The album artwork and layout was created by renowned cover artist Travis Smith (Opeth, Amorphis, Devin Townsend), who has been collaborating with WINDS on all of their artwork since their first full-length album. The cover artwork and album tracklisting:


WINDS
Prominence and Demise
TE086 | The End | 09/04/2007
UPC: 654436008620
Tracklisting:
01. Universal Creation Array
02. Distorted Dimensions
03. The Grand Design
04. When the Dream of Paradise Died
05. Fall and Rise
06. The Darkest Path
07. Convictions and Contradictions
08. Where the Cold Winds Blow
09. The Last Line 

'Prominence and Demise,' which took the band three years to write and record, is the follow-up to the band's well-received 2004 opus ???The Imaginary Direction of Time,' and features guest apperances from Agnete M. Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem), Lars Nedland (Borknagar, Solefald), Dan Swan?? (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, ex. Bloodbath) and ??ystein Moe (ex. Tritonus, Ulver).

BIO:
Norway???s classical/progressive metal supergroup WINDS will release their anticipated new album,
entitled ???Prominence and Demise,??? on Sept. 4th, 2007 via THE END RECORDS.On the new opus, the four talented
musicians of WINDS ??? vocalist Lars E. Si (Age of Silence), guitarist Carl August Tidemann (Tritonus, ex. Arcturus), drummer Jan Axel von Blomberg (Arcturus, Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir) and keyboardist Andy Winter (Age of Silence, Sculptured, ex. Subterranean Masquerade) ??? have explored new ideas to help strengthen and further develop their unique music.

???Prominence and Demise??? took three years to record, and the band has utilized all their talents and perseverance to bring their musical creativity to new heights. For the first time ever, the band was also joined by several respected guests ??? Agnete M. Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem), Lars Nedland (Borknagar, Solefald), Dan Swan?? (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale, ex. Bloodbath) and ??ystein Moe (ex. Tritonus, Ulver) ??? who have each brought their own artistic touch to the album. The band has yet again recorded with musicians from the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for this release.

The beautiful cover art that adorns the album and captures the album???s magnificent momentum, was created by none other than renowned cover artist Travis Smith (Opeth, Amorphis, Devin Townsend), who has been collaborating