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Where Twilight Dwells is the debut full-length studio album by the German gothic/folk metal band Midnattsol. It was released on 31 January 2005 through Napalm Records.
The lyrics and main melody of the song "Tapt av håp" is taken from Edvard Grieg's classical piece Solveig's Song.
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Carmen Elise Espenæs, except for "Lament", by Christian Hector and "Tapt Av Håp", written by Henrik Ibsen
No. | Title | Music | Length |
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1. | "Another Return" | Daniel Droste, Espenæs, Hector & Midnattsol | 5:03 |
2. | "Lament" | Droste, Hector & Midnattsol | 4:07 |
3. | "Unpayable Silence" | Droste, Espenæs & Midnattsol | 5:04 |
4. | "Haunted" | Hector, Chris Merzinsky & Midnattsol | 3:24 |
5. | "Desolation" | Midnattsol | 4:22 |
6. | "Enlightenment" | Droste, Espenæs, Hector & Midnattsol | 4:07 |
7. | "Tårefall" ("Tearfall") | Droste, Espenæs | 4:23 |
8. | "Infinite Fairytale" | Midnattsol | 4:46 |
9. | "På Leting" ("Searching") | Espenæs, Christian Fütterer, Hector & Midnattsol | 4:07 |
10. | "Dancing With The Midnight Sun" | Espenæs, Daniel Fischer, Hector, Merzinsky & Midnattsol | 3:58 |
11. | "Tapt Av Håp" ("The Loss of Hope") | Edvard Grieg, intro and outro by Droste & Midnattsol | 7:56 |
Total length: | 51:17 |
- The songs "Dancing with the Midnight Sun" and "Desolation" are re-recorded and renamed versions of 2003 Midnattsol demo songs "Dancing in the Midnight Sun" and "Desolate".
Personnel
Midnattsol
- Carmen Elise Espenæs – Vocals
- Birgit Öllbrunner – Bass
- Daniel Droste – Guitars, Acoustic Guitars
- Christian Hector – Guitars, Acoustic Guitars, Mouth Harp
- Daniel Fischer – Keyboards
- Chris Merzinsky – Drums
Production
- Alexander Krull - producer, engineering, mixing, mastering
- Martin Schmidt, Mathias Röderer, Thorsten Bauer - assistant engineers
- Stephan Adolph - keyboards recording engineer
- Birgit Öllbrunner, Chris Merzinsky - mixing
- Fabian Ritter - artwork design and layout
- Daniel Fischer, Bernd Hector - photography (landscape)
- Katja Piolka - photography (cover)
- Jens Howorka - photography (band)
- Ingo Römling - cover art
References
- ^ "Midnattsol - Where Twilight Dwells". Metal Storm. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 17 April 2014.