Hellfire Club (album)

Hellfire Club
Studio album by
Released15 March 2004
RecordedRohen Studios, Fulda,
Vox Clangstudio, Hamburg,
Gate Studio, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004
GenreHeavy metal, power metal
Length61:07
LabelNuclear Blast
ProducerEdguy
Edguy chronology
Burning Down the Opera
(2003)
Hellfire Club
(2004)
Rocket Ride
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Metal Storm(10/10)[1]
Metal Hammer (GER)[2]

Hellfire Club, released on 15 March 2004, is the sixth album by German power metal band Edguy.[3] The music of the band is supported by a German orchestra, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg. It is the band's first album released via Nuclear Blast.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Tobias Sammet; all music is composed by Sammet, except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Mysteria" Sammet, Jens Ludwig5:44
2."The Piper Never Dies"  10:05
3."We Don't Need a Hero"  5:30
4."Down to the Devil"  5:27
5."King of Fools"  4:21
6."Forever"  5:40
7."Under the Moon" Sammet, Ludwig5:04
8."Lavatory Love Machine"  4:25
9."Rise of the Morning Glory"  4:39
10."Lucifer in Love" (rearranged from "Down to the Devil")instrumental 0:32
11."Navigator" Sammet, Ludwig5:22
12."The Spirit Will Remain"  4:12
Bonus tracks
No.TitleMusicLength
13."Children of Steel" 4:03
14."Mysteria" (alt. version ft. Mille Petrozza)Sammet, Ludwig5:32
Bonus track — Japanese release
No.TitleMusicLength
15."Heavenward" ("Navigator" demo version)Sammet, Ludwig5:17
Hong Kong bonus disc
No.TitleMusicLength
1."New Age Messiah" (King of Fools EP) 6:00
2."Children of Steel" (King of Fools EP) 4:04
3."Mysteria" (alt. version ft. Mille Petrozza)Sammet, Ludwig5:32
4."The Savage Union" (King of Fools EP) 4:15
5."Falling Down" (alternative version) 4:37
6."Holy Water" (King of Fools EP) 4:17
7."Introduction" (live) 1:01
8."Tears of a Mandrake" (live) 7:55
9."Painting on the Wall" (live) 4:39
10."Inside" (live, Avantasia cover) 4:17
11."Fairytale" (live) 6:22
12."Life and Times of a Bonus Track" (King of Fools EP) 3:23
13."Heavenward" ("Navigator" demo)Sammet, Ludwig5:16

This bonus disk was only released in Hong Kong.[3]

Personnel

Band members

Additional musicians

Production

Others

  • JP Fournier: cover art
  • Thomas Ewerhard: cover art layout
  • Alex Kuehr: principal photographer
  • Claudia Vaihinger, Markus Bergmann, Ronny Schönebaum, Sabine Nania: assistants to principal photographer

References

  1. ^ "Edguy- Hellfire Club". Metal Storm. 26 January 2004. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  2. ^ "Edguy Metal Hammer Suchergebnis". Metal Hammer (in German). April 2004. Archived from the original on 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
  3. ^ a b "Edguy- Hellfire Club". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-10-10.