The Wanderer and His Shadow (album)

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The Wanderer and His Shadow
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 22, 2007
RecordedNye Losjen Studios
Genre Black metal
Length42:19
Label Candlelight Records
Producer Christian Wibe
Pantheon I chronology
Atrocity Devine
(2006)
The Wanderer and His Shadow
(2007)
Worlds I Create
(2009)
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The Wanderer and His Shadow is the second full-length album from Norwegian extreme metal band, Pantheon I and was released in May 2007.

Contents

The name of the album comes from one of Friedrich Nietzsche's earlier works of the same name.

Track listing

  1. "Origin of Sin" – 4:47
  2. "The Wanderer and His Shadow" – 4:54
  3. "Cyanide Storm" – 5:03
  4. "Coming to an End" – 6:27
  5. "Shedim"– 4:25
  6. "Where Angels Burn" – 5:16
  7. "My Curse" – 8:13
  8. "Chaos Incarnate" – 3:13

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