Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem

{{Infobox album| | name = Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem | type = studio | artist = The Vision Bleak | cover = Carpathia – A Dramatic Poem.jpg | alt = | released = 29 August 2005 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Gothic metal | length = 41:57 | label = Prophecy Productions | producer = Martin Koller | prev_title = The Deathship Has a New Captain | prev_year = 2004 | next_title = Club Single EP | next_year = 2007 }} '''''Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem''''' is the second studio album by German gothic metal band The Vision Bleak, released on 29 August 2005 through Prophecy Productions. A digipak edition containing four additional live bonus tracks was also released.

==Track listing== {{track listing | all_writing = The Vision Bleak | title1 = The Drama of the Wicked | note1 = instrumental | length1 = 2:11 | title2 = Secrecies in Darkness | length2 = 4:25 | title3 = Carpathia | length3 = 5:15 | title4 = Dreams in the Witch-House | length4 = 5:37 | title5 = Sister Najade (The Tarn by the Firs) | length5 = 4:46 | title6 = The Curse of Arabia | length6 = 5:20 | title7 = Kutulu! | length7 = 4:40 | title8 = The Charm Is Done | length8 = 9:38 }} {{track listing | headline = Digipak release bonus tracks | title9 = Metropolis | note9 = live | length9 = 5:19 | title10 = Horror of Antarctica | note10 = live | length10 = 3:44 | title11 = The Grand Devilry | note11 = live | length11 = 5:01 | title12 = Deathship Symphony | note12 = live | length12 = 6:16 }}

===Trivia=== * Track 4 has its name and lyrics inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Dreams in the Witch House". * Tracks 6 to 8 form a trilogy based on the life of the "Mad Arab" Abdul Alhazred, the author of the fictional ''Necronomicon'' on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.

==Personnel== ===The Vision Bleak=== * Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards * Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards

===Guest musicians=== * Thomas Helm – additional tenor vocals * Sophia Brommer – additional vocals (track 5)

===Miscellaneous staff=== * Martin Koller – production

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105070756/http://www.the-vision-bleak.de/ The Vision Bleak's official website]

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