The Absence is the second studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by the American

United States

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 metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Luna Mortis

Luna Mortis

Luna Mortis was an American heavy metal band based in Madison, Wisconsin.The band was formed in late 2001 in Monroe, Wisconsin as The Ottoman Empire. In 2006, the band self-released their debut studio album, Way of the Blade. In June 2007, Luna Mortis played the first Flight of the Valkyries...

. The album was released in 2009 by Century Media and is the first studio album that Luna Mortis released through that record label

Record label

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. Four of the tracks on the album were recorded in February 2008 with producer Jason Suecof

Jason Suecof

-Career:Jason is best known for his production and song-writing with the band Trivium. He produces most of his albums at his own Orlando, Florida based studio, Audio Hammer...

 at his Audio Hammer Studios and were used as a demo that was sent out only to record labels in hopes of acquiring a recording contract for the band. It was those four songs that led to Century Media to sign Luna Mortis and shortly after, the band returned to Audio Hammer Studios in September of that same year to record the six other songs that make up the album. In September 2009, the band released a music video for the song "Forever More".

Track listing

1. "Ash" - 4:41
2. "Ruin" - 4:02
3. "Reformation" - 3:17
4. "This Departure" - 5:10
5. "The Absence" - 4:14
6. "Forever More" - 3:40
7. "Never Give In" - 6:24
8. "Phantoms" - 3:56
9. "Last Defiance" - 4:27
10. "Embrace the End" - 6:22

Credits

• Mary Zimmer – vocals
• Brian Koenig – guitar
  Guitar
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• Cory Scheider – guitar
• Jacob Bare – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Erik Madsen – drum kit
  Drum kit
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