Ghost

Opus Eponymous

Track listing
All songs written and composed by "A Ghoul Writer", except track 10 written, and composed by George Harrison.

1. "Deus Culpa"   1:34
2. "Con Clavi Con Dio"   3:33
3. "Ritual"   4:28
4. "Elizabeth"   4:01
5. "Stand by Him"   3:56
6. "Satan Prayer"   4:38
7. "Death Knell"   4:36
8. "Prime Mover"   3:53
9. "Genesis"   4:03
Total length:34:41
Japanese edition bonus track
10. "Here Comes the Sun" (The Beatles cover) 3:24
Total length:38:05



Infestissumam

Track listing
All songs written and composed by "A Ghoul Writer", except track 12 written and composed by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus, and track 13 written and composed by Martin L. Gore.

1. "Infestissumam"   1:42
2. "Per Aspera ad Inferi"   4:09
3. "Secular Haze"   5:11
4. "Jigolo Har Megiddo"   3:58
5. "Ghuleh / Zombie Queen"   7:29
6. "Year Zero"   5:50
7. "Body and Blood"   3:43
8. "Idolatrine"   4:24
9. "Depth of Satan's Eyes"   5:25
10. "Monstrance Clock"   5:53
Total length:47:47
Deluxe Edition
11. "La Mantra Mori"   5:14
12. "I'm a Marionette" (ABBA cover) 4:52
13. "Secular Haze" (Music video, digital deluxe edition only) 5:19
Total length:62:31
Japanese Edition
11. "La Mantra Mori"   5:14
12. "I'm a Marionette" (ABBA cover) 4:52
13. "Waiting for the Night" (Depeche Mode cover) 5:36
Total length:62:49
Infestissumam Redux
11. "La Mantra Mori"   5:14
12. "If You Have Ghosts" (Roky Erickson cover) 3:34
13. "I'm a Marionette" (ABBA cover) 4:52
14. "Crucified" (Army of Lovers cover) 5:13
15. "Waiting for the Night" (Depeche Mode cover) 5:37
16. "Secular Haze" (Live) 5:27
Total length:77:47



Meliora

Track listing
All songs written and composed by "A Ghoul Writer".

1. "Spirit"   5:15
2. "From the Pinnacle to the Pit"   4:02
3. "Cirice"   6:02
4. "Spöksonat" (Ghost Sonata) 0:56
5. "He Is"   4:13
6. "Mummy Dust"   4:07
7. "Majesty"   5:24
8. "Devil Church"   1:06
9. "Absolution"   4:50
10. "Deus in Absentia"   5:37
Total length:41:35
Limited LP
1. "Zenith"   6:05
2. "Cirice" (Radio Edit)
Best Buy Exclusive Bonus Tracks
11. "Year Zero" (Live) 5:00
12. "If You Have Ghosts" (Roky Erickson cover; Live) 4:13

Members
Papa Emeritus – vocals (2008–2012)
Papa Emeritus II – vocals (2012–2015)
Papa Emeritus III – vocals, kazoo (2015–present)
Nameless Ghouls – all instrumentalists:
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Avantasia - Ghostlights

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Tobias Sammet.

1. "Mystery of a Blood Red Rose"   3:51
2. "Let the Storm Descend Upon You"   Jørn Lande, Ronnie Atkins, Robert Mason 12:09
3. "The Haunting"   Dee Snider 4:42
4. "Seduction of Decay"   Geoff Tate 7:18
5. "Ghostlights"   Michael Kiske, Lande 5:43
6. "Draconian Love"   Herbie Langhans 4:58
7. "Master of the Pendulum"   Marco Hietala 5:01
8. "Isle of Evermore"   Sharon den Adel 4:28
9. "Babylon Vampyres"   Mason 7:09
10. "Lucifer"   Lande 3:48
11. "Unchain the Light"   Atkins, Kiske 5:03
12. "A Restless Heart and Obsidian Skies"   Bob Catley 5:53
13. "Wake up to the Moon" (Digibook edition bonus track) Kiske, Lande, Catley, Atkins, Mason 4:43
Total length:74:46

The Digibook edition bonus disc – Avantasia live
All songs written and composed by Tobias Sammet.

