Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten

Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten is the fifth studio album by Dutch symphonic black metal band Carach Angren. It was released on June 16, 2017 via Season of Mist.[4] Although the album doesn't follow a linear story as their previous albums did, it is still a concept album. Clemens "Ardek" Wijers describes the album's concept as visitations from multiple ghosts of the dead; including the "Blood Queen" and Charles Francis Coghlan.[5] The full album is focused on a nameless girl who plays with a Ouija board causing her to raise a variety of spirits and ends up getting possessed. The album ends by informing the listener that the box the CD came in is haunted by these same spirits, and that by opening the album, the listener has also released them.[6]

Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten
Studio album by
Carach Angren
ReleasedJune 16, 2017[1]
RecordedDecember 2016-January 2017[2][3]
StudioThe Abyss
GenreSymphonic black metal
Length41:17
LabelSeason of Mist
ProducerCarach Angren
Carach Angren chronology
This Is No Fairytale
(2015)		 Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten
(2017)		 Franckensteina Strataemontanus
(2020)

Track listing
  • Composed by Ardek.
  • Guitars written by Ardek (tracks 5 to 9) and Seregor (tracks 2 to 9).
  • Lyrics by Ardek (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 9) and Seregor (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 8)
  • Violin written by Ardek (tracks 3 to 9)
No.TitleLength
1."Opening"2:17
2."Charlie"4:10
3."Blood Queen"4:55
4."Charles Francis Coghlan"6:07
5."Song for the Dead"4:16
6."In de Naam Van de Duivel"6:29
7."Pitch Black Box"3:17
8."The Possession Process"4:27
9."Three Times Thunder Strikes"5:19
Total length:41:17
Special edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Charles Francis Coghlan (Orchestral version)" (Instrumental)6:06
Total length:47:23

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Carach Angren

  • Dennis "Seregor" Droomers – guitar, sound effects, vocals, backing vocals on "Opening"
  • Clemens "Ardek" Wijers – guitar, bass, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, orchestration, violin, backing vocals on "Opening"
  • Ivo "Namtar" Wijers – drums, sound effects
Additional musicians
  • Patrick Damiani – guitar, bass, guitar engineer
  • Nikos Mavridis – violin (tracks 3 to 9)
Team
  • Costin Chioreanu – artwork, design
  • Jonas Kjellgren – mastering
  • Peter Tägtgren – mixing, drum engineering
  • Sylvy Notermans – proof reading
  • Erik Wijnands – lyric consultant

Charts
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[7] 190
gollark: ??
gollark: Skynet -> Modem and Modem -> Skynet relays are up.Skynet messages sent on 0-65535 will be relayed to the corresponding modem channel and modem messages will be relayed to the corresponding skynet channel.
gollark: A box which you put withers in and which then kills them.
gollark: Would anyone be interested in an autonomous witherbox, actually? I could make one pretty easily.
gollark: Of course, nether stars are almost entirely renewable (automatic wither farms when?), so maybe tape arrays would be better.

References

[8]

  1. "Season of Mist album page". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. Carach Angren on Facebook Retrieved March 17, 2017
  3. Carach Angren on Facebook Retrieved March 17, 2017
  4. "Carach Angren To Release 'Dance And Laugh Amongst The Rotten' Album In June". Blabbermouth.net. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  5. "INTERVIEW: Clemens Wijers - Carach Angren - Distorted Sound Magazine". Distorted Sound Magazine. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  6. "Carach Angren, 'Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten' Stream + Breakdown". Loudwire. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  7. "Ultratop.be – Carach Angren – Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
  8. https://www.discogs.com/Carach-Angren-Dance-And-Laugh-Amongst-The-Rotten/release/10445779
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