Opera Noir
Encyclopedia
Opera Noir is the sixth studio album by Austrian
heavy metal
band Stahlhammer
released on March 31, 2006. The album follows the "Stahlhammer tradition" with cover songs of David Bowie
's "Heroes/Helden" and Phil Collins
's "In The Air Tonight".
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Stahlhammer
Stahlhammer
Stahlhammer is a Neue Deutsche Härte band from Austria that formed in 1992. They incorporate elements from hardcore, groove metal, industrial metal and symphonic metal into their songs. The band has to this date produced six albums, where the majority of songs are in German...
released on March 31, 2006. The album follows the "Stahlhammer tradition" with cover songs of David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
's "Heroes/Helden" and Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
's "In The Air Tonight".
Track listing
- Vienna - 4:41
- Wie Es Ist (How it is) - 2:58
- Opera Noir (Black opera) - 4:23
- Kalt Wie Eis (Cold as ice) - 4:18
- In the Air TonightIn the Air Tonight"In the Air Tonight" is a song by Phil Collins that first appeared on his 1981 album Face Value. It was recorded in 1979 and was the first single of Collins' solo career, and remains one of his best-known hits. The music video, directed by Stuart Orme, was released in 1981.-The song/recording:The...
- 5:10 (Phil CollinsPhil CollinsPhilip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
Cover) - Tod A Capella (Death a capella) - 4:29
- Das Schreiende Herz (The screaming heart) - 3:45
- La PalomaLa PalomaThis article is about the song. For the American city, see La Paloma, Texas."La Paloma" is a popular song, having been produced and reinterpreted in diverse cultures, settings, arrangements, and recordings over the last 140 years. The song was composed and written by Spanish composer Sebastián...
(The Dove) - 3:56 (Hans AlbersHans AlbersHans Philipp August Albers was a German actor and singer. He was the single biggest male movie star in Germany between 1930 and 1945 and one of the most popular German actors of the twentieth century.- Life and work :...
Cover) - Krieger Morden Nicht (Warriors do not murder) - 3:12
- Jazz - 3:23
- Mensch (Human) - 2:30
- Der Alte Mann (The old man) - 3:40
- Heroes/Helden - 5:39 (David BowieDavid BowieDavid Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
Cover)