Erra (album)

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Erra
Erra Self-Titled cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 19, 2021
Genre Progressive metalcore
Length53:27
Label UNFD
Producer
  • Carson Slovak
  • Grant McFarland
Erra chronology
Neon
(2018)
Erra
(2021)
Cure
(2024)
Singles from Erra
  1. "Snowblood"
    Released: August 27, 2020
  2. "House of Glass"
    Released: November 19, 2020
  3. "Divisionary"
    Released: January 13, 2021
  4. "Scorpion Hymn"
    Released: February 3, 2021
  5. "Shadow Autonomous"
    Released: March 11, 2021
  6. "Vanish Canvas"
    Released: October 7, 2021
  7. "Nigh to Silence"
    Released: January 21, 2022
  8. "Stockholm Syndrome"
    Released: February 23, 2022
Erra track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Snowblood"4:13
2."Gungrave"4:00
3."Divisionary"3:41
4."House of Glass"4:20
5."Shadow Autonomous"5:17
6."Electric Twilight"4:25
7."Scorpion Hymn"3:50
8."Lunar Halo"5:51
9."Vanish Canvas"4:46
10."Eidolon"4:37
11."Remnant"4:20
12."Memory Fiction"4:07
Total length:53:27 [28]
Deluxe edition bonus tracks [18]
No.TitleLength
13."Sol Absentia"4:03
14."Psalm of Sedition"4:02
15."Nigh to Silence"5:04
16."Vanish Canvas" (new version; featuring Courtney LaPlante of Spiritbox)4:46
17."Stockholm Syndrome" (Muse cover)5:21
18."Light My Way" (Audioslave cover)5:28
19."Heresy" (Nine Inch Nails cover)4:32
Total length:86:43

Personnel

Erra

Additional personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Erra
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [29] 52
US Hard Rock Albums ( Billboard ) [30] 20
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [31] 4

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