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2. | Ascending to Infinity | 06:15 | Show lyrics |
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3. | Dante's Inferno | 04:56 | Show lyrics |
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4. | Excalibur | 08:06 | Show lyrics |
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5. | Tormento e passione | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
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6. | Dark Fate of Atlantis | 06:30 | Show lyrics |
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7. | Luna (Alessandro Safina cover) | 04:18 | Show lyrics |
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8. | Clash of the Titans | 04:15 | Show lyrics |
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9. | Of Michael the Archangel and Lucifer's Fall | 16:02 | Show lyrics |
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Band members | |
Patrice Guers | Bass |
Dominique Leurquin | Guitars (lead, rhythm) |
Luca Turilli | Guitars (lead), Keyboards, Lyrics |
Alessandro Conti | Vocals |
Guest/Session | |
Alex Holzwarth | Drums |
Sassy Bernert | Vocals (female) (tracks 7, 9) |
Bridget Fogle | Vocals (backing), Vocals (narration) |
Previn Moore | Vocals (backing), Vocals (narration) |
Matthias Stockinger | Vocals (backing) |
Dan Lucas | Vocals (backing) |
Johnny Krüger | Vocals (backing) |
Jasen Anthony | Vocals (narration) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Luca Turilli | Producer, Recording, Editing, Orchestral arrangements, Cover art (concept) |
Sebastian "Basi" Roeder | Engineering, Recording, Editing, Mixing |
Christoph Stickel | Mastering |
Felipe Machado Franco | Cover art, Design (booklet) |
Malin Yberg Palmgren | Photography |
Arnaud Ménard | Engineering, Recording, Editing |
Patrice Guers | Bass |
Dominique Leurquin | Guitars (lead, rhythm) |
Luca Turilli | Guitars (lead), Keyboards, Lyrics |
Alessandro Conti | Vocals |
Alex Holzwarth | Drums |
Sassy Bernert | Vocals (female) (tracks 7, 9) |
Bridget Fogle | Vocals (backing), Vocals (narration) |
Previn Moore | Vocals (backing), Vocals (narration) |
Matthias Stockinger | Vocals (backing) |
Dan Lucas | Vocals (backing) |
Johnny Krüger | Vocals (backing) |
Jasen Anthony | Vocals (narration) |
Luca Turilli | Producer, Recording, Editing, Orchestral arrangements, Cover art (concept) |
Sebastian "Basi" Roeder | Engineering, Recording, Editing, Mixing |
Christoph Stickel | Mastering |
Felipe Machado Franco | Cover art, Design (booklet) |
Malin Yberg Palmgren | Photography |
Arnaud Ménard | Engineering, Recording, Editing |
New name, some new faces,... | 90% | hells_unicorn | October 18th, 2012 | |
Perhaps a bit much at times... | 80% | Khat57 | October 18th, 2012 | |
The king is back | 100% | lordazmolozmodial | October 6th, 2012 | |
Good ol' Luca... | 95% | HoDrakonHoMegas | July 8th, 2012 | |
Extravagantly Orchestrated | 90% | Seasons Apart | July 7th, 2012 | |
Luna SUCKS! | 83% | ijy10152 | July 7th, 2012 | |
Luca Turilli As Usual | 80% | metal_bryan | July 7th, 2012 | |
You Will Never be the Same... | 100% | Immortally_Insane | July 6th, 2012 |
Alex Holzwarth was briefly a full member of the band, but left soon after recording the drums tracks for this album and is officially credited as a guest musician.
Release dates:
- June 22nd (Europe)
- July 3rd (North America)
Limited edition first pressing is released as a digibook with a 32-page booklet and comes with a bonus DVD and one bonus track:
10. March of Time (Helloween cover) (05:50)
Bonus DVD contains:
- Dark Fate of Atlantis (video clip) (04:58)
- Making of the video (10:23)
- Interview with Sebastian Roeder (08:51)
- Interview with Luca Turilli (19:39)
- Interview with Alessandro Conti (09:14)
- Interview with Dominique Leurquin (04:45)
- Interview with Patrice Guers (05:52)
- Alex Landenburg (drum improvisation) (03:35)
Also released as a 2xLP blue or orange vinyl.
Bonus tracks for Japan:
10. In the Mirror (Loudness cover) (03:37)
11. March of Time (Helloween cover) (05:50)
Special Mexican edition by Scarecrow Records has both the japan bonus tracks and the DVD.
Standard Mexican edition has standard tracklist.
Track 9 - "Of Michael the Archangel and Lucifer's Fall" is divided into three parts:
I. In Profundis
II. Fatum Mortalis
III. Ignis Divinus
The melody of the chorus of "Excalibur" was taken from Schubert's "Moment Musical N.5 in F Minor".
The main guitar solo of "Dante's Inferno" was inspired to Czerny's "Etude N.14, Op.740".
Video clip for "Dark Fate of Atlantis" was made by Owe Lingvall.
Recording information:
Engineered and mixed at Backyard Studios, Kempten (Allgäu), Germany
Mastered at MSM Studios, Munich, Germany
Vocals, drums, bass and choirs recorded and edited at Backyard Studios (Kempten, Germany) between December 2011 and March 2012.
Lead guitars and keyboards recorded and edited at Luca Turilli's private studio (Trieste, Italy) between December 2011 and March 2012.
Rhythm guitars recorded and edited at the Hiroshima Studio (Challonges, France) between February and March 2012.
Identifiers:
Barcode: 7 27361 28572 2
Matrix / Runout: CAP01921 NB28572DLT 01