The Grand Design (album)

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The Grand Design
Edenbridge - The Grand Design.jpg
Studio album by
Released19 May 2006
Genre Symphonic metal, progressive metal
Length42:49
Label Massacre Records
Producer Lanvall
Edenbridge chronology
Shine
(2004)
The Grand Design
(2006)
MyEarthDream
(2008)

The Grand Design is the fifth studio album by symphonic metal band Edenbridge.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Metal Hammer Germany4/7 [1]
Rock Hard 7.0

The album received mixed professional reviews. The German edition of Metal Hammer as well as Rock Hard wrote that the songs varied between melodic metal and kitsch. Metal Hammer's reviewer observed, however, that singer Sabine Edelsbacher could match the timbre of Tarja Turunen. [1] [2] Also About.com compared Edelsbacher's singing to Nightwish but called the overall style of the album symphonic progressive metal. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Terra Nova"07:09
2."Flame of Passion"05:22
3."Evermore"03:47
4."The Most Beautiful Place"03:09
5."See You Fading Afar"04:46
6."On Top of the World"05:05
7."Taken Away"04:14
8."The Grand Design"10:17
9."Empire of the Sun (Bonus outro)"05:23
10."For Your Eyes Only (Bonus track)"03:00
11."Thin Red Line (Bonus track)"05:58
12."Images In The Sand (Bonus track)"03:17
13."The Silent Wake (Bonus track)"05:33
Total length:67:00

Credits

Musicians

Edenbridge

  • Sabine Edelsbacher - vocals
  • Lanvall - guitar, keyboards
  • Roland Navratil - drums
  • Frank Bindig - bass guitar

Guest musicians [4]

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Mineur, Matthias (2006). "Edenbridge – The Grand Design". Metal Hammer (in German). No. 6.
  2. Borrink, Mike (2006). "The Grand Design". Rock Hard (in German). No. 229.
  3. Bowar, Chad. "Edenbridge – The Grand Design". About.com . Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  4. "The Grand Design (2006)". Edenbridge official website. Retrieved 17 July 2012.