The Passage (DGM album)

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The Passage
Studio album by
DGM
ReleasedAugust 26, 2016
Venue San Marino
StudioDomination Studio, San Marino
Genre Progressive metal, power metal [1]
Length60:01, 64:03 (Japanese version)
Label Frontiers
Producer Simone Mularoni
DGM chronology
Momentum
(2013)
The Passage
(2016)
Tragic Separation
(2020)
Singles from The Passage
  1. "Animal"
    Released: June 13, 2016
  2. "Fallen"
    Released: August 15, 2016

The Passage is the ninth full-length studio album by Italian progressive metal band DGM. This is the third album with this line-up and it was released on August 26, 2016, by Italian label Frontiers Records. [2] The album was produced by band guitarist Simone Mularoni. [3] [4]

Contents

On June 13, "Animal" was released as its first single and on August 15 "Fallen" was released. [5]

Track listing

All music written by Mark Basile and Simone Mularoni. All lyrics written by Basile, Mularoni, Andrea Arcangeli, Fabio Costantino and Luigi Sanese. [6]

No.TitleLength
1."The Secret (Part I)" (additional orchestration by Andrea Anastasi)8:24
2."The Secret (Part II)"7:16
3."Animal"5:19
4."Ghosts of Insanity" (featuring Tom Englund)5:35
5."Fallen"5:40
6."The Passage"5:11
7."Disguise"1:54
8."Portrait"5:40
9."Daydreamer"5:36
10."Dogma" (featuring Michael Romeo)5:45
11."In Sorrow"3:41
Total length:60:01
Japanese version bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Animal" (Acoustic version)4:02

Personnel

Additional personnel

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