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Track listing
- "Intro (Ride of the Valkyries/Grand Opening)" - 1:42
- "Welcome to the Show" - 3:10
- "The Wind Will Rise" - 4:53
- "Oh Harlequin" - 5:05
- "Surprises in the Dark" - 5:35
- "But You Were Smiling..." - 4:05
- "Children of the Light" - 4:19
- "Lucy the Evil" - 6:09
- "Badinerie" - 1:36
- "Deliver Us" - 5:17
- "Evil Masquerade" - 4:07
The Japanese version of the album contains the bonus track:
Kimi ga Yo
Kimi ga Yo
is the national anthem of post-1868 Japan. It is also one of the world's shortest national anthems in current use, with a length of 11 measures and 32 characters. Its lyrics are based on a Waka poem written in the Heian period , sung to a melody written in the imperial period...
(君が代).
Line-up
- Henrik FlymanHenrik FlymanHenrik Flyman is a Swedish guitarist, award winning composer and producer. Henrik is best known from his current, and longest lasting, band Evil Masquerade. He was the founding member of Swedish fantasy metal band Moahni Moahna where he was active between 1992-1997. Shortly after he formed ZooL,...
- guitar, vocals - Henrik Brockmann - lead vocals
- Dennis Buhl - drums
- Kasper Gram - bass
Guest musicians
- Mats OlaussonMats OlaussonMats 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'...
- keyboard - André AndersenAndré AndersenAndré Andersen is a Russia-born multi-instrumentalist and composer best known as the keyboardist and founder of the Denmark-based progressive metal band Royal Hunt...
- keyboard - Richard AnderssonRichard AnderssonRichard Andersson is the founding father of several neoclassical metalbands in Sweden. Amongst his favourite artists are Deep Purple, Rainbow, Jimi Hendrix, Yngwie Malmsteen, Symphony X, Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Niccolò Paganini.-Biography:As a kid,...
- keyboard - Lars Boutrup - keyboard
- Stenbroens Drengekor - choir
- Sanna Thor - laughter
- Anders Juhl Nielsen - trumpet
- Katja Handberg - pizzo violin
- Monika PedersenMonika PedersenMonika Pedersen is a Danish singer of the band Sinphonia and former vocalist of the Norwegian gothic metal band Sirenia, replacing Henriette Bordvik...
- vocals - Tommy Hansen - moog & bongo
Credits
- Written, composed, arranged and produced by Henrik FlymanHenrik FlymanHenrik Flyman is a Swedish guitarist, award winning composer and producer. Henrik is best known from his current, and longest lasting, band Evil Masquerade. He was the founding member of Swedish fantasy metal band Moahni Moahna where he was active between 1992-1997. Shortly after he formed ZooL,...
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First part of "Intro" is a newly arranged version of Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
's Ride of the Valkyries
Ride of the Valkyries
The Ride of the Valkyries is the popular term for the beginning of Act III of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas by Richard Wagner that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen. The main theme of the Ride, the leitmotif labelled Walkürenritt, was first written down by the composer on 23 July 1851...
, "Badinerie
Badinerie
The badinerie is best known for its designation as the final movement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor...
" origins from the Orchestral Suite
Orchestral suites (Bach)
The four Orchestral Suites or Ouvertures BWV 1066–1069 are a set of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, probably composed between 1725 and 1739 in Leipzig...
(BWV 1067) No. 2 in B minor for flute and strings by Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
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"Deliver Us" by Göran Jacobsson/Henrik Flyman.
- Recorded by Henrik FlymanHenrik FlymanHenrik Flyman is a Swedish guitarist, award winning composer and producer. Henrik is best known from his current, and longest lasting, band Evil Masquerade. He was the founding member of Swedish fantasy metal band Moahni Moahna where he was active between 1992-1997. Shortly after he formed ZooL,...
at Digital Bitch, drums recorded by Peter Brander and Henrik FlymanHenrik FlymanHenrik Flyman is a Swedish guitarist, award winning composer and producer. Henrik is best known from his current, and longest lasting, band Evil Masquerade. He was the founding member of Swedish fantasy metal band Moahni Moahna where he was active between 1992-1997. Shortly after he formed ZooL,...
at Media Sound. - Mixed by Steen Mogensen at Media Sound.
- Mastered by Andy Horn at Famous Kitchen.
- Paintings by Katja Handberg
- Photos by Thomas TraneThomas Trane-Photo:Thomas Trane is a Danish freelance photographer. He is best known for his live- and promo pictures of musicians and made his international break-through 2003 when he started working closely with the band Evil Masquerade.-Film:...
- Artwork by Gunbarrel Offensive Design