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band Wizard.

Track listing

All songs written & arranged by Wizard. All lyrics written by Volker Leson. #"The Prophecy" - 5:19 #"Betrayer" - 4:53 #"Dead Hope" - 6:02 #"Dark God" - 5:43 #"Loki's Punishment" - 5:08 #"Beginning of the End" - 4:01 #"Thor's Hammer" - 5:01 #"Hall of Odin" - 5:06 #"The Powergod" - 5:21 #"March of the Einheriers" - 5:40 #"End of All" - 3:53 The limited-edition also contains the following songs: #"Ultimate War" - 4:52 #"Golden Dawn" - 5:05

Personnel

* Sven D'Anna –

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 ...

* Michael Maass –

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* Volker Leson –

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* Sören van Heek –

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