Courting Tragedy and Disaster

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Courting Tragedy And Disaster
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 17, 2003
RecordedWinter 2002
Studio Robert Lang Studios and Orbit Audio
Seattle, WA
Genre Metalcore
Length43:12
Label Prosthetic Records
Producer Steve Carter
Himsa chronology
Ground Breaking Ceremony
(1999)
Courting Tragedy And Disaster
(2003)
Hail Horror
(2006)

Courting Tragedy And Disaster is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Himsa. It was released on June 17, 2003.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Dominion" - 3:16
  2. "Rain To The Sound Of Panic" - 3:57
  3. "A Girl In Glass" - 4:55
  4. "Kiss Or Kill" - 4:17
  5. "Jacob Shock" - 3:17
  6. "Cherum" - 4:17
  7. "It's Nights Like This That Keep Us Alive" - 3:06
  8. "Loveless And Goodbye" - 4:46
  9. "Scars In The Landscape" - 3:37
  10. "Sense Of Passings" - 4:07
  11. "When Midnight Breaks" - 3:58

Personnel

Credits

Produced and Engineered by Steve Carter
Recorded Winter 2002 at Robert Lang Studios and Orbit Audio - Seattle, WA
Mixed by Steve Carter and Himsa at Rainstorm Studio - Bellevue, WA
Mastered by Paul Speer at Rainstorm Studio - Bellevue, WA
Assistant Engineer: Justin Armstrong

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