Insanity | ||||
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Released | 6 March 2001 (US) 30 April 2001 (Rest of the World) 12 December 2011 (Reissue) 10 January 2012 (Poland Reissue) | |||
Recorded | at War Studios, Helsingborg (Drums, Choir and Additional Music) and Dug-Out Productions, Uppsala (All other Recordings) in May–July 2000 | |||
Genre | Melodic death metal, thrash metal | |||
Length | 48:50 | |||
Label | Nuclear Blast Century Media Records [1] Metal Mind Productions | |||
Producer | Daniel Bergstrand [2] | |||
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Insanity is the second full-length studio album from melodic death metal band Darkane, released on March 6, 2001. It is the first Darkane album with Andreas Sydow in the band. The album's name came from the chaotic events that happened while recording the album such as a storm that caused a power outage. [2] The opening track "Calamitas" got it name from the Latin word for "loss".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Calamitas" | Malmström & Wildoer | 2:40 |
2. | "Third" | Malmström | 3:59 |
3. | "Emanation of Fear" | Malmström, Sydow & Wildoer | 4:29 |
4. | "Impure Perfection" | Löfberg, Malmström & Wildoer | 3:09 |
5. | "Hostile Phantasm" | Malmström & Wildoer | 5:55 |
6. | "Psychic Pain" | Malmström & Wildoer | 4:19 |
7. | "000111" | Malmström | 1:38 |
8. | "The Perverted Beast" | Ideberg & Wildoer | 4:29 |
9. | "Distress" | Malmström & Wildoer | 3:36 |
10. | "Inauspicious Coming" | Malmström & Wildoer | 4:40 |
11. | "Pile of Hate" | Malmström & Wildoer | 8:16 |
12. | "Inverted Spheres" | Malmström | 1:43 |
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13. | "Convicted (Live)" | Malmström & Wildoer |
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