Fallen Sanctuary
| Fallen Sanctuary | ||||
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| Studio album by Serenity | ||||
| Released |
 29 August 2008 |
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| Recorded | December 2007 - April 2008 | |||
| Genre |
Symphonic Metal Progressive Metal |
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| Length | 49:41 | |||
| Label | Napalm Records | |||
| Producer | Jan Vacik and Oliver Philipps | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Lords of Metal | (92/100) |
| Metal.de |   |
| Fury Rocks | |
| About.com |   |
| Ultimate Guitar |  |
| All Music | |
| The Metal Crypt | |
| Sea of Tranquility |  |
| Metal Storm | |
| Metal Crypt | |
Fallen Sanctuary is the second full-length studio album by symphonic metal band Serenity released on August 27, 2008 in Finland; August 29, 2008 in Serenity's home country Austria and Germany. The album was released in the rest of Europe on September 1 and in the US and Canada on September 9. The only single from Fallen Sanctuary is "Velatum."
The album marks the turning point of the band from a power metal group to a symphonic metal. Many aspects of their first album, Words Untold & Dreams Unlived, such as the power riffs and heavy metal influences, remain, but the band adds melodic elements and orchestrations, producing a more melodic, rich sound that are now known for in their music. The band would continue and perfect this addition in all their later albums.
All photos for the album were shot by Caroline Traitler. Artwork and logos for Fallen Sanctuary created by Gustavo Sazes.
Fallen Sanctuary was released August 27–29, 2008 through Napalm Records in Europe and September 9, 2008 in the US and Canada.
Originally, the album had a tentative title of Fallen, but later, reflection of a similar album title, Evanescence's album of the same name, gave the band a new direction for the album's name. Fallen Sanctuary was chosen, describing "the point or a statement the band was looking for."
Track 11, "Journey's End", on the Limited Edition album, also appeared in its original state on the band's demo Engraved Within.
The album produced the band's first single "Velatum." The word is appropriate for the single as it is the past participle of "velare," meaning to cover, wrap, hide, or conceal. The song itself refers to a hidden or concealed mystery of past lives.
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