Opera Metal, Vol. 6

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Road of No Release
additional recording engineer:
Čeněk Kotzmann (Cenda Kotzmann)
recording engineer:
Jan Rubach (bass guitar)
additional sound engineer:
Jan Kotzmann
additional engineer:
Oganalp Canatan (engineer) (violin), Guney Ozsan (violin) and Matthias Ulmer (flute, violin, keyboard)
engineer and mixer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer)
additional producer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer), Carsten Heusmann and Matthias Ulmer
producer:
Charlie Bauerfeind (sound engineer) and Blind Guardian
acoustic guitar:
André Olbrich
bagpipe, drums (drum set), flute and percussion:
Frederik Ehmke
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
guest bass guitar:
Oliver Holzwarth
guest flute:
Eberhard Hahn
guest keyboard and guest piano:
Matthias Ulmer
guest violin:
Dirim Ceseroglu (violin) and Klaus Marquardt (violin)
guest choir vocals:
Bach Choir Bremerhaven, The BG Choir Company (Blind Guardian band choir), Thomas Hackmann, Irish Heartbeat, Billy King (American‐born producer & songwriter, based in Hamburg), Jen Majura, Stefan Schmidt (German guitarist and vocalist) and Olaf Senkbeil
lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
orchestra:
FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague
conductor:
Adam Klemens
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor) (in 2010)
additionally recorded at:
Bürgermeister-Smidt-Gedächtniskirche in Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany, Dreamtone Studio in Istanbul, İstanbul (Istanbul Province), Türkiye, MAZ Musikproduktion in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Roth Recording Studios in Burghaslach, Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
recorded at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2007-11 until 2010-04) and Dvořákova síň Rudolfina (Dvořák Hall) in Praha (Prague), Czechia (from 2009-08 until 2010-01)
mixed at:
Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany (from 2007-11 until 2010-04)
recording of:
Road of No Release
lyricist and composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
BG Publishing
Blind Guardian3.656:20
2The Orpheus Taboo
Virgin Steele47:44
3The Islander
recording of:
The Islander
lyricist:
Tuomas Holopainen
composer:
Marko Hietala
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001–2017), Potoska Publishing and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
Nightwish5:26
4Out of This World
recording engineer:
Jakob Grabmayr, Lanvall, Frank Pitters and Dennis Ward
producer:
Lanvall
mixer:
Karl Groom and Lanvall
drums (drum set):
Max Pointner
electric guitar:
Lanvall and Dominik Sebastian
background vocals:
Robby Valentine and Dennis Ward
lead vocals:
Sabine Edelsbacher
arranger:
Lanvall
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Napalm Records Handels GmbH (company, for copyrights purposes)
recorded at:
Farpoint Station Studios in Austria, The Isolation Cell in Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Trakshak (“studio” consisting of equipment in the office of Dennis Ward) in Bruchsal, Baden-Württemberg, Germany and Wild One Studio in Wien (Vienna), Austria
mixed at:
Thin Ice Studios (Maidenhead (Berkshire)) in Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Out of This World
lyricist and composer:
Lanvall
Edenbridge35:10
5Utopia
recording of:
Utopia
lyricist and composer:
Harry Oellers and Bernhard Weiss (Axxis)
Axxis4:02
6Dawn of a Million Souls
assistant engineer:
Stephen van Haestregt
producer:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
mixer:
Oscar Holleman and Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
acoustic guitar, additional keyboard [keyboards], analog synthesizer [analog synthesizers], bass guitar, electric guitar, Hammond organ [Hammond] and mellotron:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
additional guest keyboard [keyboards], guest analog synthesizer [analog synthesizers], guest bass pedals [Taurus pedal], guest Hammond organ [Hammond] and guest vocoder [vocoder voice]:
Erik Norlander
guest drums (drum set) [drums]:
Ed Warby
guest solo guitar:
Michael Romeo
guest strings:
Peter Siedlach
guest background vocals [backing vocals]:
Damian Wilson (UK metal/rock singer)
guest vocals:
Sir Russell Allen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2000)
recorded at:
RS 29 in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Dungeon (Michael Romeo’s home studio) in Hazlet, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States, The Electric Castle in Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands and The Walden West Recorder in Woodland Hills, California, United States
mixed at:
RS 29 in Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant (North Brabant), Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands
recording of:
Dawn of a Million Souls
lyricist and composer:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Dutch singer‐songwriter)
Ayreon37:46
7Raging Starfire
Rhapsody of Fire34:57
8Conquest of Others
recording engineer:
Mario Lochert and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
producer:
Visions of Atlantis
mixer:
Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
bass guitar:
Mario Lochert
drums (drum set):
Thomas Caser
guitar:
Werner Fiedler
keyboard:
Martin Harb
lead vocals:
Mario Plank
vocals:
Maxi Nil
recorded at and mixed at:
Dreamscape Studios in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
recording of:
Conquest of Others
lyricist:
Mario Plank
composer:
Mario Plank and Marcus Steinberger
Visions of Atlantis45:37
9Embrace the Sun
recording engineer:
Bob Katsionis
engineer:
Staffan Karlsson (Swedish engineer & producer) and Bob Katsionis
producer:
Gus G. and Bob Katsionis
mixer:
Nino Laurenne and Tapio Pennanen (engineer)
bass guitar:
Petros Christo
drums (drum set):
Mark Cross (hard rock/heavy metal drummer)
guitar:
Gus G.
