''Millennium Metal – Chapter One'' is the debut album by the German

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band Metalium. It was released in 1999 by the German label

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and distributed in the USA by

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. ''Millennium Metal'' is a concept album and the first chapter of the ongoing saga of the mythic warrior Metalium. The story continues on their second album, '' State of Triumph - Chapter Two'', released the following year.

Track listing

Personnel

;Band members * Henning Basse - lead vocals *

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- guitars, co-producer * Matthias Lange - guitars * Lars Ratz - bass, producer, mixing *

Mike Terrana Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, Canada, after which he recorded and toured with other bands, playing m ...

- drums, narration ;Additional musicians * Ferdy Doernberg, JP Genkel - keyboards *

Roland Grapow Roland Grapow (born 30 August 1959 in Hamburg) is a German professional guitarist and music producer. Grapow is best known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, with which he played for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Han ...

- guitar solo on "Metalium" * John Osborn - drums (touring only) ;Production * JP Genkel - engineer, mixing * Tommy Hansen - pre-mastering *

Alexander Krull Alexander Krull (born 31 July 1970) is a German musician who is the lead vocalist for metal band Atrocity, as well as backing vocalist in the band Leaves' Eyes. Biography Krull was born in Ludwigsburg, where he formed Atrocity in 1985. He has ...

- mastering

References

External links

Metalium Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Millennium Metal - Chapter One Metalium albums 1999 debut albums Massacre Records albums