21 (Rage album)

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21
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Studio album by
Released24 February 2012 (2012-02-24)
StudioTwilight Hall Studio
Genre Power metal, heavy metal
Length58:06
Label Nuclear Blast
Producer Charlie Bauerfeind, Victor Smolski
Rage chronology
Strings to a Web
(2010)
21
(2012)
LMO
(2013)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Metal-TempleStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Metal UndergroundStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]

21 is the 21st studio album by German heavy metal band Rage, released on 24 February 2012 through Nuclear Blast Records. [4] The production was once again helmed by Charlie Bauerfeind, [5] who had worked with the band for at least 10 years at that point. [4]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."House Wins" (Introduction)  Victor Smolski 1:30
2."Twenty One"Peavy WagnerSmolski6:16
3."Forever Dead"WagnerSmolski6:20
4."Feel My Pain"WagnerSmolski5:40
5."Serial Killer"WagnerSmolski, Wagner5:45
6."Psycho Terror"WagnerAndré Hilgers, Smolski6:57
7."Destiny"WagnerSmolski, Wagner5:15
8."Death Romantic"WagnerSmolski, Wagner5:59
9."Black and White"WagnerSmolski, Wagner5:19
10."Concrete Wall"WagnerSmolski, Wagner3:50
11."Eternally"WagnerSmolski5:10
Total length:58:06
Enhanced part
No.TitleLength
1."Rage Race 2011 Video" ("The Beggar's Last Dime" from Strings to a Web )6:34

Bonus CD – Live in Tokyo

Recorded live at Shibuya O-East, Tokyo, 15–16 April 2010.

Live in Tokyo
No.TitleLength
1."Opening"1:16
2."The Edge of Darkness"5:15
3."Hunter and Prey"5:45
4."Into the Light"5:42
5."Drop Dead!"5:30
6."Empty Hollow I: Empty Hollow"8:58
7."Light Into the Darkness"5:03
8."Higher than the Sky"6:20
9."War of Worlds"8:19
10."Carved in Stone"4:37
11."Soundchaser"5:49
12."Down"7:45
Total length:70:21

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

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