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Edguy Edguy is a heavy metal band formed in Fulda, Germany in 1992. History Demos, AFM years (1992–2003) Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affecti ...

, released in 2001. It is a varied album, exploring many styles of the power metal genre. It was their last studio album for

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. They later signed a contract with

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'' ranked it as the 20th best power metal album of all time.

Track listing

All music by

Tobias Sammet Tobias Sammet (born 21 November 1977) is a German musician, singer, songwriter, music producer and radio host best known for being the singer and primary songwriter of the power metal band Edguy, and the founder of the metal opera project Avant ...

unless otherwise noted. All lyrics by Sammet # "Tears of a Mandrake" – 7:12 # "Golden Dawn" (

Jens Ludwig Jens Ludwig (born 30 August 1977) is the lead guitarist and co-founder of the German power metal band Edguy. Jens has played nearly all the band's lead parts and guitar solos since their inception and is the only member of the current line-up o ...

, Sammet) – 6:07 # "Jerusalem" (Ludwig, Sammet) – 5:27 # "All the Clowns" – 4:48 # "Nailed to the Wheel" (Ludwig, Sammet) – 5:40 # "The Pharaoh" – 10:37 # "Wash Away the Poison" – 4:40 # "Fallen Angels" – 5:13 # "Painting on the Wall" – 4:36 # "Save Us Now" – 4:34 # "The Devil and the Savant" (limited edition bonus track) – 5:26 # "Wings of a Dream 2001" (limited edition bonus track) – 5:03

Personnel

;Band members *

– lead and backing vocals, keyboards, organ *

– guitars, backing vocals *

Dirk Sauer Edguy is a heavy metal band formed in Fulda, Germany in 1992. History Demos, AFM years (1992–2003) Edguy was founded in 1992 by 14-year-old students Tobias Sammet, Jens Ludwig, Dominik Storch and Dirk Sauer. The name "Edguy" was an affect ...

– guitars, backing vocals * Tobias 'Eggi' Exxel – bass, backing vocals *

Felix Bohnke Felix Bohnke (born 2 September 1974) is a German musician and the drummer of heavy metal bands Edguy and Avantasia. He joined the band just before they recorded the album ''Theater of Salvation'' in 1998. Before joining Edguy he was a member of ...

– drums ;Additional musicians *Ralf Zdiarstek, Markus Schmitt, Daniel Schmitt,

Rob Rock Robert Rock (born June 29, 1959) is an American heavy metal singer who is best known as the longtime frontman of Impellitteri, a position he has held from 1987 to 1988, 1992 to 2000, and now from 2008 to the present day. Rock has also released ...

– backing vocals *Frank Tischer – piano on track 7 ;Production *Norman Meieritz – engineer *Mikko Karmila – mixing *Mika Jussila – mastering

References

{{Authority control Edguy albums 2001 albums AFM Records albums Albums with cover art by Jean-Pascal Fournier