Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten

Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten is the fifth studio album by Dutch symphonic black metal band Carach Angren.^[4] It was released on 16 June 2017 via Season of Mist.^[5] Although the album doesn't follow a linear story as their previous albums did, it is still a concept album. Clemens "Ardek" Wijers describes the album's concept as visitations from multiple ghosts of the dead; including the "Blood Queen" and Charles Francis Coghlan.^[6] The full album is focused on a nameless girl who plays with a Ouija board causing her to raise a variety of spirits and ends up getting possessed. The album ends by informing the listener that the box the CD came in is haunted by these same spirits, and that by opening the album, the listener has also released them.^[7]

Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten
Studio album by Carach Angren
Released	16 June 2017[1]
Recorded	December 2016–January 2017[2][3]
Studio	The Abyss
Genre	Symphonic black metal
Length	41:17
Label	Season of Mist
Producer	Carach Angren
Carach Angren chronology
This Is No Fairytale (2015) Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten (2017) Franckensteina Strataemontanus (2020)

Track listing

• Composed by Ardek.
• Guitars written by Ardek (tracks 5 to 9) and Seregor (tracks 2 to 9).
• Lyrics by Ardek (tracks 3, 5, 7 & 9) and Seregor (tracks 2, 4, 6 & 8)
• Violin written by Ardek (tracks 3 to 9)

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Opening"	2:17
2.	"Charlie"	4:10
3.	"Blood Queen"	4:55
4.	"Charles Francis Coghlan"	6:07
5.	"Song for the Dead"	4:16
6.	"In de Naam Van de Duivel"	6:29
7.	"Pitch Black Box"	3:17
8.	"The Possession Process"	4:27
9.	"Three Times Thunder Strikes"	5:19
Total length:		41:17

Special edition bonus track

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Charles Francis Coghlan (Orchestral version)" (Instrumental)	6:06
Total length:		47:23

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.

Carach Angren

• Dennis "Seregor" Droomers – guitar, sound effects, vocals, backing vocals on "Opening"
• Clemens "Ardek" Wijers – guitar, bass, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, orchestration, violin, backing vocals on "Opening"
• Ivo "Namtar" Wijers – drums, sound effects

Additional musicians

• Patrick Damiani – guitar, bass, guitar engineer
• Nikos Mavridis – violin (tracks 3 to 9)

Team

• Costin Chioreanu – artwork, design
• Jonas Kjellgren – mastering
• Peter Tägtgren – mixing, drum engineering
• Sylvy Notermans – proof reading
• Erik Wijnands – lyric consultant

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8]	190

References

1. "Season of Mist album page". Season-of-mist.com. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
2. Carach Angren on Facebook, Facebook.com, Retrieved March 17, 2017
3. Carach Angren on Facebook, Facebook.com, Retrieved March 17, 2017
4. "Carach Angren – Dance And Laugh Amongst The Rotten (2017, Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
5. "Carach Angren To Release 'Dance And Laugh Amongst The Rotten' Album In June". Blabbermouth.net. March 16, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
6. "INTERVIEW: Clemens Wijers - Carach Angren - Distorted Sound Magazine". Distorted Sound Magazine. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
7. "Carach Angren, 'Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten' Stream + Breakdown". Loudwire. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
8. "Ultratop.be – Carach Angren – Dance and Laugh Amongst the Rotten" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 30, 2017.