| We Are the Nightmare | ||||
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| Released | April 15, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Studio | Planet Z Studios | |||
| Genre | Melodic death metal, technical death metal, blackened death metal [1] | |||
| Length | 40:47 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Zeuss | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (favorable) [1] |
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All songs written by James Malone.
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