Pitch Black (album) explained

Pitch Black
Type:	studio
Artist:	Rifftera
Cover:	Pitch Black (album).jpg
Recorded:	Fall 2014 – Spring 2015 (northern hemisphere)
Genre:	Melodic death metal Thrash metal
Label:	Inverse Records
Producer:	Janne Hietala
Next Title:	Across the Acheron
Next Year:	2019

Pitch Black is the debut studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Rifftera. It was released in 2015 and reached position 37 in The Official Finnish Charts.^[1] The album features guest appearance from Björn "Speed" Strid of Soilwork on the track "Rotten to the Core".^[2]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Janne Hietala.

Personnel

Rifftera

• Janne Hietala – guitar, harsh vocals
• Mikko Kuoppamaa – guitar, clean vocals
• Antti Pöntinen – keyboards
• Jupe Karhu – bass

Guest musicians

• Thomas Tunkkari – drums
• Björn "Speed" Strid (Soilwork) – vocals on "Rotten to the Core"

Production

• Janne Hietala – production, engineering, mixing
• Mikko Kuoppamaa – engineering
• Sami Koivisto – engineering (drums), mastering
• Petri Lampela – cover art
• Heidi Järvi – photography

External links

• Pitch Black (album) at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Rifftera – Rotten to the Core video at YouTube
• Rifftera – Lightbringer video at YouTube

Notes and References

1. http://ifpi.fi/tilastot/virallinen-lista/artistit/rifftera/pitch+black ”Rifftera: Pitch Black”
2. http://inverse.fi/wordpress2/rifftera-to-release-a-debut-album-pitch-black-august-28th-lyric-video-rotten-to-the-core-feat-bjorn-speed-strid-out-now/ "Rifftera to release a debut album Pitch Black"