Songs of Love and Death (Beyond the Black album)

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Songs of Love and Death
Songs of Love and Death album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 February 2015
Genre Symphonic metal, power metal
Length55:28
Label Airforce1/We Love Music/Universal
Producer Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Hannes Braun, Torsten Brötzmann, Sascha Paeth, Ivo Morig
Beyond the Black chronology
Songs of Love and Death
(2015)
Lost in Forever
(2016)
Singles from Songs of Love and Death
  1. "In the Shadows"
    Released: 20 January 2015
  2. "Songs of Love and Death"
    Released: 28 January 2015
  3. "Love Me Forever"
    Released: 28 January 2015
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."In the Shadows"Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Dave RothKrech, Nissen, Roth4:53
2."Songs of Love and Death"Krech, Nissen, Lukas HainerHannes Braun4:15
3."Unbroken"HainerKrech, Nissen4:26
4."When Angels Fall"Krech, Nissen, Hainer, BraunJennifer Haben, Krech, Nissen, Braun5:22
5."Pearl in a World of Dirt"Nik Page, Kate NorthropKrech, Nissen, Braun6:25
6."Hallelujah"Krech, Nissen, RothBraun, Krech, Nissen, Roth5:22
7."Running to the Edge"HainerKrech, Nissen4:54
8."Numb"Torsten Brötzmann, Ivo Morig, Charlie Mason Brötzmann, Morig, Mason4:24
9."Drowning in Darkness"Hainer, BraunBraun4:11
10."Afraid of the Dark"Brötzmann, Morig, MasonBrötzmann, Morig, Mason4:08
11."Fall into the Flames" Arno Krabman, Ashley Hicklin, HabenKrabman, Hicklin, Haben3:41
12."Love Me Forever" ( Motörhead cover) Michael Richard Burston, Ian Fraser Kilmister, Philip Anthony Campbell, Philip John Taylor Burston, Kilmister, Campbell, Taylor3:27
Total length:55:28
2017 Japanese Edition Bonus Tracks
No.TitleLength
13."In the Shadows" (live)5:15
Total length:60:43

Personnel

Band (formed after the album recording)

Album musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [5] 21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [6] 12

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References

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