Infamy and the Breed

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Infamy and the Breed
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Studio album by
Released3 September 2007
RecordedNovember 2006 - March 2007 at Black Lounge studios, Avesta, Sweden
Genre Melodic death metal
Length46:31
Label Pivotal Rockordings
Producer Per Nilsson
Zonaria chronology
Rendered in Vain
(2006)
Infamy and the Breed
(2007)
The Cancer Empire
(2008)

Infamy and the Breed is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal band, Zonaria. This album was recorded at Black Lounge studios, Avesta, Sweden with Per Nilson and Jonas Kjellgren of Scar Symmetry.

Sweden constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe

Sweden, formal name: the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Scandinavian Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north and Finland to the east, and is connected to Denmark in the southwest by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund, a strait at the Swedish-Danish border. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), Sweden is the largest country in Northern Europe, the third-largest country in the European Union and the fifth largest country in Europe by area. Sweden has a total population of 10.2 million of which 2.5 million have a foreign background. It has a low population density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre (57/sq mi). The highest concentration is in the southern half of the country.

Melodic death metal is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal. The style originated and developed in Sweden and the United Kingdom around 1993. The Swedish death metal scene did much to popularise the style, soon centering in the "Gothenburg metal” scene.

Zonaria Swedish metal band

Zonaria is a melodic death metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formerly known as Seal Precious. The band is currently signed to Century Media Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Infamy" - 1:39
  2. "The Last Endeavor" - 3:27
  3. "Pandemic Assault" - 3:48
  4. "The Armageddon Anthem" - 3:43
  5. "Rendered in Vain" - 4:16
  6. "Image of Myself" - 4:20
  7. "Evolution Overdose" - 4:03
  8. "Attending Annihilation" feat. Christian Älvestam of Scar Symmetry - 3:34
  9. "Descend Into Chaos" - 3:43
  10. "Ravage the Breed" - 4:25
  11. "The Black Omen" - 4:54
  12. "Everything Is Wasteland" - 4:46
  13. "Misery Dive (Japanese Bonus Track)"

Credits

Gunnar Christian Älvestam is a vocalist, lyricist, guitarist, bassist and drummer for several bands from Sweden. He is, however, best known as the former vocalist for the Swedish metal band Scar Symmetry. He currently performs with several bands, including Solution .45 and Miseration, and has made several guest appearances for other music bands. He is most known in the metal community for possessing both an extreme clean singing range and an ability to make powerful growls.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

Bass guitar Electric bass instrument

The bass guitar is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

Release history

CountryDate
United Kingdom 3 September 2007
United States 4 September 2007
Europe 7 September 2007
Japan

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