Dante XXI - Album Information

Album Information

Dante XXI was originally titled "Dante 05", but was changed when it became clear that the album would not be released by the end of 2005. The first single from the album was "Convicted in Life" and won the MTV VMB Best Editing in a Video Award in 2006. In January 2008 the band released a music video for the song "Ostia". A video for "Convicted in Life" was released in 2006. The album artwork was done by Stephan Doitschinoff, whom the band commissioned to do 10 paintings based on the Divine Comedy.

Covers of Judas Priest's "Screaming for Vengeance" and Sick of It All's "Scratch the Surface" have been recorded as B-sides. "Screaming for Vengeance" was added as a Japanese bonus track, while "Scratch the Surface" is included on the SOIA tribute album Our Impact Will Be Felt. The Brazilian edition (Krako records), contains two bonus tracks: "Mindwar" (recorded live from Stanley Soares's mixing desk in Ehfurt/Germany, December 3, 2004 on tour with Motorhead) and "False" (demo recorded at High Five Studio São Paulo, during pre production for Dante XXI July 2005).

Original ideas for the album included a symphonic metal album (like Metallica's S&M album), and a concept album based on the novel A Clockwork Orange, which was applied to their next studio album A-Lex.