Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel

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Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel
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Studio album by
Released2002
RecordedBlack Solaris Studios
Genre Power metal
Label Drakkar
Producer Uwe Lulis and Tomi Göttlich
Rebellion chronology
Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel
(2002)
Born a Rebel
(2003)

Shakespeare's Macbeth – A Tragedy in Steel is a 2002 concept album by German heavy metal band Rebellion, based on the story of William Shakespeare's play Macbeth . The album has many spoken passages.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Introduction" – 2:31
  2. "Disdaining Fortune" – 4:59
  3. "The Prophecy" – 6:56
  4. "Husbandry in Heaven" – 13:11
  5. "The Dead Arise" – 8:29
  6. "Evil Speaks" – 4:06
  7. "Letters of Blood" – 4:22
  8. "Revenge" – 6:18
  9. "Claws of Madness" – 8:01
  10. "Demons Rising" – 7:49
  11. "Die with Harness on Your Back" – 6:12
  12. "The Blood of my Brothers/Death Above Us" – 5:27
  13. "I Can See the Judgment in Your Eyes, Pt. II" – 7:14
  14. "Just Like a Rainbow in the Dark Pt. 2 This Time It's Metal" – 5:33

All songs written by Lulis and Göttlich, except track 3 (Eilen and Lulis).

Credits

Speakers, cast

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