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░ ██ ██ Artist: October Tide ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: A Thin Shell █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2010 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2010-10-06 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Candlelight ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
▀░ ░ Type: Album ░ ░▀
░ █▓ Encoder: LAME 3.97 ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Currently featuring guitarist/founder Fredrik █
█ Norrman (Katatonia), vocalist Tobias Netzell, █
█ drummer Robin Bergh, and session bassist Jonas █
█ Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, Carnal Forge), the album █
█ is the bandÆs first in ten years and follows the █
█ 2009 reissue of the bandÆs debut, Rain Without End █
█ (Candlelight). Mixed/mastered at Black Lounge █
█ Studios in Sweden and featuring artwork from █
█ American photographer/graphic designer Travis █
█ Smith (Opeth, Katatonia, Testament, Death), A Thin █
█ Shell delivers what fans have anxiously awaited █
█ from this treasured band. Seven doom-laden and █
█ emotive songs that are every bit as heavy as they █
█ are catchy fill the impressive recording that █
█ officially closes the bandÆs self-imposed █
█ decade-long hiatus. "I have wanted to get October █
█ Tide back together for some time,ö reveals █
█ Norrman. ôWhen we decided the time was right, █
█ ideas for new songs surprisingly came together █
█ nicely. Many sleepless nights were involved, with █
█ lots of coffee of course, but the songs were █
█ written in flow one after another.ö Discussing the █
█ recording process Norrman notes, ôwe started █
█ recording in March of last year. Jonas (Kjellgren) █
█ liked what he heard and offered to get it into the █
█ (Black Lounge) studioÆs schedule even though we █
█ didnÆt have a label yet. What was meant as a side █
█ project so long ago is now my main project and I █
█ am very proud of it. We only hope people enjoy it █
█ as much as we do.ö Formed in 1995 by then █
█ Katatonia guitarist Norrman and █
█ Katatonia/Bloodbath vocalist Jonas Renkse, October █
█ Tide quickly made a mark with two albums recorded █
█ and released during the years 1997 and 1999. Much █
█ of the bandÆs music was written during a short █
█ break up of Katatonia which later proved only █
█ temporary as the band would reform and continues █
█ today; their latest album Night of the New Day █
█ features work by Norrman. October Tide would not █
█ perform live during this short period of activity █
█ and few interviews with the members were granted █
█ despite praise from both media and fans. The band, █
█ until reforming in late 2009, would maintain a █
█ cult status throughout the doom/metal community. █
█ Decibel Magazine calls Rain Without End"a peculiar █
█ album. It reminds of past and future Katatonia █
█ albums yet, itÆs entirely unique in vibe and riff █
█ assembly. October TideÆs slow to mid-paced █
█ doom/death stuns... Renkse and Norrman using █
█ counterpoint, build/release tension and melody to █
█ peerless effect." EBlogger Lonely Ghost █
█ Transmissions on its 2008 review of the albumÆs █
█ European re-release says, "Rain Without End is █
█ without a doubt the greatest doom-death metal █
█ album ever." █
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░ 1. The Custodian of Science 7:33 ░
░ 2. Deplorable Request 6:03 ░
░ 3. A Nighttime Project 4:32 ░
░ 4. Blackness Devours 5:15 ░
░ 5. The Dividing Line 5:43 ░
░ 6. Fragile 6:35 ░
░ 7. Scorned 6:33 ░
░ 42:14 ░
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