Terraformer (album)

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Terraformer
Knut - Terraformer.jpg
Studio album by
Released2005
Genre Mathcore, sludge metal
Length44:00
Label Hydra Head Records
(HH666-107)
Knut chronology
Challenger
(2002)
Terraformer
(2005)
Alter
(2006)

Terraformer is the third album by Swiss band Knut, released in 2005 on Hydra Head Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "7.08"– 1:32
  2. "WYRIWYS" – 4:48
  3. "Kyoto" – 4:19
  4. "Torvalds" – 3:03
  5. "Seattle" – 1:50
  6. "Bollingen" – 1:51
  7. "Solar Flare" – 7:30
  8. "Fallujah" – 2:10
  9. "Genoa" – 1:43
  10. "Davos" – 2:28
  11. "Evian" – 7:12
  12. "Fibonacci Unfolds" – 6:27

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