I (Sahg album)

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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1st, 2006
RecordedEarshot Studio, Bergen, Norway, 2005
Genre Heavy metal, doom metal
Length48:23
Label Regain
Producer Brynjulv Guddal
Sahg chronology
I
(2006)
II
(2008)
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I (also called Sahg I or Sahg 1 ) is the debut album by the Norwegian doom metal band Sahg, released on March 1, 2006, under the Swedish record label Regain Records. [2]

Contents

The artwork for the album was created single-handedly by the band members, and the video for "Godless Faith" was shot in October the same year, and was directed by Tommy Naess.

Sahg I entered the Norwegian charts at no. 31, [3] and garnered some rave reviews across Europe.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Intro: Parade Macabre"Instrumental King 2:01
2."Repent" Iversen Tofthagen7:26
3."The Executioner Undead"IversenKing, Iversen, Tofthagen, Kvitrafn 4:34
4."The Alchemist"IversenTofthagen5:02
5."Rivers Running Dry"IversenIversen, King5:19
6."Whisper Of Abaddon"IversenBrynjulv Guddal1:28
7."Godless Faith"IversenTofthagen6:23
8."Soul Exile"IversenTofthagen4:40
9."Boundless Demise"IversenTofthagen4:36
10."Black Passage"IversenIversen6:57
Total length:48:23

Personnel

Sahg

Guest/session musicians

Production and engineering

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