Tiara (album)

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Tiara
Studio album by
Released12 October 2018
Recorded2016–2017
Genre Progressive metal, power metal
Length69:56
Label Frontiers
Seventh Wonder chronology
The Great Escape
(2010)
Tiara
(2018)
The Testament
(2022)

Tiara is the fifth studio album and the second concept album (after Mercy Falls ) by Swedish progressive metal band Seventh Wonder, released on 12 October 2018. It is the band's first studio album in almost eight years since The Great Escape (2010) and their first album with drummer Stefan Norgren, who joined the band in 2011.

Contents

Track listing

All songs composed by Seventh Wonder. [1]

  1. "Arrival" – 1:30
  2. "The Everones" – 6:13
  3. "Dream Machines" – 5:38
  4. "Against the Grain" – 6:58
  5. "Victorious" – 4:55
  6. "Tiara's Song (Farewell Pt. 1)" – 7:16
  7. "Goodnight (Farewell Pt. 2)" – 7:10
  8. "Beyond Today (Farewell Pt. 3)" – 5:06
  9. "The Truth" – 4:17
  10. "By the Light of the Funeral Pyres" – 3:54
  11. "Damnation Below" – 6:44
  12. "Procession" – 0:45
  13. "Exhale" – 9:30

Personnel

All information from the album booklet. [2]

Seventh Wonder

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [3] 150
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [4] 86

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References

  1. "KAMELOT Singer's SEVENTH WONDER To Release 'Tiara' Album In October". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. (2018). "Tiara liner notes". In Tiara [CD booklet]. Frontiers Records.
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