Songs of Love and Death (Beyond the Black album)
Songs of Love and Death is the debut studio album by the German symphonic metal band Beyond the Black. It was released in February 2015 on Airforce1 Records.[2]
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| Released | February 13, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Symphonic metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 55:28 | |||
| Label | Airforce1/We Love Music/Universal | |||
| Producer | Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Hannes Braun, Torsten Brötzmann, Sascha Paeth, Ivo Morig | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Rock Hard | 7.0/10[1] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "In the Shadows" | Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Dave Roth | Krech, Nissen, Roth | 4:53 |
| 2. | "Songs of Love and Death" | Krech, Nissen, Lukas Hainer | Hannes Braun | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Unbroken" | Hainer | Krech, Nissen | 4:26 |
| 4. | "When Angels Fall" | Krech, Nissen, Hainer, Braun | Jennifer Haben, Krech, Nissen, Braun | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Pearl in a World of Dirt" | Nik Page, Kate Northrop | Krech, Nissen, Braun | 6:25 |
| 6. | "Hallelujah" | Krech, Nissen, Roth | Braun, Krech, Nissen, Roth | 5:22 |
| 7. | "Running to the Edge" | Hainer | Krech, Nissen | 4:54 |
| 8. | "Numb" | Torsten Brötzmann, Ivo Morig, Charlie Mason | Brötzmann, Morig, Mason | 4:24 |
| 9. | "Drowning in Darkness" | Hainer, Braun | Braun | 4:11 |
| 10. | "Afraid of the Dark" | Brötzmann, Morig, Mason | Brötzmann, Morig, Mason | 4:08 |
| 11. | "Fall into the Flames" | Arno Krabman, Ashley Hicklin, Haben | Krabman, Hicklin, Haben | 3:41 |
| 12. | "Love Me Forever" (Motörhead cover) | Michael Richard Burston, Ian Fraser Kilmister, Philip Anthony Campbell, Philip John Taylor | Burston, Kilmister, Campbell, Taylor | 3:27 |
Personnel
Band (formed after the album recording)
- Jennifer Haben – lead vocals
- Nils Lesser – lead guitar
- Christopher Hummels – rhythm guitar & backing vocals
- Erwin Schmidt – bass
- Tobias Derer – drums
- Michael Hauser – keyboards
Album musicians
- Jennifer Haben – lead vocals
- Sascha Paeth – guitars except on track 7; guitar solo on track 7; bass except on track 7; drums on tracks 8, 10, 11, 12; shouts on track 10; keyboards on track 11
- Ossi Schaller – guitar solo on tracks 1, 3, 4
- Dirk Schlag – acoustic guitars on tracks 2, 5, 6
- Arno Krabman, Bent Wolff – guitars on track 7
- Peter Weihe – guitars on track 12
- Mark Nissen – bass on track 7; all other instruments and programming, additional guitars, strings & backing vocals except on tracks 8, 11, 12
- Hartmut Krech – all other instruments and programming, additional guitars, strings & backing vocals except on tracks 8, 11, 12
- Ivo Moring – drums on track 10
- Michael 'Miro' Rodenberg – keyboards on tracks 8, 10, 11, 12
- Thorsten Brötzmann – keyboards on tracks 8, 10, 12
- Michael Knauer – keyboards on track 12
- Sandro Friedrich – flutes on tracks 1, 5, 6; bagpipes on track 1; shawn on track 5
- Ingo Hampf – lute on track 5
- Hannes Braun – lead vocals on track 5, backing vocals on track 3, shouts on track 4
- Billy King – backing vocals on tracks 2-4, 6-10
- Klaus Esch, Vibeke Andressen – backing vocals on track 6
- Oliver Hartmann – backing vocals on track 11
- Sander Gommans – backing vocals on track 6, shouts on track 6
- Kevin Ratajczak – shouts on track 6, 9
- Christopher Hummels – shouts on track 7
Production
- Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen – producers, engineers and mixing on tracks 1-7 and 9
- Hannes Braun – co-producer on tracks 3 and 6
- Thorsten Brötzmann, Ivo Morig – producers on tracks 8, 10, 12
- Sascha Paeth – producer on tracks 8, 10, 11, 12
- Michael 'Miro' Rodenberg – mastering at GateStudio, Wolfsburg, Germany
Charts
| Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[3] | 21 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[4] | 12 |
External links
- Songs of Love and Death at Discogs (list of releases)
- Songs of Love and Death at Encyclopaedia Metallum
References
- Peters, Jens (2015). "Reviews: Beyond the Black - Songs of Love and Death". Rock Hard (in German). No. 334. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- "Songs Of Love And Death". www.universal-music.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- "Austriancharts.at – Beyond The Black – Songs Of Love And Death" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- "Offiziellecharts.de – Beyond The Black – Songs Of Love And Death" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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