Solar Lovers is the second full length album by the Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 doom metal

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...

 band Celestial Season

Celestial Season

Celestial Season is a Dutch heavy metal band. They were formed in 1991 as a doom/death metal band along the lines of My Dying Bride. They have been described as doom metal, death/doom, stoner rock/metal and goth. Celestial Season disbanded in 2002....

. It was released on Displeased Records

Displeased Records

Displeased Records is a Dutch independent record label, founded by Lars Eikema and Ron Veltkamp. The label has many Dutch and other extreme metal bands on its roster, but has also rereleased many classic albums, including albums by Agathocles , Cryptopsy, Infernäl Mäjesty, Sadus, Toxik and Whiplash...

 in 1995. The My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride

My Dying Bride are an English doom metal band formed in 1990. To date, My Dying Bride have released eleven full-length studio albums, three EPs, one demo, one box set, four compilation albums, one live album, and one live CD/DVD release. The band released their tenth studio album, For Lies I Sire,...

 influences diminished on this, although the violins are still prominent on the album; the band incorporated some more stoner influences here. This was the last album on which they played doom metal and featured death grunts. The succeeding albums were stoner rock albums.

Track listing

1. "Decamerone" (6:59)
2. "Solar Child" (5:13)
3. "Body as Canvas" (0:57)
4. "Soft Embalmer of the Still Midnight" (6:46)
5. "Will You Wait for the Sun?" (6:41)
6. "The Holy Snake" (1:28)
7. "Dancing to a Thousand Symponies" (3:12)
8. "Vienna" (4:29) (Cover of Ultravox
   Ultravox
   Ultravox is a British New Wave rock band. They were one of the primary exponents of the British electronic pop music movement of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The band was particularly associated with the New Romantic and New Wave movements....
   
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9. "Fandango" (1:42)
10. "The Scent of Eve" (8:52)
11. "A Tune from the Majestic Queen's Garden" (1:49)

Line-up

• Stefan Ruiters - Vocals
• Robert Ruiters - Guitars
• Pim Van Zanen - Guitars
• Olly Smit - Bass
• Jason Kohnen - Drums
• Maaike Aarts
  Maaike Aarts
  Maaike Aarts is a Dutch violinist. She is a member of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, for which she plays as a first violin, since December 2004....
  
   - Violins, piano/synths on "Vienna"
• Jiska Ter Bals - Violins
• Atie Aarts - Cello on "Soft Embalmer" and "Vienna"
• Lex Vogelaar - Additional vocals on "Vienna"