2015 studio album by Beyond the Black
Songs of Love and Death Released 13 February 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 "In the Shadows" Released: 20 January 2015 "Songs of Love and Death" Released: 28 January 2015 "Love Me Forever" Released: 28 January 2015
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Rock Hard 7.0/10[1]
Songs of Love and Death is the debut studio album by the German symphonic metal band Beyond the Black . It was released on 13 February 2015 through Airforce1 Records .[2] [3] The album was rereleased on 7 June 2019 through Austrian record label Napalm Records .[4]
Track listing [ edit ] Title Lyrics Music 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 , HabenKrabman, 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 Total length: 55:28
2017 Japanese Edition Bonus Tracks Title 13. "In the Shadows" (live) 5:15 Total length: 60:43
Personnel [ edit ] Band (formed after the album recording) [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 External links [ edit ] References [ edit ]
Jennifer Haben Stefan Herkenhoff Chris Hermsdörfer Tobi Lodes Jonas Roßner Kai Tschierschky Nils Lesser Christopher Hummels Tobias Derer Erwin Schmidt Michael Hauser Studio albums Singles "In the Shadows" (2015) "Lost in Forever" (2016) "Night Will Fade" (2017) "Forget My Name" (2017) Associated acts