Track listing

1. "Midwinter Gates (Prologue)" – 0:43
2. "Without God" – 6:52
3. "Palace of Frost" – 3:40
4. "The Northern Silence" – 4:00
5. "Crimson Tears (Epilogue)" – 1:56

Credits

• Anders Nyström
  Anders Nyström
  Anders Nyström, also known as Blakkheim is a Swedish musician who was born on April 22, 1975 in Stockholm.-Biography:...
  
    – guitar
  Guitar
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  s, bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Jonas Renkse
  Jonas Renkse
  Jonas Petter Renkse is a founding member, songwriter, lead vocalist and ex-drummer of the band Katatonia, founding member, songwriter, bassist, backing vocalist, ex-guitarist of the band Bloodbath and member of Sailors With Wax Wings.He was also the founding member, drummer, vocalist, guitarist...
  
    – drums
  Drum kit
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  , vocals
  Singing
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• Dan Swanö
  Dan Swanö
  Dan-Erland Swanö is a Swedish musician who is currently the vocalist, guitarist, ex-bassist and ex-drummer for the band Nightingale as well as the Owner of Unisound but he achieved fame as the vocalist and songwriter of progressive death metal band Edge of Sanity.As a multi-instrumentalist he is...
  
   (aka Day Disyraah) – clean vocals, keyboards
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Additional Notes

• The track "Without God" is not the same version that appeared on the 1993 album Dance of December Souls
  Dance of December Souls
  Dance of December Souls is the first full-length album by Katatonia.The album was released on CD in 1993 by No Fashion Records and LP by Helion Records, released in the USA in 1999 by Century Black. In 2004, record label Black Lodge reissued the album with all new artwork, but the band has stated...
  
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• The track "Prologue: Midwinter Gates" is the same as on the demo Jhva Elohim Meth
  Jhva Elohim Meth
  Jhva Elohim Meth which means "God is dead", a quotation from Friedrich Nietzsche's The Gay Science, is the first official release by Katatonia. It was released in July 1992 and was limited to 500 copies of which 300 were blue, 100 transparent and 100 red. The first 30 copies came with photos and...
  
  track "Midwinter Integrates", but the name was changed.