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1	Adyta "The Neverending Embrace"	1:27
2	Sensorium	4:47
3	Cry For The Moon "The Embrace That Smothers - Part IV"	6:44
4	Feint Acoustic Guitar – Olaf Reitmeier	4:18
5	Illusive Consensus	4:59
6	Façade Of Reality "The Embrace That Smothers - Part V"	8:10
7	Run For A Fall Acoustic Guitar – Olaf ReitmeierFlute – Annette Berryman	6:31
8	Seif Al Din "The Embrace That Smothers - Part VI"	5:47
9	The Phantom Agony	9:00
Bonus Track
10	Triumph Of Defeat	3:56

Credits

• Alto Vocals [Choir] – Bridget Fogle (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10), Cinzia Rizzo (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10)
• Artwork By – Carsten Drescher
• Bass – Yves Huts
• Bass Vocals [Choir] – Melvin Edmondsen (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10)
• Cello [Orchestra] – Cordula Rohde, Jörn Kellermann
• Double Bass [Orchestra] – André Neygenfind
• Drums, Percussion – Jeroen Simons
• Executive Producer – Hans van Vuuren
• Guitar – Ad Sluijter
• Guitar, Overtone Voice – Mark Jansen
• Lyrics By – Mark Jansen (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 10), Simone Simons (tracks: 1, 5)
• Mastered By – Peter Van 't Riet
• Music By – Ad Sluijter (tracks: 2 to 10), Coen Janssen (tracks: 2, 4, 5, 7), Mark Jansen , Simone Simons (tracks: 2 to 7), Yves Huts (tracks: 9, 10)
• Photography – Angelique van Woerkom
• Producer, Recorded By, Engineer, Mixed By – Sascha Paeth
• Recorded By, Edited By [Additional] – Annie Goebel
• Recorded By, Engineer, Edited By – Olaf Reitmeier
• Soprano Vocals [Choir] – Amanda Sommerville* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10), Annie Goebel (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10)
• Synthesizer, Piano – Coen Janssen
• Tenor Vocals [Choir] – Previn Moore (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 7, 9, 10)
• Viola [Orchestra] – David Schlage, Marie-Theres Stumpf
• Violin [Orchestra] – Andreas Pfuff, Thomas Glöckner, Tobias Rempe
• Vocals, Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Simone Simons

Notes

Thailand release with bonus track.
Manufactured and distributed by GMM GRAMMY PCL. in Thailand under the license from Marquee Inc./Japan.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 8850107088010

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
TM-036	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(CD, Album)	Transmission Records	TM-036	Netherlands	2003
TMV-071	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(2xLP, Album, RE, RM, Exp)	Transmission Records	TMV-071	Netherlands	2013
SRCD-2679	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(CD, Album)	Evolution Music	SRCD-2679	South Korea	2003
TME-036	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	Transmission Records	TME-036	Russia	Unknown
HEL1083AB	Epica	The Phantom Agony ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM, Exp)	Hellion Records	HEL1083AB	Brazil	2014