Genre: Atm.Death/Doom/Heavy
Country: Finland
Year: 2012
1. Passing Of The Crimson Shadows
2. The Rains Begin
3. Vintage Warlords
4. As It Is Written
5. The Dead Exiles
6. Oriental Pyre
7. White Fields
8. Where All Stories End
2nd album by Barren Earth, a 'supergroup' consisting of bassist Olli-Pekka Laine (Mannhai, ex-Amorphis), vocalist Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun, Alghazanth), keyboardist Kasper Mårtenson (ex-Amorphis, Mannhai), drummer Marko Tarvonen (Moonsorrow, Chaosbreed) and guitarists Sami Yli-Sirniö (Kreator, Waltari) and Janne Perttilä (Rytmihäiriö, Circus of Flesh). The band has taken extreme metal elements of death and doom and blended them with the precision and experimental power of 70s progressive rock, and then also added a fair touch of folk to the mix. The songs are even more epic in nature and they seem more full than their debut.