{"id":17402,"date":"2014-04-04T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T00:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=17402"},"modified":"2015-02-18T03:51:09","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T03:51:09","slug":"news-delain-release-fourth-studio-album-the-human-contradiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-delain-release-fourth-studio-album-the-human-contradiction\/","title":{"rendered":"DELAIN Release Fourth Studio Album \u2018The Human Contradiction\u2019 (April 4th, 2014) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

DELAIN Release Fourth Album \u2018The Human Contradiction\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nApril 4th, 2014<\/strong><\/span>
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\nDutch symphonic metal group Delain issued fourth studio full-length album The Human Contradiction<\/em> on April 4th, 2014 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland through Napalm Records. The label also scheduled release in the rest of Europe for the 7th, and North American release for the 8th. <\/p>\n

Nightwish vocalist \/ bassist Marco Hietala guested on several tracks.<\/p>\n

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The track listing was as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Here Come The Vultures\u2019
\n02. \u2018Your Body Is A Battleground\u2019
\n03. \u2018Stardust\u2019
\n04. \u2018My Masquerade\u2019
\n05. \u2018Tell Me, Mechanist\u2019
\n06. \u2018Sing To Me\u2019
\n07. \u2018Army Of Dolls\u2019
\n08. \u2018Lullaby\u2019
\n09. \u2018The Tragedy Of The Commons\u2019<\/p>\n

In its first week of release, The Human Contradiction<\/em> sold roughly 1,900 copies in the United States, landing at position 182 on the Billboard 200 as well as position 8 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart. The record landed at position 24 in Switzerland, at position 25 in the Netherlands, at position 40 in Germany, at position 44 in the United Kingdom, at position 65 in Belgium, at position 82 in Austria, and at position 106 in France.<\/p>\n

A music video was filmed for the track \u2018Stardust\u2019. An official lyric video was released for the song \u2018Your Body Is A Battleground\u2019, meanwhile.<\/p>\n

Third studio record We Are The Others<\/em> was released in June 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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