In Somniphobia

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In Somniphobia
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Studio album by
Released13 March 2012
Recorded2010–2011, at Studio Moopies and Electric Space Studio
Genre Black metal, avant-garde metal
Length64:39
Label Candlelight
Producer Sigh
Sigh chronology
Scenes from Hell
(2010)
In Somniphobia
(2012)
Graveward
(2015)
Professional ratings
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Contents

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Mirai Kawashima except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Purgatorium"4:48
2."The Transfiguration Fear"4:51
3."Opening Theme: Lucid Nightmare"1:58
4."Somniphobia"7:34
5."L'Excommunication à Minuit"5:38
6."Amnesia"8:10
7."Far Beneath the In-Between" (lyrics by Kam Lee)7:10
8."Amongst the Phantoms of Abandoned Tumbrils" (lyrics by Metatron)9:31
9."Ending Theme: Continuum"1:42
10."Fall to the Thrall"5:17
11."Equale"
  1. "Prelude"
  2. "Fugato"
  3. "Coda"
8:00

Personnel

Sigh

Guest musicians

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