Era 4.0

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Era 4.0
Era 4.0 (Penumbra album).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 27th, 2015
Genre Gothic metal
Length40:10
Label Independent
Producer Penumbra
Penumbra chronology
Seclusion
(2003)
Era 4.0
(2015)

Era 4.0 is the fourth studio album by the French gothic metal band Penumbra, released on November 27, 2015 under their own record label. [1]

Contents

It represented a return to the recording studio for the band after 12 years of absence. [2]

Track listing

All songs written by Jarlath (Maxime Meheust).

  1. "New Era" (01:58)
  2. "Insane?" (02:43)
  3. "Charon" (04:02)
  4. "Save My World" (04:44)
  5. "Exhumed" (04:21)
  6. "Insidious" (04:03)
  7. "Eerie Shelter" (05:32)
  8. "Before Oblivion" (04:54)
  9. "Avalon" (04:26)
  10. "Malice in Wonderland" (03:27)

Personnel

Penumbra

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. "Penumbra (FRA) : Era 4.0". spirit-of-metal.com. Spirit of Metal webzine. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. "Penumbra - New Album Recorded". metalstorm.net. Metal Storm. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2016.