Grace Submerged, the second and final album by Norwegian doom/gothic metal band Octavia Sperati, was released in May 2007 via Candlelight Records.

Grace Submerged
Studio album by
Released21 May 2007
Recorded2006/2007
GenreGothic metal, doom metal
Length37:51
LabelCandlelight Records
ProducerHerbrand Larsen
Octavia Sperati chronology
Winter Enclosure
(2005)
Grace Submerged
(2007)

Background

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Grace Submerged was produced by Herbrand Larsen, former keyboardist of Enslaved. Ivar Bjørnson of the same band makes an appearance on the album, co-writing "Dead End Poem".

The album features an interpretation of the Phil Lynott-penned "Don't Believe A Word", which Terrorizer Magazine called "a chilling ballad". Krister Dreyer ("Morfeus") plays the piano and keyboards in that song and the samples in "Submerged".

The song "Moonlit" was released as a music video.

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Guilty Am I"S. WergelandG. Losnegaard4:31
2."Moonlit"S. WergelandG. Losnegaard5:06
3."Going North"S. WergelandT.C. Johansen4:00
4."Don't Believe A Word" (Thin Lizzy cover)P. LynottP. Lynott3:07
5."...And The World Froze"S. WergelandB. Myklebust4:14
6."The Final Rest"S. WergelandB. Myklebust3:25
7."Deprivation"S. WergelandT.C. Johansen4:15
8."Provenance Of Hate"S. WergelandG. Losnegaard3:45
9."Dead End Poem"I. BjørnsonH. Larsen, S. Wergeland3:34
10."Submerged"InstrumentalMorfeus, T. Midtgaard1:54
Total length:37:51

Personnel

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Octavia Sperati

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Additional musicians

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  • Morfeus (Krister Dreyer) - keyboards, piano & samplings in tracks 4 & 10

Production and Engineering

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  • Produced, engineered and mixed by Herbrand Larsen
  • Co-engineer – Arve "Ice Dale" Isdal
  • Mastered By – Jaimee Gomez
  • Artwork By [Cover Art & Layout] – Richard Lock
  • Photography [Band Photos] – Tommy Næss
  • Recorded and produced in Earshot Studio, Bergen November/December 2006.
  • Track 4 and keyboards, piano and samplings on all tracks recorded in MOF Studio in Sandefjord.
  • Guitar on track 6 recorded in Earshot Studio.
  • Mixed at Lydriket/Your Favourite Music.
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