Defiant Imagination

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Defiant Imagination
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 4, 2004
RecordedSeptember 2002 – March 2004 at Wildsound Studio and BR Studios
Genre Melodic death metal, technical death metal
Length39:18
Label Skyscraper Music
Producer Bart Frydrychowicz, Yanic Bercier and Bernard Belley
Quo Vadis chronology
Passage in Time
(2001)
Defiant Imagination
(2004)
Defiant Indoctrination
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Sputnikmusic4/5 [1]
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Defiant Imagination is the third and final full-length studio album by the Canadian melodic death metal band Quo Vadis. It was released on November 4, 2004 by Skyscraper Music.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Silence Calls the Storm"BercierFrydrychowicz5:03
2."In Contempt"FrydrychowiczFrydrychowicz3:35
3."Break the Cycle"FrydrychowiczFrydrychowicz6:05
4."Tunnel Effect (Element of the Ensemble IV)"BercierFrydrychowicz, Bercier5:39
5."To the Bitter End"FrydrychowiczFrydrychowicz6:59
6."In Articulo Mortis"FrydrychowiczFrydrychowicz1:07
7."Fate's Descent"BercierFrydrychowicz4:35
8."Dead Man's Diary"BercierFrydrychowicz5:25
9."Ego Intuo et Servo te"FrydrychowiczFrydrychowicz0:51
Total length:39:19

Personnel

Quo Vadis
Guest musicians
Quo Vadis Choir
Guest vocals

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References

  1. Sputnikmusic review
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