Wintersun - Wintersun

Full-length, Nuclear Blast
September 13th, 2004
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Line-up:
Jari Mäenpää - Vocals, Guitars, Bass and Synths
Kai "The Grinder" Hahto - Drums

Drums recorded at Tico Tico Studios in January 2004 by Ahti Kortelainen
Everything else recorded at Sundi Coop Studios in April by Tuomo Valtonen.
Mixed at Sonic Pump Studios in May by Nino Laurenne
Mastered at Finnvox Studios in May by Mika Jussila
Produced by Jari Mäenpää
All music and lyrics written by Jari Mäenpää

Re-relased as a Special Tour Edition double-disc digipak by Nuclear Blast in
2006 (NB1221-0). Includes the studio album and the "Live At Summerbreeze 2005"
DVD:
1. "Beyond The Dark Sun" (Handy Cam Sound)
2. "Battle Against Time" (Handy Cam Sound)
3. "Sleeping Stars" (Soundboard Sound)
4. "Beautiful Death" (Soundboard Sound)
5. "Death And The Healing" (Soundboard Sound)
6. "Winter Madness" (Soundboard Sound)

The 'Winter Madness' demo was used as a bonus on the Japanese version of the
album:
09. Winter Madness (Demo)(06:00)
10. Beyond the Dark Sun (Demo)(02:43)
11. Death and the Healing (Demo)(06:46)

Tracks 1, 2 and 5 are re-recordings of the tracks with the same names from the
afore mentioned 'Winter Madness' demo.

Jari Mäenpää had been working on the songs for this album for a long time. The
songs were written in/between:
1. Beyond the Dark Sun (1998)
2. Winter Madness (2002)
3. Sleeping Stars (1995-2003)
4. Battle Against Time (2002-2003)
5. Death and the Healing (1996)
6. Starchild (2000-2003)
7. Beautiful Death (2003)
8. Sadness and Hate (1996)
1.Beyond the Dark Sun02:38[view lyrics]
2.Winter Madness05:08[view lyrics]
3.Sleeping Stars05:41[view lyrics]
4.Battle Against Time07:03[view lyrics]
5.Death and the Healing07:13[view lyrics]
6.Starchild07:54[view lyrics]
7.Beautiful Death08:16[view lyrics]
8.Sadness and Hate10:16[view lyrics]
Total playing time54:09
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