Pitch Black Effects

• Artist: Callenish Circle
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• Release Date: January 10, 2006
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album
• Genre: Rock

Review

Dutch progressive metal quartet Callenish Circle's follow-up to 2003's searing My Passion Your Pain keeps up the momentum they've been building since signing with Metal Blade in 2002. Often lumped in with the Scandinavian death metal scene, the band has more in common with Western European industrial metal outfits like Nitzer Ebb and Rammstein than they do Opeth, but the techno-riddled onslaught that awaits listeners on Pitch Black Effects is steeped enough in classic metal imagery (death, fate, loss, grief) to please both purists and gas-mask-wearing nihilists alike. Callenish Circle is at its best when the sirens are on and the pedal is buried, and while the sequencers and samples provided by producer/keyboardist Gail Liebling (Gail of God) keep things interesting, it's the straight-ahead thrash of standout tracks like "Behind Lines" and "Sweet Cyanide" that will keep the foreheads slamming against the doors. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
This Day You Regret	Callenish Circle, Ronny Tijssen	Callenish Circle	(4:32)
Ignorant	Ronny Tijssen, Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(4:20)
Behind Lines	Ronny Tijssen, Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(3:35)
Schwarzes Licht	Gavin Harte, Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(4:51)
Sweet Cyanide	Callenish Circle, Ronny Tijssen	Callenish Circle	(4:31)
Blind	Callenish Circle, Ronny Tijssen	Callenish Circle	(4:52)
Guess Again	Ronny Tijssen, Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(4:01)
Self-Inflicted	Ronny Tijssen, Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(5:50)
As You Speak	Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(4:09)
Pitch Black	Ronny Tijssen, Callenish Circle	Callenish Circle	(2:40)

Credits

Tue Madsen (Audio Engineer), Ronny Tijssen (Group Member), Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Design), Mircea Gabriel Eftemie (Artwork), Gail Liebling (Producer), Rene Ubachs (Assistant Engineer), Tue Madsen (Mixing), Peter Neuber (Mastering), Gail Liebling (Mixing), Ronny Tijssen (Guitar), Ronny Tijssen (Mixing), Gail Liebling (Sounds), Gail Liebling (Synthesizer)