Riders of the Plague is the second full-length album by American heavy metal band the Absence. It was released on August 10, 2007 on Metal Blade Records.
Track listing "Riders of the Plague" – 3:59 "Dead and Gone" – 5:00 "The Murder" – 5:20 "Echos" – 5:03 "World Divides" – 5:33 "Prosperity" – 4:07 (Instrumental) "Untitled" – 0:04 (Silence) "Awakening" – 5:12 "Merciless" – 6:42 "Into the Pit" – 2:46 (Testament cover) "The Victorious Dead" – 4:14 "Outro" – 7:03 (Instrumental)
"Outro" fades and ends at 2:47. Silence continues until 6:14 at which point a phone ringing can be heard and the lead singer is heard leaving a voicemail on a cell phone, repeating "I'll find you!"
Personnel Band members Jamie Stewart – vocals Patrick Pintavalle – guitars, bass guitar Jeramie Kling – drums, backing vocals Peter Joseph – guitars, bass guitar
Guest musicians Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry) – lead guitar on track 3 Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry) – producer, lead guitar on tracks 11 and 12, extra vocals on track 9 Santiago Dobles (Aghora) – banjo, lead guitar on track 3 James Murphy (Death) – lead guitar on tracks 8 and 12 Jonas Granvik (Edge of Sanity) – extra vocals on track 9
Production Mixed and mastered at Black Lounge Studios, Sweden by Jonas Kjellgren Brian Elliot – assistant engineer
Artwork Cover art by Tim Collier Layout by Peter Joseph and Brian Ames Photography by Scott Merselis
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Further reading Review by Burn Your Ears