Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five

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Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five
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Studio album by Metalium
Released 25 April 2005
Recorded Blue Noise Studios and Tornado Studios, Hamburg, Germany
Jumpower Studio, Mallorca
December 2004-February 2005
Genre Power metal
Length66:16
Label Armageddon Music
Producer Lars Ratz, Matthias Lange, Michael Ehré
Metalium chronology
As One – Chapter Four
(2004)		Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five
(2005)		 Nothing to Undo – Chapter Six
(2007)
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Demons of Insanity – Chapter Five is fifth studio album by the German power metal band Metalium, released in 2005. [2]

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent for example in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. The term was first used in the middle of the 1980s and refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in Europe, South America and Japan, with a lighter, more melodic sound and frequent use of keyboards.

Metalium was a power metal band from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1999 and disbanded in 2011. Their style of music was that of the traditional power metal sound which was pioneered by bands such as Helloween and Blind Guardian.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Earth in Pain" (Lars Ratz, Michael Ehré) - 1:08
  2. "Power of Time" (Ratz) - 4:13
  3. "Demons of Insanity" (Matthias Lange, Ratz) - 4:29
  4. "Cyber Horizon" (Ehré) - 5:24
  5. "Ride On" (Ehré) - 6:02
  6. "Endless Believer" (Ratz) - 8:06
  7. "Sky Is Falling" (Ratz) - 4:28
  8. "Destiny" (Ehré) - 4:47
  9. "Mother Earth" (Henning Basse, Ratz) - 4:12
  10. "Out of the Silence" (Ratz) - 4:32
  11. "Atrocity" (Ratz) - 3:38
  12. "Silence of the Night" (Ratz) - 6:02
  13. "Visions of Paradise" (Ehré) - 4:02
  14. "One by One" (Ehré) - 5:10
  15. "Heavy Metal Crazy Night" - 4:06 (Japan bonus track)

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
Don Airey English rock musician

Donald Smith Airey is an English keyboardist who has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Steve Vai, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Thin Lizzy, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Metalium Demons of Insanity: Chapter Five review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. ↑ "Metalium - Demons of Insanity - Chapter Five". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2012-09-22.
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