Defiant Imagination is the third and final full-length studio album by the Canadian melodic death metal band Quo Vadis. It was released on November 4, 2004 by Skyscraper Music.
Defiant Imagination | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | November 4, 2004 | |||
Recorded | September 2002 – March 2004 at Wildsound Studio and BR Studios | |||
Genre | Melodic death metal, technical death metal | |||
Length | 39:18 | |||
Label | Skyscraper Music | |||
Producer | Bart Frydrychowicz, Yanic Bercier and Bernard Belley | |||
Quo Vadis chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Sputnikmusic | 4/5[1] |
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Track listing
editNo. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "Silence Calls the Storm" | Bercier | Frydrychowicz | 5:03 |
2. | "In Contempt" | Frydrychowicz | Frydrychowicz | 3:35 |
3. | "Break the Cycle" | Frydrychowicz | Frydrychowicz | 6:05 |
4. | "Tunnel Effect (Element of the Ensemble IV)" | Bercier | Frydrychowicz, Bercier | 5:39 |
5. | "To the Bitter End" | Frydrychowicz | Frydrychowicz | 6:59 |
6. | "In Articulo Mortis" | Frydrychowicz | Frydrychowicz | 1:07 |
7. | "Fate's Descent" | Bercier | Frydrychowicz | 4:35 |
8. | "Dead Man's Diary" | Bercier | Frydrychowicz | 5:25 |
9. | "Ego Intuo et Servo te" | Frydrychowicz | Frydrychowicz | 0:51 |
Total length: | 39:19 |
Personnel
edit- Quo Vadis
- Bart Frydrychowicz – lead and rhythm guitars
- Yanic Bercier – drums, backing vocals
- Stéphane Paré – vocals
- Guest musicians
- Steve DiGiorgio – bass
- William Seghers – lead guitar
- Roxanne Constantin – keyboard, soprano, alto
- Elizabeth Giroux – cello
- Quo Vadis Choir
- Roxanne Constantin
- Bart Frydrychowicz
- Marco Calliari
- Sophie Martin
- Arianne Fleury
- Marc Vaillancourt
- Oscar Souto
- Julie Bélanger Roy
- Mathieu Groulx
- Carlos Lopez
- Guest vocals
- Marco Calliari – guest vocals in "Tunnel Effect"
- Oscar Souto – guest vocals in "Tunnel Effect"
- Ian Campbell – guest vocals in "To the Bitter End"
- Alexandre Erian – guest vocals in "To the Bitter End"
- Armen – guest vocals in "To the Bitter End"
References
edit- ^ Sputnikmusic review
- ^ Henderson, Tim (2004-11-22). "QUO VADIS - Defiant Imagination". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles.
- ^ "Quo Vadis - Defiant Imagination Review". Metal Storm. 2005-04-19.