Shakespeare's Macbeth — A Tragedy in Steel

Shakespeare's Macbeth — A Tragedy in Steel is a 2003 concept album

Concept album

In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...

by Rebellion

Rebellion (band)

Rebellion is a German power-metal band. It was formed in 2001 when guitarist Uwe Lulis left Grave Digger in 2000, taking ex-Grave Digger bassist Tomi Göttlich with him...

, based on the story of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...

's play Macbeth
Macbeth
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...

. The album has many spoken passages.

Track listing

"Introduction" - 2:31
"Disdaining Fortune" - 4:59
"The Prophecy" - 6:56
"Husbandry in Heaven" - 13:11
"The Dead Arise" - 8:29
"Evil Speaks" - 4:06
"Letters of Blood" - 4:22
"Revenge" - 6:18
"Claws of Madness" - 8:01
"Demons Rising" - 7:49
"Die with Harness on Your Back" - 6:12
"The Blood of my Brothers/Death Above Us" - 5:27
"I Can See the Judgment in your Eyes, Pt. II" - 7:14
"Just Like a Rainbow In the Dark pt. 2 This Time it's Metal" - 5:33

All songs by Lulis and Göttlich, except 3. by Eilen and Lulis.

Credits

Michael Seifert
Michael Seifert
Michael Seifert may refer to:* Michael Seifert * Michael Seifert...

— vocals
Uwe Lulis
Uwe Lulis
Uwe Lulis is a German guitarist and the key member and producer of the heavy metal band Rebellion since 2000.He also played guitar in Grave Digger for about 13 years, and was co-writer of many songs during his time in the band...

— guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

s
Björn Eilen — guitars, vocals, accordions
Tomi Göttlich — bass
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Randy Black
Randy Black
Randy Black is a Canadian-born rock drummer and recording artist known best for his stints as the drummer for Bif Naked, Annihilator, and Primal Fear...

— drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
Skylar M. Prinkle — Swordsman
Ben Iver — Whipstick

Speakers, cast

Narrator — Bob Lyng
Macbeth — Tomi Göttlich
Lady MacBeth, Speaker and Singer — Francesca (Schmidt) Tzamtzis
Macduff — Björn Eilen
First witch — Yvonne Thorhauer
Second witch — Saskia Schenkel
Third witch — Ana Lara
Gentlewoman — Christopher Lundmark
Doctor — Randy Black
Young Siward — Eli Hughes

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