Battalions of Fear (purple back cover)

~ Release by Blind Guardian (see all versions of this release, 16 available)

Tracklist

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1Majesty
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Majesty
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3.257:31
2Guardian of the Blind
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Guardian of the Blind
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich, Marcus Siepen and Thomen Stauch
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
45:12
3Trial by the Archon
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Trial by the Archon
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3.151:44
4Wizard’s Crown
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Wizard’s Crown
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
version of:
Halloween
3.653:50
5Run for the Night
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Run for the Night
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
4.353:37
6The Martyr
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
The Martyr
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3.356:17
7Battalions of Fear
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Battalions of Fear
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3.656:09
8By the Gates of Moria
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
instrumental recording of:
By the Gates of Moria
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3.252:53
9Gandalf’s Rebirth
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1987-10 until 1987-11)
recording of:
Gandalf’s Rebirth
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3.52:15
10Mr. Sandman
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Flemming Rasmussen
assistant engineer:
Henrik Vindeby
engineer:
Flemming Rasmussen and Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
effects:
Mathias Wiesner
electric bass guitar [bass] and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar [guitar]:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991) and NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2001)
recorded at and mixed at:
Sweet Silence Studios (at Bådehavnsgade, since 2018) in Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark (from 1995-01 until 1995-03)
cover recording of:
Mr. Sandman
lyricist and composer:
Pat Ballard
publisher:
Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
4.352:12
11Black Chamber
recording engineer:
Piet Sielck, Kalle Trapp and Henrik Vindeby
producer:
Blind Guardian, Piet Sielck and Kalle Trapp
mixer:
Kalle Trapp
acoustic guitar, electric guitar [lead guitar] and electric guitar [rhythm guitar]:
André Olbrich
bass guitar, electric bass guitar [bass] and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen "The Omen" Stauch
effects:
Piet Sielck
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
electric guitar [guitar]:
Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991) and NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) (in 2001)
recorded at:
Central Sound in Hamburg, Germany and Twilight Hall Studios in Grefrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany
mixed at:
Central Sound in Hamburg, Germany (in 1996)
recording of:
Black Chamber
lyricist and composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
41:18
12Theatre of Pain
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
assistant engineer:
Piet Sielck
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
electric guitar:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recorded at and mixed at:
Karo Musikstudio (Brackel) in Brackel, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony), Germany (from 1992-03 until 1992-05)
recording of:
Theatre of Pain
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist), André Olbrich and Mathias Wiesner
publisher:
Musik-Edition Discoton and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH & Co. KG (– 2017)
44:18
13A Past and Future Secret (orchestra mix)
recording engineer, producer and mixer:
Kalle Trapp
bass guitar and lead vocals:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
drums (drum set):
Thomen Stauch
electric guitar and background vocals:
André Olbrich and Marcus Siepen
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label) and Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
recording of:
A Past and Future Secret
lyricist:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist)
composer:
Hansi Kürsch (metal vocalist) and André Olbrich
publisher:
CRMV, Musik-Edition Discoton, Neue Welt Musikverlag and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
3:47

Credits

Release

executive producer:Charly Rinne
illustration:Van Waay Design
manufactured by and pressed by:Laser Disc Argentina
copyrighted (©) by:Virgin Schallplatten GmbH (not for release label use! for copyrights use only, former German division of Virgin Records Ltd.) (in 1991)
licensed from:Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries)
licensed to:NEMS Enterprises (Argentinian label)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7055784 [info]