Trail Of Tears "Bloodstained Endurance (Austria, Napalm Records, NPR 280)"

Bloodstained Endurance is the sixth studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band Trail of Tears. It was the first full-length album recorded after Kjetil Nordhus, Runar Hansen, Kjell Rune Hagen and Jonathan Perez left the band in November 2006, forcing frontman Ronny Thorsen to assemble a new band. It is also the first album to feature soprano Cathrine Paulsen since A New Dimension of Might in 2002. The cover, by Travis Smith, uses the band logo from that album.

On April 2, 2009, the song "The Feverish Alliance" was posted on the band's official Myspace profile. Later, the song "Once Kissed by the Serpent (Twice Bitten by Truth)" was also added.

Track listing

1. "The Feverish Alliance" – 4:02
2. "Once Kissed by the Serpent (Twice Bitten by Truth)" – 3:22
3. "Bloodstained Endurance" – 3:36
4. "Triumphant Gleam" – 3:41
5. "In the Valley of Ashes" – 3:55
6. "A Storm at Will" – 4:00
7. "Take Aim. Reclaim. Prevail" – 3:12
8. "The Desperation Corridors" – 4:13
9. "Farewell to Sanity" – 4:32
10. "Dead End Gaze" – 3:58
11. "Faith Comes Knocking" – 4:32
12. "Onward March the Merciless" (Bonus track on digipak) – 3:08

Release dates (2009):

May 27 - Finland, Spain

May 29 - Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, France, Italy, Sweden

June 01 - Rest of Europe

June 02 - USA, Canada

Recording information:

Recorded at Sound Suite Studio, France during Novermber and December 2008.

Mastered at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland, January 2009.