Animatronic (album)

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Animatronic
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Studio album by
Released16 November 1999
Genre Industrial metal, symphonic metal
Length51:07
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Siggy Bemm
The Kovenant chronology
Nexus Polaris
(1998)
Animatronic
(1999)
S.E.T.I. 4-Track Club EP
(2003)
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Animatronic is the third studio album by Norwegian metal band The Kovenant, released in 1999 through Nuclear Blast.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Mirrors Paradise"5:01
2."New World Order"4:30
3."Mannequin"5:00
4."Sindrom"5:30
5."Jihad"5:58
6."The Human Abstract"4:55
7."Prophecies of Fire"4:38
8."In the Name of the Future"4:56
9."Spaceman" ( Babylon Zoo cover)5:23
10."The Birth of Tragedy"5:16
Total length:51:07

Personnel

Additional personnel

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