Holy Hell is a heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 album released in 2005 by Rob Rock

Rob Rock

Robert Rock is a heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri from 1992 to 2000, and now in 2008. He has also released four albums as a solo artist.-Biography:...

. It is his third solo release and is known for being his heaviest and most aggressive album to date. It was produced by Roy Z

Roy Z

Roy Z is a guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson , Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a hard rock band with Latin influences.-Biography:...

 who is also known for producing solo albums by Rob Halford

Rob Halford

Robert John Arthur "Rob" Halford is an English singer-songwriter, who is best known as the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest. He is nicknamed the "Metal God" as a tribute to his influence on metal, and after the Judas Priest song of the same name from 1980's...

 and Bruce Dickinson

Bruce Dickinson

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. Roy Z is also credited for performing some of the guitar and bass parts on the album. Many highly acclaimed musicians are featured throughout, including guitarist Carl Johan Grimmark

Carl Johan Grimmark

Carl Johan Grimmark is a Christian guitarist born in Gothenburg, Sweden October 14, 1977. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He recently joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He also has been a special guest guitarist on...

 of Narnia fame, and drummer Bobby Jarzombek

Bobby Jarzombek

Bobby "Wire" Jarzombek is a heavy metal/progressive metal drummer and best known for his work with Halford, Sebastian Bach and Riot. He has also recorded and toured with Fates Warning, Arch / Matheos, Iced Earth, Rob Rock, Spastic Ink, and Juggernaut, among others.-Biography:Bobby Jarzombek was...

 who has played in bands such as Iced Earth

Iced Earth

Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band from Tampa, Florida. Originally formed under the name "Purgatory" in 1984, Iced Earth has released a total of ten studio albums, one live album, three EP's, two compilations and boxsets...

 and Spastic Ink

Spastic Ink

Spastic Ink is a progressive technical metal band from the United States.-History:Spastic Ink was formed in 1993 by guitarist Ron Jarzombek of Watchtower after recovering from multiple hand surgeries that had sidelined him, unable to play, for a couple of years. He would be joined by brother Bobby...

. 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...

 of 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...

 and Avantasia

Avantasia

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 also makes a guest appearance, singing a duet with Rob on the closing track which is a cover of the ABBA

ABBA

ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...

 song "Move On".

Track listing

1. "Slayer of Souls" (3:32)
2. "First Winds of the End of Time" (4:38)
3. "Calling Angels" (4:40)
4. "Holy Hell" (4:03)
5. "Lion of Judah" (5:09)
6. "I'm a Warrior" (4:20)
7. "I'll Be Waiting for You" (4:49)
8. "When Darkness Reigns" (5:48)
9. "The Revelation" (4:19)
10. "Move On" (5:12) ABBA
    ABBA
    ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
    
     cover featuring 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...
    
    

Bonus Tracks (Asia)

• "Ride the Wind" (3:51) featuring Hus G. guitar solo
• "Lost in a World" (5:21) from ROC sessions
• "I'm a Warrior" (4:22) alternative mix
• "First Winds of the End of Time" (4:45) alternative mix

Credits

• Rob Rock
  Rob Rock
  Robert Rock is a heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead singer of the band Impellitteri from 1992 to 2000, and now in 2008. He has also released four albums as a solo artist.-Biography:...
  
   – lead and backing vocals
• 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...
  
   – lead vocals on "Move On"
• Liza Shekhter – backing vocals and keyboards on "Move On"
• Carl Johan Grimmark
  Carl Johan Grimmark
  Carl Johan Grimmark is a Christian guitarist born in Gothenburg, Sweden October 14, 1977. He has appeared with several influential Christian metal bands including Narnia, Saviour Machine, and Rob Rock. He recently joined the band Beautiful Sin in 2006. He also has been a special guest guitarist on...
  
   – guitars
• Roy Z
  Roy Z
  Roy Z is a guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Bruce Dickinson , Rob Halford and Judas Priest. He also is the founder of Tribe of Gypsies, a hard rock band with Latin influences.-Biography:...
  
   – guitars, bass
• The Warlock – guitars
• Bob Rossi – guitar solo on "The Revelation"
• Rick Renstrom – guitar solo on "Holy Hell"
• Bobby Jarzombek
  Bobby Jarzombek
  Bobby "Wire" Jarzombek is a heavy metal/progressive metal drummer and best known for his work with Halford, Sebastian Bach and Riot. He has also recorded and toured with Fates Warning, Arch / Matheos, Iced Earth, Rob Rock, Spastic Ink, and Juggernaut, among others.-Biography:Bobby Jarzombek was...
  
  – drums
• Butch Carlson – drums on "Calling Angels"
• Dave Moreno – drums on "Move On"
• Andreas Olsson – bass
• Mistheria – keyboards