Hellfire Club (album)

For other uses, see Hellfire Club (disambiguation).

Hellfire Club
Studio album by Edguy
Released	15 March 2004
Recorded	Rohen Studios, Fulda, Vox Clangstudio, Hamburg, Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal, symphonic metal
Length	61:07
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Edguy
Edguy chronology
Burning Down the Opera (2003) Hellfire Club (2004) Rocket Ride (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Metal Storm	(10/10) [1]
Metal Hammer (GER)	[2]

Hellfire Club, released on 15 March 2004, is the sixth album by German power metal band Edguy. ^[3] The music of the band is supported by a German orchestra, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. It is the band's first album released via Nuclear Blast.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tobias Sammet; all music is composed by Sammet, except where noted

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Mysteria"		Sammet, Jens Ludwig	5:44
2.	"The Piper Never Dies"			10:05
3.	"We Don't Need a Hero"			5:30
4.	"Down to the Devil"			5:27
5.	"King of Fools"			4:21
6.	"Forever"			5:40
7.	"Under the Moon"		Sammet, Ludwig	5:04
8.	"Lavatory Love Machine"			4:25
9.	"Rise of the Morning Glory"			4:39
10.	"Lucifer in Love" (rearranged from "Down to the Devil")	instrumental		0:32
11.	"Navigator"		Sammet, Ludwig	5:22
12.	"The Spirit Will Remain"			4:12

Bonus tracks

No.	Title	Music	Length
13.	"Children of Steel"		4:03
14.	"Mysteria" (alt. version ft. Mille Petrozza)	Sammet, Ludwig	5:32

Bonus track — Japanese release

No.	Title	Music	Length
15.	"Heavenward" ("Navigator" demo version)	Sammet, Ludwig	5:17

Hong Kong bonus disc

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"New Age Messiah" ( King of Fools EP)		6:00
2.	"Children of Steel" (King of Fools EP)		4:04
3.	"Mysteria" (alt. version ft. Mille Petrozza)	Sammet, Ludwig	5:32
4.	"The Savage Union" (King of Fools EP)		4:15
5.	"Falling Down" (alternative version)		4:37
6.	"Holy Water" (King of Fools EP)		4:17
7.	"Introduction" (live)		1:01
8.	"Tears of a Mandrake" (live)		7:55
9.	"Painting on the Wall" (live)		4:39
10.	"Inside" (live, Avantasia cover)		4:17
11.	"Fairytale" (live)		6:22
12.	"Life and Times of a Bonus Track" (King of Fools EP)		3:23
13.	"Heavenward" ("Navigator" demo)	Sammet, Ludwig	5:16

This bonus disk was only released in Hong Kong. ^[3]

Personnel

Band members

• Tobias Sammet: lead and backing vocals, keyboards
• Jens Ludwig: guitar, backing vocals
• Dirk Sauer: guitar, backing vocals
• Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel: bass, backing vocals
• Felix Bohnke: drums

Additional musicians

• Mille Petrozza: co-lead vocals on the alt. version of "Mysteria"
• Michael Rodenberg: keyboards, orchestral arrangements
• Amanda Somerville, Oliver Hartmann, Ralf Zdiarstek, Thomas Rettke, Daniel Schmitt: backing vocals
• The Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg conducted by Matthias Suschke

Production

• Norman Mieritz, Sascha Paeth: engineers
• Michael Schubert: orchestra recordings
• Mikko Karmila: mixing
• Mika Jussila: mastering at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki

Others

• JP Fournier: cover art
• Thomas Ewerhard: cover art layout
• Alex Kuehr: principal photographer
• Claudia Vaihinger, Markus Bergmann, Ronny Schönebaum, Sabine Nania: assistants to principal photographer

References

1. "Edguy- Hellfire Club". Metal Storm. 26 January 2004. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
2. "Edguy Metal Hammer Suchergebnis". Metal Hammer (in German). April 2004. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
3. "Edguy- Hellfire Club". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved 2012-10-10.