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TRACKLIST:
01. The Place Where I Hide
02. Gods of Vermin
03. A Blind Man's Resolution
04. Fallen Family
05. The Piper
06. Wheel of Guilt
07. Belial's Tower
08. Fall of Byzanz
09. Wintersmith
10. Dead Man's Shadows
11. Sanatorium Song
12. Third Moon Rising
13. Melanchorium (limited edition bonustrack)

FACTS:
- Recorded at Vocalbase Studio (Lüneburg), Deep Fridge Studios (Aachen) and Rhön Records (Fulda).
- Produced by Sons of Seasons.
- Co-Produced by Alex Krull.
- Drum engineer by Norman Meiritz.
- Mixed, mastered and Simone Simons' vocals recorded at Mastersound Studios (Steinheim) by Alex Krull.
- All music by Oliver Palotai except "Sanatorium Song" by Henning Basse & Oliver Palotai.
- All vocal lines by Henning Basse & Oliver Palotai except "Gods of Vermin", "The Piper", "A Blind Man's Resolution" & "Sanatorium Song" by Henning Basse, Oliver Palotai & Tijs Vanneste; "Fallen Family" and "Wintersmith" by Henning Basse, Oliver Palotai & Simone Simons.
- Guest vocals by Simone Simons, Mark Jansen and Tijs Vanneste.
- Additional choir by Christian Meyke and Jan Peter.
- Guitar solo on "Sanatorium Song" by Luca Princiotta.
- Sons of Seasons logo by RMDdesign.
- Artwork & layout by Stefan Heilemann.
- Photography by Stefan Heilemann, Simone Simons, John Simons and Rudy DeDoncker.

SOME "GODS OF VERMIN" REVIEW QUOTES FROM PRESS:

"Don't be afraid of an abundance of keyboards because Oliver is also responsible for a big portion of outstanding guitar works. It is powerful, symphonic Metal (...) from the beginning to the end and a recommendation for every fan of that style" | Rock Tribune (NL/B - Rated 82/100)

"From every point of view 'Gods Of Vermin' is a moving experience, which beyond all genres gives a lot to a wide circle of Metal fans" | Markus Eck from Metalmessage/Sonic Seducer (D - Rated 8/10)

"Album Of The Month" | Rock Radio Kerkrade (NL - May 2009)

"Fascinating, how distinctly these musicians still can find their own place between Kamelot, Stratovarius and Theatre Of Tragedy - and fill it with their own musical accent" | Metal Hammer (D- Rated 6/7 [songwriting]; 5/7 [total])

"Finally keyboarder & composer Oliver Palotai (Doro, Kamelot) has managed to get his own band on its feet. (...) variation, drama and good songs are pretty much words that cover what I feel about this debut album. (...) ...quite early you understand you have something great coming. This album will get a lot of spins at my place" | Scream Magazine Norway - Rated 5/6)

"Sons Of Seasons (...) give with their debut an example, how versatile Metal can be. Without being exaggeratedly progressive, aggressive or articficial the German band presents a dark album between Heavy and Gothic Metal, an athmospheric debut with a lot of mystical-symphonic elements" | Orkus (D - 8/10) - Newcomer Of The Month!

"'Respect – this is no ordinary„hitting your instrument' but really most outstanding drum playing on the highest possible niveau. Compared to that many celebrated american colleagues look very pale. For that I give 11 from 10 points" | Axel Mikolajczak from Sticks

"So far, I have heard a few hundred albums this year, and I'm absolutely positive about this one. I bet that this album will end in my personal top 3 at the end of 2009, and perhaps, we can conclude that THE album of the year is already released. There is nothing more to say, nothing more to declaim, the only thing that I want to do is push the play button once again and enjoy once more of this absolute magnum opus!" | Patrick de Sloover from Metal To Infinity - Rated 100/100

"Without a doubt this is one album that I believe will be worth buying, no matter what point of the year it is, I haven‘t found a single flaw, and I personally believe it to be the album of the month for March/April" | Pete Trafford from Headbang.uk - Rated 9/10