The Black Path is the fourth major studio album by the German band Emil Bulls

Emil Bulls

Emil Bulls is a German alternative metal band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group currently consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist.-History:...

, released on April 4, 2008. The first single from the record is "The Most Evil Spell", released on March 7, 2008. The Black Path was the first album released by the group without longtime collaborator and former band member Paul Rzyttka (DJ Zamzoe).

Recording session

On Saturday December 13 2007, the band entered the Horus-Sound Studio with 17 demo tracks previously written in a two weeks span at an isolated camp in Nesselwang

Nesselwang

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, Bavaria

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. With producer Benny Richter, who had produced records for bands such as Caliban

Caliban (band)

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 and Krypteria

Krypteria

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, the band sought a heavier sound than their previous album The Southern Comfort

The Southern Comfort

The Southern Comfort is the fifth album by Emil Bulls, released on June 20, 2005. Singles from this album were "Newborn" then "Revenge". It is their first release with Fabian Fuess playing the drums...

. It was engineered and mixed by close friend of the band, Jakob Bernhart, the man behind the console on The Life Acoustic

The Life Acoustic

The Life Acoustic is an acoustic live album by the German alternative metal band Emil Bulls, released on February 23, 2007. It was recorded at a show in Munich on July 21, 2006.-Track listing:...

. The final mix was completed on February 2, 2008, at around 4:40AM local time.

Soon after recording the album, the band announced that they had signed with major label Sony BMG/Drakkar for its release.

Nesselwang's demo track titles

On December 9, 2007, the band posted several tentative track titles on its recording session bloghttp://emilbullsenglish.blogspot.com:

• "Hit"
• "Schutzmann"
• "Robennkot"
• "Pure Anger"
• "Waiting in Niederbayern"
• "To End All Wars"
• "Variax"
• "Kill Em All"
• "Feel It"
• "Schweremut"

On January 27, 2008, a demo from a song tentatively titled "Pledge Allegiance to the Damned (The Unseen One)" was released on their myspace pagehttp://www.myspace.com/emilbulls. It has since been removed.

Track listing

All songs and lyrics written by Emil Bulls

Emil Bulls

Emil Bulls is a German alternative metal band that was formed in 1995 in Munich, Bavaria. The group currently consists of two guitarists, a bass guitar player, a drummer and a vocalist/guitarist.-History:...

.

1. "The Black Path (Intro)" – 0:28
2. "To End All Wars" – 2:38
3. "The Most Evil Spell" – 2:55
4. "All In Tune With The Universe" – 3:55
5. "Pledge Allegiance To The Damned (The Unseen One)" – 4:24
6. "Wolfsstunde" – 4:40
7. "Nothingness" – 4:34
8. "Collapsed Memorials" – 3:25
9. "Close To The Wind" – 3:32
10. "Worlds Apart" – 3:32
11. "Pure Anger (The Hex)" – 5:23
12. "10050" – 3:18
13. "Cigarette Scars" – 3:26
14. "Glad To Be With You Again" – 19:50

Tour edition

15. "All In Tune With The Universe (live)" – 4:15
16. "Symphony Of Destruction (live, Megadeth Cover)" – 4:19
17. "Worlds Apart (live)" – 3:48

Personnel

• Christoph von Freydorf – vocals
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  , guitar
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• James Richardson – bass guitar
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• Stephan "Moik" Karl – guitar
• Fabian "Fab" Fuess – drums
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• Christian Schneider – guitar, vocals (on "10050") • (credited as Chrissy Schneider)
• DJ Butterfly Cuts - vocals (on "10050")
• Benny Richter - producer
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  , pianos, keyboards, vocals (on "10050")
• Jakob Bernhart – sound engineer, mixer (credited as Jakob "JDawg" Bernhart)
• Toni Meloni – editing
• Klaus Scheuermann – mastering
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• Severin Schweigerhttp://www.severinshweiger.de – photography
• KOMA-Grafikhttp://www.koma-grafik.de – artwork
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