"Road to the Octagon" is the eleventh full-length atudio disc from Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 blackened death metal band Impaled Nazarene. It was released, as are all of their albums thus far, on Osmose Productions in 2010. It also marked the first time that they were without a co-producer (Tapio Penannen co-produced their last few).

Track Listing

• All Songs Written By Impaled Nazarene, except where noted. (Published By Les Editions Hurlantes)

1. "Enlightenment Process" 2:19
2. "The Day Of Reckoning" 2:48
3. "Corpses" 2:45
4. "Under Attack" (Mika "Sluti666
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   " Luttinen, Jarmo Antilla) 2:44
5. "Tentacles of the Octagon" 1:33
6. "Reflect on This" 2:17
7. "Convulsing Uncontrollably" 2:15
8. "Cult of the Goat" 3:09
9. "Gag Reflex" 3:00
10. "The Plan" 2:01
11. "Silent & Violent Type" 2:19
12. "Execute Tapeworm Extermination" 2:10
13. "Rhetoric Infernal" 4:23

Personnel

Note: The band have, for most of their career, been a quintet

Quintet

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. For this recording however, they became a quartet

Quartet

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 when long-serving lead player

Lead guitar

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Jarno Antilla left the band after this recording (though he did contribute to the writing of the record). For this disc, the personnel is as follows:

• Mika "Sluti666" Luttinen: Vocals
• Tomi "UG" Ullgren: Lead & Rhythm Guitars
• Mikael "ArcBasstard" Arnkil: Bass
• Reima "Repe Misanthrope" Kellokoski: Drums, Percussion

Production

• Arranged & Produced By Impaled Nazarene
• Recorded & Mixed By Max "Miami/Safari" Kostermaa (Mixed at Studio Fungus, August 2010)
• Mastered By Mika Jussila (Finnvox Studios, August 2010)