''Angels Never Die'' is the fourth solo album of the German female

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

singer

Doro Pesch Dorothee Pesch (born 3 June 1964), known professionally as Doro Pesch or simply Doro, is a German heavy metal singer and the former frontwoman of heavy metal band Warlock. Dubbed the "Metal Queen", Doro's contributions to music and culture mad ...

. The album was released in February 1993 and was produced by

Jack Ponti Jack Ponti (born February 16, 1958) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant. Career Ponti is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, manager, label executive, and consultant who ...

and Vic Pepe. The two producers had worked with

Alice Cooper Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...

on the hit single "

Hey Stoopid ''Hey Stoopid'' is the twelfth solo studio album by American rock singer Alice Cooper, released on July 2, 1991, by Epic Records. After his smash 1989 hit album '' Trash'', Cooper attempted to continue his success with his follow-up album, which ...

" and had produced minor

glam metal Glam metal (also known as hair metal or pop metal) is a subgenre of heavy metal that features pop-influenced hooks and guitar riffs, upbeat rock anthems, and slow power ballads. It borrows heavily from the fashion and image of 1970s glam r ...

bands like Surgin' and

Baton Rouge Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...

. The sound and musical style of ''Angels Never Die'' is very similar to what can be heard on the second Doro solo album, alternating heavy rock tracks with large choruses and

power ballads A sentimental ballad is an emotional style of music that often deals with romantic and intimate relationships, and to a lesser extent, loneliness, death, war, drug abuse, politics and religion, usually in a poignant but solemn manner.J. M. Cur ...

, in the vein of the declining

that had dominated the American rock charts for the first part of the decade. The album was not published in the US and had limited success in Europe. However, the video for the song "Bad Blood" was voted best anti-racism video during the first

MTV Europe Music Awards The MTV Europe Music Awards (originally named MTV European Music Awards, commonly abbreviated as MTV EMA) are awards presented by Paramount International Networks to honour artists and music in pop culture. It was originally conceived as an al ...

ceremony in 1994. ''Angels Never Die'' remained on the German Longplay chart for 13 weeks, peaking at position No. 21.

Track listing

All credits adapted from the original release.

Personnel

;Musicians *

– vocals, arrangements *

– electric guitar, bass, keyboards, producer, arrangements, mixing, backing vocals * Vic Pepe – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, producer, arrangements *

Ryan Roxie Ryan Roxie (born Ryan Rosowicz, December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer/songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit. Roxie is the primary founder o ...

– electric guitar * Harold Frazee – keyboards, piano, backing vocals *

Nick Douglas Nick Douglas (born Nicholas Charles Douklias; August 31, 1967) is an American musician, best known for being the bass player of Doro Pesch's band since 1990. He released a solo album in 2001 and a second album in late February 2017. He worked wi ...

, Matt Nelson, Brian Perry – bass *

Joey Franco Joe "Seven" Franco (born 1951) is an American drummer best known for his work with the band The Good Rats in the late 1970s and later as a replacement member of Twisted Sister. Biography Joe Franco, a 1969 graduate of Brooklyn Technical High S ...

– drums, percussion ;Guests *

Eric Gales Eric Gales (born October 29, 1974), also known as Raw Dawg, is an American blues rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. , Gales has recorded nineteen albums for major record labels and has done session and tribute work. He has a ...

– guitar solo on "Heaven with You", "Born to Bleed" and "Bad Blood" * Eugene Gales – guitar solo on "Last Day of My Life" and "Don't Go" ;Production * Jon Mathias – engineer, mixing * Garth Micheal, Barry Steiman – assistant engineers *

George Marino George Marino (April 15, 1947 – June 4, 2012) was an American mastering engineer known for working on albums by rock bands starting in the late 1960s. Biography Marino was born on April 15, 1947, in the New York City borough The Bronx. He at ...

– mastering

References

External links

American site

"Last Day of My Life" video clip

"Bad Blood" video clip
{{Authority control Doro (musician) albums 1993 albums Vertigo Records albums