Afterlife (Nocturnal Rites album)

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Afterlife
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2000 (2000-08-29)
Recorded Tonteknik Studio, Umeå, Sweden
Genre Power metal
Length40:43
Label Century Media
Producer Eskil Lovstrom
Nocturnal Rites chronology
The Sacred Talisman
(1999)
Afterlife
(2000)
Shadowland
(2002)
Professional ratings
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Afterlife is the fourth studio album by Swedish power metal band Nocturnal Rites, released in 2000.

Contents

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Nocturnal Rites

  1. "Afterlife"  – 5:26
  2. "Wake Up Dead"  – 3:48
  3. "The Sinner's Cross"  – 3:47
  4. "Hell and Back"  – 3:39
  5. "The Sign"  – 3:50
  6. "The Devil's Child"  – 3:18
  7. "Genetic Distortion Sequence"  – 4:01
  8. "Sacrifice"  – 3:21
  9. "Temple of the Dead"  – 4:47
  10. "Hellenium"  – 4:46

Personnel

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