keyboard:
Bob Katsionis
background vocals:
Marcus Pålsson
lead vocals:
Apollo Papathanasio
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Century Media Records Ltd. (do not use as release label! UK subsidiary of Century Media Records GmbH)
recorded at:
Sound Symmetry Studio (Bob Katsionis's studio located in Athens, Greece) in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece, Studio Landgren (Owned and run by Staffan Karlsson.) in Halmstad, Halland (Halland county), Sweden and Zero Gravity Studios in Athens, Attiki (Attica), Greece
mixed at:
Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
recording of:
Embrace the Sun
writer:
Petros Christo, Michael Ehré, Gus G., Bob Katsionis and Apollo Papathanasio
Firewind4:05
10Velvet Heart
recording engineer:
Alexander Krull and Victor Smolski
programming, producer and mixer:
Alexander Krull
engineer:
Thorsten Bauer, Liv Kristine Espenæs (the person) and Alexander Krull
bass guitar:
Thorsten Bauer
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Roland Navratil
guest fiddle:
Janna Kirchhof (nyckelharpa)
guitar:
Thorsten Bauer and Sander Van Der Meer
guest choir vocals:
Al Dente (choir vocalist)
lead vocals:
Liv Kristine Espenæs (the person)
vocals:
Alexander Krull
orchestrator:
Lingua Mortis Orchestra
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Napalm Records Handels GmbH (company, for copyrights purposes)
recorded at, mixed at and engineered at:
Mastersound Studio (Stuttgart, Alexander Krull) in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
recording of:
Velvet Heart
lyricist:
Liv Kristine Espenæs (the person)
composer:
Thorsten Bauer and Alexander Krull
Leaves’ Eyes33:42
11Fragile
Imperia3:28
12Love From the Stone
Dark Moor4:02
13Tonight
Magica3:33
14The Chevalier
additional recording engineer:
Lanvall
recording engineer:
Thomas Buchberger, Lanvall, Oliver Philipps and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
producer:
Thomas Buchberger, Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings), Oliver Philipps and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
mixer:
Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
additional keyboard and additional piano:
Oliver Philipps
bass guitar and electric guitar:
Thomas Buchberger
drums (drum set):
Andreas Schipflinger (drums (Serenity))
keyboard:
Mario Hirzinger
background vocals and lead vocals:
Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings)
guest vocals:
Ailyn
additional arranger:
Lanvall
arranger:
Serenity (Austrian symphonic/power metal band) and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
orchestrator:
Oliver Philipps
recorded at:
Dreamsound Studios in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany and Farpoint Station Studios in Austria
mixed at:
Dreamsound Studios in München (Munich), Bayern (Bavaria), Germany
recording of:
The Chevalier
writer:
Thomas Buchberger, Mario Hirzinger and Georg Neuhauser (performs as Tribune with Warkings)
Serenity35:32
15Lost in Space
additional recording engineer:
Chuck Garric and Mark Stuart (engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Sascha Paeth
additional engineer:
Simon Oberender and Olaf Reitmeier
producer:
Sascha Paeth and Tobias Sammet
drums (drum set):
Eric Singer (rock/metal drummer)
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Tobias Sammet
guitar [lead and rhythm guitar]:
Sascha Paeth
keyboard:
Michael “Miro” Rodenberg
additional guest vocals:
Amanda Somerville
background vocals:
Oliver Hartmann (metal artist), Tiffany Kirkland, Matthias Kontny, Ina Morgan, Thomas Rettke, Cinzia Rizzo, Amanda Somerville, Michael Voy and Cloudy Yang
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Icarus Music (Argentinian metal label and distributor) (in 2007)
additionally recorded at:
Madhat-Studio in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom and VoiceTrax West Recording Studio in Los Angeles, California, United States
recorded at:
Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany and VOX Klangstudio in Bendestorf, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
mixed at:
Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Lost in Space
lyricist and composer:
Tobias Sammet
publisher:
Tobias Sammet Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) (in 2007)
Avantasia3.753:53

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part of:Opera Metal (number: 6) (order: 6)