Letters from the Earth (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Letters from the Earth
Type = studio
Artist = Undish


Released = September 27, 1999
Recorded = 1999
Genre = Gothic metal
Length = 38:32
Label = Morbid Noizz Productions
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "…Acta Est Fabula" (1997)
This album = "Letters from the Earth" (1999)
Next album = "A Gift of Flying" (2005)

"Letters from the Earth" is the second album by the Polish gothic metal band Undish, released on Morbid Noizz Productions in 1999. While the album was only released in Poland, many fans and critics find the album to be Undish's finest work.

Recording

"Letters from the Earth" was released only in Poland in 1999. On this album, the female vocalist Ada Szarata officially joined the band and sings more than the drummer Robert Baum. The album showcases a more advanced sound production compared to its predecessor. While the album maintains the previous romantic gothic metal style, the overall out put is a bit more intense, slightly faster at some parts while still retaining the doom metal tendencies, and more complicated in songwriting. The album's name might have derived from the book titled "Letters from the Earth" by Mark Twain, although the lyrical content does not contain clear similarities with the book. [cite web |author= Szarata, Ada|title=Undish history |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |work=Undish.com |url= http://www.undish.com/e/zespol.html |accessdate=2007-09-17 ] cite web |author= |title=Undish Biography |publisher=Open Publishing |date=2005-04-30 |work=Tartarean Desire |url= http://www.tartareandesire.com/bands/Undish/2102/ |accessdate=2007-09-17 ] "Letters from the Earth" is considered Undish's best album by many, and its out put has been called unique [Serega M. [http://reviews.gothicmusic.org/list.php?single=467 Undish - Letters from the Earth] , GothicMusic.org, (Russian) Retrieved on 1008-01-07]

Track listing

#"I" - 3:13
#"II" - 3:19
#"III" - 3:39
#"IV" - 5:59
#"V" - 4:45
#"VI" - 1:34
#"VII" - 5:27
#"VIII" - 4:30
#"IX" - 5:08
#"X" - 0:58

Personnel

*Robert Baum: drums, vocals
*Michal Christoph: guitar, guitar synthesizer
*Ada Szarata: vocals
*Andrzej Walensiak: bass
*Gracjan Jeran: guitar, vocals

References