1. "Spectres"  
2. "Invoke the Machine"   Atkins
3. "The Story Ain't Over"   Catley
4. "Prelude"  
5. "Reach Out for the Light"   Kiske
6. "Avantasia"   Kiske
7. "What's Left of Me"   Eric Martin
8. "Dying for an Angel"   Martin
9. "Twisted Mind"   Martin
10. "The Watchmakers' Dream"  
11. "Another Angel Down"   Lande

The Deluxe Edition Book of the album includes the two CDs of the Digibook edition, a third CD with instrumental versions of all the tracks (except the bonus one) and a 68 page photo book.

Personnel
Tobias Sammet - lead vocals on all tracks, additional keyboards and bass
Sascha Paeth - rhythm guitars, lead guitars (except on tracks 2, 8, 10, 12), bass, additional keyboards, engineering and mixing
Michael Rodenberg - orchestration, keyboards, mastering
Felix Bohnke - drums

Guest instrumentists
Bruce Kulick (Grand Funk Railroad, ex-Kiss) – lead guitar on tracks 9, 10, 12
Oliver Hartmann (ex-At Vance) – lead guitar on tracks 2, 5, 9, 11

Guest vocalists
Jørn Lande (ex-Masterplan, ex-Ark)
Michael Kiske (Unisonic, Place Vendome, ex-Helloween)
Ronnie Atkins (Pretty Maids)
Dee Snider (Twisted Sister)
Geoff Tate (Operation: Mindcrime, ex-Queensrÿche)
Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot)
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
Bob Catley (Magnum)
Robert Mason (Warrant, ex-Lynch Mob)
Herbie Langhans (Sinbreed, Beyond the Bridge, ex-Seventh Avenue)

Dream Theater - The Astonishing

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Petrucci, all music composed by Petrucci and Jordan Rudess.

Act I

1. "Descent of the NOMACS"   1:10
2. "Dystopian Overture"   4:50
3. "The Gift of Music"   4:00
4. "The Answer"   1:52
5. "A Better Life"   4:39
6. "Lord Nafaryus"   3:28
7. "A Savior in the Square"   4:13
8. "When Your Time Has Come"   4:19
9. "Act of Faythe"   5:00
10. "Three Days"   3:44
11. "The Hovering Sojourn"   0:27
12. "Brother, Can You Hear Me?"   5:11
13. "A Life Left Behind"   5:49
14. "Ravenskill"   6:01
15. "Chosen"   4:32
16. "A Tempting Offer"   4:19
17. "Digital Discord"   0:47
18. "The X Aspect"   4:13
19. "A New Beginning"   7:40
20. "The Road to Revolution"   3:45
Total length:78:59

All lyrics written by Petrucci, all music composed by Petrucci and Rudess.

Act II

1. "2285 Entr'acte"   2:20
2. "Moment of Betrayal"   6:11
3. "Heaven's Cove"   4:19
4. "Begin Again"   3:54
5. "The Path That Divides"   5:09
6. "Machine Chatter"   1:03
7. "The Walking Shadow"   2:58
8. "My Last Farewell"   3:44
9. "Losing Faythe"   4:13
10. "Whispers on the Wind"   1:37
11. "Hymn of a Thousand Voices"   3:38
12. "Our New World"   4:12
13. "Power Down"   1:25
14. "Astonishing"   5:51
Total length:50:34

Personnel
Dream Theater
James LaBrie – lead vocals
John Petrucci – guitar, production, story and concept
Jordan Rudess – keyboards
John Myung – bass
Mike Mangini – drums, percussion

Guests
Eric Rigler - bagpipes on "The X Aspect"
City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

Production
Richard Chycki – engineering and mixing
Jie Ma - cover art
David Campbell - orchestral and choir arrangements

Pretty Maids – The Collection

Tracklist:

CD1:
01. Back To Back
02. Please Don’t Leave Me
03. Night Danger
04. Children Of Tomorrow
05. City Lights
06. Yellow Rain
07. Future World
08. A Merry Jingle
09. Attention
10. Running Out
11. In The Flesh
12. Fly Me Out
13. Die With Your Dreams

