Opera Metal: The Ultimate Collection

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Carry Me Over
recording engineer and mixer:
Sascha Paeth
producer:
Sascha Paeth and Tobias Sammet
drums (drum set):
Eric Singer (rock/metal drummer)
electric bass guitar:
Tobias Sammet
guitar [lead and rhythm guitar]:
Sascha Paeth
keyboard:
Michael “Miro” Rodenberg
mixed at:
Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, Germany
recording of:
Carry Me Over
lyricist and composer:
Tobias Sammet
Avantasia43:51
2Der Mitternachtslöwe
recording of:
Der Mitternachtslöwe
lyricist:
Thomas Karlsson (Swedish occultist & esoteric author)
composer:
Christofer Johnsson (Swedish musician, composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, as well as a music producer) and Mats Levén
Therion35:38
3Living a Lie (The Embrace That Smothers, Part VIII)
additional engineer:
Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist)
engineer:
Simon Oberender, Sascha Paeth, Olaf Reitmeier, Ad Sluijter and Amanda Somerville
producer:
Epica (Dutch symphonic metal band) and Sascha Paeth
mixer:
Sascha Paeth
editor:
Simon Oberender, Olaf Reitmeier and Ad Sluijter
bass guitar:
Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist)
guest drums (drum set):
Ariën van Weesenbeek
guitar:
Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter
piano and synthesizer:
Coen Janssen
choir vocals:
Melvin Edmondsen, Bridget Fogle, Previn Moore (tenor, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band), Cinzia Rizzo, Amanda Somerville and Linda van Summeren (soprano, part of the “Epica Choir” associated with the Dutch symphonic metal band)
guest vocals:
Gjalt Lucassen
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Simone Simons
other vocals:
Mark Jansen
arranger:
Epica (Dutch symphonic metal band), Mark Jansen and Miro Rodenberg
choir vocals arranger:
Coen Janssen
recording of:
Living a Lie (The Embrace That Smothers, Part VIII) (from 2006-11 until 2007-02)
lyricist:
Mark Jansen and Simone Simons
composer:
Yves Huts (Belgian metal bassist), Mark Jansen and Ad Sluijter
Epica45:02
4Alone in the Dark
recording of:
Alone in the Dark
Agathodaimon4:51
5Evermore
guest background vocals and choir vocals:
Dennis Ward
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Locomotive Records S.L. (company and copyright holder for Locomotive Records - not for release label use) (in 2007)
recording of:
Evermore
lyricist and composer:
Lanvall
Edenbridge33:46
6Mein Herz
Coronatus43:17
7Kingdom of Sand
Silverlane5:50
8Until the Light Is Gone
Magica45:06
9A Storm at Will
recording of:
A Storm at Will
Trail of Tears34:02
10April Rain
co-producer:
Oliver Philipps
producer:
Martijn Westerholt
mixer:
Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician)
bass guitar [Bass Guitars]:
Rob van der Loo
drums (drum set):
Sander Zoer
guest solo guitar [Sologuitars]:
Oliver Philipps
guitar [Guitars]:
Ronald Landa
keyboard [Keys]:
Martijn Westerholt
lead vocals:
Charlotte Wessels
vocals:
Ronald Landa
orchestrator:
Oliver Philipps
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The All Blacks B.V. (company, for copyrights purposes) (in 2008)
recorded at:
Excess Studio in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands and Spacelab Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
mixed at:
Hansen Studios in Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
recording of:
April Rain
lyricist:
Charlotte Wessels
composer:
Martijn Westerholt
Delain4.54:37
11Two Dreamers
engineer and editor:
Sascha Paeth, Olaf Reitmeier and Michael Rodenberg
mixer:
Sascha Paeth
bass guitar:
Emilio Barrantes
drums (drum set):
Ronnie Wolf (Lunatica)
guitar:
Sandro D'Incau and Marc Torretti (Contorsion, Lunatica)
keyboard:
Alex Seiberl
guest choir vocals:
Oliver Hartmann (metal artist)
lead vocals:
Andrea Dätwyler
recorded at:
Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (from 2008-08 until 2008-10)
recording of:
Two Dreamers
writer:
Alex Seiberl, Andrea Dätwyler and Lunatica (Symphonic metal band from Switzerland)
Lunatica34:20
12The Mind Maelstrom
recording of:
The Mind Maelstrom
Sirenia54:49
13Exile the Daystar
recording engineer:
Janne Saksa
mixer:
Dan Swanö
recorded at:
Sound Supreme in Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme, Finland (from 2008-04 until 2008-05)
mixed at:
Unisound in Örebro, Örebro, Sweden (in 2008-06)
recording of:
Exile the Daystar
writer:
Battlelore
Battlelore4:43
14The Heartblood Symphony
recording engineer:
Thomas Buchberger, Lanvall and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
producer:
Oliver Philipps and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
mixer:
Jacob Hansen (Danish record producer/engineer/musician)
additional guest keyboard:
Oliver Philipps
bass guitar:
Simon Holzknecht
drums (drum set):
Andreas Schipflinger (drums (Serenity))
guitar:
Thomas Buchberger
keyboard:
Mario Hirzinger
background vocals:
Georg Neuhauser and Andreas Schipflinger (drums (Serenity))
lead vocals:
Georg Neuhauser
arranger:
Oliver Philipps, Serenity (Austrian symphonic/power metal band) and Jan Vacik (German keyboardist)
choir vocals arranger:
Lanvall
orchestrator:
Oliver Philipps
mixed at:
Hansen Studios in Ribe, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
recording of:
The Heartblood Symphony
writer:
Thomas Buchberger, Mario Hirzinger and Georg Neuhauser
Serenity5:27
15When You Hurt Me the Most
recording engineer:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer) (violin, grand piano, keyboard, string quartet, lead vocals) and Jochem Jacobs (electric guitar, drums (drum set), bass guitar)
co-mixer:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer)
mixer:
Jochem Jacobs
bass guitar:
Johan van Stratum
drums (drum set):
Davy Mickers
electric guitar:
Eric Hazebroek
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Stephan Schultz (Member of Stream of Passion)
piano:
Jeffrey Revet
lead vocals:
Marcela Bovio
strings arranger:
Joost van den Broek (Dutch keyboardist, producer, mixer, arranger and composer) and Jeffrey Revet
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Napalm Records Handels GmbH (company, for copyrights purposes)
recorded at:
E-Sound Studio's (until 2014, then relocated) in Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (grand piano), Excess Studio in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (drums (drum set), string quartet), Split Second Sound in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (guitar, bass guitar) and The Juicy Studio in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands (violin, keyboard, lead vocals)
recording of:
When You Hurt Me the Most
lyricist and composer:
Stream of Passion
Stream of Passion34:46
16Amaranth (live)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nuclear Blast (metal and subgenres) (in 2009)
live recording of:
Amaranth (from 2007 until 2008)
lyricist and composer:
Tuomas Holopainen
publisher:
Hanseatic Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (2001-2017), Potoska Publishing and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
version of:
Reach
Nightwish4:18
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