Words Untold & Dreams Unlived is the first full-length studio album by symphonic metal band Serenity released on April 27, 2007, in Europe and on May 8 in North America, followed by releases in Russia, Japan and south-eastern Asia. The album was released under Napalm Records[1] and produced by Jan Vacik and Oliver Philipps at Dreamsound Studios in Munich.
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| Released |  27 April 2007 | |||
| Recorded | Dreamscape Studios, Munich, Germany | |||
| Genre | Progressive Metal, symphonic power metal | |||
| Length | 47:28 | |||
| Label | Napalm Records | |||
| Producer | Jan Vacik and Oliver Philipps | |||
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Words Untold & Dreams Unlived has all the elements and strong points of a power metal album, but not as many melodic and symphonic tones as in Serenity's later albums.
Artworks and layout for Words Untold & Dreams Unlived were created by www.seth-design.com and all photos for the album were shot by Caroline Traitler.[2]
History
editWords Untold & Dreams Unlived was released on April 27, 2007, in Europe and on May 8 in North America. The album was then released in Russia and Japan. The album contains 10 tracks, including songs that appeared on Serenity's demo album Engraved Within (tracks 5, 6, 8, and 10).
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| About.com |    [3] |
| Metal Observer |   |
| All Music | [4] |
| Metalstorm.net | [5] |
| The Metal Crypt | [6] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Canopus 3" | 4:31 |
| 2. | "Reduced to Nothingness" | 4:55 |
| 3. | "Words Untold" (instrumental) | 0:58 |
| 4. | "Circle of My 2nd Life" | 5:33 |
| 5. | "Engraved Within" | 6:22 |
| 6. | "Forever" | 6:43 |
| 7. | "Dreams Unlived" (instrumental) | 0:51 |
| 8. | "Dead Man Walking" | 4:54 |
| 9. | "From Where the Dark Is Born" | 6:18 |
| 10. | "Thriven" | 6:23 |
Personnel
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The bandedit
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Production
editReferences
edit- ^ "Serenity - Words Untold & Dreams Unlived". Napalm Records. Retrieved 2011-07-11.
- ^ "Words Untold & Dreams Unlived". Serenity.
- ^ "About.com - Serenity – Words Untold & Dreams Unlived".
- ^ "All Music Review". All Music.
- ^ "Review – Serenity". Metal Storm.
- ^ "The Metal Crypt Review – Words Untold & Dreams Unlived Review". Metal Crypt - Bruce Dragonchaser. 2008-01-19.
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