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Released : 5 June 2003
Labels : Transmission, Hellion Records (Brazil), Magnum Music (Taiwan), Avalon (Japan), YBM Seoul Records (South Korea), Limpid Eye Records (Thailand), Raw Metal Records (Mexico)
Producer : Sascha Paeth
Recorded : Between January and March 2003 at Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany (except piano recorded at the Vox Klangstudio, Hamburg, Germany on February 19th 2003)
Mixed : March and April 2003 at Pathway Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany

Promo shoot

Promo shoot by Angelique van Woerkom

Versions

Album and limited digibook

01. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace)
02. Sensorium
03. Cry for the Moon (The Embrace the Smothers – Part IV)
04. Feint
05. Illusive Consensus
06. Façade of Reality (The Embrace the Smothers – Part V)
07. Run for a Fall
08. Seif Al Din (The Embrace the Smothers – Part VI)
09. The Phantom Agony

Taiwanese, Japanese, South Korean and Thailandese editions

North American edition

Limited edition European digipack, Mexican edition

Japanese CD+DVD collector’s edition

CD
01. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace)
02. Sensorium
03. Cry for the Moon (The Embrace the Smothers – Part IV)
04. Feint
05. Illusive Consensus
06. Façade of Reality (The Embrace the Smothers – Part V)
07. Run for a Fall
08. Seif Al Din (The Embrace the Smothers – Part VI)
09. The Phantom Agony
10. Triumph of Defeat
DVD (We Will Take You With Us)
01. Façade of Reality (Live Orchestral)
02. Sensorium (Live Orchestral)
03. Illusive Consensus (Live Orchestral)
04. Cry for the Moon (Live Orchestral)
05. The Phantom Agony (Live Orchestral)
06. Seif Al Din (Live Orchestral)
07. Feint (Acoustic)
08. Run for a Fall (Acoustic)
09. Memory (Acoustic)
10. Making Of 2 Meter Sessies
11. The Phantom Agony (Music Video)
12. Making Of The Phantom Agony Music Video
13. Feint (Music Video)
14. Making Of Feint Music Video
15. The Voices of The Phantom Agony
16. Slide Show
17. Discography
18. Website
19. Credits

Cassette

Side A
01. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace)
02. Sensorium
03. Cry for the Moon (The Embrace the Smothers – Part IV)
04. Feint
05. Illusive Consensus
Side B
06. Façade of Reality (The Embrace the Smothers – Part V)
07. Run for a Fall
08. Seif Al Din (The Embrace the Smothers – Part VI)
09. The Phantom Agony

2013 re-release, 10th anniversary expanded edition (remastered)

10th anniversary expanded edition, 2LP (remastered)

Vinyl 1 Side A
01. Adyta (The Neverending Embrace)
02. Sensorium
03. Cry for the Moon (The Embrace the Smothers – Part IV)
04. Run for a Fall
Vinyl 1 Side B
05. Illusive Consensus
06. Façade of Reality (The Embrace the Smothers – Part V)
07. Feint
08. Seif Al Din (The Embrace the Smothers – Part VI)
Vinyl 2 Side A
01. The Phantom Agony
02. Veniality
03. Triumph of Defeat
Vinyl 2 Side A
01. Veniality (Orchestral Version)
02. Feint (Piano Version)
03. Cry for the Moon (The Embrace the Smothers – Part IV) (Single Version)
04. Run for a Fall (Single Version)

Black : 2013 re-release
Clear : 2013 re-release
Yellow : 2013 re-release
Red : 2015 re-release, limited to 400 copies
Blue : 2018 re-release, limited to 200 copies
Green : 2018 re-release, limited to 200 copies

Trivia

Simone’s favourite tracks from the album are Sensorium and Cry for the Moon.

The album cover and booklet were designed by Carsten Drescher.

Simone disliked the album cover so much she chose not to be on the cover of Consign to Oblivion. “They used nine seperate pictures and photoshopped the whole thing, just look at the position of my hand. I was only 18 then and naive.”

Singles

The Phantom Agony

Feint

Cry for the Moon

Videos

The Phantom Agony Music Video Version 1	The Phantom Agony Music Video Version 2 (Dark)	The Phantom Agony Music Video Version 3
Feint Music Video

Chronology

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Consign to Oblivion
2005