Healed by Metal is the 18th studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger, which was released on January 13, 2017 via Napalm Records. This is the first album to feature new keyboardist Marcus Kniep as The Reaper since H.P. Katzenburg's departure in 2014.
1."Healed by Metal"03:45
2."When Night Falls"03:56
3."Lawbreaker"03:07
4."Free Forever"03:23
5."Call for War"03:21
6."Ten Commandments of Metal"03:27
7."The Hangman's Eye"03:07
8."Kill Ritual"03:43
9."Hallelujah"03:30
10."Laughing with the Dead"05:17
11."Kingdom of the Night" (Limited Edition Bonus Track)04:07
Glory to the Brave is the debut album by the Swedish power metal band HammerFall, released in 1997. Despite the fact that the band was formed in 1993, HammerFall performed mostly live music and covers before this album was released. "Steel Meets Steel" was composed by Oscar Dronjak just before the band was formed and is included on this album. The band signed a deal with the Dutch label Vic Records. Nuclear Blast approached Vic Records and obtained a license deal for the album. Later, Nuclear Blast bought the entire rights from Vic Records. Although the In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad was listed as the drummer, all the drums were actually played by session musician Patrik Räfling, who joined the band as a full-time member shortly after the album's release.
The cover art was painted by Andreas Marschall.
"I Believe" was co-written with Peter Stålfors of Pure X and, later, the more famous Dream Evil.
Glory to the Brave was re-released in 2002 as a Deluxe Edition with the Stormwitch cover "Ravenlord" as a bonus track as well as a multimedia section including a music video.
In 2005, Glory to the Brave was ranked number 295 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Joacim Cans - vocals, background harmonies
Oscar Dronjak - guitar, backing vocals
Fredrik Larsson - bass guitar, backing vocals
Glenn Ljungström - guitar
Jesper Strömblad - drums (credited, but does not play on this album)
Četvrti studijski album njemačkog power metal benda Blind Guardian. Album je producirao Kalle Trapp, a omot nacrtao Andreas Marschall. Često se navodi da je upravo na albumu bend pronašao svoj "originalni zvuk".
Hansi Kürsch – vocals and bass
André Olbrich – lead, rhythm, acoustic guitars and backing vocals
Marcus Siepen – rhythm, acoustic guitars and backing vocals
Thomas "Thomen" Stauch – drums
Guest musicians:
Piet Sielck –effects and guitars
Mathias Wiesner – effects & keyboards and bass on "Spread Your Wings"
Rolf Köhler, Billy King and Kalle Trapp – backing vocals
Stefan Will – piano
Peter Rübsam – Scottish and Irish bagpipes
Kai Hansen – lead guitar on "The Quest for Tanelorn"
Lyrical references:
"Time What is Time" is about someone who finds himself in the Blade Runner world. Very probably, a Replicant's view to the main subject in the film.
"Journey Through the Dark" is about someone who's forgotten who he is, time travel, and, specifically, Jhary-a-Conel. Jhary a-Conel is a bard and a companion of the Eternal Champion, from the books by Michael Moorcock.
"Black Chamber" deals with someone finding himself in the Twin Peaks world and facing a dark fate.
"Theatre of Pain" is based on the fantasy novel The Merman's Children by Poul Anderson.
"The Quest for Tanelorn" is also about the Eternal Champion's search for a city called Tanelorn. (Tanelorn is a fictional city in The Multiverse of Michael Moorcock's stories).
"Ashes to Ashes" is based on reality; it has to do with the death of Hansi's father.
"The Bard's Song - In the Forest" is inspired by the computer game The Bard's Tale.
"The Bard's Song - The Hobbit" is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
"Somewhere Far Beyond" is a retelling of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger and The Drawing of the Three.
"Trial by Fire" is about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's a cover of the heavy metal band Satan.
