Guardians of the Twilight Beyond – The Best Of

~ Release by Blind Guardian (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Guardian of the Blind
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Guardian of the Blind
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
45:13
2Traveller in Time
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
additional engineer:
Piet Sielck
executive producer:
Charly Rinne
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
effects:
Piet Sielck and Mathias Wiesner
guitar:
André Olbrich (from 1990-03 until 1990-05) and Marcus Siepen (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
background vocals:
“Hacky” Hackmann, Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer), Piet Sielck, Kalle Trapp, André Olbrich (from 1990-03 until 1990-05) and Marcus Siepen (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1991) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
produced for:
No Remorse Records (German metal label)
recorded at:
Karo Musik Studios (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
mixed at:
Karo Musik Studios (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Traveler in Time (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
3.56:01
3A Past and Future Secret
assistant engineer:
Henrik Vindeby
engineer:
Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
producer and mixer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
guest acoustic guitar:
Jacob Moth
guest effects [effects]:
Mathias Wiesner
background vocals:
Ronnie Atkins, Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Piet Sielck
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1998, in 2001)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1994-08 until 1994-10)
recording of:
A Past and Future Secret
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
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4Nightfall
recording engineer and engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Cuny, Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
producer:
Blind Guardian
mixer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar and guitar:
André Olbrich (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
alto flute and flute:
Max Zelzner
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomen Stauch (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
guest bass guitar and guest fretless bass:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest effects and guest keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
guitar:
Marcus Siepen (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
background vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1997-09 until 1998-03), Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1997-09 until 1998-03) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Bådehavnsgade, since 2018) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
recording of:
Nightfall (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
B.G. Publishing
is based on:
The Silmarillion
3.85:34
5Banish From Sanctuary
producer:
Kalle Trapp
drums (drum set):
Thomas Stauch (from 1989-01 until 1989-02)
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1989-01 until 1989-02)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich (from 1989-01 until 1989-02) and Marcus Siepen (from 1989-01 until 1989-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Münster) in Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 1989-01 until 1989-02)
recording of:
Banish From Sanctuary (from 1989-01 until 1989-02)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
CRMV, Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner Chappell Music (holding behind all publishing activities of Warner Music Group, 2019–)
3.755:30
6Ashes to Ashes
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Ashes to Ashes
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
4.356:00
7Punishment Divine
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Punishment Divine
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
4.655:45
8Into the Storm
recording engineer and engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Cuny, Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
producer:
Blind Guardian
mixer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar and guitar:
André Olbrich (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomen Stauch (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
guest bass guitar and guest fretless bass:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest effects and guest keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
guitar:
Marcus Siepen (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
background vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1997-09 until 1998-03), Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1997-09 until 1998-03) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Bådehavnsgade, since 2018) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
recording of:
Into the Storm (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
B.G. Publishing
is based on:
The Silmarillion
3.54:24
9The Script for My Requiem
assistant engineer:
Henrik Vindeby
engineer:
Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
producer and mixer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
guest electronic instruments [effects]:
Mathias Wiesner
background vocals:
Ronnie Atkins, Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Piet Sielck
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1998)
additionally recorded at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (in 1994-12: background vocals)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1994-08 until 1995-03)
recording of:
The Script for My Requiem
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton GmbH and Neue Welt Musikverlag
4.356:08
10Under the Ice
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Nordin Hammadi Amrani
recording engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Detlef (German engineer?) (background vocals) and Clemens von Witte (background vocals)
producer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
acoustic guitar and electric guitar:
André Olbrich
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomas Stauch
electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest keyboard:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro, Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?) and Matthias Wiesner
guest other instruments [sound effects]:
Pad Bender, Sascha Pierro and Boris Schmidt (keyboard/sound effects?)
guest synthesizer [orchestral stuff]:
Matthias Wiesner
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
choir vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
orchestrator:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), André Olbrich and Matthias Wiesner
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Hammer Music Studios in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (background vocals) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2000-10 until 2001-12)
recording of:
Under the Ice
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
35:44
11Welcome to Dying
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
additional engineer:
Piet Sielck
executive producer:
Charly Rinne
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
effects:
Piet Sielck and Mathias Wiesner
guitar:
André Olbrich (from 1990-03 until 1990-05) and Marcus Siepen (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
background vocals:
“Hacky” Hackmann, Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer), Piet Sielck, Kalle Trapp, André Olbrich (from 1990-03 until 1990-05) and Marcus Siepen (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1991) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
produced for:
No Remorse Records (German metal label)
recorded at:
Karo Musik Studios (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
mixed at:
Karo Musik Studios (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Welcome to Dying (from 1990-03 until 1990-05)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Discoton GmbH Musik Edition (D), Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
44:50
12Mirror Mirror
recording engineer and engineer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Cuny, Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
producer:
Blind Guardian
mixer:
Flemming Rasmussen
acoustic guitar and guitar:
André Olbrich (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Thomen Stauch (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
guest bass guitar and guest fretless bass:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest effects and guest keyboard:
Mathias Wiesner
guitar:
Marcus Siepen (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
background vocals:
Thomas Hackmann, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Rolf Köhler (vocalist/musician/record producer) and Olaf Senkbeil
background vocals and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 1998)
recorded at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1997-09 until 1998-03), Sweet Silence Studios (at Strandlodsvej, 1976–1999) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1997-09 until 1998-03) and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Bådehavnsgade, since 2018) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
recording of:
Mirror Mirror (from 1997-09 until 1998-03)
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
B.G. Publishing
is based on:
The Silmarillion
3.85:06