. It gained a small, but positive, fan base and have currently a rating of 4.5/5 stars on allmusic.com[2] and sputnikmusic.[3] Some rare pressings of this record includes a bonus track "Epilogue: Alene" which was first released on their EP, "Wounds".[4] Both bassist/vocalist Kristian Wikstøl and guitarist Even Fuglestad were credited as band members on this record, even though they were not a part of the band when the album was recorded. Kristian Wikstøl sang some hardcore vocals as a guest. This is the last and only album to feature guitarist Magnus Olav Tveiten and bassist Ole Vistnes.
Tracklisting[5]
All songs written and composed by Johnar Håland, arranged by In Vain.
| No. | Title | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Latter Rain" (instrumental) | 1:45 | |
| 2. | "In the Midnight Hour" | 9:41 | |
| 3. | "Det Rakner!" | 8:27 | |
| 4. | "October's Monody" | 6:33 | |
| 5. | "Their Spirits Ride with the Wind" | 8:47 | |
| 6. | "I Total Triumf" | 6:04 | |
| 7. | "The Titan" | 7:09 | |
| 8. | "As I Wither" | 7:39 | |
| 9. | "Morning Sun" (instrumental) | 2:20 | |
| 10. | "Sorgenfri" | 6:33 | |
Total length: |
01:04:58 | ||
| Special edition bonus track | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 11. | "Epilogue: Alene" | 4:13 | ||||||||
Total length: |
01:09:11 | |||||||||
Credits
Band members
- Johnar Håland - Guitars, Acoustic guitars & Backing vocals
- Sindre Nedland - Vocals, Piano & Organ
- Andreas Frigstad - Lead vocals
- Stig Reinhardtsen - Drums
- Magnus Olav Tveiten - Guitars, Acoustic guitars
- Ole Vistnes - Bass guitars
Guest musicians[6]
- Endre Kirkesola - B3 Hammond Organ, Church Organ, Arrangements
- Jan Kenneth Transeth - Vocals, Backing vocals (on track 2,4)
- Kjetil Nordhus - Vocals, Backing vocals (on track 2,3,4,5)
- Kristian Wikstøl - Hardcore vocals, Backing vocals (on track 2,3,6)
- George Wright - Spoken Words (on track 2,5)
- Håvard Kittelsen - Trombone
- Andres Hofstad Søraas - Lap Steel
- Glenn Vorhaug - Saxophone
- Henning Seldal - Orchestral Percussion
- Tore Bråthen - Trumpet
- Sarah Høigildt - Cello
- Ida Marie Sørmo - Flute
- Cecilia Wilder - Viola
- Hannah Wilder - Violin
Production
- Endre Kirkesola - Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Samples
- Johnar Håland - Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Samples
- Peter in de Betou - Mastering
- Andreas Frigstad - Art direction
- Øyvind Råmunddal - Cover art, Art direction
- Tor Erik Schrøder - Photography
References
- ↑ "The Latter Rain | In Vain". Invainband.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ↑ "The Latter Rain - In Vain | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ↑
- ↑ "In Vain - Wounds - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ↑ "In Vain - The Latter Rain - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "In Vain - The Latter Rain - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-03-04.