Between Heaven and Hell (album)

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Between Heaven and Hell
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Studio album by Firewind
Released 30 July 2002 [1]
Genre Power metal
Length52:48
Label Leviathan [1]
Massacre
Century Media (Re-release) [2]
Producer David Chastain
Firewind chronology
Nocturnal Symphony
(1998)
Between Heaven and Hell
(2002)
Burning Earth
(2003)
Alternate Cover
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Japanese Version of the cover released under EMI

Between Heaven and Hell is Firewind's first album released in 2002 through Massacre Records in Europe, Leviathan Records in the US, EMI in Japan and Rock Brigade in South America. There were 3 different versions of the cover art, European, Japanese and American. [3] The album was re-released on 10 October 2007 with the European artwork originally designed by Kristian Wåhlin and with 2 bonus demo tracks. [4]

Firewind Greek band

Firewind is a Greek power metal band. Formed in 1998, the group is currently signed to Century Media Records and was originally a small project created by guitarist Gus G. to showcase his demo, Nocturnal Symphony in 1998. Firewind later became a full band over three years later when they recorded their debut album, Between Heaven and Hell. To date, the band has released eight studio albums and has been met with international success.

Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.

EMI British music recording and publishing company

EMI Group Limited was a British Transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the big four record companies ; its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies.

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Gus G. and all lyrics by Stephen Fredrick except the Scorpions cover "Pictured Life" [1]

Scorpions (band) German rock band

Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception, its musical style has ranged from hard rock to heavy metal. The lineup from 1978–1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Francis Buchholz, and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only constant member has been Schenker, although Meine has been the lead singer for all of Scorpions' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1979, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.

  1. "Between Heaven and Hell" – 4:51
  2. "Warrior" – 4:44
  3. "World of Conflict" – 4:04
  4. "Destination Forever" – 3:44
  5. "Oceans" (Instrumental) – 1:49
  6. "Tomorrow Can Wait" – 5:39
  7. "Pictured Life" (Meine, Schenker, Roth) – 3:36
  8. "Firewind Raging" – 4:26
  9. "I Will Fight Alone" – 5:09
  10. "Northern Sky" (Instrumental) – 4:50
  11. "Fire" – 4:38
  12. "Who Am I?" – 5:18 (Contains a sample of one of J.S. Bach's violin concertos)
  13. "End of an Era" – 1:52 (Japanese bonus track — dedicated to Chuck Schuldiner) [5]
  14. "Fire" (Demo) – 4:30 (re-release bonus track)
  15. "Destination Forever" (Demo) – 3:28 (re-release bonus track)

Personnel

Band members

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References

  1. 1 2 3 allmusic.com Between Heaven and Hell page, Cited 24 May 2008
  2. iStore Archived June 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. page on the re-release version of Between Heaven and Hell, Cited 24 May 2008
  3. Firewind official discography
  4. Firewind.gr news update 16 September 2007, Cited 8 March 2008
  5. Interview with Gus G. and David T. Chastain leviathanrecords.com