Polars is the debut studio album by Dutch metal band Textures. It was released on August 25, 2003, by Listenable Records. The album was recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by the band themselves.[2] The label re-issued the album in 2004 with slightly different cover art (adding images of machinery and gears) and in some cases, a different casing.
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| Released | August 25, 2003 September 28, 2004 (Re-release) October 20, 2014 (Remaster) | |||
| Genre | Progressive metal, metalcore | |||
| Length | 57:50 | |||
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| Producer | Textures | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
The album contains eight songs, the sixth and eighth of which are wholly ambient with assorted sound effects. It is their only album featuring vocalist Pieter Verpaalen, who was replaced by Eric Kalsbeek for their second release.
The CD also features the video for "Ostensibly Impregnable".
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Swandive" | 5:09 |
| 2. | "Ostensibly Impregnable" | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Young Man" | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Transgression" | 4:20 |
| 5. | "The Barrier" | 2:55 |
| 6. | "Effluent" | 3:12 |
| 7. | "Polars" | 18:25 |
| 8. | "Heave" (two and a half minutes of silence at the end removed in re-release) | 17:04 |
| Total length: | 57:50 | |
Personnel
edit- Textures
- Jochem Jacobs - guitars, backing vocals
- Stef Broks - drums
- Dennis Aarts - bass guitar
- Bart Hennephof - guitars, backing vocals
- Pieter Verpaalen - lead vocals
- Richard Rietdijk - synthesizer, keyboards
- Production
- Jochem Jacobs - recording, mixing, mastering
- Richard Rietdijk - recording, mixing
- Bart Hennephof - artwork, layout
References
edit- ^ Polars at AllMusic
- ^ Textures Official Website Archived 2011-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
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