''All My Kingdoms'' (Opus I) is the debut album by German

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Heavatar Heavatar is a German power metal band. History Heavatar was founded in 2012 by Van Canto founder Stefan Schmidt as a project. The debut album, ''All My Kingdoms'', was released in February 2013 via Napalm Records. Jörg Michael acts as the dr ...

. The songs are inspired by classical composers

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, Niccolò Paganini and

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Track listing

Personnel

Band members *

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– bass guitar *Jörg Michael – drums *Sebastian Scharf – lead guitar *Stefan Schmidt – lyrics, music, vocals, rhythm guitar, producer Choir *Bastian Emig *Dennis Schunke *Inga Scharf *Ingo Sterzinger *Olaf Senkbeil *Ross Thompson *Hacky Hackmann Crew *Thomas Ewerhard – logo artwork *Kerm Beyit – cover artwork *Saskia Horländer – photography *Tim Rochels – photography *

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– orchestration on track 8

References

2013 debut albums Heavatar albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub