Here Be Monsters (Ten album)

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Here Be Monsters
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Studio album by
Ten
Released18 February 2022
Genre Hard rock
Length60:18
Label Frontiers (FR CD 1192)
Producer Gary Hughes
Ten chronology
Opera Omnia
(2019)
Here Be Monsters
(2022)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(2023)

Here Be Monsters is the fifteenth studio album by the melodic hard rock band Ten. The first single from the album, the track "Fearless", was released on 6 December 2021. [1] , while the second one, "Hurricane", was released on 12 January 2022. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Gary Hughes. [3]

  1. "Fearless" – 6:53
  2. "Chapter and Psalm" – 8:18
  3. "Hurricane" – 4:35
  4. "Strangers on a Distant Shore" – 6:07
  5. "The Dream That Fell to Earth" – 6:25
  6. "The Miracle of Life" – 5:48
  7. "Anything You Want" – 4:47
  8. "Immaculate Friends" – 5:19
  9. "Follow Me into the Fire" – 7:11
  10. "The Longest Time" – 4:55

Personnel

Ten

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Here Be Monsters
Chart (2022)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [4] 40
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [5] 14

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References

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  2. "TEN: Νέο lyric video μέσα από το "Here be Monsters"". 12 January 2022.
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