Age of the Joker is the ninth studio album by German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term 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...

 band Edguy

Edguy

-Demos, AFM years :Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affectionate epithet for Mr. Edgar Siedschlag, their math teacher at the time. In 1994, the band released two demos, Evil Minded and Children of...

. It was released on August 26, 2011 through Nuclear Blast

Nuclear Blast

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Alongside the normal release, a double disc digipak edition was also issued, featuring b-sides, single versions of two album songs, as well as a Slade

Slade

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 cover. A video was shot for "Robin Hood", featuring German comedian Bernhard Hoecker in a satirical take on The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood (film)

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The album was listed at many charts throughout Europe, reaching #3 in Germany, #10 in Czech Republic, #13 in Switzerland, #14 in the United Kingdom, #30 in Austria and #63 in France.

Track listing

Reception

Personnel

• Tobias Sammet
  Tobias Sammet
  Tobias Sammet is the vocalist and primary songwriter of the German Power metal band Edguy, as well as the creator of the metal opera Avantasia and a member of the metal project Final Chapter. He also made guest appearances on the Rob Rock album Holy Hell and the metal opera Aina...
  
   – Vocals
• Jens Ludwig
  Jens Ludwig
  Jens Ludwig is the lead guitarist and co-founderof the German power metal band Edguy. Jens has played nearly all the band's lead parts and guitar solos since their inception and is the only member of the current line-up other than Tobias Sammet to have any songwriting credits...
  
   – Lead Guitar, Dobro (on "Pandora's Box")
• Dirk Sauer – Rhythm Guitar
• Tobias "Eggi" Exxel
  Tobias Exxel
  Tobias "Eggi" Exxel, born February 27 1973, is the current bass player for the power metal band Edguy. Tobias was hired by Edguy in 1998 when vocalist Tobias Sammet, who had played bass since the band's formation in 1992, decided the band should have someone who could focus on playing the...
  
   – Bass
• Felix Bohnke
  Felix Bohnke
  Felix Bohnke, born 2 September 1974, is the current drummer for the power metal band Edguy. He joined the band just before they recorded the Theater of Salvation album in 1998....
  
   – Drums