Gods of Vermin is the first studio album by the German symphonic metal band Sons of Seasons, released in 2009. The album features as guests Epica's members Simone Simons and Mark Jansen and former member Luca Princiotta.[2]

Gods of Vermin
Studio album by Sons of Seasons
Released	29–30 April 2009
Recorded	Vocalbase Studio, Lüneburg Deep Fridge Studio, Aachen Rhön Records, Fulda Mastersound Studios, Steinheim, Germany
Genre	Symphonic metal, progressive metal
Length	69:59
Label	Napalm
Producer	Sons of Seasons, Alexander Krull
Sons of Seasons chronology
Gods of Vermin (2009) Magnisphyricon (2011)
Limited edition Cd cover

Track listing

All music by Oliver Palotai, except "Sanatorium Song" by Palotai and Henning Basse. All vocal lines by Basse and Palotai, except where indicated

1. "The Place Where I Hide" (instrumental) - 1:10
2. "Gods of Vermin" (Basse, Palotai, Tijs Vanneste) - 6:00
3. "A Blind Man's Resolution" (Basse, Palotai, Vanneste) - 4:38
4. "Fallen Family" (Basse, Palotai, Simons) - 5:11
5. "The Piper" (Basse, Palotai, Vanneste) - 4:55
6. "Wheel of Guilt" - 7:59
7. "Belial's Tower" - 6:21
8. "Fall of Byzanz" - 6:33
9. "Wintersmith" (Basse, Palotai, Simons) - 5:24
10. "Dead Man's Shadows" - 3:48
11. "Sanatorium Song" (Basse, Palotai, Vanneste) - 5:43
12. "Third Moon Rising" - 7:11
13. "Melanchorium" (limited edition bonustrack) - 7:06

Personnel

Band members

• Henning Basse – lead vocals
• Oliver Palotai – keyboards, guitars, engineer
• Jürgen Steinmetz – bass
• Daniel Schild – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

• Simone Simons - vocals on tracks 4 and 9, backing vocals on track 8 and cover art model
• Mark Jansen - grunts on track 4
• Tijs Vanneste - vocals
• Luca Princiotta - guitar solo on track 11
• Christian Meike, Jan Peter - additional choir

Production

• Alexander Krull - producer, engineer, mixing
• Norman Meiritz - drum engineer

References