| Headstones | ||||
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| Released | October 17, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | March–April 1995 | |||
| Studio | Wavestation | |||
| Genre | Gothic metal, doom metal, acoustic rock | |||
| Length | 48:23 | |||
| Label | Black Mark | |||
| Producer | Ulf Petterson | |||
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Headstones is the second studio album by the gothic metal band Lake of Tears. Released in 1995, the album showed the band abandoning the death/doom of the previous work in favor of "a mixture of Gothic, Doom, Acoustic and Melancholy."
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Foreign Road" | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Raven Land" | 5:42 |
| 3. | "Dreamdemons" | 5:14 |
| 4. | "Sweetwater" | 4:33 |
| 5. | "Life's But a Dream" | 1:25 |
| 6. | "Headstones" | 5:16 |
| 7. | "Twilight" | 4:58 |
| 8. | "Burn Fire Burn" | 3:39 |
| 9. | "The Path of the Gods (Upon the Highest Mountain, Part 2)" | 13:29 |
| Total length: | 48:23 | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 7/10 [2] |
| Metal Storm | 10/10 [3] |
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