A Crimson Cosmos is the third studio release by the gothic metal

Gothic metal

Gothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...

 band Lake of Tears

Lake of Tears

Lake of Tears is a Swedish band, generally considered to play gothic metal and doom metal. However, their sound has evolved considerably over the course of their career, expanding to include psychedelic rock, progressive metal, and, most recently, death metal....

. It was released in 1997. Its melodic sound with psychedelic influences reappeared in most of the band's later releases. The song "Lady Rosenred" was released as a single, also in 1997, with "Devil's Diner" and "A Crimson Cosmos" as B-sides. A video for "Devil's Diner" appeared on the Black Mark DVD Metal by Metal, released in 2003.

Track listing

1. "Boogie Bubble" – 4:51
2. "Cosmic Weed" – 3:51
3. "When My Sun Comes Down" – 4:59
4. "Devil's Diner" – 3:43
5. "The Four Strings of Mourning" – 5:40
6. "To Die Is to Wake" – 3:48
7. "Lady Rosenred" – 2:34
8. "Raistlin and the Rose" – 5:23
9. "A Crimson Cosmos" – 4:54

All songs written by Daniel Brennare.

Line-up

• Daniel Brennare – vocals, guitar
• Mikael Larsson – bass
• Johan Oudhuis – drums

Additional musicians

• Pelle Hogbring – keyboards
• Ronny Lahti – keyboards, guitar
• Magnus Sahlgren
  Magnus Sahlgren
  Magnus Sahlgren is a Swedish musician. He was the lead guitarist of the metal band Lake of Tears, whom his name is most associated with, until 2009. He also played with Dismember from 1998 to 2003 and with Tiamat during the recording of the acclaimed Wildhoney album in 1994...
  
   – lead guitar
• Jennie Tebler – vocals

Credits

• Ronny Lahti – engineering, production
• Lake of Tears – production
• Peter in de Betou – mastering
• Börje Forsberg – executive production
• Kristian Wåhlin – artwork

External links

• Lake of Tears's official website
• Encyclopaedia Metallum bands by letter – L – Lake of Tears – A Crimson Cosmos (retrieved 8-18-07)