Layers of Lies is the fourth album from Swedish melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

 band Darkane

Darkane

Darkane is a melodic death / progressive thrash metal band that originated in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1998. Their music contains ample thrash elements interspersed with acoustic interludes and symphonic features, such as the in studio use of synthesizers and occasionally full orchestras and choir...

, issued in 27 June 2005

2005 in music

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The release of this album took sometime since the last album because Peter Wildoer suffered a severe hand injury in 2003 which left him uncertain whether
he would drum again but miraculously a year later recovered. Along with that
Wildoer became busy with Christofer Malmström new project at the time, Non-Human Level.

This was the last album to feature vocalist Andreas Sydow who left in 2007.

Track listing

1. Amnesia of the Wildoerian Apocalypse - 1:42
2. Secondary Effects - 3:55
3. Organic Canvas - 4:30
4. Fading Dimensions - 4:19
5. Layers of Lies - 4:17
6. Godforsaken Universe - 4:05
7. Klastrophobic Hibernation - 0:36
8. Vision of Degradation - 4:37
9. Contaminated - 3:38
10. Maelstrom Crisis - 2:40
11. Decadent Messiah - 3:54
12. The Creation Insane - 4:37
13. Subliminal Seduction (Bonus Track) -

Credits

• Andreas Sydow - vocals
• Christofer Malmström - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  
• Klas Ideberg - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
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• Jörgen Löfberg - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Peter Wildoer
  Peter Wildoer
  Karl Peter Wildoer is a Swedish drummer in the bands Darkane, Electrocution 250 & Grimmark. He has also drummed for the bands Armageddon, Majestic, Pestilence, Silver Seraph, Arch Enemy, Time Requiem, Gardens of Obscurity and Dawn of Oblivion amongst others. He has been tagged to perform sessions...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
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