DESIGN:
Kirill Sherikhov – layout;
Rotten Fantom – album cover.
RECORDING:
Mixed and mastered by Artyom Prozorov (Vladimir, Russia).
Drums and bass recorded by Evgeniy Peresedov @ Medium Records (Vladimir, Russia).
Guitars recorded by Alexander Kuzmin @ Bazooka Records (Vladimir, Russia).
«The lands will grow black.
There is no sunrise yet to come
Into the wastelands of phantoms lost».
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