CD2:
01. Twisted
02. Pandemonium
03. When It All Comes Down
04. Cielo Drive
05. One World One Truth
06. Little Drops Of Heaven
07. Destination Paradise
08. Nowhere To Run
09. Carpe Diem
10. Clay
11. Poisoned Pleasures
12. Until It Dies
13. They’re All Alike
14. Freakshow

CD3:
01. Virtual Brutality
02. Playing God
03. Face Of My Enemy
04. Who’s Gonna Change
05. Why Die For A Lie
06. Brave Young Breed
07. Terminal Violence
08. Deranged
09. Nuclear Boomerang
10. The Iceman
11. Motherland
12. I See Ghosts
13. Wasted

Band members

Current line up
Ronnie Atkins (Paul Christensen) – lead vocals (1981–present)
Ken Hammer (Kenneth Hansen) – guitar (1981–present)
Morten Sandager – keyboards (2006–present)
Rene Shades (Rene Sehic) – bass (2004, 2011–present)
Allan Tschicaja – drums (2006–present)

Former members
Hal Patino – bass (2010–2011)
John Darrow (Johnny Møller) – bass (1981–1984)
Phil More (Henrik Andersen) – drums (1981–1990)
Alan Owen (Allan Nielsen) – keyboards (1981–1990 Has played keyboards on most records up to "Wake up to the real world")
Pete Collins (Jan Piete) – guitar (1982–1986)
Rick Hanson (Kim Hansen) – guitar (1983–1984)
Allan Delong (Allan Jensen) – bass (1984–1990)
Ricky Marx (Henrik Mark) – guitar (1988–1991)
Michael Fast – drums (1991–2005)
Kenn Jackson (Kenn Lund Jacobsen) – bass (1991–2010)
Dominic Gale – keyboards (1992, 1995, 1998, 1999) The Shout
Temporary members – mostly live support[edit]
Benny Petersen – guitar (1984) Mercyful Fate, White Lion
Angel Schleifer (Chris Gerhard) – guitar (1987) Sinner, Bonfire
Henrik Hilsson – keyboards (1993)
Jan Møller – keyboards (1997, 2001–2004)
Jørgen Thorup – keyboards (2000) Shu-Bi-Dua
René Shades (René Sehic) – guitar (2004) Mike Tramp
Jacob Troutner – keyboards (2004)
Søren Andersen – Guitar Mike Tramp, Marco Mendoza, Glenn Hughes (Louder Than Ever X-Mas Tour, 2014)

Guests on records
Billy Cross – guitar (1984)
Phil Hart (Knud Lindhard) – background vocals (1987–present)
Graham Bonnet – background vocals (1987) Rainbow
Ian Paice – drums (1990) Deep Purple
Roger Glover – bass (1990) Deep Purple
Freddy George Jensen – harp (1990)
Ian Gillan – vocals (1992) Deep Purple
Ivan Pedersen – background vocals (1992–1995)

Royal Hunt - Devil’s Dozen

01. So Right So Wrong
02. May You Never (Walk Alone)
03. Heart On A Platter
04. A Tear In The Rain
05. Until The Day
06. Riches To Rags
07. Way Too Late
08. How Do You Know [Bonus]

Lineup:
DC Cooper - Vocals
Jonas Larsen - Guitars
Andreas Passmark - Bass
Andre Andersen - Keyboards, Guitars
Andreas “Habo” Johansson - Drums

Metal Allegiance

"Metal Allegiance" track listing:

01. Gift Of Pain

Vocals: D. Randall Blythe
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Additional Lead Guitar: Gary Holt

02. Let Darkness Fall

Vocals: Troy Sanders
Lead, Rhythm & Acoustic Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums & Percussion: Mike Portnoy
Additional Bass: Mark Menghi & Rex Brown
Additional Screams: D. Randall Blythe

03. Can't Kill The Devil

Vocals: Chuck Billy
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Additional Lead Guitar: Phil Demmel & Andreas Kisser

04. Dying Song

Vocals: Philip H. Anselmo
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: Mark Menghi
Drums: Mike Portnoy

05. Scars

Vocals: Mark Osegueda & Cristina Scabbia
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy

