Forever Autumn is the fourth studio album by the Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 doom

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

/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....

. The album is dedicated to the memory of Juha Saarinen, who died four years prior to the album's release. The album was released with a bonus track (that being a radio edited version of the title track) in South Korea

South Korea

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 by East Rock Records.

Track listing

1. "So Fell Autumn Rain" – 5:22
2. "Hold on Tight" – 4:06
3. "Forever Autumn" – 5:56
4. "Pagan Wish" – 4:23
5. "Otherwheres" – 3:55
6. "The Homecoming" – 5:16
7. "Come Night I Reign" – 3:51
8. "Demon You / Lily Anne" – 4:21
9. "To Blossom Blue" – 8:15
10. "Forever Autumn" (radio edit, South Korean bonus track) – 4:22

All songs written by Daniel Brennare.

Line-up

• Daniel Brennare - vocals, guitar, lyrics
• Mikael Larsson - bass
• Johan Oudhuis - drums
• Christian Saarinen - keyboards

Additional musicians

• Bo Hülpheres - accordion, flute
• 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
• Henriette Schack - cello

Credits

• Ulf Wahlberg - production, engineering, song arrangement
• Tom Muller - mastering
• Anders Forsberg - executive production, layout
• Börje Forsberg - executive production
• Christer Johansson - photography
• Michael Semprevivo - layout