''Coming Home'' is an EP of German heavy metal band, Iron Savior. It was published as an EP on 14 July 1998 for the European market by Noise Records, and on October 14 of that year as a single for the Japanese market by Victor.

Story

Taken from the liner notes in the CD release.

Prologue

''It is the year 2110. For about two years now Earth has been threatened by war. Almost the entire planet is controlled by the lifeless invasion troops of the Iron Savior. Only a small group of people managed to hide in the former Earth Defence Headquarters located under the everlasting ice of Greenland. This cell of resistance feverishly researches everything possible to find a way to defeat the merciless machine in orbit. Somehow its origin seems to be linked to the myth of Atlantis…'' ''Meanwhile on the distant planet of Caldaris a deep space signal of the Iron Savior was received. The Caldarins – who are the heirs of Atlantis – left the dying Earth just before it was destroyed and after decades in space finally founded a new civilisation – the world of Caldaris. This all happened 300,000 years ago and during the millennia the Caldarins forgot about their origins. Only myths and legends give evidence of the lost kingdom. Thousands of expeditions returned to Caldaris from their quest of the old world without a clue.'' ''But now the transmission of the Iron Savior in the language of the old give the Caldarins the most precise hint throughout their entire history. A huge fleet is leaving Caldaris to investigate the source of the transmission…'' ''Maybe this time their quest will end and the Caldarins are coming home...''

Track listing

Personnel

Iron Savior *

Piet Sielck Piet Sielck (born 14 November 1964) is a German power metal guitarist, vocalist and producer. He is member of the power metal, power/speed metal band Iron Savior as well as owner of the studio Powerhouse in Hamburg. Early years Born in Hamburg ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

Kai Hansen Kai Michael Hansen (born 17 January 1963) is a German musician who is the founder, lead guitarist and vocalist of power metal band Gamma Ray. He is also one of the co-founders of metal band Helloween, which he rejoined in 2016. He is a prominent ...

– guitar, vocals, additional production * Jan Soren Eckert – bass,

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Andreas Kück –

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

, backing vocals * Dan Zimmerman –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

References

{{Authority control 1998 EPs Iron Savior albums