Eso-Charis (album)

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Eso-Charis
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Studio album by
Released1998
Genre Christian metal [1]
Length30:18
Label Seize the Day, Day-Glo, Solid State
Producer Barry Poynter
Bruce Fitzhugh
Eso-Charis chronology
The Plateau Green
(1997)
Eso-Charis
(1998)
Setting Roots for Winter
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
HM Magazine (indie) [2]

Eso-Charis is an album of the band Eso-Charis. The album was originally released independently in 1998, later being released by Day-Glo Records of Sweden, and even later by Solid State Records, the label of Living Sacrifice, which three of the members were also a part of.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Born with a Future" - 4:16
  2. "Processed Bodies" - 4:27
  3. "Once upon a Fashionable" - 5:00
  4. "The Narrowing List" - 4:31
  5. "Spirit of Revival" - 1:34
  6. "Dunamis" - 4:24
  7. "Skimmers" - 3:06
  8. "The Judas Swing" - 1:41
  9. "Outro" - 1:22

Credits

Eso-Charis
Production

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References

  1. Pratt, Greg (March 1, 2002). "Eso-Charis - Eso-Charis". Exclaim! . Retrieved October 12, 2015.
  2. Olson, Chad (November–December 1998). "Indie Album Reviews: ESO-CHARIS". HM Magazine (74).