Lucidity (album)

Lucidity is the debut studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Delain. It was released on 4 September 2006 by Roadrunner Records. It was released in the US by Sensory Records on 22 June 2010. In 2016 the band celebrated their 10th anniversary by re-releasing the album.

After the disbandment of the band which had recorded the Amenity demo, the keyboard player and main composer Martijn Westerholt decided to retain lead vocalist Charlotte Wessels and to record an album with the best session musicians available, without the perspective of bringing the songs on tour. He recruited for the project Marko Hietala on vocals and bass, Ad Sluijter, Guus Eikens and Jan Yrlund on guitars and Ariën van Weesenbeek on drums. Guest vocalists on the album were Sharon den Adel, Liv Kristine, and George Oosthoek.

The album was recorded in different periods during 2005 and 2006 to accommodate the availability of the many musicians involved, often on tour with their bands. Lucidity peaked at No. 43 in Dutch charts and the success of the album pushed Westerholt to reorganize Delain as a touring band with new musicians.

In 2021, it was elected by Metal Hammer as the 20th best symphonic metal album.

Personnel

 * Band members
 * Charlotte Wessels - lead vocals (except tracks 4 and 10)
 * Martijn Westerholt - keyboards, orchestral arrangements, co-producer


 * Session musicians
 * Marko Hietala - lead vocals on tracks 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, bass guitar on all tracks
 * Ad Sluijter - guitar on tracks 1, 2, 4, 9, 10
 * Guus Eikens - guitar on tracks 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, keyboards on track 7, backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11
 * Ariën van Weesenbeek - drums
 * Rosan van der Aa - backing vocals on tracks 1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 11


 * Guest musicians


 * Sharon den Adel - lead vocals on track 4
 * Liv Kristine - lead vocals on tracks 5 and 10
 * George Oosthoek - grunts on tracks 3, 11, 12
 * Jan Yrlund - guitar on tracks 1, 4, 5
 * Oliver Phillips - guitar on track 4, orchestral arrangements, producer
 * Rupert Gillett - cello on tracks 3, 4, 5


 * Touring members
 * Ronald Landa - guitars, backing vocals
 * Rob van der Loo - bass
 * Sander Zoer - drums


 * Technical personnel
 * Christian Moos, Tero Kinnunen, Daniël Gibson, Alexander Krull - engineers
 * Stefan Helleblad - mixing
 * Thomas Eberger - mastering