Night on Bröcken is the debut album by Fates Warning

Fates Warning

Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fates Warning has experienced numerous line-up changes...

, released in September 1984. In 2002, Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 released a remastered version of this album which contained bonus tracks.

The title of the album is apparently a reference to The Brocken

The Brocken

The Brocken, Blocksberg or Bocksberg, is the highest peak of the Harz mountain range and also the highest peak of Northern Germany; it is located near Schierke in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt between the rivers Weser and Elbe. Although its altitude of is below alpine dimensions, its...

, a mountain in Lower-Saxony (Germany) that is traditionally connected with witches (Walpurgis Night

Walpurgis Night

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), most famously in Goethe's Faust

Goethe's Faust

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is a tragic play in two parts: and . Although written as a closet drama, it is the play with the largest audience numbers on German-language stages...

. The reference becomes apparent on two original album covers that "were scrapped prior to major distribution". The spelling is a typical example of a "metal umlaut".

Track listing

1. "Buried Alive" (Matheos/Arch) – 4:40
2. "The Calling" (Matheos/Arch) – 5:04
3. "Kiss Of Death" (Matheos/Arch) – 4:38
4. "Night On Bröcken" (Matheos/Arduini/Arch) – 5:30
5. "S.E.K." (Matheos) – 1:20
6. "Misfit" (Arduini/Arch) – 5:06
7. "Shadowfax" (Matheos) – 3:16
8. "Damnation" (Matheos/Arch) – 6:27
9. "Soldier Boy" (Arduini/Arch) – 6:25

2002 CD reissue bonus tracks

10. "Last Call" [Misfit Demo 1984] – 5:39
11. "The Calling" [Rehearsal 1983] – 4:36
12. "Kiss of Death" [Live at L'Amour 1985] – 4:35
13. "Flight of Icarus" [Rehearsal 1983] – 5:18

Line up

• John Arch
  John Arch
  John Arch is an American progressive metal singer of partial Native American descent, most notable for his work with his band Fates Warning.-Fates Warning:...
  
   – Vocals
• Jim Matheos
  Jim Matheos
  Jim Matheos , is the American guitarist and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning. As of bassist Joe DiBiase's departure in 1996, he is the band's only permanent member...
  
  – Guitar
• Victor Arduini – Guitar
• Joe DiBiase – Bass
• Steve Zimmerman – Drums