The Latter Rain

The Latter Rain
Studio album by In Vain
Released March 29, 2007 (2007-03-29)
Recorded June–October 2006
Genre Progressive death metal, Progressive black metal
Length 64:58
69:11 (with bonus track)
Label Indie Recordings
Producer Endre Kirkesola, Johnar Håland
In Vain chronology
Wounds
(2005)
The Latter Rain
(2007)
Mantra
(2010)

The Latter Rain is the debut album by Norwegian progressive death metal band In Vain, released on March 29, 2007 in Europe by Indie Recordings.[1] The album was recorded at the Dub Studio, in Kristiansand, between June and October 2006, except from the Organ, recorded in Kristiansand Symfoniorkesters studio in Marvika, Kristiansand.

The album features a lot of guests, including producer Endre Kirkesola on organs, Jan Kenneth Transeth on vocals, and George Wright on spoken words. It gained a small, but positive, fan base and have currently a rating of 4.5/5 stars on allmusic.com[2] and sputnikmusic.[3] Some rare pressings of this record includes a bonus track "Epilogue: Alene" which was first released on their EP, "Wounds".[4] Both bassist/vocalist Kristian Wikstøl and guitarist Even Fuglestad were credited as band members on this record, even though they were not a part of the band when the album was recorded. Kristian Wikstøl sang some hardcore vocals as a guest. This is the last and only album to feature guitarist Magnus Olav Tveiten and bassist Ole Vistnes.

Track listing

From Metal Archives.[5]

All songs written and composed by Johnar Håland, arranged by In Vain. 

No. Title Length
1. "The Latter Rain" (instrumental) 1:45
2. "In the Midnight Hour"   9:41
3. "Det Rakner!"   8:27
4. "October's Monody"   6:33
5. "Their Spirits Ride with the Wind"   8:47
6. "I Total Triumf"   6:04
7. "The Titan"   7:09
8. "As I Wither"   7:39
9. "Morning Sun" (instrumental) 2:20
10. "Sorgenfri"   6:33
Total length:
01:04:58

Credits

Band members

Guest musicians[6]

Production

[6]

References

  1. "The Latter Rain | In Vain". Invainband.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  2. "The Latter Rain - In Vain | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. 2007-05-28. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  3. https://web.archive.org/20130819232756/http://www.sputnikmusic.com:80/review/26370/In-Vain-The-Latter-Rain/. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved March 26, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. "In Vain - Wounds - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  5. "In Vain – The Latter Rain – Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
  6. 1 2 "In Vain - The Latter Rain - Encyclopaedia Metallum". The Metal Archives. Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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