Country: Finland
Genre(s): Symphonic Progressive Metal
Label: Nuclear Blast
Format: CD, vinyl, digital
Release date: March 27/30/31, 2015 (EU/UK/USA)
Tracklist:
- Shudder Before the Beautiful - 6:29
- Weak Fantasy - 5:23
- Élan - 4:45
- Yours Is an Empty Hope - 5:34
- Our Decades in the Sun - 6:37
- My Walden - 4:38
- Endless Forms Most Beautiful - 5:07
- Edema Ruh - 5:15
- Alpenglow - 4:45
- The Eyes of Sharbat Gula - 6:03
- The Greatest Show on Earth - 24:00
Floor Jansen (After Forever, Ayreon, Star One) - vocals
Tuomas Holopainen - keyboards, piano
Emppu Vuorinen - guitars
Marco Hietala - bass, vocals
Troy Donockley (Iona) - uilleann pipes, tin whistle, backing vocals
With:
Kai Hahto (Wintersun, Swallow the Sun, Trees of Eternity) - drums, percussion
Richard Dawkins - narration
Pip Williams - orchestral arrangements and conducting
Metro Voices - choir
Media/Samples
Elan
Links:
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