To Hell and Back (album)
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To Hell and Back is the second album by the power metal
Power metal
Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band Sinergy
Sinergy
Sinergy was a Finnish power metal band started in 1998 by American musician, Kimberly Goss. Aside from Sinergy, the most notable bands Goss has been involved with are Dimmu Borgir; as keyboardist, and Children of Bodom; where she filled in live for Janne Wirman and also contributed lyrics...

, it was released in the year of 2000. It featured a cover-version of "Hanging on the Telephone
Hanging on the Telephone
"Hanging on the Telephone" is a song written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived US West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who placed it as the lead-off track on their 1976 EP, the band's only release. New Wave band Blondie popularised the song when it was released as the second...

", originally by Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

. The song Last Escape is probably inspired by the game Resident Evil 3. Also, the song "Gallowmere" is inspired by another game, MediEvil
MediEvil
MediEvil is a platform game released in October 1, 1998 for the PlayStation in Europe and North America, and in June 1999 in Japan. The game was followed by MediEvil 2 in 2000. Then, in 2005, the original game was remade as MediEvil: Resurrection for the PlayStation Portable...

. The song Laid to Rest bears a striking resemblance to the theme song to the movie Fargo
Fargo (film)
Fargo is a 1996 American dark comedy-crime film produced, directed and written by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. It stars Frances McDormand as a pregnant police chief who investigates a series of homicides, William H...

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Track listing

  1. "The Bitch Is Back" – 4:05
  2. "Midnight Madness" – 4:14
  3. "Lead Us to War" – 4:13
  4. "Laid to Rest" – 5:40
  5. "Gallowmere" – 5:44
  6. "Return to the Fourth World" – 4:09
  7. "Last Escape" – 4:32
  8. "Wake Up in Hell" – 6:55
  9. "Hanging on the Telephone
    Hanging on the Telephone
    "Hanging on the Telephone" is a song written by Jack Lee and first performed by Lee's short-lived US West Coast power pop trio The Nerves, who placed it as the lead-off track on their 1976 EP, the band's only release. New Wave band Blondie popularised the song when it was released as the second...

    " – 2:03 (Blondie cover)
  10. "Invincible" - 4:10 (Japanese Bonus Track)

  • The Korean release has three bonus tracks:
    • Venomous Vixens
    • The Warrior Princess
    • Razorblade Salvation

Credits

Kimberly Goss
Kimberly Goss
Kimberly Goss is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish band Sinergy.-Early life:She was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer...

 - Vocals

Alexi Laiho
Alexi Laiho
Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho is a Finnish singer, composer, and guitarist. He is best known for being the lead guitarist as well as lead vocalist for melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, and he is also the guitarist for Sinergy and Kylähullut...

 - Guitars, Additional Vocals (on track 7)

Roope Latvala
Roope Latvala
Roope Latvala is a Finnish guitarist who currently plays with the bands Children of Bodom and Sinergy. He was one of the founding members of Stone, which was one of the first notable bands in the history of Finnish heavy metal.-Biography:...

 - Guitars

Marco Hietala
Marco Hietala
Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala is a heavy metal vocalist and bassist. Internationally, he is most known as the current bassist, male vocalist and composer, of the symphonic metal band Nightwish...

 - Bass, Additional Vocals (on track 3)

Tommi Lillman - Drums
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