Labyrinth (Labyrinth album)

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Labyrinth
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Studio album by Labyrinth
Released June 25, 2003
Recorded January – March 2003
Studio Noise Factory Studio (Milan, Italy)
Genre Power metal
Length52:08
Label Century Media
Producer Labyrinth
Labyrinth chronology
Sons of Thunder
(2000) Sons of Thunder2000
Labyrinth
(2003)
Freeman
(2005) Freeman2005

Labyrinth is the fourth self-titled studio album by the Italian power metal band Labyrinth, released June 25, 2003 on Century Media Records.

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.

Labyrinth (band) Italian power metal band

Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band formed in 1991 in Massa, Italy. The band underwent a change in style and themes after the departure of Olaf Thorsen in 2002.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Prophet" - 4:46
  2. "Livin' in a Maze" - 4:38
  3. "This World" - 4:55
  4. "Just Soldier (Stay Down)" - 5:27
  5. "Neverending Rest" - 4:54
  6. "Terzinato" - 5:50
  7. "Slave to the Night" - 6:06
  8. "Synthetic Paradise" - 5:48
  9. "Hand in Hand" - 4:27
  10. "When I Will Fly Far" - 5:17
  11. "The Prophet" (Demo Version) - 5:04 (Japanese Bonus Track)
  12. "Synthetic Paradise" (Demo Version) - 5:59 (Japanese Bonus Track)

Personnel

Labyrinth

Production

Artwork and design


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