Continuum (Prototype album)

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Continuum
Prototype - Continuum.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 23, 2006
Studio
Various
Genre
Length42:45
Label Nightmare
Producer Prototype
Prototype chronology
Trinity
(2002)
Continuum
(2006)
Catalyst
(2012)

Continuum is the second studio album by American progressive metal band Prototype. The album was released on May 23, 2006 via Nightmare Records. The opening track on the album, "The Way It Ends", was featured as a bonus track in the music rhythm game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and as part of the Rock Band Network's downloadable content. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Vince Levalois, except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Way It Ends" 
  • Levalois
  • Kragen Lum
5:22
2."Probe" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
2:47
3."Devotion" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
5:02
4."With Vision" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
  • Stephen Gambina
4:13
5."Synthespian" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
3:25
6."Sea of Tranquility" (instrumental, performed by Levalois) Lum1:29
7."Transcendent Velocity" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
  • Gambina
3:39
8."Seed" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
4:44
9."Undying" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
  • Kirk Scherer
2:42
10."Heart Machine"Lum
  • Levalois
  • Lum
  • Scherer
4:22
11."Cold Is This God" 
  • Levalois
  • Lum
5:00
Total length:42:45

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. [2]

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References

  1. "Prototype: New Song Available For Streaming". blabbermouth.net . August 8, 2012. Retrieved March 22, 2019.
  2. Prototype (May 23, 2006). Continuum (liner notes).