| Melancholy Beast | ||||
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| Released | May 2004 | |||
| Recorded | Hansen Studios, Denmark (except vocals recorded in the United States) | |||
| Genre | Power metal, progressive metal | |||
| Length | 55:24 | |||
| Label | Nightmare Records Massacre Records | |||
| Producer | Jacob Hansen Pyramaze | |||
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Melancholy Beast is the debut studio album by the Danish power metal band Pyramaze, released by Nightmare Records and Massacre Records in May 2004.
All songs written and composed by Michael Kammeyer, except "The Nature of Triumph" by Jonah Weingarten.
In 2023, Belgian brewer BramBrass made a tribute beer to Melancholy Beast. It was an imperial stout of 11% ABV aged in bourbon barrels. This beer came about through the input of Piet Van Esbroeck, a mutual friend of Michael Kammeyer and Bram Neudt, the brewer of BramBrass.
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