Mana (Nemesea album)

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Mana
Nemesea - Mana cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 2004 (2004-11-16) [1]
RecordedFrankie's Recording Kitchen, Studio Spitsbergen, Netherlands
Genre Symphonic metal, gothic metal
Length46:26
Label Ebony Tears
Producer Hendrik Jan de Jong
Nemesea chronology
Mana
(2004)
In Control
(2007)

Mana is the debut studio album by the Dutch gothic metal band Nemesea, released in 2004. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Nemesis"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong1:33
2."Threefold Law"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong3:44
3."Empress"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong4:25
4."Angel in the Dark"Hendrik Jan de JongHendrik Jan de Jong6:13
5."Mortalitas" (The Taker)Hendrik Jan de JongHendrik Jan de Jong4:49
6."Mortalitas" (Dies Irae)Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong1:25
7."Mortalitas" (Moriendum Tibi Est)Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong3:45
8."Mortalitas" (From Beneath You, It Devours)Manda OphuisManda Ophuis & Hendrik Jan de Jong3:36
9."Lucifer"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong4:16
10."Disclosure"Manda OphuisManda Ophuis & Hendrik Jan de Jong4:19
11."Beyond Evil"Manda OphuisManda Ophuis & Hendrik Jan de Jong3:53
12."Cry"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong3:01
13."Outro: Krad Eht Ni Legna (Dark Angel)"  1:26

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Strings
Choir

Production

Reception

Rockmusicraider described the album as a multi-layered production of astonishing quality. [3]

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References

  1. "Mana". Nemesea Official Website. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  2. "Nemesea - Mana". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  3. "Nemesea – Mana (2004) – Review". Rockmusicraider.