Salvation is the third full-length album by 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....

 post-metal

Post-metal

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 band Cult of Luna

Cult of Luna

Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band from Umeå. They formed from the remnants of a Umeå hardcore punk band called Eclipse in 1998. They slowly garnered critical appreciation and underground popularity with early releases Cult of Luna and The Beyond ; however, it is 2004's Salvation that can...

, released on Earache Records

Earache Records

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 in 2004; on October 4 in Europe, and October 10 in the United States.

Track listing

All tracks written by Cult of Luna.

1. "Echoes" – 12:30
2. "Vague Illusions" – 10:14
3. "Leave Me Here" – 7:15
4. "Waiting for You" – 10:47
5. "Adrift" – 7:19
6. "White Cell" – 5:40
7. "Crossing Over" – 8:32
8. "Into the Beyond" – 11:26

A music video was recorded for "Leave Me Here", directed by Anders Forsman and Linus Johansson. It premiered on April 30, 2005 on MTV2

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 and Fuse TV

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.

Personnel

Band members

• Thomas Hedlund – drums
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   and percussion
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• Andreas Johansson – bass
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• Magnus Lindberg – percussion, mixing and production
• Erik Olofsson – guitar
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   and graphic design
• Johannes Persson – guitar and vocals
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• Klas Rydberg – vocals
• Anders Teglund – keyboards
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Other personnel

• Per Gustafsson – graphic design
• Pelle Henricsson – mastering
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• Anna Ledin – photography