Songs of Love and Death | ||||
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Released | 13 February 2015 | |||
Genre | Symphonic metal, power metal | |||
Length | 55:28 | |||
Label | Airforce1/We Love Music/Universal | |||
Producer | Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Hannes Braun, Torsten Brötzmann, Sascha Paeth, Ivo Morig | |||
Beyond the Black chronology | ||||
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Singles from Songs of Love and Death | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Rock Hard | 7.0/10 [1] |
Songs of Love and Death is the debut studio album by the German symphonic metal band Beyond the Black. It was released on 13 February 2015 through Airforce1 Records. [2] [3] The album was rereleased on 7 June 2019 through Austrian record label Napalm Records. [4]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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1. | "In the Shadows" | Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Dave Roth | Krech, Nissen, Roth | 4:53 |
2. | "Songs of Love and Death" | Krech, Nissen, Lukas Hainer | Hannes Braun | 4:15 |
3. | "Unbroken" | Hainer | Krech, Nissen | 4:26 |
4. | "When Angels Fall" | Krech, Nissen, Hainer, Braun | Jennifer Haben, Krech, Nissen, Braun | 5:22 |
5. | "Pearl in a World of Dirt" | Nik Page, Kate Northrop | Krech, Nissen, Braun | 6:25 |
6. | "Hallelujah" | Krech, Nissen, Roth | Braun, Krech, Nissen, Roth | 5:22 |
7. | "Running to the Edge" | Hainer | Krech, Nissen | 4:54 |
8. | "Numb" | Torsten Brötzmann, Ivo Morig, Charlie Mason | Brötzmann, Morig, Mason | 4:24 |
9. | "Drowning in Darkness" | Hainer, Braun | Braun | 4:11 |
10. | "Afraid of the Dark" | Brötzmann, Morig, Mason | Brötzmann, Morig, Mason | 4:08 |
11. | "Fall into the Flames" | Arno Krabman, Ashley Hicklin, Haben | Krabman, Hicklin, Haben | 3:41 |
12. | "Love Me Forever" ( Motörhead cover) | Michael Richard Burston, Ian Fraser Kilmister, Philip Anthony Campbell, Philip John Taylor | Burston, Kilmister, Campbell, Taylor | 3:27 |
Total length: | 55:28 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "In the Shadows" (live) | 5:15 |
Total length: | 60:43 |
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] | 21 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] | 12 |
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