星期六, 11月 30, 2013

Royal Hunt - A Life To Die For





















01. Hell Comes Down From Heaven
02. A Bullet's Tale
03. Running Out Of Tears
04. One Minute Left To Live
05. Sign Of Yesterday
06. Won't Trust, Won't Fear, Won't Beg
07. A Life To Die For

Documentary/behind-the-scenes footage filmed by the band during their world tour 2012

 Track listing:                                                                    
 1 - Tour Kick Off
 2 - Half Past Loneliness (Seoul, Korea)
 3 - Hard Rains Coming (Seoul, Korea)
 4 - Age Gone Wild (Moscow, Russia)
 5 - Far Away (Madrid, Spain)
 6 - Step By Step (Ekaterinburg, Russia)
 7 - Interview with André Andersen  

Lineup:
Allan Sorensen -  Drums
André Andersen -  Keyboards, Guitars, Bass
D.C. Cooper -  Vocals
Andreas Passmark -  Bass
Jonas Larsen -  Guitars

Guest musicians:
* Kenny Lubcke, Alexandra Popova - backing vocals
* Jacob Kjær - guitar solo on "Running Out Of Tears"
* Soma Allpass, Christina Lund, Patricia Skovgaard, Christina Larsen -strings
* Erik Rosenqvist, Mads Kofoed - brass/woodwinds
* CV Company - choir


Ayreon - The Theory of Everything























Track Listing

All songs written and composed by Arjen Anthony Lucassen.

CD 1
Phase I: Singularity

1. "Prologue: The Blackboard"   1:55
2. "The Theory of Everything Part 1"   3:01
3. "Patterns"   1:03
4. "The Prodigy's World"   1:31
5. "The Teacher's Discovery"   2:58
6. "Love and Envy"   2:39
7. "Progressive Waves"   3:16
8. "The Gift"   2:38
9. "The Eleventh Dimension"   1:46
10. "Inertia"   0:45
11. "The Theory of Everything Part 2"   1:50
Total length:23:29

Phase II: Symmetry

12. "The Consultation"   3:49
13. "Diagnosis"   2:48
14. "The Argument 1"   0:24
15. "The Rival's Dilemma"   2:22
16. "Surface Tension"   0:57
17. "A Reason to Live"   0:45
18. "Potential"   3:14
19. "Quantum Chaos"   2:09
20. "Dark Medicine"   1:23
21. "Alive!"   2:29
22. "The Prediction"   1:05
Total length:21:31

CD 2
Phase III: Entanglement

1. "Fluctuations"   1:01
2. "Transformations"   3:13
3. "Collision"   3:26
4. "Side Effects"   2:59
5. "Frequency Modulation"   1:44
6. "Magnetism"   3:54
7. "Quid Pro Quo"   3:09
8. "String Theory"   1:29
9. "Fortune?"   1:36
Total length:22:34

Phase IV: Unification

10. "Mirror of Dreams"   2:30
11. "The Lighthouse"   3:16
12. "The Argument 2"   0:49
13. "The Parting"   3:27
14. "The Visitation"   3:27
15. "The Breaktrough"   2:00
16. "The Note"   1:11
17. "The Uncertainty Principle"   2:09
18. "Dark Energy"   0:44
19. "The Theory of Everything Part 3"   1:29
20. "The Blackboard (Reprise)"   1:13
Total length:22:20

Personnel

Vocalists
JB (Grand Magus) as The Teacher
Sara Squadrani (Ancient Bards) as The Girl
Michael Mills (Toehider) as The Father
Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) as The Mother
Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Prodigy
Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) as The Rival
John Wetton (Asia, UK, ex-King Crimson, ex-Family, ex-Roxy Music) as The Psychiatrist
Wilmer Waarbroek - backing vocals

Production
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - production, mixing, recording
Brett Caldas-Lima - mastering

Musicians
Arjen Anthony Lucassen - electric and acoustic guitars, bass guitar, mandolin, analog synthesizers, Hammond, Solina Strings
Ed Warby - drums, percussion
Rick Wakeman (ex-Yes) - synthesizer solo on "Surface Tension", piano
Keith Emerson (ex-Emerson, Lake & Palmer) - synthesizer solo on "Progressive Waves"
Jordan Rudess (Dream Theater, ex-Liquid Tension Experiment) - synthesizer solo on "Progressive Waves"
Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis) - guitar solo on "The Parting"
Troy Donockley (Nightwish) - uilleann pipes, whistles
Ben Mathot - violin
Maaike Peterse (Kingfisher Sky) - cello
Jeroen Goossens - flutes, bass flute, piccolo, bamboo flute, contrabass flute
Siddharta Barnhoorn - orchestrations
Michael Mills (Toehider) - Irish bouzouki