Rare Species (album)

Rare Species
Studio album by Waltari
Released	March 1, 2004
Genre	Progressive metal, avant-garde metal, alternative metal, hard rock
Length	59:32 71:10 (limited edition)
Label	Vindauga
Producer	Waltari
Waltari chronology
Radium Round (2000) Rare Species (2004) Blood Sample (2005)

Rare Species is the seventh studio album by the Finnish avant-garde metal band Waltari. ^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"One Day"	4:09
2.	"Life Without Love"	3:59
3.	"Megacity Rain"	4:49
4.	"Dreamworld"	4:09
5.	"What I Really Know"	4:30
6.	"My Pain"	5:19
7.	"Quick as a Day"	4:54
8.	"Dream"	5:13
9.	"Alone"	5:47
10.	"Live This!"	5:21
11.	"Wasting My Mind"	4:31
12.	"No Limit / Your Funky Rhythm / Symphony of Destruction" (medley)	6:51
Total length:		59:32

Limited edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Guardian Angel"	3:36
14.	"Living Then Living Now"	2:35
15.	"New Church"	3:31
16.	"There's No Tomorrow"	1:56
Total length:		71:10

All music by Hatakka–Waltari, lyrics by Hatakka, except No Limit by Wilde/Coster/Slijngaard/Dels and Symphony of Destruction by Dave Mustaine.

No Limit originally performed by 2 Unlimited.

Symphony of Destruction originally performed by Megadeth.

Credits

• Kärtsy Hatakka – Vocals, bass, programming
• Sami Yli-Sirniö – Guitar
• Jariot Lehtinen – Guitar
• Mika Järveläinen – Drums

Charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [2]	13

References

1. "Waltari – Rare Species review – Metal Storm".^{[ permanent dead link ]}
2. "Waltari: Rare Species" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 6 December 2021.

External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum page