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Perpetual Desolation
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 20, 2000
RecordedSeptember–October 1999 at Sound Suite Studio, Norway
GenreGothic metal, death-doom, symphonic metal
Length62:15
LabelNapalm
ProducerTerje Refsnes, The Sins of Thy Beloved
The Sins of Thy Beloved chronology
Lake of Sorrow
(1998)
Perpetual Desolation
(2000)
Live
(2002)

Perpetual Desolation is the second and final studio album by the Norwegian gothic metal band The Sins of Thy Beloved. It was recorded and mixed at Sound Suite Studio during September/October 1999 and released in 2000 through Napalm Records.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Flame of Wrath"Glenn Morten Nordbø, Ola AarrestadNordbø, Anders Thue9:49
2."Forever"Arild ChristensenChristensen, Nordbø6:55
3."Pandemonium"Nordbø, AarrestadNordbø7:29
4."Partial Insanity"NordbøNordbø, Aarrestad7:42
5."Perpetual Desolation"Nordbø, Aarrestad, ChristensenChristensen4:16
6."Nebula Queen"ChristensenChristensen, Nordbø7:00
7."The Mournful Euphony"Nordbø, AarrestadThue, Nordbø8:39
8."A Tormented Soul"ChristensenChristensen4:20
9."The Thing That Should Not Be" (Metallica cover)James HetfieldHetfield, Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich6:05
10."World of Day" (Japanese edition bonus track)  6:25
Total length:68:40

Personnel

The Sins of Thy Beloved

Additional musicians

Production