Awaking the Centuries
2000 studio album by Haggard
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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.
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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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Awakening the Centuries peaked at position 64 in the German album charts.[3]
Track listing
| 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
Voices of "Pestilencia"
Moscow Radio Choir
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