Sons of Thunder (Labyrinth album)

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Sons of Thunder
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 23rd, 2001
RecordedJungle Sound Station
October - December 1999
Genre Power metal
Length50:31
Label Metal Blade
Producer Neil Kernon
Labyrinth chronology
Return to Heaven Denied
(1998)
Sons of Thunder
(2001)
Labyrinth
(2003)
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Sons of Thunder is the third album by Italian power metal band, Labyrinth. It is a concept album written about King Louis XIV's (also known as 'The Sun King') obsession with a woman named Kathryn. "I Feel You" is an English rendition of the famous Matia Bazar's song "Ti Sento".

Italy republic in Southern Europe

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a European country located in Southern Europe consisting of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean sea and traversed along its length by the Apennines, Italy has a largely temperate seasonal and Mediterranean climate. The country covers a total area of 301,340 km2 (116,350 sq mi), and land area of 294,140 km2 (113,570 sq mi), and shares open land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy has a territorial exclave in Switzerland (Campione) and a maritime exclave in the Tunisian Sea (Lampedusa). With around 60 million inhabitants, Italy is the fourth-most populous member state of the European Union.

Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contrast with the heaviness and dissonance prevalent for example in extreme metal. Power metal bands usually have anthem-like songs with fantasy-based subject matter and strong choruses, thus creating a theatrical, dramatic and emotionally "powerful" sound. The term was first used in the middle of the 1980s and refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a later more widespread and popular style based in Europe, South America and East Asia with a lighter, more melodic sound and frequent use of keyboards.

Labyrinth (band) Italian power metal band

Labyrinth is an Italian power metal band formed in 1991 in Massa, Italy. The band underwent a change in style and themes after the departure of Olaf Thorsen in 2002.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Chapter 1" - 6:02
  2. "Kathryn" - 5:04
  3. "Sons of Thunder" - 5:02
  4. "Elegy" - 4:40
  5. "Behind the Mask" - 4:29
  6. "Touch the Rainbow" - 5:17
  7. "Rage of the King" - 4:55
  8. "Save Me" - 6:10
  9. "Love" - 4:35
  10. "I Feel You" - 4:17

Personnel

Band members

Production

Neil Kernon is an English musician, record producer, mixer and recording engineer from London, England. He is a Grammy Award winner, and has worked on over 100 Gold and Platinum records.

Simone Bianchi (artist) Italian comic book illustrator, painter and graphic designer

Simone Bianchi is an Italian comic book illustrator, painter, graphic designer and art instructor, known to Italian audiences for his work in comics, CD covers, music videos, TV commercials and role-playing games. His most popular Italian comics is (unfinished) trilogy Ego Sum. To American comic book readers, he is best known for his work on comics such as Detective Comics, Green Lantern and Wolverine. Bianchi's style is distinguished by his use of ink wash, or watercolor halftones, in rendering his work, a non-traditional technique by mainstream American standards.

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