Desiderata (Madder Mortem album)

Desiderata
Studio album by
Released27 March 2006
GenreProgressive metal, avant-garde metal, gothic metal, symphonic metal[1]
Length54:43
LabelPeaceville
Madder Mortem chronology
Deadlands
(2002)
Desiderata
(2006)
Eight Ways
(2009)
Singles from Desiderata
  1. "My Name Is Silence"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Chronicles of Chaos[2]
Sputnikmusic[3]

Desiderata is the fourth studio album by Norwegian metal band Madder Mortem, released on 24 April 2006 (in Norway on 27 March 2006). It was their first CD release on Peaceville Records. The album spawned a digital single, "My Name Is Silence". A video was also shot for the single.

Desiderata is the Latin word for "those things worthy of desire".

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."My Name Is Silence"3:07
2."Evasions"5:14
3."Plague on This Land"4:39
4."Dystopia"1:16
5."M for Malice"4:16
6."The Flood to Come"4:55
7."Changeling"4:25
8."Cold Stone"6:01
9."Hypnos"4:38
10."Sedition"4:05
11."Desiderata"6:07
12."Hangman"6:02

Personnel

Madder Mortem
  • Agnete M. Kirkevaag – lead vocals
  • BP M. Kirkevaag – guitars, backing vocals, percussion
  • Odd E. Ebbesen – guitars
  • Tormod L. Moseng – bass guitar, double bass, backing vocals
  • Mads Solås – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production
  • Produced by Madder Mortem
  • Engineered by Henning Ramseth and Madder Mortem
  • Mixed by Fredrik Nordström and Patrick Sten at Studio Fredman, except "Dystopia" and "Cold Stone" (mixed by Henning Ramseth at Space Valley studio)
  • Mastering by Peter In de Betou at Tailor Maid

References

  1. ^ "Metal Storm Awards 2006 - Metal Storm". Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. ^ "CoC : Madder Mortem – Desiderata : Review".
  3. ^ "Review: Madder Mortem – Desiderata | Sputnikmusic".