The Butcher's Ballroom

The Butcher's Ballroom
Studio album by Diablo Swing Orchestra
Released	August 17, 2006
Genre	Swing[1] flamenco[1] jazz[1] gothic metal[1] progressive metal[1] symphonic metal[1]
Length	51:07
Diablo Swing Orchestra chronology
Borderline Hymns (2003) The Butcher's Ballroom (2006) Sing Along Songs for the Damned & Delirious (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm	(9.2/10)[1]

The Butcher's Ballroom is the debut studio album by Swedish avant-garde metal band Diablo Swing Orchestra, released in 2006. It features all four songs from their EP and disc debut Borderline Hymns, along with 9 new songs, for a total of 13 tracks divided into two acts. It is the band's first release with singer AnnLouice Lögdlund.

It received the Biggest Surprise award at the 2006 Metal Storm Awards.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Daniel Håkansson, except where noted

Act I

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Balrog Boogie"		3:52
2.	"Heroines"		5:21
3.	"Poetic Pitbull Revolutions"		4:52
4.	"Ragdoll Physics"		3:52
5.	"D'Angelo"		1:53
6.	"Velvet Embracer"	Håkansson, Pontus Mantefors	4:04

Act II

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Gunpowder Chant"		1:50
8.	"Infralove"		4:53
9.	"Wedding March for a Bullet"		3:13
10.	"Qualms of Conscience"	P.G. Juliusson	1:15
11.	"Zodiac Virtues"	Music: Håkansson, lyrics: Anders Johansson	4:46
12.	"Porcelain Judas"	Håkansson, Mantefors	4:08
13.	"Pink Noise Waltz"		6:05
Total length:			51:07

Pre-gap

There is a pre-gap track on the album as track -1, lasting for 1:03.

Band members

• AnnLouice Lögdlund – lead vocals
• Daniel Håkansson – lead vocals, guitars, lute (setar)
• Pontus Mantefors – guitars, synthesizer, FX, vocals
• Anders "Andy" Johansson – bass
• Johannes Bergion – cello
• Andreas Halvardsson – drums

Additional musicians

• David Werthén – double bass
• Kristin Olsson – flute
• P.G. Juliusson – piano
• Tobias Wiklund – trumpet
• Emmy Lindström – violin

Production

• Pelle Saether – producer, mixed by, engineer
• Daniel Håkansson – engineer
• Pontus Mantefors – co-engineer
• Goran Finnberg – mastering
• Peter Bergting – illustrations
• Anders Johansson - art director

References

1. Diablo Swing Orchestra - The Butcher's Ballroom review. Metal Storm (December 12, 2006). Retrieved March 12, 2009.

External links

• This album can be downloaded free of charge on Jamendo.com under a Creative Commons By-NC-ND 3.0 License.