Salvation (Cult of Luna album)

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Salvation
Cult of Luna - Salvation album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released Flag of Europe.svg October 4, 2004
Flag of the United States.svg October 19, 2004
RecordedApril − July 2004
Genre Post-metal, sludge metal
Length73:45
Label Earache Records
(MOSH 283CDL)
Producer Cult of Luna
Cult of Luna chronology
The Beyond
(2003)
Salvation
(2004)
Somewhere Along the Highway
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Rock Hard 9.0/10 [2]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
Terrorizer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]

Salvation is the third studio album by Swedish post-metal band Cult of Luna, released on Earache Records in 2004; [5] on October 4 in Europe, and October 10 in the United States. [6]

Contents

Salvation was critically acclaimed upon its release, with Metal Hammer awarding it 10/10, the first album to receive the accolade since Metallica's Black Album.[ citation needed ]

A music video was recorded for "Leave Me Here", directed by Anders Forsman and Linus Johansson. [7] It premiered on April 30, 2005 on MTV2 and Fuse TV. [8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Cult of Luna.

No.TitleLength
1."Echoes"12:30
2."Vague Illusions"10:14
3."Leave Me Here"7:15
4."Waiting for You"10:47
5."Adrift"7:19
6."White Cell"5:40
7."Crossing Over"8:32
8."Into the Beyond"11:26

Personnel

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