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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[The Vision Bleak]]
| cover      = Carpathia – A Dramatic Poem.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 29 August 2005
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Gothic metal]]
| length     = 41:57
| label      = [[Prophecy Productions]]
| producer   = Martin Koller
| prev_title = [[The Deathship Has a New Captain]]
| prev_year  = 2004
| next_title = [[Club Single|Club Single EP]]
| next_year  = 2007
}}
'''''Carpathia: A Dramatic Poem''''' is the second studio album by [[Germany|German]] [[gothic metal]] band [[The Vision Bleak]], released on 29 August 2005 through [[Prophecy Productions]]. A [[digipak]] edition containing four additional live bonus tracks was also released.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_writing     = [[The Vision Bleak]]
| title1          = The Drama of the Wicked
| note1           = instrumental
| length1         = 2:11
| title2          = Secrecies in Darkness
| length2         = 4:25
| title3          = Carpathia
| length3         = 5:15
| title4          = Dreams in the Witch-House
| length4         = 5:37
| title5          = Sister Najade (The Tarn by the Firs)
| length5         = 4:46
| title6          = The Curse of Arabia
| length6         = 5:20
| title7          = [[Cthulhu|Kutulu]]!
| length7         = 4:40
| title8          = The Charm Is Done
| length8         = 9:38
}}
{{track listing
| headline = [[Digipak]] release bonus tracks
| title9 = Metropolis
| note9 = live
| length9 = 5:19
| title10 = Horror of Antarctica
| note10 = live
| length10 = 3:44
| title11 = The Grand Devilry
| note11 = live
| length11 = 5:01
| title12 = Deathship Symphony
| note12 = live
| length12 = 6:16
}}

===Trivia===
* Track 4 has its name and lyrics inspired by [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s short story "[[The Dreams in the Witch House]]".
* Tracks 6 to 8 form a trilogy based on the life of the "Mad Arab" [[Abdul Alhazred]], the author of the fictional ''[[Necronomicon]]'' on H. P. Lovecraft's [[Cthulhu Mythos]].

==Personnel==
===The Vision Bleak===
* Ulf Theodor Schwadorf (Markus Stock) – vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards
* Allen B. Konstanz (Tobias Schönemann) – vocals, drums, keyboards

===Guest musicians===
* Thomas Helm – additional [[tenor]] vocals
* Sophia Brommer – additional vocals (track 5)

===Miscellaneous staff===
* Martin Koller – production

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160105070756/http://www.the-vision-bleak.de/ The Vision Bleak's official website]

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