The Latter Rain
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69:11 (with bonus track)
| The Latter Rain | ||||
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| Released | March 29, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | June–October 2006 | |||
| Genre | Progressive death metal, black metal | |||
| Length | 64:58 69:11 (with bonus track) | |||
| Label | Indie Recordings | |||
| Producer | Endre Kirkesola, Johnar Håland | |||
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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.
