Burdens (Ava Inferi album)

Burdens
Studio album by Ava Inferi
Released	January 2006 (2006-01)
Recorded	June–July 2005 at Top Room Studio
Genre	Gothic metal Doom metal
Length	40:37
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Rune Eriksen
Ava Inferi chronology
Burdens (2006) The Silhouette (2007)The Silhouette2007

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Invader	[1]

Burdens is a debut album of the Portuguese Gothic metal band Ava Inferi. It was released in January 2006 by Season of Mist.

"The title describes the collective soul of the band, with its clear roots referring to the past and its troubled paths. Other titles included on this album are [...] rooted in the essences of pain and fear, as well as the eerie and the unknown" .^[2]

Track listing

1. "Ava Inferi" – 4:52
2. "The Shrine" – 0:33
3. "A Glimpse of Sanity" – 5:35
4. "The Wings of Emptiness" – 6:17
5. "Sinisters" – 3:19
6. "Vultos" – 4:50
7. "Fate of Mountains" – 8:38

Credits

Band members

• Carmen Susana Simões — vocals
• Rune Eriksen - electric and clean guitars, effects
• Jaime S. Ferreira - bass
• João Samora (Bandido) - drums and percussion

Session musicians

• Miguel Do Vale - piano on 1, 2
• Nuno Roberto - Portuguese guitar on 5, acoustic rhythm on 7

Production

• Piano recorded at My Home Your Tomb Studio, Almada, Portugal.
• Everything else recorded between June 20 - July 8, 2005 at Top Room Studio, Norway.
• Mixed between July 12–18, 2005 by Börge Finstad (BBF) and Rune Eriksen.
• All songs by Rune Eriksen, lyrics by Carmen Susana Simões.

Other

• Artworks by Nuno Roberto and João Monteiro.

References

External links

• Interview with Ava Inferi