April Rain

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April Rain
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Studio album by
Delain
Released20 March 2009 (2009-03-20)
RecordedSeptember – November 2008
StudioJacob Hansen Studios, Ribe, Denmark,
SpaceLab Studios, Grefrath, Germany,
Excess Studios, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Genre Symphonic metal
Length45:30
Label Roadrunner
Producer Martijn Westerholt, Oliver Philipps
Delain chronology
Lucidity
(2006)		April Rain
(2009)		 We Are the Others
(2012)
Singles from April Rain
  1. "April Rain"
    Released: February 2009
  2. "Stay Forever"
    Released: 16 October 2009
  3. "Nothing Left"
    Released: 2010
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Lords of Metal(94/100) [3]
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April Rain is the second studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. It was released in the Benelux on 20 March 2009 [6] and was released internationally on 30 March 2009 by Roadrunner Records. It was released in Australia on 10 April 2009.

Contents

History

Martijn Westerholt, founder of Delain, originally did not intend Delain to be a live band. But after the success of debut album Lucidity a live band was created which recorded the album April Rain. While Delain's previous album Lucidity featured many guest appearances, this album has only two: Maria Ahn, cellist from the Ahn Trio and Finnish singer Marko Hietala, who was featured on multiple tracks of Lucidity as well. "Virtue and Vice" is the only song on April Rain containing death growls performed by guitarist Ronald Landa, who also contributes clean vocals on "Invidia".

Demo versions of "Stay Forever" and "Start Swimming" were already played live by Delain in 2007 and 2008. In November 2008, a version of the song "I'll Reach You" with alternate lyrics was performed live on a Dutch TV show to get attention for UNICEF & BT's "Inspiring Young Minds" charity.

The original release date for the album was 9 February 2009, but in January it was announced that the release was postponed to coincide with foreign release dates.

In February 2009, "April Rain" was revealed to be the first single from this album when it became available for purchase online. [7]

On 13 March 2009, the Dutch website of Roadrunner Records put the entire album up for streaming, only available to residents of the Netherlands.[ permanent dead link ]

In October 2009, "Stay Forever" was announced as the second single from the album.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."April Rain"C. WesselsM. Westerholt4:36
2."Stay Forever"R. Landa, C. WesselsM. Westerholt, R. Landa4:26
3."Invidia"C. WesselsM. Westerholt3:47
4."Control the Storm" (featuring Marko Hietala)C. WesselsG. Eikens4:12
5."On the Other Side"C. WesselsG. Eikens4:09
6."Virtue and Vice"R. Landa, C. WesselsM. Westerholt3:55
7."Go Away"G. Eikens, C. WesselsM. Westerholt, G. Eikens3:35
8."Start Swimming"C. WesselsR. van der Loo5:19
9."Lost"C. WesselsM. Westerholt3:23
10."I'll Reach You"C. WesselsM. Westerholt, G. Eikens, C. Wessels3:29
11."Nothing Left" (featuring Marko Hietala)C. WesselsM. Westerholt4:39
American, Digipak and Japanese editions bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Come Closer"C. WesselsM. Westerholt4:30
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
13."No Compliance" (Charlotte only vocals)M. WesterholtM. Westerholt5:09
Special MP3 Edition track listing [8]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."April Rain" 4:37
2."Stay Forever" 4:27
3."Invidia" 3:49
4."Control the Storm" (featuring Marko Hietala) 4:14
5."On the Other Side" 4:11
6."Virtue and Vice" 3:56
7."Go Away" 3:38
8."Start Swimming" 5:21
9."Lost" 3:24
10."I'll Reach You" 3:30
11."Nothing Left" (featuring Marko Hietala) 4:42
12."The Gathering" (live)G. Eikens11:50
13."Silhouette of a Dancer" (live)M. Westerholt, J. Yrlund, C. Wessels5:46

Personnel

Delain

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Dutch Alternative Top 30 [9] 1
Dutch Album Top 100 [10] 14
French Albums Chart [11] 88
Swiss Albums Chart [12] 91
German Albums Chart [13] 96
Oricon Japanese Album Chart [14] 127

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