Gods of Vermin

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Gods of Vermin
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Studio album by Sons of Seasons
Released 29-30 April 2009
Recorded Vocalbase Studio, Lüneburg
Deep Fridge Studio, Aachen
Rhön Records, Fulda
Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany
Genre Symphonic metal, progressive metal
Length69:59
Label Napalm
Producer Sons of Seasons, Alexander Krull
Sons of Seasons chronology
Gods of Vermin
(2009)
Magnisphyricon
(2011)
Limited edition Cd cover
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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic (favorable) [1]

Gods of Vermin is the first studio album by the German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons, released in 2009. The album features as guests Epica's members Simone Simons and Mark Jansen and former member Luca Princiotta. [2]

Germans citizens or native-born people of Germany; or people of descent to the ethnic and ethnolinguistic group associated with the German language

Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe, who share a common German ancestry, culture and history. German is the shared mother tongue of a substantial majority of ethnic Germans.

Symphonic metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music which combines the heavy drums and guitars of metal with different elements of orchestral classical music, such as symphonic instruments, choirs and sometimes a full orchestra. Keyboards reminiscent of power metal are also sometimes featured.

Sons of Seasons band

Sons of Seasons is a German symphonic metal band formed by Kamelot keyboardist Oliver Palotai. Their debut album Gods of Vermin was released in 2009, and their second album Magnisphyricon was released on April 1, 2011.

Contents

Track listing

All music by Oliver Palotai, except "Sanatorium Song" by Palotai and Henning Basse. All vocal lines by Basse and Palotai, except where indicated

Oliver Palotai German musician

Oliver Palotai is a classically trained German musician of Hungarian ancestry, husband of Simone Simons from Epica, best known as a member of the power metal band Kamelot and of Doro Pesch's touring band.

  1. "The Place Where I Hide" (instrumental) - 1:10
  2. "Gods of Vermin" (Basse, Palotai, Tijs Vanneste) - 6:00
  3. "A Blind Man's Resolution" (Basse, Palotai, Vanneste) - 4:38
  4. "Fallen Family" (Basse, Palotai, Simons) - 5:11
  5. "The Piper" (Basse, Palotai, Vanneste) - 4:55
  6. "Wheel of Guilt" - 7:59
  7. "Belial's Tower" - 6:21
  8. "Fall of Byzanz" - 6:33
  9. "Wintersmith" (Basse, Palotai, Simons) - 5:24
  10. "Dead Man's Shadows" - 3:48
  11. "Sanatorium Song" (Basse, Palotai, Vanneste) - 5:43
  12. "Third Moon Rising" - 7:11
  13. "Melanchorium" (limited edition bonustrack) - 7:06

Personnel

Band members
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Musical keyboard musical instrument part

A musical keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers or keys on a musical instrument. Keyboards typically contain keys for playing the twelve notes of the Western musical scale, with a combination of larger, longer keys and smaller, shorter keys that repeats at the interval of an octave. Depressing a key on the keyboard makes the instrument produce sounds—either by mechanically striking a string or tine, plucking a string (harpsichord), causing air to flow through a pipe organ, striking a bell (carillon), or, on electric and electronic keyboards, completing a circuit. Since the most commonly encountered keyboard instrument is the piano, the keyboard layout is often referred to as the piano keyboard.

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Additional musicians
Simone Simons Dutch singer

Simone Johanna Maria Simons is a Dutch singer-songwriter. She is best known for being the lead singer of Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, where she joined at the age of seventeen, releasing seven studio albums and touring the world. In her singing career, she has also collaborated with bands such as Kamelot, Leaves' Eyes, Primal Fear, Ayreon, and Angra.

Mark Jansen Dutch musician

Mark Jansen,, is a Dutch guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. A prominent figure in the symphonic metal subgenre, he is known for his work with the bands After Forever (1995-2002), Epica (2002-present), and MaYaN (2010–present).

Luca Princiotta Italian musician

Luca Princiotta, born July 12, 1982 in Como, is an Italian guitarist. He began his career playing in the thrash metal band Deathector between 1996 and 1998, before joining the Iron Maiden tribute band Clairvoyants. His most prominent role to date has been in BLAZE as a replacement for their departed founding guitarist Steve Wray. Originally used only as a tour musician, he was eventually hired on a permanent basis contributed to the songwriting for the band's upcoming album before departing in January 2007.

Production
Alexander Krull German singer

Alexander Krull is the lead vocalist for the German metal band Atrocity, as well as backing vocalist in the band Leaves' Eyes.

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