Beyond Daylight

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Beyond Daylight
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Studio album by Vanden Plas
Released 28 January 2002
Genre Progressive metal
Length60:16
Label InsideOut Music
Producer Markus Teske
Vanden Plas chronology
Spirit of Live
(2000)
Beyond Daylight
(2002)
Christ 0
(2006)
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Beyond Daylight is the fourth full-length studio album by the German progressive metal band Vanden Plas. It was released on 28 January 2002 by InsideOut/SPV Records.

Progressive metal is a fusion genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock that combines the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or "pseudo-classical" compositions of the latter.

Vanden Plas is a German progressive metal band, based in Kaiserslautern and founded in the mid-1980s. In 1991, they recorded the song "Keep On Running" as an anthem for the local national league football club FC Kaiserslautern, and did the same in 1994 with "Das ist für euch". All of its members have been involved in theatre projects and rock musicals such as Jesus Christ Superstar, The Rocky Horror Show, Little Shop of Horrors, and Evita.

SPV GmbH German music label

SPV GmbH is an independent German record label.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Nightwalker"KuntzWerno7:33
2."Cold Wind"KuntzS.Lill5:16
3."Scarlet Flower Fields"KuntzS.Lill5:38
4."Healing Tree"KuntzWerno5:47
5."End of All Days"KuntzS.Lill7:25
6."Free the Fire"KuntzS.Lill4:31
7."Can You Hear Me"KuntzWerno4:11
8."Phoenix"KuntzS.Lill/Werno5:59
9."Beyond Daylight"KuntzWerno10:40
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
10."Point of Know Return (Kansas cover)" (limited edition bonus track)3:16

Personnel

Andy Kuntz is a German Progressive Metal singer best known for his work with the band Vanden Plas. In addition to his work with Vanden Plas he has also participated in a production of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar.

Stephan Lill is a German guitarist best known for his work with the Progressive metal band Vanden Plas.

Andreas Lill is a German Progressive metal drummer. He is best known for his work as the drummer for the band Vanden Plas.

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