''Kill the Sun'' is the
German
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band
Xandria
Xandria is a German symphonic metal band founded by Marco Heubaum in 1994. Originally a project, Heubaum later restarted the project as a band in 1999, and has gone through various lineup changes. The German vocalist Lisa Middelhauve joined fo ...
's debut album, released on May 5, 2003 through
Drakkar Entertainment
Drakkar Entertainment GmbH, also called Drakkar Records or Drakkar Publishing, is a German record label with its headquarters in Witten. It is a joint venture with Bertelsmann Music Group.
History
Originally Kopec Music Publishing, Drakkar Ent ...
label. The record includes one single, "Kill the Sun".
Background
This is the band's debut album. All songs which were to be found on the demo already plus another five which had been written in the meantime were recorded for it with producer Dirk Riegner, also known as the keyboard player of Secret Discovery and recently as the producer of Milú. After a short period of pre-production at Dirk Riegner's studio, which then was located right beside the grounds of the Zeche Bochum, the band entered Principal Studio in Münster in 2003. Within one week, the instrumental parts were recorded, and for the vocal recordings the band again went to Bochum to the small studio of the producer. Afterwards, the album was mixed on the grounds of the Horus Sound Studios (also
Guano Apes
Guano Apes are a German rock band formed in 1994 in Göttingen. The band consists of Sandra Nasić (vocals), Henning Rümenapp (guitars, backing vocals), Stefan Ude (bass, backing vocals), and Dennis Poschwatta (drums, backing vocals).
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etc.) in Hannover at a small studio of mixing engineer Modo Bierkamp. Three months later, the result—provided with an artwork by Kai Hoffmann (also Secret Discovery)— hit the stores on May 5, 2003, and at once met with as much approval as to enter the German charts: On number 98 it only just hit them, but this was quite remarkable for a German band whose sound mainly was and still is influenced by gothic metal.
Track listing
Personnel
All information from the album booklet.
[(2003). "''Kill the Sun'' liner notes". In ''Kill the Sun'' D booklet Drakkar Entertainment.]
Xandria
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Lisa Schaphaus – vocals
* Marco Heubaum – guitars, keyboards, programming
* Philip Restemeier – guitars
* Roland Krueger – bass
* Gerit Lamm – drums
Additional musicians
*Deutung – cello on "She's Nirvana"
*Marco Minnemann – percussion on "She's Nirvana"
*Andreas Litschel – intro on "Isis/Osiris"
Production
*Kai Hoffmann – artwork, intro on "So You Disappear"
*Britta Kühlmann – engineering
*Modo Bierkamp – mixing, mastering
*Dirk Riegner – producer, keyboards, programming
*Dirk Schelpmeier – photography
References
External links
Album reviewon metal-archives.com
Official discographyon xandria.de
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2003 debut albums
Xandria albums
Drakkar Entertainment albums