Awaking the Centuries
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| Released | 7 February 2000[1] | |||
| Recorded | September–December 1999 | |||
| Studio | Roth Recording | |||
| Genre | Symphonic death metal,[2] death-doom | |||
| Length | 37:39 | |||
| Label | Drakkar Entertainment | |||
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Awaking the Centuries is the second full-length album by German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on 7 February 2000 by Drakkar Entertainment.[1] The album is based on Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus) and his experience during The Black Plague in Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's music.
Awakening the Centuries peaked at position 64 in the German album charts.[3]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Rachmaninov: Choir" (music by Sergei Rachmaninoff) | 0:38 |
| 2. | "Pestilencia" | 1:54 |
| 3. | "Heavenly Damnation" | 2:59 |
| 4. | "The Final Victory" | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Saltorella la Manuelina" | 0:57 |
| 6. | "Awaking the Centuries" | 9:34 |
| 7. | "Statement zur Lage der Musica" | 1:19 |
| 8. | "In a Fullmoon Procession" | 5:18 |
| 9. | "Menuett" | 1:19 |
| 10. | "Prophecy Fulfilled/And the Dark Night Entered" | 6:23 |
| 11. | "Courante" | 1:10 |
| 12. | "Rachmaninov: Choir" (Rachmaninoff) | 2:34 |
| 13. | "Lost (Robin's Song)" (live digipak bonus track) | 4:38 |
| Total length: | 42:17 | |
Note
- The choir tracks at the beginning and at the end of the record are an abridged and a complete version of "Rejoice, o virgin" from Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral work All-Night Vigil.
Personnel
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Guest musicians[edit]
Voices of "Pestilencia"[edit]
Moscow Radio Choir[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Awaking the Centuries
- ^ "The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums". Metal Hammer. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
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