06. Destination: Nowhere

Vocals: Matthew K. Heafy
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Additional Lead Guitar: Matthew K. Heafy


07. Wait Until Tomorrow

Vocals: Doug Pinnick & Jamey Jasta
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums, Percussion & Additional Vocals: Mike Portnoy

8. Triangulum I. Creation II. Evolution III. Destruction

Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Additional Lead Guitar: Misha Mansoor, Ben Weinman, Charlie Benante, Phil Demmel, Matthew K. Heafy & Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

09. Pledge Of Allegiance

Vocals: Mark Osegueda
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Additional Lead Guitar: Charlie Benante, Gary Holt & Andreas Kisser

10. We Rock (DIO cover) (deluxe edition only)

Vocals: Mark Osegueda, Chris Jericho, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Alissa White-Gluz, Chuck Billy &
Steve "Zetro" Souza
Lead & Rhythm Guitars: Alex Skolnick
Bass: David Ellefson
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Additional Lead Guitar: Andreas Kisser, Phil Demmel & Gary Holt


"Metal Allegiance" contains appearances by:

* Philip H. Anselmo (PANTERA, DOWN)
* Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX)
* Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT)
* D. Randall Blythe (LAMB OF GOD)
* Rex Brown (PANTERA, DOWN, KILL DEVIL HILL)
* Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (GUNS N' ROSES)
* Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD)
* Alissa White-Gluz (ARCH ENEMY)V
* Matthew K. Heafy (TRIVIUM)
* Gary Holt (EXODUS)
* Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED)
* Chris Jericho (FOZZY)
* Andreas Kisser (SEPULTURA)
* Misha Mansoor (PERIPHERY)
* Mark Osegueda (DEATH ANGEL)
* Tim "Ripper" Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH)
* Doug Pinnick (KING'S X, KXM)
* Troy Sanders (MASTODON)
* Cristina Scabbia (LACUNA COIL)
* Steve "Zetro" Souza (EXODUS)
* Ben Weinman (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN)

Iron Maiden - The Book of Souls

Track listing
Disc one

1. "If Eternity Should Fail"   Bruce Dickinson 8:28
2. "Speed of Light"   Adrian Smith, Dickinson 5:01
3. "The Great Unknown"   Smith, Steve Harris 6:37
4. "The Red and the Black"   Harris 13:33
5. "When the River Runs Deep"   Smith, Harris 5:52
6. "The Book of Souls"   Janick Gers, Harris 10:27

Disc two
1. "Death or Glory"   Smith, Dickinson 5:13
2. "Shadows of the Valley"   Gers, Harris 7:32
3. "Tears of a Clown"   Smith, Harris 4:59
4. "The Man of Sorrows"   Dave Murray, Harris 6:28
5. "Empire of the Clouds"   Dickinson 18:01
Total length:92:11

Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals, piano on "Empire of the Clouds"
Dave Murray – guitar
Adrian Smith – guitar
Janick Gers – guitar
Steve Harris – bass, keyboards, co-producer
Nicko McBrain – drums
Technical personnel
Kevin Shirley – producer, mixing
Denis Caribaux – engineer
Michael Kenney – keyboards
Jeff Bova – orchestration
Ade Emsley – mastering
Stuart Crouch – art direction, design
Mark Wilkinson – cover illustration
Anthony Dry – disc illustrations
Julie Wilkinson – Maya codex drawings
Simon Martin – Maya hieroglyphs
Jorge Letona – Maya font design
John McMurtrie – photography
Rod Smallwood – management
Andy Taylor – management
Dave Shack – management

Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody – Prometheus, Symphonia Ignis Divinus (Limited Edition 2015)

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Luca Turilli.

