The Book of Heavy Metal
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The Book of Heavy Metal is the 3rd full length album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 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 Dream Evil
Dream Evil
Dream Evil is a heavy metal band from Sweden, assembled and integrated by renowned musical producer Fredrik Nordström in 1999.-Biography:Producer Fredrik Nordström had the ambition of creating a power metal band of his own for a long time, but had difficulty finding anyone with musical ideals...

. This is the last album to feature Gus G.
Gus G.
Kostas Karamitroudis aka Gus G., born September 12, 1980 in Thessaloniki, Greece is a heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne...

 and Snowy Shaw
Snowy Shaw
Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...

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Track listing

  1. "The Book Of Heavy Metal (March of the Metallians)" (Snowy Shaw) – 5:25
  2. "Into The Moonlight" (Niklas Isfeldt/Snowy Shaw) – 4:19
  3. "The Sledge" (Fredrik Nordström/Snowy Shaw) – 2:59
  4. "No Way" (Gus G./Fredrik Nordström/Snowy Shaw) – 3:19
  5. "Crusaders' Anthem" (Niklas Isfeldt/Fredrik Nordström/Snowy Shaw/Peter Stålfors) – 4:21
  6. "Let's Make Rock" (Gus G./Niklas Isfeldt/Fredrik Nordström/Snowy Shaw/Peter Stålfors) – 4:03
  7. "Tired" (Fredrik Nordström/Snowy Shaw) – 3:49
  8. "Chosen Twice" (Fredrik Nordström/Snowy Shaw) – 4:22
  9. "Man Or Mouse" (Snowy Shaw) – 3:33
  10. "The Mirror" (Niklas Isfeldt/Peter Stålfors) – 3:46
  11. "Only For The Night" (Snowy Shaw) – 4:10
  12. "Unbreakable Chain" (Gus G./Snowy Shaw) – 5:53
  13. "The Enemy" (Japan bonus track)
  14. "Chapter 6" (Japan bonus track)

Credits

  • Niklas Isfeldt - Lead Vocals
  • Fredrik Nordström
    Fredrik Nordström
    Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström, born on 5 January 1967, is a Swedish record producer and guitar player for the heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal producers in Sweden, and he has worked with some of the genre's top acts, including At the Gates, Arch Enemy,...

     - Rhthym Guitars/back up vocals
  • Gus G.
    Gus G.
    Kostas Karamitroudis aka Gus G., born September 12, 1980 in Thessaloniki, Greece is a heavy metal guitarist. He currently plays with his band Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne...

     - Lead Guitars
  • Peter Stålfors - Bass/back up vocals
  • Snowy Shaw
    Snowy Shaw
    Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal musician , based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...

     - Drums/back up vocals

Guest musicians

  • Mats Olausson
    Mats Olausson
    Mats Olausson is a Swedish keyboard player known from bands like Yngwie Malmsteen, Ark, Evil Masquerade, Kamelot, John Norum and many others. He now lives in Thailand where he is active as a musician, composer and producer. Mats plays 'Korg Trinity pro tri pbs' and 'Yamaha sy-99, sy-77 , cs-80'...

     - organ and keyboards on 2, 5, 8, 10, and 12
  • Andy Alkman - 2nd lead vocals on 4
  • Per Edvardsson - harmony vocals on 5 and 11
  • Patrik J.
    Patrik Jerksten
    Anders Patrik Jerksten aka Patrik J., Patrik J. Sten or Pat Power, born July 19, 1974 in Sweden, is a professional sound engineer and Heavy metal drummer for Passenger & Dream Evil...

     - choir vocals on 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10
  • Råberra Axelsson - guitar solo on 1
  • "Metal" Mike Chlasciak - guitar solo on 4
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