Prayer of Death

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Prayer of Death
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Studio album by Entrance
Released 2006
Genre Indie rock, blues
Label Tee Pee Records
Producer Guy Blakeslee, Paz Lenchantin
Entrance chronology
Wandering Stranger
(2004)
Prayer of Death
(2006)
The Entrance Band
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Prayer of Death is the third studio album by the band Entrance. It is the band's first release on Tee Pee Records. It was released in October 2006.

Entrance (musician) American musician

The Entrance Band is a band started by Guy Blakeslee. Their style of music has been described as psychedelic rock or stoner rock.

Tee Pee Records

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Contents

Track listing

  1. "Grim Reaper Blues" - 4:29
  2. "Silence on a Crowded Train" - 4:16
  3. "Requiem for Sandy Bull (R.I.P.)" - 2:40
  4. "Valium Blues" - 5:24
  5. "Pretty Baby" - 6:38
  6. "Prayer of Death" - 4:42
  7. "Lost in the Dark" - 8:30
  8. "Never Be Afraid!" - 3:47

Personnel

Singing act of producing musical sounds with the voice

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music that can be sung with or without accompaniment by musical instruments. Singing is often done in an ensemble of musicians, such as a choir of singers or a band of instrumentalists. Singers may perform as soloists or accompanied by anything from a single instrument up to a symphony orchestra or big band. Different singing styles include art music such as opera and Chinese opera, Indian music and religious music styles such as gospel, traditional music styles, world music, jazz, blues, gazal and popular music styles such as pop, rock, electronic dance music and filmi.

A songwriter is a professional that writes lyrics or composes musical compositions for songs. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the latter term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre and film scoring, but is also associated with writing and composing the original musical composition or musical bed. A songwriter that writes the lyrics/words are referred to as lyricist. The pressure from the music industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with the task of creating original melodies. Pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own music publishers, while others have outside publishers.

Guitar fretted string instrument

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings. It is typically played with both hands by strumming or plucking the strings with either a guitar pick or the finger(s)/fingernails of one hand, while simultaneously fretting with the fingers of the other hand. The sound of the vibrating strings is projected either acoustically, by means of the hollow chamber of the guitar, or through an electrical amplifier and a speaker.

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References

  1. Horowitz, Hal. "Prayer of Death - Entrance : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic . Retrieved 12 September 2012.