Invocation (Sympathy album)

Infobox Album
Name = Invocation
Type = studio
Artist = Sympathy


Released = 2002
Recorded = 2002
Genre = Technical death metal
Length = 47:39
Label = Fear Dark
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album =
This album = "Invocation" (2002)
Next album = "Arcane Path" (2004)

"Invocation" is the 2002 debut album by the Canadian technical death metal band Sympathy. The album was published by Fear Dark, a Dutch record label. Although suffering from low production values, the album got positive feedback in underground metal circles and magazines such as "BW & BK" and was mentioned in "Metal Maniacs" magazine as one of the reader's albums of the year for 2002.cite web | last = Morrow | first = Matt | url = http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/sympathyinterview.htm | title = Sympathy Interview | format = | work = The Whipping Post | publisher = Thewhippingpost.tripod.com | accessdate = 2004-09-08] Noted for solid songswriting, Sympathy has since re-recorded several of the album's songs with better production. The music features deep growling, occasional shrieking, heavily-distorted guitar sound, plenty of tempo-changes and atonal riffs, some symphonic keyboards and computer drums. "Prelude and Toccata in e Minor" is a piano instrumental, and "Christus Factus Est" features operatic female vocals. The album cover was done by Jeffray Arwadi of Soundmind Graphics, also known as the guitarist/vocalist for the Indonesian avant-garde metal band Kekal.

Track listing

#"Invocation" - 4:24
#"Fey Illusion" - 4:13
#"Occupy" - 5:05
#"Circle of Light" - 5:16
#"Final Ordeal" - 4:47
#"Cup of Demons" - 4:13
#"Arise" - 4:04
#"Realm of Disease" - 5:01
#"Prelude and Toccata in e Minor" - 2:18
#"Christus Factus Est" - 2:54
#"Immolation of the Dragon" - 2:24
#"Death of the Immortals" - 2:17

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