Broken yet united
Coming end of reason
Slave
Act of terror
Act of war
Collective demise
Dead Eyes
Feed on your grief
Decadence in solitude
Recall
Al taster
Inhuman greed
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Release date: September 2002 worldwide. The fourth Salem album is the most aggressive Salem album to date. Produced by the band and recorded in D.B. Studios (Drums, Bass, and Guitars) and Noise Studios (Vocals and mix) in Israel to maintain the bombastic production standard set forth with previous release "A Moment of Silence". "Collective Demise" contains 12 new songs which textually are snapshots of our reality since September 2001 and musically explore new territories; The use of Afro-Cuban Percussion on "Dead Eyes" and "Slave", Arabic darbuka on "Broken Yet United" and "Act of Terror", female vocals on "Coming End of Reason", "Feed on Your Grief", "Act of War" and "Al Taster" and the most sophisticated second guitar harmonies ever submitted to reel. "Al Taster" is also the first single and video off the album released in Israel on June 19th 2002. This song is a cover of an old Jewish hymn. Lyrics are taken from Psalms, chapter 102, verse 3. This album is the first Salem offering for KMG/ System Shock in Germany, and distributed by SPV. Earlier this year Salem signed a 3-album contract with this well-established label. On their news section at www.impact-records.de the new Salem album is already hailed as a masterpiece. |
