Live in London (Zeal & Ardor album)

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Live in London
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Released22 March 2019 (2019-03-22)
Recorded2 December 2018 (2018-12-02)
Genre Black metal [1]
Length79:27
Label MKVA
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Live in London
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Live in London is the first live release by avant-garde metal band Zeal & Ardor. Released 22 March 2019, the performance captured was from a 2 December 2018 show at Electric Ballroom in London. The live album features three non-album tracks performed by the band as part of their setlist. [7] Vocalist Manuel Gagneux stated of the album "Since we're really proud of our performance, we are releasing the entire show consisting of our entire catalogue of songs." [8] Gagneux also stated the reason for the live album was to capture the live shows that were "more energetic and way more aggressive" than the recorded material. [9]

Contents

"Baphomet", previously only available on the 2017 Adult Swim singles series, was released as a promotional single on 9 February 2019. [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Manuel Gagneux

No.TitleLength
1."Sacrilegium I"2:10
2."In Ashes"3:43
3."Servants"3:37
4."Come On Down"3:27
5."Blood In The River"3:47
6."Row Row"3:36
7."You Ain't Comming Back"3:28
8."We Never Fall"3:58
9."Waste"3:29
10."Fire Of Motion"2:39
11."Hold Your Head Low"4:55
12."Ship On Fire"4:13
13."Stranger Fruit"3:43
14."Cut Me"2:58
15."Coagula"1:46
16."Gravedigger's Chant"3:26
17."Children's Summon"3:15
18."Built On Ashes"4:35
19."We Can't Be Found"5:23
20."Don't You Dare"4:12
21."Devil Is Fine"3:53
22."Baphomet"3:14
Total length:79:27

Personnel

Zeal & Ardor

Production

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