The Dust of Years is the third studio album by the British metal band Seventh Angel

Seventh Angel

Seventh Angel are a British Christian heavy metal band that formed in 1987. According to Cross Rhythms magazine, they were considered to be thrash metal pioneers, and they released the albums The Torment and Lament for the Weary...

, released June 24, 2009. A comeback album, The Dust of Years is the band's first release since 1992 to contain new material. While the style continues on the Seventh Angel's trademark thrash and doom metal sound, the vocals are death growl

Death growl

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s as opposed to the previous thrash metal shouts. The album was produced by Esoteric

Esoteric (band)

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member Greg Chandler who also contributed some growls. The cover art was done by Matt Vickerstaff of Darkwave Art.

Track listing

1. "Chaos of Dreams"
2. "The Turning Tide"
3. "Exordium"
4. "Weep Not for Us"
5. "Abeland and Heloise"
6. "In Ruins"
7. "Lamentations"
8. "The Raven Sky"
9. "Oświęcim"

Personnel

• Ian Arkley: Vocals/Guitars
• Tank (aka Andrew Thompson): Drums
• Simon Bibby: Guitar/Vocals, Keyboard
• Mark Broomhead: Bass, Narration (Abelard and Heloise)