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| Released | 2010 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock, power metal | |||
| Length | 55:05 | |||
| Label | Steamhammer/SPV | |||
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The Crest is the fourteenth album by German speed/power metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell, and was released in 2010 on Steamhammer/SPV records. [1]
On November 22, 2010, a deluxe edition of the Crest was released, which along with new artwork and additional photos and a 24-page booklet, also contains a second disc containing songs performed in the last Axel Rudi Pell DVD One Night Live , as well as an extended version of "Dreaming Dead" which has a longer guitar solo.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| About.com | [3] |
| Fury Rocks |   [4] |
| Lords of Metal | (9.4/10) [1] |
| Jukebox:Metal | [5] |
Charts: Austria #68; Sweden #45; Switzerland #38; Germany #22.
All songs by Axel Rudi Pell
Disc 2 of Deluxe Edition:
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