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Mana (Nemesea album)

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Mana
Studio album by
Nemesea
ReleasedNovember 16, 2004 (2004-11-16)[1]
RecordedFrankie's Recording Kitchen, Studio Spitsbergen, Netherlands
GenreSymphonic metal, gothic metal
Length46:26
LabelEbony Tears
ProducerHendrik Jan de Jong
Nemesea chronology
Mana
(2004) 		In Control
(2007)

Mana is the debut studio album by the Dutch gothic metal band Nemesea, released in 2004.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Nemesis"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong1:33
2."Threefold Law"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong3:44
3."Empress"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong4:25
4."Angel in the Dark"Hendrik Jan de JongHendrik Jan de Jong6:13
5."Mortalitas" (The Taker)Hendrik Jan de JongHendrik Jan de Jong4:49
6."Mortalitas" (Dies Irae)Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong1:25
7."Mortalitas" (Moriendum Tibi Est)Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong3:45
8."Mortalitas" (From Beneath You, It Devours)Manda OphuisManda Ophuis & Hendrik Jan de Jong3:36
9."Lucifer"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong4:16
10."Disclosure"Manda OphuisManda Ophuis & Hendrik Jan de Jong4:19
11."Beyond Evil"Manda OphuisManda Ophuis & Hendrik Jan de Jong3:53
12."Cry"Manda OphuisHendrik Jan de Jong3:01
13."Outro: Krad Eht Ni Legna (Dark Angel)"  1:26

Personnel

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Band members

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  • Manda Ophuis - lead vocals, alto and soprano in the choir
  • Hendrik Jan de Jong - guitars, voice and grunts, producer, strings and choir arrangements
  • Martijn Pronk - guitars
  • Berto Boijink - keyboards
  • Sonny Onderwater - bass
  • Chris Postma - drums

Additional musicians

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  • Peter van Dijk - voice on tracks 2 and 5
  • Jeroen Kriek - vocals on track 5
  • Ido Gerard Kampenaar - percussion
Strings
  • Segei Arseniev - violin
  • Jan Buizer - viola
  • Sietse Jan Weijenberg - cello
Choir
  • Judith Bouma, Saskia de Vries - sopranos
  • Marieke Bouma, Mirjam Leentvaar - altos
  • Gerard van Beijeren - tenor
  • David van Royen - bass

Production

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  • Berthus Westerhuis, Bauke van der Laaken - engineers
  • Klaas Pot - mixing

Reception

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Rockmusicraider described the album as a multi-layered production of astonishing quality. [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Mana". Nemesea Official Website. Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  2. ^ "Nemesea - Mana". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
  3. ^ "Nemesea – Mana (2004) – Review". Rockmusicraider.
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