Layers of Lies

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Layers of Lies
Darkane-LayersOfLies.jpg
Studio album by
Released27 June 2005
RecordedOctober 2004 – March 2005
(Not Quite Studio, Helsingborg) [1]
Genre Melodic death metal, thrash metal
Length42:50
Label Nuclear Blast
Darkane chronology
Expanding Senses
(2002)
Layers of Lies
(2005)
Demonic Art
(2008)
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Layers of Lies is the fourth album from Swedish melodic death metal band Darkane, issued on 27 June 2005.

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The release of this album took sometime since the last album because Peter Wildoer suffered a severe hand injury in 2003 which left him uncertain whether he would drum again but miraculously a year later recovered. Along with that Wildoer became busy with Christofer Malmström new project at the time, Non-Human Level.

This was the last album to feature vocalist Andreas Sydow who left in 2007.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Amnesia of the Wildoerian Apocalypse"instrumentalMalmström, Wildoer1:42
2."Secondary Effects"MalmströmMalmström, Wildoer3:55
3."Organic Canvas"WildoerMalmström, Wildoer4:30
4."Fading Dimensions"WildoerIdeberg, Wildoer4:19
5."Layers of Lies"WildoerMalmström, Wildoer4:17
6."Godforsaken Universe"WildoerIdeberg4:05
7."Klastrophobic Hibernation"instrumentalIdeberg0:36
8."Vision of Degradation"IdebergIdeberg, Wildoer4:37
9."Contaminated"LöfbergIdeberg, Wildoer3:38
10."Maelstrom Crisis"instrumentalMalmström2:40
11."Decadent Messiah"SydowMalmström, Wildoer3:54
12."The Creation Insane"MalmströmMalmström, Wildoer4:37
13."Subliminal Seduction" (Bonus Track)MalmströmMalmström, Wildoer4:00

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