1. "Nova Genesis (Ad Splendorem Angeli Triumphantis)"   3:08
2. "Il Cigno Nero"   4:08
3. "Rosenkreuz (The Rose and The Cross)"   4:34
4. "Anahata"   5:03
5. "Il Tempo Degli Dei"   5:03
6. "One Ring To Rule Them All"   7:05
7. "Notturno"   4:34
8. "Prometheus"   5:06
9. "King Solomon And The 72 Names Of God"   6:51
10. "Yggdrasil"   6:00
11. "Of Michael The Archangel And Lucifer’s Fall Part II: Codex Nemesis
I. "Codex Nemesis Alpha Omega"
II. "Symphonia Ignis Divinus (The Quantum Gate Revealed)"
III. "The Astral Convergence"
IV. "The Divine Fire Of The Archangel"
V. "Of Psyche And Archetypes (System Overloaded)""   18:04

Digipack bonus track
12. "Thundersteel" (Riot cover) Mark Reale, Don Van Stavern 4:32

Personnel
Band members
Alessandro Conti - lead vocals
Luca Turilli - guitar, keyboards, orchestral arrangements, producer, engineer, cover concept
Dominique Leurquin - guitar
Patrice Guers - bass
Alex Landenburg - drums

Additional musicians
Ralf Scheepers - co-lead vocals on "Thundersteel"
David Readman - vocals
Dan Lucas - vocals
Bridget Fogle - vocals
Emilie Ragni - vocals
Production

Sebastian Roeder - engineer, mixing
Christoph Stickel - mastering
Stefan “Heile” Heilemann - cover art

Wolfpakk – Rise of the Animal

01. Rider of the Storm
02. Sock It to Me
03. Monkey on Your Back
04. Highlands
05. Black Wolf
06. Somewhere Beyond
07. Running Out of Time
08. Grizzly Man
09. High Roller
10. Rise of the Animal
11. Universe

Virgin Steele - Nocturnes of Hellfire & Damnation

01. Lucifer's Hammer
02. Queen Of The Dead
03. To Darkness Eternal
04. Black Sun - Black Mass
05. Persephone
06. Devilhead
07. Demolition Queen
08. The Plague And The Fire
09. We Disappear
10. A Damned Apparition
11. Glamour
12. Delirium
13. Hymns To Damnation
14. Fallen Angels

Current members
David DeFeis - lead vocals, keyboards, synth bass, piano (1981–present)
Edward Pursino - guitars (1984–present)
Frank Gilchriest - drums (1995–present)
Josh Block - bass, rhythm guitar (2001–present)

Gamma Ray - Heading For Tomorrow (Anniversary Edition)

CD1
1. Welcome
2. Lust For Life
3. Heaven Can Wait
4. Space Eater
5. Money
6. The Silence
7. Hold Your Ground
8. Free Time
9. Heading For Tomorrow
10. Look At Yourself
11. Mr. Outlaw (Japanese Bonus Track)
12. Sail On (B-Side from “Heaven Can Wait” EP)
13. Lonesome Stranger (B-Side from “Heaven Can Wait” EP)


CD2
1. Who Do You Think You Are
2. Heaven Can Wait (Demo)
3. Money (Demo - Kai on vocals)
4. Sail on (Demo - Kai on vocals)
5. Heading For Tomorrow (Live)
6. Space Eater (Live)
7. The Silence (Demo - Kai on vocals)
8. Mr. Outlaw (Instrumental Version)
9. Heaven Can Wait (Demo - Kai on vocals)
10. Heading For Tomorrow (Karaoke Version)
11. Space Eater (Karaoke Version)
12. Lonesome Stranger (Demo)


Current members
Kai Hansen - rhythm and lead guitar (1989–present), lead vocals (1994–present)
Dirk Schlächter - guitars (1990-1997), bass (1997–present)
Henjo Richter - lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards (1997–present)
Michael Ehré - drums (2012–present)

Cain's Offering - Stormcrow

Track listing

1. "Stormcrow"   6:15
2. "The Best of Times"   4:33
3. "A Night to Forget"   4:29
4. "I Will Build You a Rome"   4:40
5. "Too Tired to Run"   6:14
6. "Constellation of Tears"   5:30
7. "Antemortem"   5:19
8. "My Heart Beats for No One"   4:35
9. "I Am Legion"   5:59
10. "Rising Sun"   5:42
11. "On the Shore"   4:18
Total length:57:34

Credits
Cain's Offering
Timo Kotipelto – lead vocals
Jani Liimatainen – guitar, backing vocals
Jens Johansson – keyboards, piano
Jonas Kuhlberg – bass
Jani Hurula – drums