Words Untold & Dreams Unlived | ||||
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Released | 27 April 2007 | |||
Recorded | Dreamscape Studios, Munich, Germany | |||
Genre | Progressive Metal, symphonic power metal | |||
Length | 47:28 | |||
Label | Napalm Records | |||
Producer | Jan Vacik and Oliver Philipps | |||
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Words Untold & Dreams Unlived is the first full-length studio album by symphonic metal band Serenity released on April 27, 2007, in Europe and on May 8 in North America, followed by releases in Russia, Japan and south-eastern Asia. The album was released under Napalm Records [1] and produced by Jan Vacik and Oliver Philipps at Dreamsound Studios in Munich.
Words Untold & Dreams Unlived has all the elements and strong points of a power metal album, but not as many melodic and symphonic tones as in Serenity's later albums.
Artworks and layout for Words Untold & Dreams Unlived were created by www.seth-design.com and all photos for the album were shot by Caroline Traitler. [2]
Words Untold & Dreams Unlived was released on April 27, 2007, in Europe and on May 8 in North America. The album was then released in Russia and Japan. The album contains 10 tracks, including songs that appeared on Serenity's demo album Engraved Within (tracks 5, 6, 8, and 10).
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About.com | [3] |
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All Music | [4] |
Metalstorm.net | [5] |
The Metal Crypt | [6] |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Canopus 3" | 4:31 |
2. | "Reduced to Nothingness" | 4:55 |
3. | "Words Untold" (instrumental) | 0:58 |
4. | "Circle of My 2nd Life" | 5:33 |
5. | "Engraved Within" | 6:22 |
6. | "Forever" | 6:43 |
7. | "Dreams Unlived" (instrumental) | 0:51 |
8. | "Dead Man Walking" | 4:54 |
9. | "From Where the Dark Is Born" | 6:18 |
10. | "Thriven" | 6:23 |
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