Theatre Of Tragedy "Forever Is The World"

Forever Is the World is the seventh and final studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Theatre of Tragedy. It was released on 18 September 2009, on AFM Records. The album was produced by the Zeromancer singer Alexander Møklebust and mastered by Bjørn Engelmann.

The cover art was designed by Thomas Ewerhard, who made the covers for the previous two albums by the band, Storm and Assembly. When the cover art was revealed on the band's website, they said that it had been designed to incorporate elements from the covers of all of their previous studio albums as a challenge to their most diehard fans.

Since the release of the record there have been complaints about the mixing and mastering of the album with claims of fuzzing and clipping. The album has been linked by fans to the Loudness War.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Theatre of Tragedy.

1. "Hide and Seek" 5:24
2. "A Nine Days Wonder" 5:17
3. "Revolution" 4:04
4. "Transition" 4:59
5. "Hollow" 6:10
6. "Astray" 3:42
7. "Frozen" 5:20
8. "Empty" (limited digi-book bonus track) 4:03
9. "Illusions" 4:45
10. "Deadland" 4:40
11. "Forever Is the World" 4:40
12. "The Breaking" (Japan bonus track) 4:26

Release dates:

Germany, Switzerland, Austria: September 18

Rest of Europe: September 21

Russia: October

Japan: October 21 (via Marquee/Avalon)

North America: October 27

Recording information:

Recorded at Room 13 studios, Oslo. Mastered at the Cutting Room, Sweden.

Alexander Møklebust – producer, engineer, mixing

Mads Storkersen, Aleksander Nyhus - engineers

Pzy-clone - drum editing & additional string arrangements

Kristian Sigland - additional writing and arrangements on tracks 1, 3 and 7

Björn Engelmann – mastering at Cutting Room, Sweden

Thomas Ewerhard – cover art