''Melancholy Beast'' is the debut studio album by the Danish

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

band

Pyramaze Pyramaze is a Danish power metal band formed in 2001. History Pyramaze was formed in 2001 by guitarist Michael Kammeyer. Next to join were fellow Danes drummer Morten Gade Sørensen (Wuthering Heights, Anubis Gate) and bassist Niels Kvist. A ...

, released by Nightmare Records and Massacre Records in May 2004.

Track listing

# "Sleepy Hollow" − 6:11 # "Forsaken Kingdom" − 5:27 # "Melancholy Beast" − 6:11 # "The Journey" − 5:47 # "Until We Fade Away" − 4:36 # "Legend" − 7:11 # "Mighty Abyss" − 8:03 # "The Nature of Triumph" − 0:50 # "Power of Imagination" − 6:29 # "The Wizard" − 4:38 (Japanese bonus track)

Credits

Band members

Lance King Lance King (born November 23, 1962) is an American heavy metal music singer and songwriter specializing in melodic progressive power metal. He has sung with many groups over the last 35 years and started the record label Nightmare in 1990 to ...

− vocals * Michael Kammeyer − guitars * Jonah Weingarten − keyboards * Morten Gade Sørensen − drums * Niels Kvist − bass

Songwriting

* Lyrics and music written and composed by Michael Kammeyer * "The Nature of Triumph" written by Jonah Weingarten

Production and other

* Mixed at Hansen Studios * Mastered at Hansen Studios * Produced and mixed by Jacob Hansen * Mastered by Jacob Hansen
www.jacobhansen.com
* Artwork by Rob Alexander
www.robalexander.com
* Layout by Claus Jensen
www.intromental.com/design

External links

Pyramaze homepage

Nightmare Records Inc.
{{Authority control Pyramaze albums 2004 debut albums Massacre Records albums Albums produced by Jacob Hansen