''Heart Healer'' (full title: ''Heart Healer: the Metal Opera by Magnus Karlsson'') is the first studio album by

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, formed by Swedish multi-instrumentalist Magnus Karlsson, released on 12 March 2021 via

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) * Netta Laurenne (Smackbound, Laurenne/Louhimo) * Noora Louhimo ( Battle Beast, Laurenne/Louhimo) * Youmna Jreissati (Ostura) The album's plot follows the title character (performed by Cowan) after she wakes up with no memory and with the ability to heal people with the touch of her bare hands, though that comes at the gradual cost of her own strength. As the story progresses, she meets people willing to help her, use her powers or hunt her. The album has been released on CD, color vinyl and digital formats. On 25 January 2021, a video for "Into the Unknown" was released.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

Per source * Magnus Karlsson - guitar, bass, keyboards * Anders Köllerfors - drums * Daniel Tengberg - cello * Erika Sävström Engman - violin Vocalists * Adrienne Cowan (Seven Spires, Light & Shade, Masters of Ceremony, Winds of Plague, Avantasia (Live)) * Ailyn Gimenez (Trail of Tears, Her Chariot Awaits, Ex-Sirenia) * Youmna Jreissati (Ostura) * Netta Laurenne (Smackbound, Laurenne/Louhimo) * Noora Louhimo (Battle Beast, Laurenne/Louhimo, Noora Louhimo Experience) *

(Edge of Paradise) *

(Anette Olzon, Allen/Olzon, The Dark Element, Alyson Avenue, Ex-Nightwish)

References

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