Grace Submerged
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Grace Submerged, the second and final album by Norwegian doom/gothic metal band Octavia Sperati, was released in May 2007 via Candlelight Records.
Background
Grace Submerged was produced by Herbrand Larsen, who also plays keyboards and was the engineer on some albums of Enslaved. Ivar Bjørnson (guitarist for this band) makes an appearance here, co-writing "Dead End Poem".
The album features an interpretation of the Phil Lynott-penned "Don't Believe A Word", which Terrorizer Magazine called "a chilling ballad". Krister Dreyer ("Morfeus") plays the piano and keyboards in that song and the samples in "Submerged".
The song "Moonlit" was released as a music video.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Guilty Am I" | S. Wergeland | G. Losnegaard | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Moonlit" | S. Wergeland | G. Losnegaard | 5:06 |
| 3. | "Going North" | S. Wergeland | T.C. Johansen | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Don't Believe A Word" (Thin Lizzy cover) | P. Lynott | P. Lynott | 3:07 |
| 5. | "...And The World Froze" | S. Wergeland | B. Myklebust | 4:14 |
| 6. | "The Final Rest" | S. Wergeland | B. Myklebust | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Deprivation" | S. Wergeland | T.C. Johansen | 4:15 |
| 8. | "Provenance Of Hate" | S. Wergeland | G. Losnegaard | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Dead End Poem" | I. Bjørnson | H. Larsen, S. Wergeland | 3:34 |
| 10. | "Submerged" | Instrumental | Morfeus, T. Midtgaard | 1:54 |
| Total length: | 37:51 | |||
Personnel
Octavia Sperati
- Silje Wergeland – vocals
- Bodil Myklebust – guitar
- Gyri S. Losnegaard – guitar
- Trine C. Johansen – bass
- Tone Midtgaard – keyboard
- Ivar Alver – drums
Additional musicians
- Morfeus (Krister Dreyer) - keyboards, piano & samplings in trakcs 4 & 10
Production and Engineering
- Produced, engineered and mixed by Herbrand Larsen
- Co-engineer – Arve "Ice Dale" Isdal
- Mastered By – Jaimee Gomez
- Artwork By [Cover Art & Layout] – Richard Lock
- Photography [Band Photos] – Tommy Næss
- Recorded and produced in Earshot Studio, Bergen November/December 2006.
- Track 4 and keyboards, piano and samplings on all tracks recorded in MOF Studio in Sandefjord.
- Guitar on track 6 recorded in Earshot Studio.
- Mixed at Lydriket/Your Favourite Music.