Speak of the Dead

Speak of the Dead is the 17th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2006 by Nuclear Blast.[2] The album contains a mix of different heavy metal music genres, ranging from symphonic and progressive to fast and brutal thrash metal. The band go back to the album Lingua Mortis' themes and atmospheres in the suite that opens the album, called "Suite Lingua Mortis" that consists in 8 parts, using a full symphonic orchestra recorded in Minsk, Belarus.

Speak of the Dead
Studio album by
Released24 March 2006
RecordedVPS Studios, Hamm, Germany, October–November 2005
GenrePower metal, symphonic metal, progressive metal, heavy metal, thrash metal
Length62:49
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerRage & Charly Czajkowski
Rage chronology
Soundchaser
(2003)
Speak of the Dead
(2006)
Full Moon in St. Petersburg
(2007)
Singles from Speak of the Dead
  1. "Full Moon"
    Released: 1 June 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Morituri Te Salutant" (Instrumental) Victor Smolski0:57
2."Prelude of Souls" (Instrumental) Smolski2:46
3."Innocent"Peter "Peavy" WagnerSmolski5:36
4."Depression" (Instrumental) Smolski1:12
5."No Regrets"WagnerSmolski4:52
6."Confusion" (Instrumental) Smolski1:45
7."Black" (Instrumental) Smolski0:51
8."Beauty"WagnerSmolski3:53
9."No Fear"WagnerSmolski5:31
10."Soul Survivor"WagnerWagner3:41
11."Full Moon"WagnerWagner4:53
12."Kill Your Gods"WagnerSmolski5:13
13."Turn My World Around"WagnerWagner3:58
14."Be with Me or Be Gone"WagnerWagner3:47
15."Speak of the Dead"WagnerWagner4:06
Total length:62:49
Latin America edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
16."La Luna Reine" (Spanish version of "Full Moon")WagnerWagner4:52
German edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
16."Vollmond" (German version of "Full Moon")WagnerWagner4:54
Russian edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
16."Полнолуние" (Russian version of "Full Moon")WagnerWagner4:52
Japanese edition
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
16."Michi-Shi Tsuki" (Japanese version of "Full Moon")WagnerWagner4:52

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

  • Inspector Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Andrey Zubrich
  • Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals

Production

  • Ingo 'Charly' Czajkowski - producer, engineer
  • Charlie Bauerfeind - mixing, mastering
  • Jan Rubach - additional digital editing

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Rage Speak of the Dead review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  2. "Rage - Speak of the Dead". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
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