arranged by [choir], conductor [choir] Coen Janssen arranged by [music] Amanda Somerville arranged by [music] Epica arranged by [music] Miro arranged by [music] Sascha Paeth arranged by [orchestral arrangements] Coen Janssen arranged by [orchestral arrangements] Isaac Delahaye arranged by [orchestral arrangements] Mark Jansen arranged by [orchestral arrangements] Miro bass guitar Yves Huts choir [epica choir], alto vocals Amanda Somerville choir [epica choir], alto vocals Tanja Eisl choir [epica choir], bass vocals Christoph Drescher choir [epica choir], soprano vocals Laura Macrì choir [epica choir], soprano vocals Linda Janssen choir [epica choir], tenor vocals Previn Moore drums, vocals [grunts] Ariën Van Weesenbeek edited by [editing by] Olaf Reitmeier edited by [editing by] Simon Oberender engineer [bass guitar engineered by] Yves Huts engineer [engineered by] Miro engineer [engineered by] Olaf Reitmeier engineer [engineered by] Sascha Paeth engineer [engineered by] Simon Oberender lead guitar Isaac Delahaye lyrics by [co-written by], backing vocals Amanda Somerville mastered by Simon Oberender mixed by Sascha Paeth photography by [band], art direction, design Stefan Heilemann producer [produced by] Epica producer [produced by] Sascha Paeth producer [vocal lines] Olaf Reitmeier rhythm guitar, vocals [grunts & screams] Mark Jansen synth, piano Coen Janssen translated by [latin translations] Gjalt Lucassen translated by [latin translations] Jaap Toorenaar vocals Simone Simons written-by [vocal lines co-written by] Sascha Paeth Manufactured By Nuclear Blast GmbH Distributed By Nuclear Blast GmbH Recorded At Gate Studio, Wolfsburg Recorded At The Huts Studio Recorded At CFJ Studio Mixed At Gate Studio, Wolfsburg Mixed At Pathway Studio Mastered At Gate Studio, Wolfsburg Glass Mastered At Technicolor Due to a mastering problem, all vocals by Mark and Simone were left out of Serenade Of Self-Destruction on the first pressing. The song was made available for free download from the label's site, and a corrected version of this Limited Digibook edition is now available.
Recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany between September and November 2011. Bass guitar recorded at The Huts Studio in Antwerp, Belgium. Piano and key-solo recorded at CFJ Studios in Oss, The Netherlands. Mixed at The Gate Studio & The Pathway Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, November and December 2011. Mastered at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, December 2011.