Soundchaser

Soundchaser
Cover art by Joachim Luetke
Studio album by
Rage
Released7 October 2003
RecordedApril–May 2003
StudioVPS Studios, Hamm, Germany
GenrePower metal, heavy metal
Length53:20
LabelSPV/Steamhammer
ProducerRage, Charlie Bauerfeind
Rage chronology
Unity
(2002) 		Soundchaser
(2003) 		Speak of the Dead
(2006)

Soundchaser is the 17th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2003 by SPV/Steamhammer.[1]

This concept album features a science fiction/horror story about the Soundchaser, Rage's mascot. A biomechanoid creature, crafted by the elders to serve as a sentinel, it has turned into a monster, attacking anything that makes a sound.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Orgy of Destruction" Mike Terrana, Victor Smolski1:26
2."War of Worlds"Peavy WagnerSmolski6:07
3."Great Old Ones"WagnerWagner4:03
4."Soundchaser"WagnerSmolski5:37
5."Defenders of the Ancient Life"WagnerWagner4:05
6."Secrets in a Weird World"WagnerSmolski5:28
7."Flesh and Blood"WagnerSmolski5:13
8."Human Metal"WagnerSmolski5:27
9."See You in Heaven or Hell"WagnerWagner4:00
10."Falling from Grace, Pt. 1: Wake the Nightmares"WagnerWagner4:59
11."Falling from Grace, Pt. 2: Death Is on Its Way"WagnerWagner6:55
Total length:53:20
Limited edition digi-pack bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."French Bourrée"WagnerJohann Sebastian Bach, arr. Smolski4:11
Japanese edition bonus track
No.TitleMusicLength
12."Fugue No. 5 in D major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II)" (Instrumental)Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Smolski3:18

Personnel

Band members
Additional musicians
  • Andi Deris - vocals on "Wake the Nightmares"
  • Thomas Hackmann - backing vocals
Production
  • Charlie Bauerfeind - producer, mixing, mastering
  • Ingo 'Charly' Czajkowski - engineer
  • Jan Rubach - additional digital editing

References

  1. ^ "Rage - Soundchaser". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
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