Utopia (Gothminister album)

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Utopia
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Studio album by
Released17 May 2013
Genre Gothic metal, industrial metal
Length43:05
Language English
Label AFM Records
Producer Bjørn Alexander Brem
Gothminister chronology
Anima Inferna
(2011)
Utopia
(2013)
The Other Side
(2017)

Utopia is the fifth studio album and a concept album by gothic/industrial metal band Gothminister, released on 17 May 2013 by the record label AFM Records. [1] [2] It is their first album to be released, following the signing with AFM in December 2012. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bjørn Alexander Brem

No.TitleLength
1."The New Beginning" (instrumental)0:47
2."Someone Is After Me"3:50
3."Utopia"3:43
4."March" (instrumental)0:57
5."Horrorshow"3:05
6."Nightmare"5:53
7."Afterlife"3:43
8."Helldemon" (instrumental)1:42
9."All Alone"4:10
10."Purgatory" (instrumental)0:49
11."Eternal"4:00
12."Raise the Dead"4:33
13."Boogeyman"6:08

Reception

The album got a mixed review by Ulf Kubanke for the website laut.de [4] while Eric May of the New Noise Magazine gave it a rather positive review. [5]

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References

  1. "Gothminister Discography". AFM Records.
  2. "GOTHMINISTER - Utopia (CD / DVD)". AFM Records Official Label Store. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  3. "AFM Records nimmt GOTHMINISTER unter Vertrag!" [AFM Records Signs Gothminister] (in German). AFM Records. 21 December 2013.
  4. Kubanke, Ulf (2013). "Da wird der Gothminister zum Gruftipförtner". laut.de (in German).
  5. May, Eric (3 June 2013). "Album Review: Gothminister – Utopia". New Noise Magazine.