Angels of Distress

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Angels of Distress
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25th, 2001
RecordedApril/July, 2001 at HellHole Studio
Genre Funeral doom metal
Gothic metal
Ethereal wave
Length54:54
Label Spikefarm Records
Producer Kaide Hinkkala
Antti Lindell
Jarno Salomaa
Shape of Despair chronology
Shades of...
(2000)
Angels of Distress
(2001)
Illusion's Play
(2004)
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Angels of Distress is funeral doom metal band Shape of Despair's second studio album. It was mastered in Finnvox by Mika Jussila. The album is packaged in a digipak and includes no booklet, though the lyrics can be viewed on the band's official website.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Fallen" – 6:09
  2. "Angels of Distress" – 9:43
  3. "Quiet These Paintings Are" – 14:40
  4. "...To Live for My Death..." – 17:22
  5. "Night's Dew" – 7:00
Music and lyrics by Jarno Salomaa in 1997 and 1999.

Credits

Shape of Despair

Session musician

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Angels of Distress at AllMusic