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{{Infobox album
| Name = Awaking the Centuries
| name = Awaking the Centuries
| Type = studio
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Haggard (band)|Haggard]]
| artist = [[Haggard (band)|Haggard]]
| Cover = Awaking the Centuries cover.jpg
| cover = Awaking the Centuries cover.jpg
| Released = February 7, 2000<ref name="spirit-of-metal"/>
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| released = February 7, 2000<ref name="spirit-of-metal"/>
| Recorded = September–December 1999
| recorded = September–December 1999
| venue =
| Studio = Roth Recording
| studio = Roth Recording
| Genre = [[Symphonic death metal]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-02/the-10-essential-symphonic-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums|date=2016-11-02|newspaper=Metal Hammer|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref> [[death-doom]]
| genre = [[Symphonic death metal]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-02/the-10-essential-symphonic-metal-albums|title=The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums|date=2016-11-02|newspaper=Metal Hammer|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref> [[death-doom]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=37|s=39}}
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=39}}
| Label = [[Drakkar Entertainment]]
| Producer =
| label = [[Drakkar Entertainment]]
| producer =
| Last album = ''[[And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer]]''<br>(1997)
| prev_title = [[And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer]]
| This album = ''Awaking the Centuries''<br>(2000)
| prev_year = 1997
| Next album = ''[[Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico]]''<br>(2001)
| next_title = [[Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico]]
| next_year = 2001
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Revision as of 21:20, 9 April 2018

Awaking the Centuries
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2000[1]
RecordedSeptember–December 1999
StudioRoth Recording
GenreSymphonic death metal,[2] death-doom
Length37:39
LabelDrakkar Entertainment
Haggard chronology
And Thou Shalt Trust... the Seer
(1997)
Awaking the Centuries
(2000)
Awaking the Gods: Live in Mexico
(2001)

Awaking the Centuries is the second full-length album by German symphonic metal band Haggard. It was released on February 7, 2000 by Drakkar Entertainment.[1] The album is based on Michel De Nostredame (Nostradamus) and his experience during The Black Plague in Medieval Europe. The album features several compositions based on Sergei Rachmaninoff's music.

Awakening the Centuries peaked at position 64 in the German album charts.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Rachmaninov: Choir" (Music by Sergei Rachmaninoff)0:38
2."Pestilencia"1:54
3."Heavenly Damnation"2:59
4."The Final Victory"3:35
5."Saltorella la Manuelina"0:57
6."Awaking the Centuries"9:34
7."Statement zur Lage der Musica"1:19
8."In a Fullmoon Procession"5:18
9."Menuett"1:19
10."Prophecy Fulfilled/And the Dark Night Entered"6:23
11."Courante"1:10
12."Rachmaninov: Choir" (Rachmaninoff)2:34
13."Lost (Robin's Song)" (live digipak bonus track)4:38
Total length:42:17

Note

  • The choir tracks at the beginning and at the end of the record are an abridged and a complete version of "Rejoice, o virgin" from Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral work All-Night Vigil.

Personnel

Guest musicians

Voices of "Pestilencia"

Moscow Radio Choir

References

  1. ^ a b Awaking the Centuries
  2. ^ "The 10 Essential Symphonic Metal Albums". Metal Hammer. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ^ "Chartverfolgung / Haggard / Longplay". musicline.de (in German). PHONONET GmbH. Retrieved 2012-04-26.