Tracklist

1	Mercurial
2	The Ultimatum
3	Escape Velocity
4	Tragedy And Harmony
5	Requiem For The Living
6	Continuum Drift
7	Surrender
8	Chosen Time
9	Rapture
10	Sibylline Origin

Credits

• Artwork – Colin Marks
• Bass – Shane Lentz
• Drums – Dirk Verbeuren
• Guitar, Guest – Attila Voros* (tracks: 5), Chris Poland (tracks: 6), Marty Friedman (tracks: 1), Tony MacAlpine (tracks: 2)
• Guitar, Producer, Mixed By, Engineer – Aaron Smith
• Mastered By – Jens Bogren
• Vocals – Christine Rhoades (tracks: 4, 8), Ihsahn (tracks: 7)
• Written By, Guitar – Jeff Loomis

Notes

All songs written by Jeff Loomis
Additional writing contributed by Aaron Smith and Joe Nurre

Jeff Loomis - Guitars
Dirk Verbeuren - Drums
Shane Lentz - Bass

Vocals on "Tragedy and Harmony" and "Chosen Time" by Christine Rhoades
Vocals on "Surrender" written and performed by Ihsahn
Additional guitars by Aaron Smith

Guest solo on "The Ultimatum" (2:50-3:42) by Tony MacAlpine
Guest solo on "Mercurial" (3:09-4:08) by Marty Friedman
Guest solo on "Continuum Drift" (1:24-1:55 and 3:35-3:50) by Chris Poland
Guest solo on "Requiem for the Living" (3:32-4:06) by Attila Voros

Ihsahn appears courtesy of Candlelight Records
Tony MacAlpine appears courtesy of SunDog Records
Marty Friedman appears courtesy of Avex Entertainment
Chris Poland appears courtesy of Tone Center Records

Acoustic guitars on "Rapture" and drums engineered by Aaron Smith and Jason Lackie at Fastback Studios
Guitars, bass and vocals engineered by Aaron Smith
MIDI programming and arrangement by Aaron Smith and Jeff Loomis

Produced and mixed by Aaron Smith at Envisage Audio

Mastered by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studios

Artwork and layout by Colin Marks at Rain Song Design

All photos of Jeff Loomis by Daniel Zetterstrom
Dirk Verbeuren photo by Hannah Verbeuren
Christine Rhoades photo by Erik Jahnz

(P) 2012 Century Media Records
(C) 2012 Magic Arts Publishing

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 727701886725

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9981670	Jeff Loomis	Plains Of Oblivion ‎(CD, Album, Ltd)	Century Media	9981670	Europe	2012
8867-8, 8867-2	Jeff Loomis	Plains Of Oblivion ‎(CD, Album, RE, Ltd)	Century Media, Century Media	8867-8, 8867-2	US	2013
KICP 1627	Jeff Loomis	Plains Of Oblivion ‎(CD, Album)	Nexus	KICP 1627	Japan	2012
9981672	Jeff Loomis	Plains Of Oblivion ‎(CD, Album)	Century Media	9981672	Europe	2012
8667-2	Jeff Loomis	Plains Of Oblivion ‎(CD, Album, dig)	Century Media	8667-2	US	2012