Old Eyes, New Heart

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Old Eyes, New Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 26, 2024 (2024-01-26)
Recorded2021-2023
Genre Post-metal, progressive metal, gothic metal, alternative metal [1]
Length48:14
Label Dark Essence Records
Producer BP M. Kirkevaag
Madder Mortem chronology
Marrow
(2018)
Old Eyes, New Heart
(2024)

Old Eyes, New Heart is the eighth studio album by Norwegian metal band Madder Mortem, released on 26 January 2024 on Dark Essence Records. [2] [3] [4] The album artwork is a painting by the Kirkevaag siblings' father Jakob who died the previous year. [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Coming from the Dark"4:53
2."On Guard"3:42
3."Master Tongue"4:43
4."The Head That Wears the Crown"4:25
5."Cold Hard Rain"7:00
6."Unity"3:52
7."Towers"4:43
8."Here and Now"4:29
9."Things I'll Never Do"6:34
10."Long Road"3:53

Personnel

Madder Mortem

"On Guard" was composed and recorded with Richard Wikstrand on guitars.

Production

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